Elton John was joined on stage by John Lennon at Elton's Madison Square Garden concert. They performed three numbers together, "Whatever Gets You Through the Night", "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" and "I Saw Her Standing There". Lennon had promised the flamboyant rocker that he would make a stage appearance with him if his "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" became a #1 hit, which it did two weeks earlier. Later that same night, Lennon and his estranged wife Yoko Ono reconciled backstage after being separated for a year.

George Harrison releases his first post-Beatles album, "All Things Must Pass", produced by Phil Spector and featuring Eric Clapton, Dave Mason, Ringo Starr and Jim Gordon. The triple disc set would go on to be certified 6X Platinum by the RIAA, making it the best selling album by a solo Beatle.

Tennessee Ernie Ford's rendition of a 1946, Merle Travis song, "Sixteen Tons", tops the Billboard Top 100 chart, becoming the fastest selling single in recording industry history up to that time. The song would lead the chart for eight weeks before crossing the Atlantic to claim the top spot on the UK charts for four weeks early in 1956. On March 25th, 2015, Ford's version was inducted into the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry.

Six songs into their show at the Spectrum in Philadelphia, Aerosmith's lead singer Steven Tyler has his face cut by broken glass. A bottle thrown from the audience hit the monitor directly in front of him and shattered, causing a shard of glass to puncture his cheek. The band halts the performance immediately and leaves the building.

ABC-TV debuts its late-night Rock show, In Concert, put together by The Monkees' producer, Don Kirshner. The first show stars Alice Cooper, Chuck Berry, Blood, Sweat And Tears, Poco and the Allman Brothers Band.

After Elvis had invited him, Jerry Lee Lewis shows up at Presley's Graceland mansion just before three o'clock in the morning, driving a brand new Lincoln Continental, which he accidentally rams into the famous front gates with the wrought-iron music notes. Elvis' cousin, Harold Lloyd, who was manning the gates, didn't recognize Jerry Lee and called the police. The press later reported that The Killer was waving a pistol in the air, demanding to see Elvis. It was a story that tour guides at Graceland told for years, but Jerry Lee emphatically denied. "I really didn't mean to do nothin' to harm Elvis. He was my friend. I was his." The two never saw each other again.

24-year-old Bob Dylan married 26-year-old former Playboy Bunny, Sara Lowndes, under an oak tree on a judge's lawn on Mineola, Long Island. She was to be the inspiration for the songs "Sara" and "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands". Sara would file for divorce in March, 1977.

The Queen and David Bowie collaboration "Under Pressure" hits #1 in the UK, making it Queen's first chart-topper there since "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975.

Decca Records releases The Who's "My Generation" in America. Issued three weeks earlier in Great Britain, the song had become a sort of anthem for British teens, rising to number two on the UK chart. In the US however, despite performing the tune on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, the song will be mostly ignored and would get no higher than number 74 on the Billboard chart. "My Generation" was later named #11 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Nancy Sinatra, backed by studio musicians known as The Wrecking Crew, record "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'" at Western Recorders in Hollywood. The record will peak at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 on February 26th, 1966, and become the first of Nancy's ten US Top 40 hits. The song was written by Lee Hazlewood, who was inspired by a line spoken by Frank Sinatra in the 1963 comedy-western film 4 for Texas, "They tell me them boots ain't built for walkin'.

Since Mariah’s tune is getting airtime already….

Paul McCartney releases "Wonderful Christmastime", a tune on which he plays all the instruments himself. The song would peak at #6 on the UK singles chart and #83 on the Cash Box Best Sellers chart, but did not reach the Billboard Hot 100. Considered by many fans as one of his weakest efforts, the record reportedly earns Maca $400,000 a year, which puts its cumulative earnings at near $15 million.

Rod Stewart and The Faces release "A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse", their third LP together. The album contains the band's biggest hit, "Stay with Me", which reached #17 in the US and #6 in the UK, while the LP went to #6 in the US and #2 in the UK.

The Animals record their rendition of "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood". It would reach #3 on the UK Official Chart and #15 on the Billboard Hot 100. Lead singer Eric Burdon would later say of the song, "It was never considered Pop material, but it somehow got passed on to us and we fell in love with it immediately."

Janis Joplin is arrested at her concert in Tampa, Florida and charged with using "vulgar and indecent language". The incident began when a policeman with a bullhorn ordered people in the audience to sit down and Joplin responded, "Don't fuck with those people! Hey, Mister, what're you so uptight about? Did you buy a five dollar ticket?" When police backstage instructed Joplin to tell the audience to take their seats, she replied, "I'm not telling them shit." After being arrested in her dressing room, Joplin was released on bond and all charges were eventually dropped

Bob Dylan records "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right", which will be released as the B-side to "Blowin' In The Wind". The tune was covered by many other artists, including Peter, Paul And Mary, who took it to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963.

Men at Work's debut album, "Business as Usual" tops the Billboard 200 album chart, where it would stay for fifteen consecutive weeks until it is dethroned by Michael Jackson's "Thriller".