- Jan 2 Dutch premiere of musical "Hair" in Amsterdam
- Jan 3 "Jimmy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 84 performances
- Jan 3 "Mame" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 1508 performances
- Jan 4 Beatles last recording session at EMI studios
- Jan 31 Grateful Dead members busted on LSD charges
- Feb 4 "Charles Aznavour" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 23 performances
- Feb 4 "Gantry" opens at George Abbott Theater NYC for 1 performance
- Feb 7 "Jingle Jangle" hits #10 on the pop singles chart by Archies
- Feb 14 "Gantry" closes at George Abbott Theater NYC after 1 performance
- Feb 22 "Charles Aznavour" closes at Music Box Theater NYC after 23 performances
- Feb 26 "Georgy" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 4 performances
- Feb 26 Beatles release "Beatles Again" aka "Hey Jude" album
- Feb 28 "Georgy" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 4 performances
- Mar 6 Beatles release "Let it Be" in UK
Music Recording
Mar 10 Barbra Streisand records "The Singer" & "I Can Do It"
Barbra Streisand
- Mar 11 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills & Nash, Peggy Lee win
- Mar 15 Gary Geld & Peter Udell's "Purlie" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 689 performances
- Mar 21 15th Eurovision Song Contest: Dana for Ireland wins singing "All Kinds of Everything" in Amsterdam
- Mar 23 "Hello Darlin'" single released by Conway Twitty (Billboard Song of the Year 1970)
- Mar 26 "Minnie's Boys" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 80 performances
- Mar 29 "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 performances
- Mar 30 "Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
Event of Interest
Mar 30 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
Miles Davis
- Mar 30 Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause" premieres in NYC
Event of Interest
Apr 1 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release hoax they are having dual sex change operations
John Lennon
Yoko Ono
- Apr 8 "Cry for Us All" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 8 performances
Event of Interest
Apr 10 Paul McCartney officially announces the split of The Beatles
Paul McCartney
Music Awards
Apr 13 5th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Tammy Wynette win
Merle Haggard
Tammy Wynette
- Apr 14 "Boy Friend" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 119 performances
- Apr 15 "Cry for Us All" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 8 performances
- Apr 17 Paul McCartney's 1st solo album "McCartney" is released
- Apr 19 "Look to the Lilies" closes at Lunt-Fontanne NYC after 25 performances
- Apr 22 "Park" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 5 performances
- Apr 25 "Park" closes at John Golden Theater NYC after 5 performances
- Apr 26 "Company" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 690 performances
- May 7 "Long & Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release
- May 8 Beatles release "Let it Be" album
- May 13 Beatles movie "Let it Be" premieres
Event of Interest
May 16 Grover Henson Feels Forgotten by Bill Cosby hits #70
Bill Cosby
- May 18 Beatles' last released LP, "Let It Be", released in US
- May 20 Beatles' "Let it Be" movie premieres in UK
- May 23 Grateful Dead's 1st performance outside US (England)
- May 30 "Minnie's Boys" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 80 performances
- Jun 1 "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens hits #1
- Jun 7 The Who's "Tommy" is performed at NY's Lincoln Center
Music Concert
Jun 12 Rocker and blues singer Janis Joplin debuts in Kentucky
Janis Joplin
- Jun 13 "In The Summertime" by Mungo Jerry hits #1 in UK
- Jun 13 Beatles' "Let It Be" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 4 weeks
- Jun 13 Beatles' "Long & Winding Road" single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
- Jun 17 Led Zeppelin begins their last European tour
- Jun 23 Rocker Chubby Checker arrested for marijuana possession
Event of Interest
Jul 1 Jimi Hendrix 1st recording session (NYC)
Jimi Hendrix
- Jul 3 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival
- Jul 17 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, NYC
- Jul 18 "Boy Friend" closes at Ambassador Theater NYC after 119 performances
- Jul 25 "(They Long to Be) Close to You" sung by the Carpenters reaches #1
- Jul 30 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut
Event of Interest
Aug 4 Jim Morrison arrested for drunkenness
Jim Morrison
Jim Morrison's Trial
Aug 10 Jim Morrison's trial for "lewd and lascivious behavior" begins in Miami
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Event of Interest
Aug 25 Elton John's 1st US appearance (Los Angeles)
Elton John
Event of Interest
Sep 15 Decca awards Bing Crosby a 2nd platinum disc for selling 300 million
Bing Crosby
- Sep 20 Jim Morrison found guilty of "open profanity and indecent exposure" after allegedly exposing himself at a concert in Miami in 1969
Album Release
Sep 25 Ringo Starr releases his album "Beaucoups of Blues"
Ringo Starr
- Sep 28 "Words & Music" debuts on NBC-TV
- Oct 1 63 arrested in riot to buy Rolling Stone tickets in Milano, Italy
- Oct 3 "Coco" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 333 performances
- Oct 14 4th Country Music Association Award: Merle Haggard wins
- Oct 27 "Light, Lively & Yiddish" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 87 performances
- Oct 31 Jim Morrison is sentenced to six months in jail and a $500 fine for indecent exposure and open profanity, though remains free on a $50,000 bond pending appeal
- Nov 3 "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 72 performances
- Nov 7 "Purlie" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 689 performances
- Nov 10 "2 by 2" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 343 performances
- Nov 10 R Rodgers/M Charnins musical "Two by Two" premieres in NYC
- Nov 16 Elton John records a show in New York City which was later released as his 11-17-70 album
Music Single
Nov 23 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single in the US
George Harrison
- Nov 27 George Harrison releases his triple album set "All Things Must Pass"
- Dec 2 Michael Tippett's opera "The Knot Garden" premieres in London
- Dec 18 "Me Nobody Knows" opens at Helen Hayes Theater NYC for 587 performances
- Dec 27 "Hello, Dolly!" closes at St James Theater NYC after 2844 performances
- Dec 28 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" opens at Majestic NYC for 19 performances
- Dec 31 Paul McCartney files a lawsuit to disolve The Beatles