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Overview of the events of 1968 in British music
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This is a summary of 1968 in music in the United Kingdom.
Events 16 February – The Beatles , Mike Love , Mia Farrow , Donovan and others travel to India to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi at Rishikesh .18 February – David Gilmour joins Pink Floyd , replacing founder Syd Barrett , who had checked himself into a psychiatric hospital.1 March – First performance of an Andrew Lloyd Webber –Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat cantata ", by pupils of Colet Court preparatory school in Hammersmith .[1] [2] [3] 30 March – The Yardbirds record their live album Live Yardbirds at the Anderson Theater.6 April – The 13th Eurovision Song Contest is held in the Royal Albert Hall , London. The winning song, Spain 's "La, la, la " is sung by Massiel , after Spanish authorities refused to allow Joan Manuel Serrat to perform it in Catalan. The UK finish in second place, just one point behind, with the song "Congratulations " sung by Cliff Richard , which goes on to outsell the winning Spanish entry throughout Europe.4 May – Mary Hopkin performs on the British TV show Opportunity Knocks . Hopkin catches the attention of model Twiggy , who recommends her to Paul McCartney . McCartney would soon sign Hopkin to Apple Records .14 May – At a press conference, John Lennon and Paul McCartney introduce the Beatles' new business concept, Apple Corps, Ltd. , a disastrously mismanaged entertainment company that included a recording studio, a record label, and clothing store.30 May – The Beatles begin recording The White Album (officially titled, simply, The Beatles 7 June – The first performance of Sir Malcolm Arnold 's Peterloo overture, commissioned by the Trades Union Congress to make the centenary of its first meeting, takes place at London's Royal Festival Hall .[4] 8 June – The première of Harrison Birtwistle 's opera Punch and Judy Aldeburgh Festival .[5] 14 June – Manfred Mann appear in the first edition of the BBC2 series Colour Me Pop 7 July – The Yardbirds perform for the last time before disbanding.August – John McVie marries Christine Perfect ,
4 August – Yes performs for the first time, at a summer camp.7 September – Led Zeppelin performs for the first time, billed as The New Yardbirds (the Yardbirds had disbanded two months earlier, and guitarist Jimmy Page subsequently formed this new group).15 September – Song of Summer Ken Russell 's noted TV documentary about Frederick Delius , is shown for the first time as part of the BBC's Omnibus series.19 September – The Who begin recording Tommy rock opera that tells the story about a deaf, dumb and blind boy, including his experiences with life and the relationship with his family.8 November – John Lennon and his wife Cynthia are divorced.22 November – The Beatles The Beatles is released. Also released is The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society The Kinks .26 November – Cream plays their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall . It will be the last time Eric Clapton , Jack Bruce , and Ginger Baker play together until their 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame .2 December – Jimi Hendrix 's manager Chas Chandler quits over differences with Hendrix during the recording of Electric Ladyland 22 December – The Animals reunite for one benefit concert at the Newcastle City Hall while Eric Burdon & The Animals are disbanding.date unknown
Charts Classical music New works Opera Film and Incidental music Musical theatre Musical films Births 4 March – Patsy Kensit , actress and singer23 March – Damon Albarn , singer and songwriter (Blur )28 April – Howard Donald , singer and dancer (Take That )11 May – Richie Wermerling, singer and keyboardist (Let Loose )19 May – Paul Hartnoll , songwriter and musician (Orbital )13 June – Denise Pearson , singer (Five Star )21 June – Sonique , singer and DJ22 July – Rhys Ifans , actor and former vocalist with Super Furry Animals 12 August – Paul Tucker , musician (Lighthouse Family )7 October – Thom Yorke , musician (Radiohead )10 November – Steve Brookstein , singer25 November – Tunde Baiyewu , singer (Lighthouse Family)29 November – Martin Carr (Boo Radleys )Deaths 23 January – Teresa del Riego , violinist, pianist, singer and composer of Spanish ancestry, 9121 April – Norman Demuth , composer, 6927 July – Lilian Harvey , actress and singer, 6231 August – Sir Percy Hull , organist and composer, 896 September – Karl Rankl , Austrian-born conductor and composer, 6916 September – Michael Carr , composer, 6315 October – Franz Reizenstein , German-born composer and pianist, 5720 October – Bud Flanagan , music hall star, 729 December – Percy Greenbank , lyricist, 90"Unknown" – Billy Pigg , bagpiper, 66 See also References
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