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TIMELINE
1971
- Ex-Beatle George Harrison organizes the Concert for Bangladesh in New York City, which becomes a film and an album.
- In the U.K. the first Glastonbury Festival is held. Artists include Traffic, Melanie, Hawkwind and David Bowie.
- U.K. folk duo shorten their name to T.Rex and go full electric on their second album Electric Warrior which hits #1 U.K. and launches Glam Rock.
- The rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar, based on the Gospels, goes to #1 U.S. and becomes a Broadway hit.
- Singer/Songwriters are popular with Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Withers, Carly Simon, John Denver and Carole King scoring hits.
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