1970 marked the end of an era. The Beatles dissolved, suffering internal conflicts. Each went their separate ways appearing on solo albums. Arguably the world’s most famous group of all time was no more. The pop and rock music world, which The Beatles had forever changed, would never be the same.
Louis Armstrong recovered from illness to throw a famous birthday bash on his “70th birthday” on July 4, 1970. It wasn’t known until the 1980s that his true birthday was on August 4, 1901. When he died in 1971, he was actually only 69 years old.
A statue was planned to be erected in Armstrong’s birthplace of New Orleans. Incredible jazz-only festivals were staged in Monterey and Newport.
Two deaths rocked the music world in 1970. On September 18, mercurial guitarist Jimi Hendrix was found dead in London. Less than a month later, on October 4, Janis Joplin died in Hollywood.
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