【Classic Rock 1971】Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, The Who, David Bowie, T-Rex, Janis Joplin

Promoter Bill Graham closes Fillmore East and West concert venues. Doors frontman Jim Morrison dies of drug overdose. Former Beatle George Harrison holds a ``Concert for Bangladesh’’ in New York. The first Glastonbury Festival is held in the UK. British folk duo go electric and launch glam rock, scoring #1 album in the UK. British band Yes’s progressive rock hit the top 10 in both the US and UK. Singer-songwriters are popular, with hits by Gordon Lightfoot, Bill Withers, John Denver, and Carole King.
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