On this day in 1969, London’s Wonderland Gardens hosted the first day of a two-day Pop Festival. On the opening day bill, were Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Alice Cooper, The Funky Parliaments (of George Clinton fame), Terry and the Pyrates, and George Olliver & The Natural Gas (featuring Londoners Carl Watral, Trumpet, Fleugelhorn, and Vocals, Graham Lear, Percussion, and David Classic, Trombone and Vocals). The event preceded the much larger Woodstock Music Festival, which took place in New York State from August 15 to 18.
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