24th: The Doors release "Light My Fire" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
May
26th: The Beatles release the album "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" The Residents would go on to sample the title track in their 1973 demo tape "1-10"
12th: Percy Sledge releases his cover of 'Love Me Tender', a song The Residents themselves would cover in 1989 on The King & Eye.
July
24th: The Beach Boys release "Heroes & Villains" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1974, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
August
The Box Tops release "The Letter" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1974, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
September
The Human Beinz release Nobody But Me. It is later sampled by The Residents on their 1973 track "N-ER-GEE (Crisis Blues)"
Lulu releases "To Sir, with Love"The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1974, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
October
John Fred & His Playboy Band release "Judy in Disguise (With Glasses)" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
November
The Band Cream, release "Sunshine of Your Love" The Residents would go on to cover the song in 1975, for their Third Reich N Roll album.
24th: The Beatles release "I Am the Walrus", a track The Residents would later sample on their 1977 song "Beyond the Valley of a Day In The Life"
The group began to make the first of possibly hundreds of loosely edited tapes, consisting mostly of home studio experiments, rehearsals and improvisational jams.
