1974 in music

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Years in music:	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978

See also:

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths
11 Awards
12 External Charts

[edit] Events

January - The Ramones form.
February 1 - The Doobie Brothers release their album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits featuring their signature and hit song Black Water
February 10 - record producer Phil Spector is badly injured in a car accident. Details of the accident are kept secret.
February 12 - New York's legendary rock club, The Bottom Line, opens in Greenwich Village.
February 14 - The Captain & Tennille are married in Virginia City, Nevada.
February 18 - Yes sells out the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, without a bit of advertising for the show.
February 20 - Cher files for divorce from her husband of 10 years, Sonny Bono.
The Original Alice Cooper Group Breaks Up.
March 12 - John Lennon is involved in an altercation with a photographer outside the Troubador Club in Los Angeles, California. Lennon and friend Harry Nilsson had been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and were forced to leave the club.
March 16 - Country music's legendary Grand Ole Opry moves to a new location at the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee
March 30 - The Ramones play their first concert at the Performance Studio in New York.
April 6 - 200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas, and the Eagles.
April 6 - ABBA win the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, kickstarting their stellar international career.
April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, is found dead in her Hollywood, California apartment from an apparent heroin overdose.
August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band, marries actress Faye Dunaway.
August 17 Ramones play their first concert at CBGB's. The venue would help establish their place at the forefront of punk.
Patti Smith releases her debut recording, "Hey Joe", which many consider to be the first punk rock single.
Lord Shorty's Endless Vibrations is the first soca LP and the first major soca hit worldwide.
Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis and begins solo career.
Rover Thomas claims to have been visited in a dream by a deceased friend near Warmun, Australia and receives the Krill Krill song cycle.
Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns.
Journey signs to Columbia Records.
Talking Heads forms.
Japan forms.
Firefall forms.
The Nits forms.
Blondie forms.
Daniel Amos forms out of the remnants of Jubal's Last Band.
Twenty years after it was recorded, "Rock Around the Clock" by Bill Haley and His Comets returns to the Billboard Top 40, after it gains renewed popularity from its use in the film American Graffiti and the TV series Happy Days.

Robin Zander joins with Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielson and the "real" Cheap Trick band line up as we have come to know is formed

[edit] Albums released

7-Tease - Donovan
461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
1969: The Velvet Underground Live - The Velvet Underground
Alvorecer - Clara Nunes
Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Bad Company - Bad Company
Badfinger - Badfinger
Burn - Deep Purple
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love Babe - Barry White
Charlie Parker On Dial - Charlie Parker
Country Life - Roxy Music
Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
Crime Of The Century - Supertramp
The Civil Surface - Egg
Dark Horse - George Harrison
David Live - David Bowie
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra
Ella in London - Ella Fitzgerald
Endless Summer - Beach Boys
Explosive Hits '74 - Various Artists
Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
Fine and Mellow - Ella Fitzgerald
For Everyman - Jackson Browne
Free And Easy - Helen Reddy
Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder
Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
Grateful Dead From The Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
Greatest Hits - Alice Cooper
Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield
Hotcakes - Carly Simon
I Want To See The Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones
It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Kimono My House - Sparks
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
Live in London '74 - Bill Haley & His Comets
Live In Japan - Carpenters
Living In The 70s - Skyhooks
Love Song For Jeffrey - Helen Reddy
The Main Event – Live - Frank Sinatra
Manuel - Dalida
Meet the Residents - The Residents
Muscle of Love - Alice Cooper
Natty Dread - Bob Marley
The Night the Light Went on (in Long Beach) - Electric Light Orchestra
Nightlife - Thin Lizzy
Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces - IF
Olympia 74 - Dalida
On The Beach - Neil Young
Perfect Angel - Minnie Riperton
Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
Phenonmenon - UFO
Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
Prounounced Leh-Nerd-Skin-Nerd - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Queen II - Queen
Red - King Crimson
Relayer - Yes
Remember Me This Way - Gary Glitter
Ride 'Em Cowboy - Paul Davis
Rocka Rolla - Judas Priest
Rock n Roll Animal - Lou Reed
Röda Kapellet - Röda Kapellet
Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock
Rush - Rush
Sally Can't Dance- Lou Reed
Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
The Singles: 1969-1973 - Carpenters
Sneakin' Sally Through The Alley - Robert Palmer
Some Nice Things I’ve Missed - Frank Sinatra
Soon Over Babaluma - Can (band)
Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Brian Eno
There's the Rub - Wishbone Ash
Todd - Todd Rundgren
Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
War Child - Jethro Tull
Waterloo - ABBA
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - The Doobie Brothers
Wish You Were Here - Badfinger
Solid - The Groundhogs

[edit] Top hits on record

"Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Rolling Stones
"Already Gone" - Eagles
"Always Yours" - Gary Glitter
"Another Saturday Night" - Cat Stevens
"Are You Ready To Rock - Wizzard
"Atlanta" - Little Feat
"Bad Motor Scooter" - Montrose
"Band on the Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Beach Baby" - The First Class
"Best Of My Love" - Eagles
"Billy, Don't Be a Hero" - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
"The Bitch is Back" - Elton John
"Break The Rules" - Status Quo
"The Bump" - Kenny
"Bungle In the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
"California Saga(EP)" - The Beach Boys
"Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company
"Caroline Says" - Lou Reed
"China Grove" - The Doobie Brothers
"Counting Out Time" - Genesis
"Devil Gate Drive" - Suzi Quatro
"Diamond Dogs" - David Bowie
"Dirty Old Man" - The Three Degrees
"Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me" - Elton John
"Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" - Stevie Wonder
"Down Down" - Status Quo
"Drift Away" - Dobie Gray
"The Faith Healer" - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band
"Free Man In Paris" - Joni Mitchell
"Going Down The Road" - Roy Wood
"Gonna Make You A Star" -David Essex
"Good Morning (How Are You)" - Moir Sisters
"Haven't Got Time For The Pain" - Carly Simon
"He's Mistra Know It All" - Stevie Wonder
"Honey, Honey" - ABBA
"How Long" - Ace
"I Know What I Like In Your Wardrobe" - Genesis
"I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
"I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton
"It's Only Rock'n Roll" - The Rolling Stones
"Jet" - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Jessica" - Allman Brothers Band
"Jungle Boogie" - Kool and the Gang
"Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings
"Killer Queen" - Queen
"Kissin' In The Back Row Of The Movies" - The Drifters
"Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
"Let Go" - Brian Cadd
"Let It Ride" - Edgar Winter Group
"Listen To The Music" - The Doobie Brothers
"Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black" - Mungo Jerry
"Long Train Running" - The Doobie Brothers
"The Love I Lost" - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
"Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
"Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle" - Electric Light Orchestra
"Machine Gun" - The Commodores
"Magic" - Pilot
"Mama's Little Girl" - Linda George
"The Man Who Sold The World" - Lulu
"Midnight At The Oasis" - Maria Muldaur
"Midnight Rider" - Gregg Allman
"Mockingbird" (with James Taylor) - Carly Simon
"Money" - Pink Floyd
"Mr Soft" - Cockney Rebel
"Oh Very Young" - Cat Stevens
"Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" -The Raspberries
"Phil Spector's Christmas Single" - Various Artists
"Queen Of Clubs" - KC and the Sunshine Band
"Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie
"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan
"Rock'n'Roll Winter" - Wizzard
"Rock And Roll Suicide" - David Bowie
"Rock On" - David Essex
"Ride 'Em Cowboy" - Paul Davis
"Roxette" - Dr. Feelgood
"Samba Pa Ti" - Santana
"Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
"Shang-A-Lang" - Bay City Rollers
"Silvery Moon" - Sherbet
"The Six Teens" - The Sweet
"Slipstream" - Sherbet
"Smokin' In The Boys Room" - Brownsville Station
"Streets Of London" - Ralph McTell
"Sugar Baby Love" - The Rubettes
"Summer Breeze" - The Isley Brothers
"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Takin' Care Of Business" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
"Teenage Lament '74" - Alice Cooper
"Teenage Rampage" - The Sweet
"This Town Ain't Big Enough For The Both Of Us" - Sparks
"Tiger Feet" - Mud
"Tin Man" - America
"Too Popped To Pop" - La De Da's
"Wall Street Shuffle" - 10cc
"Walk On" - Neil Young
"Waterloo" - ABBA
"Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - John Lennon
"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
"(You're) Having My Baby" Paul Anka & Odia Coates
"You're The First The Last My Everything" - Barry White
"School Love" - Barry Blue
"Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" - Gary Glitter
"Angel Face" - Glitter Band
"The Cat Crept In" - Mud
"The Wild One" - Suzi Quatro
"Remember Me This Way" - Gary Glitter
"Jealous Mind" - Alvin Stardust

[edit] Published popular music

"Annie's Song" w.m. John Denver
"Happy Days" w.m. Pratt & McClain from the ABC-TV Series Happy Days
"Hasta Manana" w.m. B Andersson, S Anderson, B Ulvaeus
"I Honestly Love You" w.m. Peter Allen & Jeff Barry
"I Won't Send Roses" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mack & Mabel
"I've Got The Music In Me" w.m. Bias Boshell
"Midnight At The Oasis" w.m. David Nichtern
"Murder On The Orient Express" m. Richard Rodney Bennett from the film Murder On The Orient Express
"No Goodbyes" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the musical Over Here
"Ring Ring" - ABBA
"She" w. Herbert Kretzmer m. Charles Aznavour
"Southern Nights" w.m. Allen Toussaint
"Sunshine On My Shoulder" w.m. John Denver, Richard Kniss & Michael Taylor
"Tap Your Troubles Away" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mack & Mabel
"(You're) Having My Baby" w.m. Paul Anka
"Gigi L'Amoroso" - Dalida
"Anima Mia" - Dalida
"Ta Femme" - Dalida

[edit] Classical music

Anne Boyd - Angklung for piano
George Crumb - Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 7 for orchestra and tape
Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 8 for woodwind quintet and tape
Einar Englund - Piano Concerto no. 2
Nicolas Flagello - The Passion of Martin Luther King (oratorio)
Joaquin Homs - Trio
György Ligeti - San Francisco Polyphony for Orchestra (1973-74)
Wolfgang Regel - Requiem "à la mémoire de César Geoffray"
Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor, Op.144