[edit] Events - February 5 - Eric Burdon & War disband. They didn't perform together again until April 21, 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
- February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
- February 16 - Alan Passaro, of the Hells Angels, who was acquitted of the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.
- March 4 - The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle, England. The tour was a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles".
- March 5 - Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song "Stairway to Heaven".
- March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, At Fillmore East.
- March 16 - The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970, are presented.
- April 3 - The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" sung by Séverine.
- May 12 - Mick Jagger marries Bianca De Macias in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and their wives are among the wedding guests.
- July 3 - Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France aged 27.
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- November 8 - Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest selling album, and the fourth best selling album of all time.
- December - Electric Light Orchestra release their eponymous debut album.
- December 4 - The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. Members of Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".
- Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.
- Ann Wilson joins Heart, which moves to Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their Greatest Hits album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' on the River which runs until 1974.
- The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.
- Brad Whitford replaces Ray Tabano on rhythm guitar in Aerosmith
- Elton John has first international hit with Your Song.
- New York Dolls' musical career begins.
- Donna Summer's recording career begins.
- Roxy Music's musical career begins.
- Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career
- Rick Wakeman joins Yes
- Conrad Schnitzler leaves Kluster, which dissolves
- The Crystals reunite
- The Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille
- Cluster forms and releases first album for Philips
[edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Albums released - Aerial Pandemonium Ballet - Harry Nilsson
- Afro Roots - Mongo Santamaria
- Alarm Clock - Richie Havens
- All Day Music - War
- American Pie - Don McLean
- Angel Delight - Fairport Convention
- Another Cycle - Jimmy Cliff
- Another Dimension - Bo Diddley
- Anticipation - Carly Simon
- April Wine - April Wine
- Aqualung - Jethro Tull
- Aretha Live at Fillmore West - Aretha Franklin
- At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
- Bark - Jefferson Airplane
- Be Glad for the Song Has No Ending - Incredible String Band
- The Best of Top of the Pops '71 - Top of the Poppers
- The Black-Man's Burdon - Eric Burdon and War
- Black Moses - Isaac Hayes
- Blessed Are... - Joan Baez
- Blue - Joni Mitchell
- Blue Öyster Cult - Blue Öyster Cult (debut)
- Blue River - Eric Anderson
- Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt
- Boz Scaggs & Band - Boz Scaggs
- Brain Capers - Mott the Hoople
- Broken Barricades - Procol Harum
- Budgie - Budgie (debut)
- Byrdmaniax - The Byrds
- The Byrds' Greatest Hits Volume II - The Byrds
- Cahoots - The Band
- Candida - The Lawrence Welk Orchestra
- Can I Have My Money Back - Gerry Rafferty
- Carly Simon - Carly Simon (debut)
- Carpenters - The Carpenters
- Chase - Chase
- Chicago III - Chicago
- Chicago at Carnegie Hall - Chicago
- Church of Anthrax - John Cale
- Closer to the Ground - Joy of Cooking
- Clube da Esquina - Milton Nascimento
- Cluster - Cluster
- C'mon Everybody - Elvis Presley
- Coat of Many Colors - Dolly Parton
- Cold Spring Harbor - Billy Joel
- Collage - Le Orme
- Communication - Bobby Womack
- The Concert for Bangladesh - George Harrison and Friends
- Crazy Horse - Crazy Horse
- Cruel Sister - Pentangle
- The Cry of Love - Jimi Hendrix
- Curtis/Live! - Curtis Mayfield
- Deliverin' - Poco
- Detroit - Mitch Ryder
- The Dionne Warwicke Story - Dionne Warwick
- Distant Light - The Hollies
- The Doobie Brothers - The Doobie Brothers
- E Pluribus Funk - Grand Funk Railroad
- Edgar Winter's White Trash - Edgar Winter
- The Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra
- Electric Warrior - T.Rex
- Electronically Tested - Mungo Jerry
- 17-11-70 - Elton John
- Ella à Nice - Ella Fitzgerald
- Elvis Country - Elvis Presley
- Elvis Sings the Wonderful World of Christmas - Elvis Presley
- El Derecho de Vivir en Paz - Víctor Jara
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer (debut)
- Eruption - Kluster
- Escalator over the Hill - Carla Bley & Paul Haines
- Every Good Boy Deserves Favour - The Moody Blues
- Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
- Farther Along - The Byrds
- Faust - Faust
- Fearless - Family
- Fillmore East - June 1971 - The Mothers of Invention
- Fireball - Deep Purple
- First Pull Up, Then Pull Down - Hot Tuna
- Fly - Yoko Ono
- The Flying Burrito Brothers - The Flying Burrito Brothers
- (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People - The Chi-Lites
- Fog on the Tyne - Lindisfarne
- Fourth - Soft Machine
- 4 Way Street - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
- Fragile - Yes
- Free Live! - Free
- From the Inside - Poco
- Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be - The Sweet
- Future Games - Fleetwood Mac
- Gather Me - Melanie Safka
- Gimme Dat Ding - The Sweet/The Pipkins
- Goin' Down Highway 51 - John Lee Hooker
- Golden Biscuits - Three Dog Night
- Gonna Take a Miracle - Laura Nyro
- The Good Book - Melanie Safka
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Johnny Cash
- Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 - Bob Dylan
- Grin - Grin
- Guilty - Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon
- Gunfight at Carnegie Hall - Phil Ochs
- The Gypsy - Mr. Fox
- Hag - Merle Haggard
- Happy Just To Be Like I Am - Taj Mahal
- Harmony - Three Dog Night
- Harmony Row - Jack Bruce
- High on a Hilltop - Merle Haggard
- High Time - MC5
- High Winds, White Sky - Bruce Cockburn
- H.M.S. Donovan - Donovan
- Hooker 'N Heat - John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat
- Hot Rocks 1964-1971 - The Rolling Stones
- Hunky Dory - David Bowie
- If 3 - If
- If I Could Only Remember My Name - David Crosby
- If Not for You - Olivia Newton-John
- Illusion - Renaissance
- Imagine - John Lennon
- In Search of a Song - Tom T. Hall
- In Search of Space - Hawkwind
- In the Land of Grey and Pink - Caravan
- The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
- Islands - King Crimson
- Isle of View - Jimmie Spheeris
- Jade Warrior - Jade Warrior
- James Gang Live in Concert - James Gang (live)
- Jesus Christ Superstar - Original Studio Cast
- John Prine - John Prine
- Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams - Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis
- Journey in Satchidananda - Alice Coltrane
- Journey to the Centre of the Eye - Nektar
- Joy of Cooking - Joy of Cooking
- Just as I Am - Bill Withers
- Kazemachi Roman - Happy End
- Killer - Alice Cooper
- L.A. Woman - The Doors
- Land of Many Churches - Merle Haggard
- Led Zeppelin IV (officially untitled fourth album) - Led Zeppelin
- Leon Russell and the Shelter People - Leon Russell
- Let My Children Hear Music - Charles Mingus
- Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air - Incredible String Band
- Little Fauss and Big Halsy - Johnny Cash
- Little Feat - Little Feat (debut)
- Liv - Livingston Taylor
- Live at Fillmore West - King Curtis
- Live at Massey Hall 1971 (2007 release) - Neil Young
- Live at the Regal - B.B. King
- Live-Evil - Miles Davis
- Live in Concert - The James Gang
- Live in Cook County Jail - B.B. King
- Live Johnny Winter And - Johnny Winter
- Live! (with Ginger Baker) - Fela Kuti
- Lizard - King Crimson
- Long Player - The Faces
- Look at Yourself - Uriah Heep
- Love Story - Andy Williams
- Love It to Death - Alice Cooper
- Love Letters from Elvis - Elvis Presley
- Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes - The 5th Dimension
- The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
- Mad Man Blues - John Lee Hooker
- Madman Across the Water - Elton John
- Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
- Man in Black - Johnny Cash
- The Man, The World, His Music - Johnny Cash
- Manna - Bread
- Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
- Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson
- Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy - The Who
- Meddle - Pink Floyd
- Message From the Country - The Move
- Mirror Man - Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band
- Moments - Boz Scaggs
- The Morning After - The J. Geils Band
- Motel Shot - Delaney & Bonnie
- Moving Waves - Focus
- Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon - James Taylor
- Music - Carole King
- Muswell Hillbillies - The Kinks
- Mwandishi - Herbie Hancock
- My Goal's Beyond - John McLaughlin
- Nantucket Sleighride - Mountain
- Nazareth - Nazareth (debut)
- New Riders of the Purple Sage - New Riders of the Purple Sage
- Nice Feelin' - Rita Coolidge
- Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
- No Roses - Shirley Collins
- A Nod Is as Good as a Wink... to a Blind Horse - The Faces
- The North Star Grassman and the Ravens - Sandy Denny
- Nursery Cryme - Genesis
- Oblivion Express - Brian Auger
- One Dozen Roses - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
- One Way...Or Another - Cactus
- Once Again - Barclay James Harvest
- Osibisa - Osibisa
- Other Voices - The Doors
- A Partridge Family Christmas Card - The Partridge Family
- Pawn Hearts - Van der Graaf Generator
- Peaceful World - The Rascals
- Pearl - Janis Joplin
- People Like Us - The Mamas & the Papas
- Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 - Chick Corea
- Piano Improvisations Vol. 2 - Chick Corea
- Pictures of Infinity - Sun Ra
- Pilgrimage - Wishbone Ash
- Please to See the King - Steeleye Span
- Poems, Prayers and Promises - John Denver
- The Point! - Harry Nilsson
- The Polite Force - Egg
- Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
- Quiet Fire - Roberta Flack
- Rainbow Bridge - Jimi Hendrix
- Ram - Paul McCartney
- Reflections - Pentangle
- Released - Jade Warrior
- Relics - Pink Floyd
- REO Speedwagon - REO Speedwagon
- Restrictions - Cactus
- Rita Coolidge - Rita Coolidge (debut)
- Rock Around the Country - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Rock On - Humple Pie
- Rock Love - Steve Miller Band
- Roots - Curtis Mayfield
- Rosa dos Ventos - Maria Bethânia
- Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
- Rudy the Fifth - Rick Nelson
- Runt: The Ballad of Todd Rundgren - Todd Rundgren
- Salisbury - Uriah Heep
- San Francisco Dues - Chuck Berry
- Santana III - Santana
- Shaft - Isaac Hayes
- She Used to Want to Be a Ballerina - Buffy Sainte-Marie
- Sho Is Funky Down Here - James Brown
- Shopping Bag - The Partridge Family
- The Silver Tongued Devil and I - Kris Kristofferson
- Sing a Sad Song - Merle Haggard
- Sister Kate - Kate Taylor
- 666 - Aphrodite's Child
- Sky's the Limit - The Temptations
- Smash Your Head Against the Wall - John Entwistle
- So Long, Bannatyne - The Guess Who
- Someday We'll Look Back - Merle Haggard
- Songs for Beginners - Graham Nash
- Songs of Love and Hate - Leonard Cohen
- Soul Rebels - Bob Marley and the Wailers
- Soul Revolution - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Soul Revolution II - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- Soulful Tapestry - Honey Cone
- Sound Magazine - The Partridge Family
- Source Point - John Hammond
- A Space in Time - Ten Years After
- Split - The Groundhogs
- Starsailor - Tim Buckley
- Stephen Stills 2 - Stephen Stills
- Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
- Stones - Neil Diamond
- Stoney & Meatloaf - Stoney & Meat Loaf (debut)
- Stoney End - Barbra Streisand
- Straight Up - Badfinger
- The Sun, Moon & Herbs - Dr. John
- Super Bad - James Brown
- Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
- Survival - Grand Funk Railroad
- Sweet Replies - Honey Cone
- Tago Mago - Can (band)
- Tanz der Lemminge - Amon Düül II
- Tapestry - Carole King
- Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
- Teaser and the Firecat - Cat Stevens
- Teenage Head - Flamin' Groovies
- Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again - Steeleye Span
- Thembi - Pharoah Sanders
- There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
- They Call Me Muddy Waters - Muddy Waters
- Thirds - The James Gang
- Things We Like - Jack Bruce
- 34 Hours - Skid Row
- This is Madness - The Last Poets
- Ticket to Ride - The Carpenters
- Trafalgar - Bee Gees
- A Tribute to Jack Johnson - Miles Davis
- Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
- Twins - Ornette Coleman
- 200 Motels - Frank Zappa
- 2 Years On - The Bee Gees
- Une Vie - Dalida
- Up to Date - The Partridge Family
- Volcanic Action of My Soul - Ray Charles
- War - War
- Weather Report - Weather Report
- Welcome to the Canteen(live) - Traffic
- Whales and Nightingales - Judy Collins
- What About Me (album) - Quicksilver Messenger Service
- What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
- Whatevershebringswesing - Kevin Ayers
- Where's the Money? - Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks
- Who's Next - The Who
- Why Black Man Dey Suffer? - Fela Kuti
- Wildlife - Mott the Hoople
- Wild Life - Wings
- Woyaya - Osibisa
- The Yes Album - Yes
- You Don't Have to Be in the Army - Mungo Jerry
- You'll Never Walk Alone - Elvis Presley
- You're Not Alone - Dion DiMucci
- Young, Gifted and Black - Aretha Franklin
- Zwei-Osterei - Kluster
- ZZ Top's First Album - ZZ Top
[edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1971. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | John Lennon | Imagine | 1971 |  | UK 1 - Dec 1980, Éire 1 - Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1972, Australia Goset 1 - Dec 1971, Virgin 1, OzNet 1, Switzerland 2 - Nov 1971, DDD 2 of 1971, WXPN 2, US BB 3 - Oct 1971, Canada 3 - Sep 1971, Norway 3 - Feb 1972, Italy 3 of 1972, Rolling Stone 3, RYM 4 of 1971, Holland 5 - Nov 1971, France 5 - Nov 1971, South Africa 5 of 1972, POP 5 of 1971, Austria 6 - Mar 1981, Europe 8 of the 1970s, TheQ 9, US BB 10 of 1971, Belgium 11 of all time, Germany 12 - Jan 1981, TOTP 16, Poland 17 of all time, Sweden (alt) 19 - Dec 1975, Australia 19 of 1972, Acclaimed 21, RIAA 30, Scrobulate 33 of classic rock, 86 in 2FM list | | 2 | George Harrison | My Sweet Lord | 1971 | | UK 1 - Jan 1971, US BB 1 - Dec 1970, Canada 1 - Nov 1970, Holland 1 - Dec 1970, France 1 - Mar 1971, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1971, Norway 1 - Feb 1971, Germany 1 - Jan 1971, Éire 1 - Jan 1971, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1971, Australia Goset 1 - Jan 1971, Australia 2 of 1971, RYM 3 of 1970, Italy 4 of 1971, Virgin 5, Poland 7 - Feb 2002, DDD 11 of 1970, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1970, Germany 40 of the 1970s, US CashBox 70 of 1971, Europe 93 of the 1970s, OzNet 170, WXPN 339, Rolling Stone 454, TheQ 484, Acclaimed 604 | | 3 | Rod Stewart | Maggie May | 1971 | | UK 1 - Sep 1971, US BB 1 - Aug 1971, Canada 1 - Aug 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks May 1972, Australia Goset 1 - Oct 1971, Peel list 1 of 1970, Holland 3 - Oct 1971, RYM 3 of 1971, Switzerland 5 - Dec 1971, DDD 5 of 1971, US BB 6 of 1971, France 10 - Nov 1971, POP 10 of 1971, Australia 13 of 1971, Germany 17 - Jan 1972, US CashBox 23 of 1971, TheQ 37, Virgin 53, Acclaimed 80, Rolling Stone 130, OzNet 149, RIAA 194, WXPN 218 | | 4 | The Rolling Stones | Brown Sugar | 1971 | | US BB 1 - May 1971, Canada 1 - May 1971, Holland 1 - May 1971, Switzerland 1 - May 1971, UK 2 - Apr 1971, US BB 3 of 1971, POP 3 of 1971, Norway 4 - May 1971, Germany 5 - May 1971, Australia Goset 5 - Jun 1971, DDD 8 of 1971, France 9 - Apr 1971, RYM 11 of 1971, Virgin 21, US CashBox 38 of 1971, TheQ 82, Scrobulate 89 of classic rock, Acclaimed 137, Germany 249 of the 1970s, WXPN 274, OzNet 412, Rolling Stone 490 | | 5 | Lynn Anderson | Rose Garden | 1971 |  | Canada 1 - Dec 1970, Switzerland 1 - Mar 1971, Norway 1 - Mar 1971, Germany 1 - Mar 1971, Éire 1 - Mar 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Oct 1971, Holland 2 - Jan 1971, France 2 - Apr 1971, Australia Goset 2 - Feb 1971, UK 3 - Feb 1971, US BB 3 - Dec 1970, US CashBox 6 of 1971, Germany 50 of the 1970s, DDD 57 of 1970, RYM 75 of 1970, Acclaimed 1217 | [edit] Top hit singles - "Ain't No Sunshine" - Bill Withers
- "All Day Music" - War
- "All I Ever Need Is You" - Sonny & Cher
- "Another Day" - Paul McCartney
- "Baby I'm-a Want You" - Bread
- "Baby Jump" - Mungo Jerry
- "Back Street Luv" - Curved Air
- "Bangla Desh" - George Harrison
- "Banks of the Ohio" - Olivia Newton-John
- "The Banner Man" - Blue Mink
- "Beginnings" - Chicago
- "Behind Blue Eyes" - The Who
- "Black & White" - Greyhound
- "Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
- "Black Magic Woman" - Santana
- "Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" - The Equals
- "Blue Money" - Van Morrison
- "Brand New Key" - Melanie
- "Brandy" - Scott English
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Aretha Franklin
- "Bridget The Midget (The Queen of the Blues)" - Ray Stevens
- "Bring the Boys Home" - Freda Payne
- "Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" - The Rolling Stones
- "Butterfly" - Danyel Gérard
- "Cherish" - David Cassidy
- "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Middle of the Road
- "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Mac and Katie Kissoon (Lally Stott's original was dubbed into French)
- "Co-Co" - The Sweet
- "Colour My World" - Chicago
- "(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
- "Country Road" - James Taylor
- "Cousin Norman" - Marmalade
- "Coz I Luv You" - Slade
- "Crazy Love" - Helen Reddy
- "Cried Like A Baby" - Bobby Sherman
- "Day After Day" - Badfinger
- "Desiderata" - Les Crane
- "Did You Ever...?" - Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
- "Do You Know What I Mean?" - Lee Michaels
- "DOA" - Bloodrock
- "Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted" - The Partridge Family
- "Don't Knock My Love-Pt. 1" - Wilson Pickett
- "Don't Let It Die" - Hurricane Smith
- "Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" - Wilson Pickett
- "Don't Pull Your Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
- "Double Barrel" - Dave and Ansell Collins
- "Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James
- "Drowning in the Sea of Love" - Joe Simon
- "Ernie" - Walter Matthau
- "Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" - Benny Hill
- "Everybody's Everything" - Santana
- "Everything's Tuesday" - Chairmen of the Board
- "Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone
- "Fly Little White Dove Fly" - The Bells
- "For All We Know" - The Carpenters
- "Forget Me Not" - Martha and the Vandellas
- "Friends" - Elton John
- "Funky Nassau" - The Beginning of the End
- "Get It On" - T.Rex
- "Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. 1" - James Brown
- "Girls Are Out To Get You" - The Fascinations
- "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
- "Got to Be There" - Michael Jackson
- "Grandad" - Clive Dunn
- "Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" - Cher
- "Hallelujah" - Sweathog
- "Have You Ever Seen The Rain?" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "He's Gonna Step On You Again" - John Kongos
- "Heaven Must Have Sent You" - The Elgins
- "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Sammi Smith
- "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" - The Fortunes
- "Here Comes the Sun" - Richie Havens
- "Hey Big Brother" - Rare Earth
- "Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" - The Tams
- "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox" - James Taylor
- "Hey Tonight" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "Hot Love" - T.Rex
- "Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" - James Brown
- "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - Bee Gees
- "I Am......I Said" - Neil Diamond
- "I Believe (In Love)" - Hot Chocolate
- "I Did What I Did For Maria" - Tony Christie
- "I Don't Blame You At All" - Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" - Helen Reddy
- "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar - Yvonne Elliman
- "I Don't Want To Do Wrong" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
- "I Hear You Knocking" - Dave Edmunds
- "I Just Can't Help Believing" - Elvis Presley
- "I Just Can't Help Believing" - Sacha Distel (Dubbed)
- "I Just Want To Celebrate" - Rare Earth
- "I Love You For All Seasons" - The Fuzz
- "I Will Return" - Springwater
- "I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family
- "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" - The New Seekers
- "I'd Love to Change the World" - Ten Years After
- "I'll Meet You Half Way" - The Partridge Family
- "I'm a Greedy Man Pt.1" - James Brown
- "I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
- "I'm Gonna Run Away From You" - Tami Lynn
- "(I Know) I'm Losing You" - Rod Stewart
- "I'm Still Waiting" - Diana Ross
- "I've Found Someone of My Own" - Free Movement
- "If" - Bread
- "If I Were Your Woman" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
- "If Not For You" - Olivia Newton-John
- "If You Could Read My Mind" - Gordon Lightfoot
- "If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder
- "Imagine" - John Lennon
- "In My Own Time" - Family
- "Indian Reservation" - Paul Revere & the Raiders
- "Indiana Wants Me" - R. Dean Taylor
- "Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" - Marvin Gaye
- "Iron Man" - Black Sabbath
- "Is This the Way to Amarillo" - Tony Christie
- "It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr
- "It's Impossible" - Perry Como
- "It's The Same Old Song - The Weathermen
- "It's Too Late" - Carole King
- "Jack in the Box" - Clodagh Rodgers
- "Jeepster" - T.Rex
- "Johnny Reggae" - The Piglets
- "Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
- "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" - The Temptations
- "K- Jee" - The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth)
- "Knock Three Times" - Dawn
- "L.A. International Airport" - Susan Raye
- "L.A. Woman" - The Doors
- "Lady Rose" - Mungo Jerry
- "Legend In Your Own Time" - Carly Simon
- "Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" - The Pioneers
- "Levon" - Elton John
- "Liar" - Three Dog Night
- "Locomotive Breath" - Jethro Tull
- "Lonely Days" - The Bee Gees
- "Love Her Madly" - The Doors
- "Brotherhood Means Never having to Say, 'Well, Some of My Best Friends Are'" - Sounds of Sunshine
- "Love the One You're With" - The Isley Brothers
- "Love The One You're With" - Stephen Stills
- "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
- "Malt And Barley Blues" - McGuinness Flint
- "Make It With You" - Sacha Distel (dubbed)
- "Mama's Pearl" - The Jackson 5
- "Marianne" - Stephen Stills
- "Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin
- "Me and My Arrow" - Harry Nilsson
- "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" - Lobo
- "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" - Marvin Gaye
- "Mighty Clouds of Joy" - B. J. Thomas
- "Mr. Big Stuff" - Jean Knight
- "Mr. Bojangles" - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- "Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" - Waldo de los Ríos
- "My Brother Jake" - Free
- "My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
- "Nathan Jones" - The Supremes
- "Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5
- "Never Ending Song of Love" - The New Seekers
- "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez
- "No Matter What" - Badfinger
- "An Old Fashioned Love Song" - Three Dog Night
- "Once You Understand" - Think
- "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
- "One Less Bell to Answer" - The 5th Dimension
- "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" - Honey Cone
- "One Tin Soldier" - Coven (apocalyptic statement)
- "One Toke Over the Line" - Brewer & Shipley
- "Only You Know and I Know" - Delaney and Bonnie
- "Oye Como Va" - Santana
- "Paint it Black" - Eric Burdon & War
- "Pay to the Piper" - Chairmen of the Board
- "Peace Train" - Cat Stevens
- "The Pied Piper" - Bob and Marcia
- "Power to the People" - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- "Proud Mary" - Ike & Tina Turner
- "Pushbike Song" - Mixtures
- "Rain Dance" - The Guess Who
- "Rainy Days and Mondays" - The Carpenters
- "Remember Me" - Diana Ross
- "Resurrection Shuffle" - Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
- "Ride A White Swan" - T.Rex
- "Riders on the Storm" - The Doors
- "Right on the Tip of My Tongue" - Brenda & The Tabulations
- "River Deep - Mountain High" - The Supremes and Four Tops
- "Rock and Roll" - Led Zeppelin
- "Rock Steady" - Aretha Franklin
- "Rose Garden" - Lynn Anderson
- "Run Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" - The Newbeats
- "She Didn't Do Magic" - Lobo
- "She's A Lady" - Tom Jones
- "She's Not Just Another Woman" - The Eighth Day
- "Signs" - Five Man Electrical Band
- "Simple Game" - The Four Tops
- "Smiling Faces Sometimes" - Undisputed Truth
- "So Far Away" - Carole King
- "Softly Whispering I Love You" - The Congregation
- "Soldier Blue" - Buffy Sainte-Marie
- "Soley, Soley" - Middle of the Road
- "Something Old, Something New" - The Fantastics
- "Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" - Cilla Black
- "Sooner or Later" - The Grass Roots
- "Soul Power Pt. 1" - James Brown
- "Spanish Harlem" - Aretha Franklin
- "Stay Awhile" - The Bells
- "Stay With Me" - The Faces
- "Stairway to Heaven" - Led Zeppelin
- "Stick Up" - Honey Cone
- "Stoned Love" - The Supremes
- "Stoney End" - Barbra Streisand
- "Stop, Look, Listen" - The Stylistics
- "The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues
- "Strange Kind of Woman" - Deep Purple
- "Sugar, Sugar" - Sakkarin
- "Sultana" - Titanic
- "Summer of '42" - Peter Nero
- "Superstar" - The Carpenters
- ""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar) - Murray Head
- "Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" - The Temptations
- "Surrender" - Diana Ross
- "Sweet and Innocent" - Donny Osmond
- "Sweet City Woman" - The Stampeders
- "Sweet Hitch- Hiker" - Creedence Clearwater Revival
- "Sweet Mary" - Wadsworth Mansion
- "Take Me Home Country Roads" - John Denver and Fat City
- "Tap Turns On the Water" - C.C.S.
- "Temptation Eyes" - The Grass Roots
- "That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" - Carly Simon
- "Theme from Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
- "They Can't Take Away Our Music" - Eric Burdon & War
- "Thin Line Between Love and Hate" - The Persuaders
- "Timothy" - The Buoys
- "Till" - Tom Jones
- "Tiny Dancer" - Elton John
- "Tired of Being Alone" - Al Green
- "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" - Tin Tin
- "Tokoloshe Man" - John Kongos
- "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" - Denise LaSalle
- "Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
- "Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" - Middle of the Road
- "Two Divided By Love" - The Grass Roots
- "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" - Séverine
- "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul McCartney & Linda McCartney
- "Walkin'" - C.C.S.
- "Want Ads" - Honey Cone
- "Watching Scotty Grow" - Bobby Goldsboro
- "We Can Work It Out" - Stevie Wonder
- "What Are You Doing Sunday" - Dawn
- "Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" - The Dramatics
- "What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
- "What is Life" - George Harrison
- "When You're Hot You're Hot" - Jerry Reed
- "(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" - Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini
- "White Lies, Blue Eyes" - Bullet
- "Wild Horses" - The Rolling Stones
- "Wild Night" - Van Morrison
- "Wild World" - Cat Stevens
- "Witch Queen of New Orleans" - Redbone
- "Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
- "Yo-Yo" - The Osmonds
- "You Are Everything" - The Stylistics
- "You Can Close Your Eyes" - James Taylor
- "Your Move" - Yes
- "Your Song" - Elton John
- "You're All I Need To Get By - Aretha Franklin
- "You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor
- "You've Got To Crawl (Before You Walk)" - The Eighth Day
[edit] Published popular music - "The Age of Not Believing" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- "Always on My Mind" w.m. Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson.
- "American Pie" w.m. Don McLean
- "And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean
- "Baby I'm A-Want You" w.m. David Gates
- "Been On A Train" w.m. Laura Nyro
- "Ben" w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf
- "Brown Earth" w.m. Laura Nyro
- "The Candy Man" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- "Day By Day" w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz
- "Eagle Rock" w.m. Ross Wilson
- "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" w.m. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
- "I Am Woman" w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton
- "I Don't Know How To Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced by Yvonne Elliman in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar
- "I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway
- "I'm Still Here" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Imagine w.m. John Lennon
- "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" w.m. Ben Peters
- "Knock Three Times" w.m. Irwin Levine
- "The Last Farewell" w.m. Roger Whittaker & Ron A. Webster
- "Losing My Mind" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Maggie May" w.m. Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton
- "Pure Imagination" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
- "Riders on the Storm" w.m. The Doors
- "Stairway to Heaven" w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page
- "Substitutiary Locomotion" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
- "The Summer Knows" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film Summer of Forty-Two
- "Those Were the Days" w. Lee Adams, m. Charles Strouse, from the TV series All in the Family
- "Too Many Mornings" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
- "Avec le Temps" - Dalida
- "Mamy Blue" - Dalida
- "Queen of the Hours" w.m. Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood
- Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Broadway production
- Follies (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production
- Godspell (Stephen Schwartz) - Broadway and London productions (Off-Broaday from 1971, 572 performances on Broadway, 2,600 total NYC performances)
- Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) - Broadway production (eighteen months)
- Lolita, My Love (John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner) - closed on tour prior to opening on Broadway
- No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) - Broadway revival
- On the Town Broadway revival
- Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) - London revival
- To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter Broadway production opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 21 and transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 10, 1972 for a total run of 173 performances.
- Two Gentlemen of Verona Broadway production
[edit] Births - January 8 - Karen Poole, Alisha's Attic
- January 11
- January 13 - Lee Agnew, Nazareth
- January 17 - Kid Rock, rapper
- January 18 - Jonathan Davis, KoЯn
- January 20 - Gary Barlow, singer-songwriter (Take That)
- January 25 - China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)
- January 27 - Lil Jon, rapper and producer
- February 1 - Ron Welty, The Offspring
- February 2
- February 16 - Amanda Holden, actress and singer
- February 19 - Gil Shaham, violinist
- February 23 - Jeff Beres, Sister Hazel
- February 26 - Erykah Badu
- February 27 - Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, singer TLC
- March 4 - Feargal Lawler, The Cranberries
- March 6 - Betty Boo
- March 21 - John Hendy, East 17
- March 31 - Ewan McGregor, actor and singer
- April 16 - Selena Quintanilla d. 1995
- April 20 - Mikey Welsh, Weezer
- May 3 - Damon Dash, record label executive
- May 9 - Paul McGuigan, Oasis
- May 17 - Vernie Bennett, British singer (Eternal)
- May 27 - Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, rapper and songwriter TLC (d. 2002)
- May 30 - Patrick Dahlheimer, Live
- June 5 - "Marky" Mark Wahlberg, rapper and actor
- June 16 - Tupac Shakur, rapper (d. 1996)
- June 17 - Bif Naked, singer
- June 18 - Nathan Morris, Boyz II Men
- June 27 - DJ Screw, rapper (d. 2000)
- July 1 - Missy Elliott
- July 17
- July 23 - Alison Krauss
- July 30
- August 4 - Yo-Yo, rapper
- August 17 - Uhm Jung-hwa, singer
- August 30 - Lars Frederiksen, Rancid
- September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries
- September 11 - Richard Ashcroft
- September 19 - D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer
- September 24 - Marty Cintron, No Mercy
- September 28 - A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce
- October 2
- October 3 - Kevin Richardson, Backstreet Boys
- October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, pianist
- October 17
- October 20 - Snoop Dogg, rapper
- October 25 - Midori, violinist
- November 6 - Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer
- November 8 - Tech N9ne, rapper
- December 8 - Nick Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- December 24 - Ricky Martin, singer
- December 25 - Noel Hogan, The Cranberries
[edit] Deaths - February 7 - Dock Boggs, banjo player (b. 1898)
- March 21 - Nan Wynn, US singer (b. 1915)
- March 26 - Harold McNair, saxaphonist and flute player (b. 1931) (lung cancer)
- March 31 - Karl King, composer and bandleader (b. 1891)
- April 6 - Igor Stravinsky, composer (b. 1882)
- April 17 - Carmen Lombardo, US singer, composer and saxophonist (b. 1903)
- May 2 - Edith Day, US actress, singer and dancer (b. 1896)
- May 30 - Marcel Dupré, organist and composer (b. 1886)
- June 11 - Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist (b. 1896)
- June 18 - Libby Holman, US singer and actress (b. 1906)
- July 3 - Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors (b. 1943) (heroin overdose)
- July 6 - Louis Armstrong, US jazz pioneer (b. 1901)
- August 9 - Leslie Kong, Jamaican record producer (b. 1933)
- August 13 - King Curtis, jazz and blues musician (b. 1934) (murdered)
- August 17 - Tab Smith, saxophonist (b. 1909)
- August 25 - Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader (b. 1892)
- August 27 - Lil Hardin Armstrong, wife and musical collaborator of Louis Armstrong (b. 1898)
- October 2 - Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter (b. 1911)
- October 3 - Seán Ó Riada, composer and bandleader (b. 1931) (cirrhosis of liver)
- October 12 - Gene Vincent, singer (b. 1935) (stomach ulcer)
- October 24 - Carl Ruggles, composer (b. 1876)
- October 29 - Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band (b. 1946) (motorcycle accident)
- November 18 - Junior Parker, blues musician (b. 1932) (brain tumour)
- November 22 - Zez Confrey, popular composer and pianist (b. 1895)
- December 21 - Charlie Fuqua, The Ink Spots
- December 28 - Max Steiner, composer (b. 1888)
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