[edit] Events - January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case.
- January 5 - The Wiz, a new version of the classic The Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City.
- January 6 - Approximately 1000 Led Zeppelin fans cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans had been waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show.
- The Alice Cooper stage show for Welcome to My Nightmare becomes the largest stage spectacle of the decade.
- January 8 - Three Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden sell out in a record four hours.
- January 12 - "The Warner Brothers Music Show" begins a nine city, 18 show tour of Europe. The tour included Warner Brothers acts Little Feat, Tower of Power, the Doobie Brothers, Bonaroo, Montrose, and Graham Central Station.
- February 21 - John Lennon releases his Rock 'n' Roll LP, featuring John singing his favorite early rock songs from the 50's. To promote the album he conducts a telephone interview with 20 rock radio stations simultaneously.
- March 2 - Los Angeles Police make a routine traffic stop that turns out to be Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. Linda McCartney is arrested for having six to eight ounces of marijuana in her pocketbook.
- March 22 - In the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dutch group Teach-In win with the song "Ding-A-Dong".
- March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
- Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper's first solo album is released.
- April 3 - Steve Miller is arrested and charged with setting fire to the clothes and personal effects of a friend, Benita DiOrio, and resisting arrest. DiOrio drops the charges the following day.
- April 4 - Minnie Riperton scores a #1 hit single with "Lovin' You".
- April 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs.
- April 24 - Peter Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage. His death is ruled a suicide.
- April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.
- May 1 - The Rolling Stones announce their upcoming North American tour by performing Brown Sugar from a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The occasion was guitarist Ronnie Wood's debut with the band.
- May 10 - Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities.
- June 1 - The Rolling Stones open their North American Tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- August 9 - Melbourne-based group The Bee Gees begin their mid-70s international comeback when "Jive Talkin'" reaches #1 and goes platinum with sales over 1 million.
- August 9 - Dmitri Shostakovich, the last of the great Soviet composers, dies.
- August 9 - Renato Carosone's comeback concert after 15-year retirement.
- September 15 - Pink Floyd releases their album Wish You Were Here and is a huge hit.
- October 30 - Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour begins
- November - The Ramones release their debut single, "Blitzkrieg Bop".
- November 6 - The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
- November 21 - Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one. (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976)
- December 25 - Iron Maiden forms
[edit] Also in 1975 [edit] Bands formed [edit] Bands disbanded [edit] Albums released [edit] Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1975. | # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries | | 1 | The Sweet | Fox on the Run | 1975 |  | Australia 1 of 1975, Germany 1 - Mar 1975, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1976, UK 2 - Mar 1975, Canada 2 - Nov 1975, Holland 2 - Apr 1975, Norway 2 - Apr 1975, South Africa 2 of 1975, Austria 3 - May 1975, Switzerland 3 - May 1975, France 4 - May 1975, US BB 5 - Nov 1975, Sweden (alt) 10 - Nov 1975, Germany 24 of the 1970s, RYM 24 of 1975, US CashBox 63 of 1976, Scrobulate 64 of glam rock, OzNet 535 | | 2 | ABBA | SOS | 1975 |  | France 1 - Sep 1975, Germany 1 - Jan 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Aug 1976, Holland 2 - Jun 1975, Austria 2 - Sep 1975, Norway 2 - Oct 1975, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1975, UK 6 - Sep 1975, Italy 7 of 1976, South Africa 8 of 1975, US BB 15 - Oct 1975, US BB 15 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1975, Canada 16 - Oct 1975, Australia 16 of 1976, POP 21 of 1975, Germany 36 of the 1970s, 71 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 1175 | | 3 | George Baker Selection | Paloma Blanca | 1975 |  | Holland 1 - Mar 1975, Sweden (alt) 1 - Nov 1975, Austria 1 - Jul 1975, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1975, Norway 1 - Sep 1975, Germany 1 - May 1975, Germany 4 of the 1970s, Canada 5 - Jan 1976, South Africa 6 of 1975, UK 10 - Sep 1975, Australia 11 of 1975, US BB 26 - Jan 1976, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1975, Italy 44 of 1975 | | 4 | 10cc | I'm Not in Love | 1975 | | UK 1 - May 1975, France 1 - Jun 1975, Éire 1 - Jul 1975, US BB 2 - Jun 1975, Canada 2 - Jun 1975, Record World 3 - 1975, Holland 5 - Jun 1975, Norway 6 - Aug 1975, RYM 7 of 1975, Switzerland 8 - Aug 1975, Germany 9 - Aug 1975, Scrobulate 12 of 70s, US CashBox 24 of 1975, Europe 25 of the 1970s, Poland 37 - Mar 1995, Italy 96 of 1975, Belgium 176 of all time, Acclaimed 421 | | 5 | KC & the Sunshine Band | That's the Way (I Like It) | 1975 |  | US BB 1 - Nov 1975, Record World 1 - 1975, Canada 1 - Nov 1975, Holland 1 - Oct 1975, Sweden (alt) 3 - Nov 1975, POP 3 of 1975, UK 4 - Aug 1975, US BB 4 of 1975, Norway 5 - Nov 1975, Germany 25 - Nov 1975, RYM 44 of 1975, Scrobulate 44 of disco, US CashBox 49 of 1975, Italy 67 of 1976, OzNet 110, RIAA 303, Acclaimed 1119 | [edit] Chronological table of U.S. and UK Number One Hit singles note: best sellers of the year are bold [edit] Other significant singles - "#9 Dream" - John Lennon
- "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" - Helen Reddy
- "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
- "All My Friends Are Getting Married" - Skyhooks
- "Amie" - Pure Prairie League
- "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
- "Autobahn" - Kraftwerk
- "Baby Please Don't Go" - AC/DC
- "Back in the Night" - Dr. Feelgood
- "Bad Luck" - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
- "The Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet
- "Black Friday" - Steely Dan
- "Black Superman Muhammed Ali" - Johnny Wakelin
- "Blue Guitar" - Justin Hayward and John Lodge
- "Boogie on Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder
- "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen
- "The Boys Are Back in Town" - Thin Lizzy
- "Calypso" - John Denver
- "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" - AC/DC
- "Can't Get It Out of My Head" - Electric Light Orchestra
- "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" - William Shakespeare
- "The Carpet Crawlers" - Genesis
- "Cavalry" - Daryl Braithwaite
- "Chevy Van" - Sammy Johns
- "Convoy" - C. W. McCall
- "Could It Be Magic" - Barry Manilow
- "Curiosity Killed the Cat" - Little River Band
- "Cut the Cake" - Average White Band
- "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." - Billy Connolly
- "Daisy Jane" - America
- "Dance With Me" - Orleans
- "Department of Youth" - Alice Cooper
- "Ding-A-Dong" - Teach-In
- "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Sugarloaf
- "Dreamer" - Supertramp
- "Dynomite, Part 1" - Bazuka
- "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" - Skyhooks
- "Eighteen With a Bullet" - Pete Wingfield
- "Emma" - Hot Chocolate
- "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
- "Express" - B. T. Express
- "Feel Like Makin' Love" - Bad Company
- "Feelings" - Morris Albert
- "Fight the Power (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers
- "Fly Away" - John Denver
- "Fox on the Run" - Sweet
- "Freedom" - Sherbet
- "Funky Gibbon" - The Goodies
- "Funky Moped" - Jasper Carrott
- "Get Dancin'" - Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
- "Golden Years" - David Bowie
- "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" - Bad Company
- "Have a Cigar" - Pink Floyd
- "Hey You" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- "High Voltage" - AC/DC
- "Hijack" - Herbie Mann
- "Hold Back the Night" - The Trammps
- "Hold On To Love" - Peter Skellern
- "Horror Movie" - Skyhooks
- "How Does It Feel" - Slade
- "How Long?" - Ace
- "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" - Pointer Sisters
- "I Am Love" - The Jackson 5
- "I Believe In Father Christmas" - Greg Lake
- "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - ABBA
- "I Love Music" - The O'Jays
- "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel
- "I Write the Songs" - Barry Manilow
- "If You Think You Know How To Love Me" - Smokie
- "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
- "In Dulci Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield
- "It's a Long Way to the Top" - AC/DC
- "It's a Miracle" - Barry Manilow
- "It's Been So Long" - George McCrae
- "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Eric Clapton
- "Kometenmelodie 2" - Kraftwerk
- "Lady" - Styx
- "The Last Farewell" - Roger Whittaker
- "Let the Music Play" - Barry White
- "Life... Is For Living" - Sherbet
- "Listen To What The Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Lonely People" - America
- "Long Tall Glasses" - Leo Sayer
- "Love Hurts" - Jim Capaldi
- "Love Hurts" - Nazareth
- "L-O-V-E (Love)" - Al Green
- "Love Is the Drug" - Roxy Music
- "Love Me, Love My Dog" - Peter Shelley
- "Love Rollercoaster" - The Ohio Players
- "Love to Love You Baby" - Donna Summer
- "Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris
- "Low Rider" - War
- "Lyin' Eyes" - Eagles
- "Magic" - Pilot
- "Mamma Mia" - ABBA
- "Man on the Silver Mountain" - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
- "Matter of Time" - Sherbet
- "Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester
- "Million Dollar Riff" - Skyhooks
- "Miracles" - Jefferson Starship
- "Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman
- "Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
- "My Little Town" - Simon & Garfunkel
- "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Gloria Gaynor
- "The Newcastle Song" - Bob Hudson
- "Nightingale" - Carole King
- "Nights on Broadway" - Bee Gees
- "No No Song" - Ringo Starr
- "No Woman No Cry" - Bob Marley & The Wailers
- "Now I'm Here" - Queen
- "Old Days" - Chicago
- "Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Ian Hunter
- "Once You Get Started" - Rufus
- "Only Women Bleed" - Alice Cooper
- "Only Yesterday" - The Carpenters
- "Our Day Will Come" - Frankie Valli
- "Out on the Floor" - Dobie Gray
- "Paloma Blanca" - George Baker Selection
- "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John
- "Real Man" - Todd Rundgren
- "Remember What I Told You to Forget" - Tavares
- "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale
- "Rock and Roll All Nite" - KISS
- "Rockin' All Over the World" - John Fogerty
- "Rockin' Chair" - Gwen McCrae
- "Rocky" - Austin Roberts
- "Roll on Down the Highway" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- "Roll Over Lay Down" - Status Quo
- "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes
- "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
- "Saturday Night Special" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "Scotch on the Rocks" - Band of the Black Watch
- "Send in the Clowns" - Judy Collins
- "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company
- "Shaving Cream" - Benny Bell
- "She Does It Right" - Dr. Feelgood
- "Sing a Song" - Earth, Wind & Fire
- "Sky High" - Jigsaw
- "Slow Ride" - Foghat
- "The Snake" - Al Wilson
- "Solitaire" - The Carpenters
- "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John
- "SOS" - ABBA
- "Soul Stripper" - AC/DC
- "Spirit in the Night" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
- "Squeeze Box" - The Who
- "Stand by Me" - John Lennon
- "Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra
- "Summer Love" - Sherbet
- "Summertime City" - Mike Batt with the New Edition
- "Super Natural Thing" - Ben E. King
- "Swearin' To God" - Frankie Valli
- "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith
- "Sweet Surrender" - John Denver
- "Sweet Thing" - Rufus
- "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
- "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and the Sunshine Band
- "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross
- "There Goes Another Love Song" - The Outlaws
- "There Goes My First Love" - The Drifters
- "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" - The Spinners
- "Third Rate Romance" - Amazing Rhythm Aces
- "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" - Natalie Cole
- "Too Much Rock 'N' Roll" - Rabbit!
- "Una Paloma Blanca" - Jonathan King
- "Up in a Puff of Smoke" - Polly Brown
- "Venus and Mars/Rockshow" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Walk Away From Love" - David Ruffin
- "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith
- "Walking in Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds
- "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender
- "The Way I Want to Touch You" - Captain & Tennille
- "The Way We Were" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
- "Welcome to the Machine" - Pink Floyd
- "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" - Esther Phillips
- "What Am I Gonna Do With You?" - Barry White
- "(What's the Word?) Johannesburg" - Gil Scott-Heron
- "When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" - Roy Harper
- "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt
- "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons
- "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
- "Wildfire" - Michael Murphy
- "W*O*L*D" - Harry Chapin
- "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
- "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
- "Young Americans" - David Bowie
- "You're My Best Friend" - Queen
[edit] Published popular music [edit] Classical music [edit] Musical theatre [edit] Musical films [edit] Births - January 2 - Doug Robb, Hoobastank
- January 3 - Thomas Bangalter, Daft Punk
- January 13 - Jason King, radio DJ
- January 12 - Melanie Chisholm, Spice Girls
- January 28 - Lee Latchford-Evans, Steps
- February 1 - Big Boi, OutKast
- February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia, singer
- February 5 - Adam Carson, AFI
- February 7 - Wes Borland, Limp Bizkit
- February 17 - Wish Bone, rapper
- February 20 - Brian Littrell, The Backstreet Boys
- February 23 - Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist
- March 10 - Jerry Horton, Papa Roach
- March 17 - Justin Hawkins, The Darkness
- March 25
- April 10 - Chris Carrabba, Dashboard Confessional
- April 26 - Jose Pasillas, Incubus
- April 26 - Joey Jordison, Slipknot
- May 3 - Maksim Mrvica, pianist
- May 8 - Enrique Iglesias, singer
- May 18 - Jack Johnson
- May 25 - Lauryn Hill, The Fugees
- May 27 - André 3000, OutKast
- May 29 - Melanie Brown, Spice Girls
- June 4 - Russell Brand, Actor/Comedian
- June 8 - Emm Gryner, singer-songwriter
- July 2 - Erik Ohlsson, Millencolin
- July 6 - 50 Cent, rapper
- July 9 - Jack White, The White Stripes
- July 12 - Tracie Spencer, singer and actress
- July 18 - Daron Malakian, System of a Down
- July 25 - Håvard Ellefsen, Mortiis
- August 7 - Gaahl, black metal vocalist
- September 1 - Omar Rodríguez-López, At the drive-in, The Mars Volta
- September 8 - Richard Hughes, Keane
- September 9 - Michael Bublé, big band singer
- September 11 - Brad Fischetti, LFO
- September 16 - Shannon Noll, singer
- September 17 - Constantine Maroulis, Pray for the Soul of Betty
- September 22 - Mystikal, rapper
- October 9 - Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
- November 1 - Bo Bice, singer
- November 5 - Lisa Scott-Lee, Steps
- November 6 - Mike Herrera, MxPx
- November 14
- November 20
- December 13 - Tom Delonge, blink-182
- December 14 - Justin Furstenfeld, Blue October
[edit] Deaths - January 11 - Max Lorenz, Wagnerian tenor
- January 26 - Toti Dal Monte, operatic soprano
- February 4 - Louis Jordan, jazz musician
- February 10 - Dave Alexander, bassist (The Stooges), 27 (pulmonary edema)
- February 19 - Luigi Dallapiccola, composer
- February 22 - Lionel Tertis, viola player
- March 4 - Cornel Chiriac, Romanian record producer, broadcaster and jazz musician, 33 (murdered)
- March 15 - Sandy Brown, jazz musician
- March 27 - Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Musick
- April 14 - Michael Flanders, lyricist, actor, humorist and singer (Flanders and Swann), 53 (intracranial berry aneurysm )
- April 23 - Peter Ham, singer and songwriter (Badfinger), 27 (suicide)
- May 18 - Leroy Anderson, U.S. composer and conductor
- June 29 - Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter, 28 (drug overdose)
- July 5 - Gilda dalla Rizza, operatic soprano
- July 14 - Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer
- July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, Country Music Hall of Fame singer, 47 (stroke)
- August 9 - Dmitri Shostakovich, composer, 68 (heart attack)
- September 5 - Bill Sprouse, Jr., Christian singer and songwriter, 26 (heart attack)
- October 30 - John Scott Trotter, U.S. arranger and conductor
- December 14 - Mongezi Feza, jazz trumpeter and flautist, 30 (pneumonia)
- December 17
- December 24
- December 25 - Julio Cueva, trumpeter, bandleader and composer
- date unknown - Patrick Kelly, Irish folk fiddler
[edit] Awards [edit] Grammy Awards [edit] Country Music Association Awards [edit] Eurovision Song Contest |
