1974 in music

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See also: 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Events

• January - The Ramones form.
• 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.
• 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.

Albums released

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

Top hits on record

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

Published popular music

• "Annie's Song" w.m. John Denver
• "Happy Days" w.m. Pratt & McClain from the Ending 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
• "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

• 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

• Robert Ashley - Music with Roots in the Aether

• Candide (Leonard Bernstein) - Broadway revival
• (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival
• Hans Christian Andersen     London production
• Lorelei     Broadway production
• Mack & Mabel     Broadway production
• The Magic Show     off-Broadway production
• Over Here!     Broadway production
• West Side Story (Bernstein) - London revival

• Huckleberry Finn
• Lost in the Stars
• Mame
• Phantom of the Paradise
• That's Entertainment!
• Son of Dracula

Births

• February 11 - D'Angelo
• February 13 - Robbie Williams
• February 23 - Jaime Villarreal
• April 14 - Da Brat
• April 17 - Victoria Beckham
• April 18 - Millie Corretjer
• May 16 - Laura Pausini
• May 18 - Chantal Kreviazuk
• May 23 - Jewel
• June 1 - Alanis Morissette
• July 9 - Nikola Sarcevic, singer and bassist Millencolin
• July 12 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
• July 13 - Deborah Cox
• August 14 - Ana Matronic, Scissor Sisters
• August 17 -Salem Abraha, singer-songwriter
• September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, comedian & musician
• October 5 - Heather Headley
• October 18 - Peter Svenson, The Cardigans
• November 2 - Nelly, Rapper
• November 4 - Louise Nurding,singer and former member of Eternal
• December 7 - Nicole Appleton,singer

Deaths

• February 15 - Kurt Atterberg, composer
• March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
• March 28 - Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
• March 28 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist
• April 15 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
• April 17 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer
• April 25 - Pamela Courson, Jim Morrison's widow, heroin overdose
• May - Paul Gonsalves, Jazz Saxophonist
• May 24 - Duke Ellington
• June 8 - Rodolfo Lipizer, violinist and conductor
• June 22 - Darius Milhaud, composer
• June 27 - Cliff Friend, US composer
• July 29 - "Mama" Cass Elliott, singer The Mamas & the Papas
• September 3 - Harry Partch, composer
• September 23 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer Average White Band
• October 24 - David Oistrakh, violinist
• November 11 - Alfonso Leng, composer
• November 19 - George Brunies, jazz musician
• November 21 - Frank Martin, composer
• November 25 - Nick Drake, British singer/songwriter, overdose
• date unknown - Carl Stalling, composer of cartoon music

Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1974

• Eurovision Song Contest 1974

External Charts

• [Pop Culture Madness 1974 Pop Music Chart]

 

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