1973 in music
See also: 1972 in music,
other events of 1973,
1974 in music,
1970s in music and the
list of 'years in music'January-February
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January 9 -
Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a
1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to
The Rolling Stones' plans to tour the Orient.
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January 14 -
Elvis Presley's
Aloha From Hawaii television special is seen around the world by more than 1 billion viewers
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January 14 -
Grateful Dead bassist
Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession in
California.
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January 18 -
The Rolling Stones benefit concert for
Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000. (
Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the total in May). On
December 22,
1972, an earthquake destroyed
Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.
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January 30 -
KISS performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.
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February 14 -
David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at
New York's
Madison Square GardenMarch-April
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March 1 - The
New York Joffrey Ballet's
Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely around music by
The Beach Boys.
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March 5 - The late
Jimi Hendrix's former personal manager,
Michael Jeffrey, is killed in a plane crash. Jeffrey was travelling from Majorca to England. All passengers on board the plane were killed.
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March 6 - The
New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels
John Lennon's visa extension, after it having been granted five days earlier.
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March 7 - The director of talent acquisition at
Columbia Records,
John Hammond suffers a non-fatal heart attack following a performance by one of his most recent finds,
Bruce Springsteen.
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March 8 -
Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing
marijuana outside his Scottish farm.
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March 24 -
Lou Reed is bitten by a fan during a concert in
Buffalo, New York.
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April 3 -
Capitol Records releases two greatest hits collections,
The Beatles /1962-1966 and
The Beatles 1967-1970, commonly referred to as the Red and Blue albums.
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April 16 -
Paul McCartney's first television special,
James Paul McCartney airs. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.
*Opening of
CBGB'sMay-July
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May 9 -
Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by
the Rolling Stones'
January 18th benefit concert for the victims of the
Nicaraguan earthquake.
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May 25 -
Mike Oldfield releases
Tubular Bells, the first release on
Richard Branson's newly launched
Virgin label.
*film
The Sting revives interest in the
ragtime music of
Scott Joplin*
July 3 -
David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona 'Ziggy Stardust' in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon at the end of his British tour.
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July 28 -
Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival attended by 600,000 to see
The Allman Brothers Band,
The Band, and the
Grateful Dead.
August-September-October
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October 13 -
Family play their last concert at DeMontfort Hall at Leicester Polytechnic (now
DeMontfort University) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local
Holiday Inn after the show ends in a good-natured melee, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool.
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October 20 - Queen
Elizabeth II opens
Sydney Opera House.
Unknown Dates
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Television forms
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Journey forms
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KISS forms
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AC/DC forms
*
U.F.O. signs a contract with
Chrysalis Records*
The Ronettes break up, and
Ronnie Bennett begins a solo career
* The
London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British Orchestra to be invited to take part in the
Salzburg Festival.
*
The Open Mind disbands
*
Tin Tin disbands
3+3 -
Isley BrothersA Passion Play -
Jethro TullA Wizard, A True Star -
Todd RundgrenAerosmith -
AerosmithAfrican Herbsman -
Bob Marley and the WailersAladdin Sane -
David BowieAloha from Hawaii Via Satellite -
Elvis PresleyAngel Clare -
Art GarfunkelBand On The Run -
Paul McCartney and WingsBerlin -
Lou ReedBillion Dollar Babies -
Alice CooperBirds of Fire -
Mahavishnu OrchestraBoulders - Roy Wood
*Brain Salad Surgery - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
*Brothers and Sisters - The Allman Brothers Band
*Burnin' - Bob Marley and the Wailers
*Call Me - Al Green"
*Catch a Fire - Bob Marley & the Wailers
*Closing Time - Tom Waits
*Cosmic Wheels - Donovan
*Countdown to Ecstasy - Steely Dan
*The Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
*Dion & The Belmonts Reunion
- Dion DiMucci & the Belmonts
*Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - Elton John
*Duelling Banjos - Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel
*ELO 2 - Electric Light Orchestra
*Essence to Essence - Donovan
*Flying Teapot - Gong
*For Your Pleasure - Roxy Music
*Fresh
- Sly & the Family Stone
*Future Days
- Can (band)
*Goats Head Soup - Rolling Stones
*Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
*GP and Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
*Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band (debut)
*Hard Nose the Highway - Van Morrison
*Hello - Status Quo
*Head Hunters - Herbie Hancock
*Holland - The Beach Boys
*Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin
*Innervisions - Stevie Wonder
*It's Only a Movie - Family
*Julien
- Dalida
*Just Rock and Roll
- Bill Haley & His Comets
*Killing Me Softly - Roberta Flack
*Larks Tongues in Aspic - King Crimson
*Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye
*Life in a Tin Can
- The Bee Gees
*Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 - Donovan
*Living In The Material World - George Harrison
*Long Hard Climb - Helen Reddy
*Mind Games - John Lennon
*Muscle of Love - Alice Cooper
*Never Turn Your Back on a Friend
- Budgie
*New York Dolls - New York Dolls
*Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall - Ella Fitzgerald
*Now and Then
- Carpenters
*Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back - Frank Sinatra
*Over-Nite Sensation - Frank Zappa
*Paris 1919 - John Cale
*Pin Ups - David Bowie
*Pipedream - Alan Hull
*Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd - Lynyrd Skynyrd
*Quadrophenia - The Who
*Queen - Queen (debut)
*Ragas - Ravi Shankar
*Rainbow - McGuinness Flint
*Raw Power - The Stooges
*Red Rose Speedway - Paul McCartney and Wings
*Ring Ring - ABBA
*Roll On Ruby - Lindisfarne
*Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
*Selling England by the Pound - Genesis
*Sings In Italian For You
- Dalida
*Smokes - Lynyrd Skynyrd
*Stranded - Roxy Music
*Take Love Easy - Ella Fitzgerald
*Tales From Topographic Oceans - Yes
*Yessongs - Yes
*The Captain and Me - The Doobie Brothers
*The Faust Tapes - Faust (band)
*The Harder They Come - Original Soundtrack
*The Morning After - Maureen McGovern
*The Six Wives of Henry VIII - Rick Wakeman
*The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band
*There Goes Rhymin' Simon - Paul Simon
*They Only Come Out At Night - Edgar Winter Group
*Tres Hombres - ZZ Top
*Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
* Expolsive Hits '73 - Various Artists
Welcome -
SantanaWho Do We Think We Are -
Deep PurpleWishbone Four -
Wishbone AshWizzard Brew -
Wizzard*"Cassandra" - Sherbet
*"I Am Pegasus" - Ross Ryan
*"So Much Love (In My Heart)" - Mr George
*"You Don't Own Me" - Ormsby Brothers
*"Suzie Darlin'" - Barry Crocker
*"Hello, Hooray" - Alice cooper
*"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" -
ABBA*"Little Saint Nick" -
The Beach Boys*"Elected" - Alice cooper
*"Life On Mars" -
David Bowie*"Sorrow" -
David Bowie*"Lamplight" -
David Essex*"Angie " -
The Rolling Stones*"No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper
*"If You Don't Know Me By Now" -
Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes
*"You Can't Get Always Get What You Want" -
The Rolling Stones*"Loves Me Like a Rock" -
Paul Simon (with
The Dixie Hummingbirds)
*"Kodachrome" -
Paul Simon *"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" -
Paul Simon*"Whisky In The Jar" -
Thin Lizzy*"The Cisco Kid" -
War) *"Paroles... Paroles..." -
Dalida &
Alain Delon*"Pour ne pas vivre seul" -
Dalida*"Vado Via" -
Dalida*"Je suis malade" -
Dalida*"Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" -
Dalida*"Playground in My Mine" -
Clint Holmes*"Superstition" -
Stevie Wonder*"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" -
Stevie Wonder*"Me and Mrs. Jones" -
Billy Paul*"Will It Go Around in Circles" -
Billy Preston*"Photograph" -
Ringo Starr*"See My Baby Jive" -
Wizzard*"Angel Fingers" -
Wizzard*"I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" -
Wizzard*"Roll Over Beethoven" -
Electric Light Orchestra*"Bad Bad Leroy Brown" -
Jim Croce*"Gaye" -
Clifford T. Ward*"Wherewithal" -
Clifford T. Ward*"Hocus Pocus" -
Focus*"Slyvia" -
Focus*"
Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" -
Elton John*"Alright Alright Alright" -
Mungo Jerry*"Helen Wheels" -
Paul McCartney and Wings*"Live and Let Die" -
Paul McCartney and Wings*"All The Way From Memphis" -
Mott The Hoople*"Looking For A Kiss" -
New York Dolls*"Touch Me in the Morning" -
Diana Ross*"Get Up Stand Up" -
Bob Marley and the Wailers*"Cum On Feel The Noize" -
Slade*"Merry Xmas Everybody" -
Slade*"Blockbuster" -
The Sweet*"Hellraiser" -
The Sweet*"Ballroom Blitz" -
The Sweet*"5:15" -
The Who*"Relay" -
The Who*"Frankenstein" -
Edgar Winter Group
*"
Ramblin' Man" -
Allman Brothers Band*"
Radar Love" -
Golden Earring*"Keep On Truckin' " -
Eddie Kendricks*"
Delta Dawn" -
Helen Reddy*"
Killing Me Softly with His Song" -
Roberta Flack*"Higher Ground" -
Stevie Wonder*"I'm The Leader Of The Gang(I Am)" -
Gary Glitter*"My Love" -
Paul McCartney & Wings*"Why Me" -
Kris Kristofferson*"
Let's Get It On" -
Marvin Gaye*"Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree" -
Tony Orlando & Dawn*"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" -
Elton John*"Step Into Christmas" -
Elton John*"The Entertainer" by
Scott Joplin*"Over the Hills and Far Away" -
Led Zeppelin*"D'yer Mak'er" -
Led Zeppelin*"Top of the World" -
Carpenters*"
The Morning After" -
Maureen McGovern*"I'm Just A Singer(In A Rock And Roll Band)" -
The Moody Blues*"Keep Yourself Alive" -
Queen*"
Nutbush City Limits -
Ike and Tina Turner*"Get Down" -
Gilbert O'Sullivan*"
Money" -
Pink Floyd*"
Jolene" -
Dolly Parton* "And I Love You So" w.m.
Don McLean* "
Candle in the Wind" w.
Bernie Taupin m.
Elton John* "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" w.m.
Jim Croce* "
I've Got To Use My Imagination" w.m.
Gerry Goffin &
Barry Goldberg* "Last Song" w.m. Lawrence Wayne Evoy
* "Liaisons" w.m.
Stephen Sondheim from the musical
A Little Night Music* "
Midnight Train To Georgia" w.m. Jim Weatherly
* "Nadia's Theme" m.
Barry DeVorzon and
Perry Botkin, Jr., from the TV
soap opera The Young and the Restless* "(Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose" w.m. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
* "Piano Man" w.m.
Billy Joel* "
Send In The Clowns" w.m.
Stephen Sondheim from the musical
A Little Night Music*"Stuck In The Middle With You" w.m. Joe Egan & Gerry Rafferty
* "There Used To Be A Ballpark" w.m.
Joe Raposo* "Top Of The World" w.m. John Bettis &
Richard Carpenter* "The Way We Were" w.
Alan Bergman &
Marilyn Bergman m.
Marvin Hamlisch from the film
The Way We Were* "Yesterday Once More" w.m. John Bettis &
Richard Carpenter*
Jean Absil -
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3*
William Alwyn -
Fantasy Sonata for flute and harp
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Gloria Coates -
Music on Open Strings (Symphony no. 1)*
George Crumb -
Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano
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Alberto Ginastera -
String Quartet no. 3*
Lou Harrison -
Organ Concerto with Percussion*
Anthony Iannaccone -
Rituals*
Frank Martin -
Requiem*
Luigi Nono -
Canto per il Vietnam*
Carl Orff -
De Temporum Fine Comoedia*de la Figo -
Bronski eu Lot*
Nikolai Korndorf -
Feast in the Time of Plague*
Gigi (
Alan Jay Lerner and
Frederick Loewe) - Broadway production
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Grease London production
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Gypsy (
Jule Styne and
Stephen Sondheim) - London production
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Hard to be a Jew Broadway production
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Irene Broadway revival
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Here Comes the Groom Broadway production
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The King and I (
Rodgers &
Hammerstein) - London revival
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A Little Night Music (
Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production
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No, No, Nanette (
Irving Caesar,
Otto Harbach,
Vincent Youmans) - London revival
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The Pajama Game (
Richard Adler and
Jerry Ross) -
Broadway revival
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Pinocchio Broadway production
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Pippin London production
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Raisin Broadway production
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The Rocky Horror Show (
Richard O'Brien) - London production
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Seesaw Broadway production opened at the
Uris Theatre on
March 18 and ran for 296 performances
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Two Gentlemen from Verona London production
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Godspell*
Jesus Christ Superstar*
Lost Horizon (w.
Hal David m.
Burt Bacharach) released
March 14Robin Hood animated feature released
November 8*
Tom Sawyer*
January 1 -
DJ Shadow, DJ
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January 10 -
Aerle Taree,
Arrested Development*
March 17 -
Caroline Corr, drummer
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April 4 -
Kelly Price*
April 29 -
Mike Hogan,
The Cranberries*
May 2 -
Justin Burnett, film score composer
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May 5 -
Casino Versus Japan, electronic musician
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May 14 -
Natalie Appleton, singer
*May 14 -
Shanice, singer
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May 17 -
Joshua Homme, guitarist and vocalist for
Queens of the Stone Age*
June 9 -
Wes Scantlin,
Puddle Of Mudd*
June 10 -
Faith Evans*
June 23 -
Marie N, Eurovision-winning singer
*
July 4 -
Gackt, singer, songwriter, and musician
*
July 5 -
Bengt Lagerberg,
The Cardigans*
July 25 -
Ladybug,
Digable Planets*
July 29 -
Wanya Morris,
Boyz II Men*
September 17 -
Anastacia, singer
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September 23 -
Jermaine Dupri, record producer
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November 3 -
Mick Thompson, guitarist for
Slipknot*
December 8 -
Corey Taylor, vocalist for
Slipknot*
December 11 -
Mos Def, rapper
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January 16 -
Clara Ward, gospel singer
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January 23 -
Kid Ory*
February 19 -
Joseph Szigeti, violinist
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March 5 -
Michael Jeffrey,
Jimi Hendrix's personal manager
*
March 8 -
Ron Pigpen McKernan,
Grateful Dead, stomach hemorrhage
*
March 26 -
Noel Coward, composer
*
April 18 -
Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist
*
May 21 -
Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader
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July 3 -
Betty Grable, US actress and singer
*July 3 -
Karel Ančerl, conductor
*
July 6 -
Otto Klemperer, conductor
*
July 14 -
Clarence White, guitarist
The Byrds*
August 17 -
Jean Barraqué, French classical composer
*
September 6 -
William Henry Harris, organist and composer
*
September 17 -
Hugo Winterhalter, US conductor and arranger
*
September 19 -
Gram Parsons, guitarist/vocalist
*
September 20 -
Jim Croce, singer
*
October 16 -
Gene Krupa, drummer
*
October 22 -
Pablo Casals, cellist
*
November 11 -
David "Stringbean" Akeman, US country musician
*
November 18 -
Alois Hába, composer
*
November 27 -
Frank Christian*
December 20 -
Bobby Darin, singer
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December 31 -
Emile Christian*
Grammy Awards of 1973*
Eurovision Song Contest 1973*
Pop Culture Madness 1979 Pop Music Chart
