1973 In Music

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EVENTS

January-February

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.

January 14 - Elvis Presley 's ''Aloha From Hawaii'' television special is seen around the world by more than 1 billion viewers

January 14 - Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession in California .

January 18 - The Rolling Stones Benefit Concert for Nicaragua n 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.

January 30 - KISS performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.

February 14 - David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York 's Madison Square Garden

March-April

March 1 - The New York Joffrey Ballet 's ''Deuce Coupe Ballet'' opens. The ballet is set entirely around music by The Beach Boys .

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.

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.

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 .

March 8 - Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing Marijuana outside his Scottish farm.

March 24 - Lou Reed is bitten by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York .

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.

April 16 - Paul McCartney 's first television special, ''James Paul McCartney'' airs. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.

Opening of CBGB's

May-July

May 9 - Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by The Rolling Stones ' January 18 th benefit concert for the victims of the Nicaragua n earthquake.

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.

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 20 - Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House .

Unknown Dates

Television forms

Journey forms

KISS forms

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

ALBUMS RELEASED

'' 3+3 '' - Isley Brothers

'' A Passion Play '' - Jethro Tull

'' A Wizard, A True Star '' - Todd Rundgren

'' Aerosmith '' - Aerosmith

'' African Herbsman '' - Bob Marley And The Wailers

'' Aladdin Sane '' - David Bowie

''Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite'' - Elvis Presley

'' Angel Clare '' - Art Garfunkel

'' Band On The Run '' - Paul McCartney And Wings

'' Berlin '' - Lou Reed

'' Billion Dollar Babies '' - Alice Cooper

'' Birds Of Fire '' - Mahavishnu Orchestra

'' Boulders - 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

''Julien'' - Dalida

'' 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

'''' - 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

'''' - 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

'' 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 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 '' - Santana

'' Who Do We Think We Are '' - Deep Purple

'' Wizzard Brew '' - Wizzard

TOP HITS ON RECORD

"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

"Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" - ABBA

"Little Saint Nick" - The Beach Boys

"Life On Mars" - David Bowie

"Sorrow" - David Bowie

"Lamplight" - David Essex

"Angie " - The Rolling Stones

"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

PUBLISHED POPULAR MUSIC

"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

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Jean Absil - ''Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3''

William Alwyn - ''Fantasy Sonata'' for flute and harp

Gloria Coates - ''Music on Open Strings (Symphony no. 1)''

George Crumb - ''Makrokosmos, Volume II'' for amplified piano

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 ''

OPERA

de la Figo - ''Bronski eu Lot''

MUSICAL THEATER

'' Gigi '' ( Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe ) - Broadway production

'' Grease '' London production

'''' ( Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim ) - London production

'' Hard To Be A Jew '' Broadway production

'' Irene '' Broadway revival

'' Here Comes The Groom '' Broadway production

'' The King And I '' ( Rodgers & Hammerstein ) - London revival

'' A Little Night Music '' ( Stephen Sondheim ) - Broadway production

'' No, No, Nanette '' ( Irving Caesar , Otto Harbach , Vincent Youmans ) - London revival

'' The Pajama Game '' ( Richard Adler and Jerry Ross ) - Broadway revival

'' Pinocchio '' Broadway production

'' Pippin '' London production

'' Raisin '' Broadway production

'' The Rocky Horror Show '' ( Richard O'Brien ) - London production

'' Seesaw '' Broadway production opened at the Uris Theatre on March 18 and ran for 296 performances

'' Two Gentlemen From Verona '' London production

MUSICAL FILM S

'' Godspell ''

'' Jesus Christ Superstar ''

'' Lost Horizon '' (w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach ) released March 14

'' Robin Hood '' animated feature released November 8

'' Tom Sawyer ''

BIRTHS

January 1 - DJ Shadow , DJ

January 10 - Aerle Taree , Arrested Development

March 17 - Caroline Corr , drummer

April 4 - Kelly Price

April 29 - Mike Hogan , The Cranberries

May 2 - Justin Burnett , film score composer

May 5 - Casino Versus Japan , electronic musician

May 14 - Natalie Appleton , singer

May 14 - Shanice , singer

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

September 23 - Jermaine Dupri , record producer

December 11 - Mos Def , rapper

DEATHS

January 16 - Clara Ward , gospel singer

January 23 - Kid Ory

February 19 - Joseph Szigeti , violinist

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

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

December 31 - Emile Christian

AWARDS

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards Of 1973

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1973

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