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1970s In Music .
- January - The Ramones form.
- February 1 - The Doobie Brothers release their album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits featuring their signature and hit song Black Water
- 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 .
- Blondie forms.
- The Stranglers form with original line up.
- 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 ''.
- Robin Zander joins with Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielson and the "real" Cheap Trick band line up as we have come to know is formed.
- The original Alice Cooper group breaks up. The band's leader, Vincent Furnier, changes his name to Alice Cooper and goes on to a solo career.
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1974.
- February 11 - D'Angelo
- February 13 - Robbie Williams , singer
- February 23 - Jaime Villarreal
- April 14 - Da Brat
- April 17 - Victoria Beckham , singer
- April 18 - Millie Corretjer
- May 16 - Laura Pausini
- May 18 - Chantal Kreviazuk
- May 23 - Jewel , singer
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette , singer-songwriter
- July 9 - Nikola Sarcevic , singer and bassist Millencolin
- July 12 - Sharon Den Adel , Dutch singer
- July 13 - Deborah Cox
- July 16 - Jeremy Enigk , singer/songwriter Sunny Day Real Estate , The Fire Theft
- August 8 - Preta Gil , singer
- August 14 - Ana Matronic , Scissor Sisters
- August 17 - Salem Abraha, singer-songwriter
- August 30 - Aaron Barrett , Reel Big Fish
- 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
- November 4 - Marcus Collegary , drummer for Aero
- December 7 - Nicole Appleton , singer
- December 8 - Nick Zinner , Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- December 10 - Meg White , The White Stripes
- December 24 - Julian Rachlin , violinist
- 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
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