- 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 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 - Pete 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 10 - Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of ''Human Kindness Day'' festivities.
- August 9 - The Bee Gees begin their mid-70s comeback when Jive Talkin' reaches #1 and goes platinum with sales over 1 million.
- August 9 - Renato Carosone 's comeback concert after 15-year retirement.
- 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
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1975.
note: best sellers of the year are
- February 4 - Louis Jordan , jazz musician
- February 19 - Luigi Dallapiccola , composer
- February 22 - Lionel Tertis , viola player
- March 27 - Sir Arthur Bliss , Master of the Queen's Musick
- April 14 - Michael Flanders , lyricist, actor, partner of Donald Swann
- April 23 - Peter Ham , Badfinger , Suicide
- May 18 - Leroy Anderson , U.S. composer and conductor
- June 29 - Tim Buckley , drug overdose
- July 14 - Zutty Singleton , U.S. jazz drummer
- July 19 – Lefty Frizzell , Country Music Hall Of Fame singer
- August 9 - Dmitri Shostakovich , heart attack
- September 5 - Bill Sprouse Jr. The Road Home , heart attack
- October 1 - Al Jackson , drummer and songwriter
- October 30 - John Scott Trotter , U.S. arranger and conductor
- December 17 - Noble Sissle , U.S. bandleader and singer
- December 17 - Hound Dog Taylor , blues musician
- December 24 - Bernard Herrmann , composer
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