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1970s In Music .
- March 4 - ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia .
- March 6 - EMI Records reissues all 22 previously released British Beatles singles, plus a new single of the classic " Yesterday ". All 23 singles hit the UK charts at the same time
- March 7 - A wax likeness of Elton John is put on display in London 's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
- March 9 - The Who 's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden .
- Alice Cooper marries his two year girlfriend, Sheryl Goddard.
- March 15
- ---Kiss release '' Destroyer '', their best-selling album ever, continuing their popularity through the 1970s .
- ---Members of The Plastic People Of The Universe are arrested in communist Czechoslovakia . They were sentenced from 8 to 18 months in jail.
- March 25 - Jackson Browne 's wife Phyllis commits suicide.
- March 26 - In Paris , France , Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch breaks one of his fingers when he slips in his hotel bathroom following the final performance on the band's European tour. The injury ended up delaying the band's United States tour by three weeks.
- April 14 - Stevie Wonder announces that he has signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with Motown Records
- April 23 - Ramones release their self-titled debut album which opens with the three classics Blitzkrieg Bop, Beat on the Brat, and Judy is a Punk.
- April 24 - '' Saturday Night Live '' producer Lorne Michaels makes an on-air offer to pay The Beatles $3000 to reunite on the show. Lennon and McCartney were apparently watching the show together in New York and considered walking down to the studio to accept the check. On May 22 , he raises his offer from $3000 to $3,200.
- April 29 - When his tour stops in Memphis, Tennessee , Bruce Springsteen jumps the wall at Elvis Presley 's mansion, " Graceland ", in an attempt to see his idol. Security guards stop Springsteen and escort him off the grounds.
- May 3
- --- Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings Over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas . This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles ' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park .
-- Paul Simon puts together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow , Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also perform. The concert brings in over $30,000 for the Library.
- May 19 - Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is involved in a car accident. Cocaine is found in his wrecked car. Richards is given a court date of January 12 , 1977 .
- members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived.
- Alice Cooper collapses and is rushed to UCLA Hospital in Los Angelos , two days before the Goes To Hell tour would begin. The tour was cancelled.
- May 25 - Bob Dylan 's Rolling Thunder Revue tour ends
- June - Former Spring Canyon keyboardist Mark Cook joins Daniel Amos
- August- Cheap Trick receives a long term recording contract with Epic Records
- August 13 - The official ABBA logo with the reversed 'B' is born.
- September 20 & September 21 - 100 Club Punk Festival , the first international punk festival is held in London .
- September 25 - Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin . The band would later be renamed U2 .
- October 8 - The Sex Pistols sign a contract with EMI Records.
- October 10 - ABBA in New York on The Midnight Special performing 'Fernando', 'Dancing Queen', 'Mamma Mia' and 'S.O.S.' live.
- October 31 - George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in Houston , a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume.
- November - Former Tower Of Power lead singer Rich Stevens , and another person, are found guilty on two counts of murder.
- November 15 - Kiss '' Rock & Roll Over '' is released.
- November 24 - The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.
- December 1 - The Sex Pistols cause media furor when they swear on prime time British TV.
- December 2 - The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York . In January 1979 , they will receive the Police Athletic League 's Superstars Of The Year award.
- December 8 - The Carpenters air their ''"Very First Television Special"'' on ABC . The Eagles release Hotel California .
The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1976.
- January 8 - Jenny Lewis , Rilo Kiley
- January 14 - Alex Bainer , Aero
- January 16 - Stuart Fletcher , The Seahorses
- January 18 - Damien Leith
- January 20 - Sid Wilson , Slipknot
- January 21 - Emma Bunton , Spice Girls
- February 4 - Cam'ron
- February 13 - Leslie Feist , Broken Social Scene
- February 15
- --- Brandon Boyd , Incubus
- --- Ronnie Vannucci Jr. , The Killers
- February 28 - Ja Rule
- March 8 - Gareth Coombes , Supergrass
- March 17 - Stephen Gately , Boyzone
- March 20 - Chester Bennington , Linkin Park
- March 26 - David Keuning , The Killers
- April 14 - Ricahrd Green , Aero
- May 14 - Hunter Burgan ( AFI )
- May 17 - Kandi Burruss , Xscape
- May 29 - Dave Buckner , Papa Roach
- May 31 - Scott Klopfenstein , Reel Big Fish
- June 2 - Tim Rice-Oxley , Keane
- June 2 - Adrian Carlos Olivares , Menudo
- June 15 - Dryden Mitchell , Alien Ant Farm
- June 21 - Mike Einziger , Incubus
- June 22 - Gordon Moakes , Bloc Party
- June 26 - Paul Phillips , Puddle Of Mudd
- June 27 - Leigh Nash , Sixpence None The Richer
- July 3 - Shane Lynch , Boyzone
- July 10 - Philip Howard , pianist and composer
- July 12 - Tracie Spencer
- August 8 - Drew Lachey , 98 Degrees
- August 8 - JC Chasez , ---NSYNC
- August 18 - Dirk 'Alex' Lance , Incubus
- October 1 - Blu Cantrell
- October 20 - Tom Wisniewski , MxPx
- November 11 - Jesse F. Keeler , Death From Above 1979
- November 12 - Tevin Campbell
- December 13 - Tom Delonge , Blink-182
- John Collura , The Ataris
- Mike Davenport , The Ataris
- Patrick Riley , The Ataris
- January 8 - George Baker , singer
- January 10 - Howlin' Wolf , blues musician
- January 23 - Paul Robeson
- January 30 - Mance Lipscomb
- January 31 - Evert Taube , composer and singer
- February 5 - Rudy Pompilli , saxophone player and 20-year member of Bill Haley & His Comets
- February 9 - Percy Faith
- February 12 - Sal Mineo , actor and singer, murdered
- February 13 - Lily Pons , coloratura soprano
- February 22 - Florence Ballard , The Supremes
- March 14 - Busby Berkeley
- March 19 - Paul Kossoff , Free , Back Street Crawler , cerebral and pulmonary oedema
- March 26 - Duster Bennett , Car Accident .
- April 8 - Phil Ochs , suicide
- May 12 - Rudolf Kempe , conductor
- May 14 - Keith Relf , The Yardbirds , Renaissance , Medicine Head , Armageddon , cardiac arrest due to electrocution
- May 15 - David Munrow , early music performer, suicide
- June 25 - Johnny Mercer
- June 28 - Yakov Zak , pianist and music teacher
- August 26 - Lotte Lehmann , opera singer
- August 27 - Mukesh , Indian singer
- October 3 - Victoria Spivey , US singer, pianist and composer
- October 11
- --- Connee Boswell , US singer, member of the Boswell Sisters
- --- Alfredo Bracchi , Italian lyricist
- November 12 - Walter Piston , composer
- December 4
- --- Benjamin Britten , composer
- --- Tommy Bolin
- December 28 - Freddie King , blues musician
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