1975 in music

none February 2015 This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1975. 1975 1975 music radio television film right|thumb|Led Zeppelin in Chicago, 1975 Specific locations 1975 in British music 1975 in Japanese music 1975 in Norwegian music 1975 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1975 in country music 1975 in heavy metal music 1975 in jazz 1975 in progressive rock Events January–April 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 musical version of the classic Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City. January 6 – Approximately 1.000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert, cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show. 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. January 24 – Jazz pianist Keith Jarrett plays the solo improvisation 'The Köln Concert' at the Cologne Opera, which, recorded live, becomes the best-selling piano recording in history.https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/keith-jarrett Keith Jarrett – Biography All About Jazz 9 April 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110318092416/http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/musician.php?id=7984 18 March 2011 live February 13 – The film Slade In Flame, starring the members of Slade, premieres at the Metropole Theatre in London. February 21 – John Lennon releases his Rock 'n' Roll LP, featuring his favorite rock songs from the 1950s. To promote the album he conducts a telephone interview with 20 rock radio stations simultaneously. March 1 – The 17th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in New York, hosted by Andy Williams. Stevie Wonder's Fulfillingness' First Finale wins Album of the Year, Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" wins Record of the Year and Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were" wins Song of the Year. Marvin Hamlisch wins Best New Artist. March 2 – Los Angeles Police make a routine traffic stop that turns out to be Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. Linda is arrested for having 170 to 225 grams (six to eight ounces) of marijuana in her pocketbook. March 21 – Alice Cooper, now a solo artist, begins the Welcome to My Nightmare tour in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The elaborate show is among the largest stage spectacles of the decade. March 22 – In the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dutch group Teach-In wins with the song "Ding-A-Dong". March 23 – Promoter Bill Graham stages the S.N.A.C.K. (Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) charity concert at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, to benefit the city's educational system. Almost 60,000 people come to see The Grateful Dead, The Doobie Brothers, Santana, Jefferson Starship, Tower of Power, Eddie Palmieri, Joan Baez, Graham Central Station and Neil Young joined by members of The Band along with a surprise appearance by Bob Dylan. It's the largest benefit concert in history to date. March 26 – The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London. March 29 – Jeff Beck releases the album Blow by Blow. It is the first album to be released using just his name. 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 7 – Ritchie Blackmore plays a final show with Deep Purple in Paris before quitting to form his own group, Rainbow. April 17 – Cambodian singer-songwriter Sinn Sisamouth and his pregnant wife are among millions forced out of Phnom Penh by the Khmer Rouge. April 24 – Pete Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage. His death is ruled a suicide. April 25 – Alice Cooper's first television special with special guest Vincent Price, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs on ABC's Wide World In Concert, part of a short-lived late night variety series. April 28 – Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show. May–August May 1 – The Rolling Stones announce their forthcoming North American tour by performing Brown Sugar from a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The occasion was guitarist Ronnie Wood's debut with the band. May 10 – Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities. June 1 – The Rolling Stones open their North American Tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. June 20 – Talking Heads perform their first show at CBGB in New York. June 23 – Alice Cooper falls off the stage during a concert in Vancouver, Canada, breaking six ribs. June 24 – "Gens du pays", the unofficial national anthem of Quebec, is performed for the first time by Gilles Vigneault in a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal. June 30 – Cher and Gregg Allman are married in a Las Vegas hotel suite. That same day, The Jackson 5 leave Motown for CBS Records, but the brothers are forced to change their name to The Jacksons because Motown owns the Jackson 5 name. Jermaine Jackson stays with Motown when his brothers break their contracts and leave for CBS; he is replaced by youngest Jackson brother Randy as a result. July 4 – The Texas Senate declares the Fourth of July "Willie Nelson Day", as more than 70,000 fans visit Liberty Hill for the third annual picnic and country rock show headlined by Willie himself. August 4 – Robert Plant and his wife Maureen are seriously injured in a car accident while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes. The immediate future of Led Zeppelin is cast into doubt, as Plant will not recover for quite some time. August 9 Dmitri Shostakovich dies in Moscow. The Bee Gees begin their mid-1970s international comeback when "Jive Talkin'" reaches #1 and goes platinum with sales over 1 million. Renato Carosone's comeback concert after a 15-year retirement. The first Rock Music Awards, produced by Don Kirshner, are held in Los Angeles, co-hosted by Elton John and Diana Ross. John wins "Outstanding Rock Personality of the Year". The Who's film Tommy wins "Rock Movie of the Year". August 23 – Peter Gabriel leaves British progressive rock group Genesis. September–December September 12 – Pink Floyd releases their ninth album, Wish You Were Here. September 29 – Singer Jackie Wilson suffers a massive heart attack while performing on stage in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He survives but never physically recovers. October 3 – The Who release their seventh studio album, The Who By Numbers. October 7 – John Lennon finally wins his battle to stay in the United States after the New York Court of Appeals overturns Lennon's 1972 deportation order. October 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono become parents of Sean Ono Lennon at 2:00 AM. The birth heralds the beginning of John's temporary retirement from the music business as he vows to devote himself to family for the next five years. Rock band Kiss earns publicity by playing the homecoming dance of Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan. October 11 – Bruce Springsteen appears at the Monmouth Arts Center (Count Basie Theater) for The Homecoming Concert. October 18 – Simon & Garfunkel reunite on the second-ever episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC, performing "The Boxer", "Scarborough Fair", and new collaboration "My Little Town". October 27 – Bruce Springsteen appears on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines on the same week. October 30 – Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour begins with a concert at Memorial Hall in Plymouth, Massachusetts. November 6 – The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London. November 10 – Lev Leshchenko revives "Den Pobedy", one of the most popular World War II songs in the Soviet Union. November 15 – The 4th OTI Festival, held at the WKAQ-TV studios in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is won by the song "es La felicidad no", written by Felipe Gil, and performed by Gualberto Castro representing Mexico. November 21 – Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one in the U.K., where it remains for five weeks of 1975 and four weeks of 1976. December 6 – The Who set the record for largest indoor concert at the Pontiac Silverdome, attended by 78,000 fans. December 10 – The John Denver holiday special Rocky Mountain Christmas airs on ABC. December 18 – The official break-up of Faces is announced at a London press conference. Rod Stewart will continue his solo career while Ronnie Wood is widely expected to be announced as an official member of The Rolling Stones in the near future. December 23 – Bernard Herrmann completes recording his film soundtrack for Taxi Driver, dying the following day.https://www.nytimes.com/1975/12/25/archives/bernard-herrmann-composer-oscar-winner-for-score-dead.html Bernard Herrmann, Composer, Oscar Winner for Score, Dead 1975-12-24 The New York Times 2018-02-15 December 24 – The first issue of Punk magazine is released with a January 1976 cover date. A drawing of Lou Reed is on the cover. December 25 – Bassist Steve Harris forms Iron Maiden, drawing the name from a torture device mentioned in The Man in the Iron Mask. December 31 The fourth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on ABC, with performances by Average White Band, Melissa Manchester, Freddy Fender, and Neil Sedaka. Elvis Presley performs before the biggest audience of his career, at Pontiac, Michigan's Silverdome. During the show, Elvis rips his pants onstage and has to leave to change. Also in 1975 John Rutter becomes Director of Music at Clare College, Cambridge. Billy Davis Jr. and Marilyn McCoo leave the 5th Dimension and start solo careers. The Goodies have five top twenty singles (in the UK) becoming, according to Bill Oddie, "the first, the only and the most successful comedy rockers". Ramones sign to Sire Records. First release of "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda", by John Currie, on Australian label M7. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1975 Bands disbanded right|thumb|Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart with "Faces" in 1975, the year the band disbanded. See Musical groups disestablished in 1975 Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes8 Promised Land Elvis Presley -16 Forever, Michael Michael Jackson -20 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan -23 Never Can Say Goodbye Gloria Gaynor -29 An Evening with John Denver John Denver Live- Commoners Crown Steeleye Span - Don't Cha Love It The Miracles - Down by the Jetty Dr. Feelgood - The First Minute of a New Day Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson - Flavours The Guess Who - It's Time Bonnie Bramlett - Melissa Melissa Manchester - Modern Times Al Stewart - New Year, New Band, New Company John Mayall - Picture Music Klaus Schulze - Play Don't Worry Mick Ronson - Plug Me Into Something Henry Gross - Scorching Beauty Iron Butterfly - Sunday's Child John Martyn - Urban Renewal Tower of Power - February DayAlbumArtistNotes7 Mister Magic Grover Washington, Jr. - Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris -12 Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John -14 Fly by Night Rush - On the Level Status Quo -16 Bolan's Zip Gun T.Rex -17 The Bargain Store Dolly Parton - High Voltage AC/DC Australia-only; Debut Rock 'n' Roll John Lennon Covers album21 Desperate Straights Slapp Happy and Henry Cow -24 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin -27 On Your Feet or on Your Knees Blue Öyster Cult Live28 Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards BRIT Certified Awards Bpi.co.uk Apr 7, 2026 Yesterdays Yes Compilation- Ambrosia Ambrosia Debut Album Changing Woman Buffy Sainte-Marie - Cold on the Shoulder Gordon Lightfoot - Dixie Rock Wet Willie - For Earth Below Robin Trower - Mad Dog John Entwistle - Neu! '75 Neu! - No Mystery Return to Forever - Pampered Menial Pavlov's Dog Debut Really Rosie Carole King Soundtrack Song for America Kansas - Street Rats Humble Pie - Then Came You Dionne Warwick - To Be True Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes - Unrequited Loudon Wainwright III Studio and live Visions of the Emerald Beyond Mahavishnu Orchestra - March DayAlbumArtistNotes3 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire Soundtrackhttps://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=+Earth%2C+Wind+%26+Fire&ti=That%27s+The+Way+Of+The+World&lab=&genre=&format=Album&date_option=release&from=&to=&award=M&type=&category=&adv=SEARCH#search_section Earth, Wind & Fire: That's The Way Of The World RIAA riaa.com7 The Best Years of Our Lives Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - The Rotters' Club Hatfield and the North - Tea Break Over–Back on Your 'Eads! IF - Young Americans David Bowie -14 Blue Jays Justin Hayward and John Lodge -15 Funny Lady Barbra Streisand Soundtrack17 Judith Judy Collins -19 Dressed to Kill Kiss - Hearts America - Tommy Various Artists Soundtrack21 Rubycon Tangerine Dream -24 Chicago VIII Chicago - Nuthin' Fancy Lynyrd Skynyrd - Specs Appeal The Shadows -25 Just Another Way to Say I Love You Barry White - Slow Dazzle John Cale -26 A Quiet Storm Smokey Robinson -27 The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table Rick Wakeman -28 Blow by Blow Jeff Beck - Ian Hunter Ian Hunter - Straight Shooter Bad Company -- Between the Lines Janis Ian - Bundles Soft Machine - Duit on Mon Dei Harry Nilsson - Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack - Feelings Paul Anka - Frampton Peter Frampton - Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators - The Great Fatsby Leslie West - I'll Play for You Seals & Crofts - Katy Lied Steely Dan - Let There Be Music Orleans - Lou Reed Live Lou Reed Live Nils Lofgren Nils Lofgren Debut The Original Soundtrack 10cc – Songbird Jesse Colin Young - Spring Fever Rick Derringer - Sweet Deceiver Kevin Ayers - Switch Golden Earring - There's One in Every Crowd Eric Clapton - Two Sides of the Moon Keith Moon - April DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Journey Journey Debut2 The Manhattan Transfer The Manhattan Transfer -7 Will O' The Wisp Leon Russell -8 Chocolate City Parliament - Toys in the Attic Aerosmith -11 Fish Rising Steve Hillage -14 Spirit of America The Beach Boys Compilation16 Playing Possum Carly Simon -18 Fandango! ZZ Top Half live/half studio21 ABBA ABBA Guinness Book of Rock Stars Rees Dafydd Crampton Luke Guinness Publishing Ltd. 1991 0-85112-971-4 Enfield 1 Let's Take It to the Stage Funkadelic -22 Jamaica Say You Will Joe Cocker -25 The Snow Goose Camel - Stampede The Doobie Brothers -- Ain't Life Grand Black Oak Arkansas - Al Green's Greatest Hits Al Green Compilation The Beau Brummels The Beau Brummels - Beautiful Loser Bob Seger - Diamonds & Rust Joan Baez - Discothèque Herbie Mann - Hair of the Dog Nazareth - Hokey Pokey Richard and Linda Thompson - New City Blood, Sweat & Tears - Stars Cher - Subtle as a Flying Mallet Dave Edmunds - Survival The O'Jays - Tomorrow Belongs to Me Sensational Alex Harvey Band - USA King Crimson Live May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Coming Down Your Way Three Dog Night - Your Mamma Won't Like Me Suzi Quatro -5 Newborn James Gang -7 Today Elvis Presley -9 In Praise of Learning Henry Cow - Warrior on the Edge of Time Hawkwind -15 Moving Violation Jackson 5 -16 Soap Opera The Kinks UK17 Fox Fox Debut19 Steppin' Pointer Sisters -22 Adventures in Paradise Minnie Riperton -23 Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John - Initiation Todd Rundgren - Love Will Keep Us Together Captain & Tennille -27 Venus and Mars Wings -- America's Choice Hot Tuna - Ernie Sings & Glen Picks Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell - Four Wheel Drive Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Gorilla James Taylor - Once Upon a Star Bay City Rollers - Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Robert Wyatt - Spirit of '76 Spirit - Tale Spinnin' Weather Report - There's No Place Like America Today Curtis Mayfield - June DayAlbumArtistNotes6 Horizon Carpenters- Made in the Shade The Rolling Stones Compilation Metamorphosis The Rolling Stones Outtakes recorded 1964–707 The Heat Is On The Isley Brothers -10 Cut the Cake Average White Band - One of These Nights Eagles -13 Red Octopus Jefferson Starship - Return to Fantasy Uriah Heep -16 Why Can't We Be Friends? War -20 Greatest Hits Cat Stevens Compilation It's My Pleasure Billy Preston - Tonight's the Night Neil Young -23 Stills Stephen Stills -25 One Size Fits All Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention -26 The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan & The Band Recorded 1967–75 - Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings -Nuclear Nightclub Wigwam The Hit Man Eddie Kendricks - HQ Roy Harper - Jasmine Nightdreams Edgar Winter - Main Course Bee Gees - Rising for the Moon Fairport Convention - Stand Back April Wine - Trying to Burn the Sun Elf - The Tubes The Tubes - July DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Trooper Trooper -4 Ride a Rock Horse Roger Daltrey -6 KC and the Sunshine Band KC and the Sunshine Band -11 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac US From Mighty Oaks Ray Thomas -28 Sabotage Black Sabbath US- Armageddon Armageddon - The Dream Weaver Gary Wright - Ego Is Not a Dirty Word Skyhooks - Fire on the Bayou The Meters - Force It UFO - Futurama Be-Bop Deluxe - Half a Love The Chi-Lites - Head over Heels Poco - The Higher They Climb David Cassidy - In the City Tavares - Metal Machine Music Lou Reed - Now Look Ronnie Wood - Outlaws Outlaws - Power in the Music The Guess Who - Rhinestone Cowboy Glen Campbell - Scheherazade and Other Stories Renaissance - Sha Na Now Sha Na Na - Stop Eric Burdon Band - This Time We Mean It REO Speedwagon - August DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Procol's Ninth Procol Harum -4 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Rainbow Debut/US15 Atlantic Crossing Rod Stewart -16 Honey Ohio Players -18 Daryl Hall & John Oates Hall & Oates - Say Forever You'll Be Mine Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton -19 Phoenix Labelle -20 Deluxe Harmonia -22 Man-Child Herbie Hancock - Nightingales & Bombers Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Win, Lose or Draw The Allman Brothers Band -25 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen -27 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer - Searchin' for a Rainbow The Marshall Tucker Band -28 The Best of Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Compilation- Free Hand Gentle Giant - Acid Queen Tina Turner - Al Green Is Love Al Green - Caught in the Act Grand Funk Railroad Live E. C. Was Here Eric Clapton Live Mellow Madness Quincy Jones - Pick of the Litter The Spinners - So Fine Loggins & Messina - Spirit of the Boogie Kool & The Gang - Stamp Album Climax Blues Band - Timewind Klaus Schulze - September DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Blues for Allah Grateful Dead -5 Another Year Leo Sayer - Bandolier Budgie - Minstrel in the Gallery Jethro Tull -6 Face the Music Electric Light Orchestra -9 Hotline The J. Geils Band -10 Alive! Kiss Live12 Fighting Thin Lizzy - Landed Can - Second Chapter Danny Kirwan - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd -15 Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To Dolly Parton - Fool for the City Foghat - Prisoner in Disguise Linda Ronstadt - Wind on the Water Crosby & Nash -17 In Trance Scorpions -19 Windsong John Denver -22 Changing All the Time Smokie - Extra Texture (Read All About It) George Harrison U.S. release. 3 October in U.K.24 Caress of Steel Rush -26 Warner Bros. Presents Montrose -27 Portrait Gallery Harry Chapin -30 Clearly Love Olivia Newton-John -- Artful Dodger Artful Dodger - Bay City Rollers Bay City Rollers Compilation; North America debut Captured Angel Dan Fogelberg - Dreamboat Annie Heart Debut/Canada; released in US Feb. '76 In the Slot Tower of Power - John Fogerty John Fogerty - Masque Kansas - Maximum Darkness Man - No Reservations Blackfoot Debut The Sound of Sunshine The Sunshine Band Instrumental Symphonion Dream Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Ted Nugent Ted Nugent Debut Thirteen Blue Magic Lane Blue Magic - Waterbed Herbie Mann - X-Rated Black Oak Arkansas - October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Tryin' to Get the Feeling Barry Manilow -2 Bongo Fury Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention with Captain Beefheart Live + some studio tracks3 The Who by Numbers The Who -14 Breakaway Art Garfunkel - Lazy Afternoon Barbra Streisand -16 You Aretha Franklin -17 The Last Record Album Little Feat - Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon 20 Lisztomania Rick Wakeman Soundtrack Shaved Fish John Lennon Compilation21 Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits Live24 Rock of the Westies Elton John https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&ar=Elton+John&ti=Rock+of+the+Westies&format=Album&type=#search_section RIAA Recording Industry Association of America Siren Roxy Music -27 Angel Angel -31 Against the Grain Rory Gallagher - - Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator - All Around My Hat Steeleye Span - Born to Be with You Dion DiMucci - The Car Over the Lake Album The Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Downtown Flyers Streetwalkers - Flying Again The Flying Burrito Brothers - Indiscreet Sparks - Malpractice Dr. Feelgood - Mother Focus Focus - Movin' On Commodores - Power and the Passion Eloy - Sun and Steel Iron Butterfly - Voyage of the Acolyte Steve Hackett - November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Northern Lights – Southern Cross The Band - Spanish Train and Other Stories Chris de Burgh -3 History: America's Greatest Hits America Compilation 7 Come Taste the Band Deep Purple Old No. 1 Guy Clark Debut Ommadawn Mike Oldfield https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/603/mode/2up 603 The Great Rock Discography 1995 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles Canongate Press 8 Making Music Bill Withers -10 Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits Chicago Compilation Horses Patti Smith Dancing Barefoot: The Patti Smith Story Thompson Dave Dave Thompson (author) Chicago Review Press 2011 978-1-56976-325-4 123 Zuma Neil Young & Crazy Horse -11 Gratitude Earth, Wind & Fire -14 Another Green World Brian Eno - Helen of Troy John Cale -17 Greatest Hits ABBA Compilation The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell - Schoolboys in Disgrace The Kinks - Teaser Tommy Bolin -18 Rufus featuring Chaka Khan Rufus -21 Fish Out of Water Chris Squire Greatest Hits Nazareth 24 The Best of Carly Simon Carly Simon Compilation25 Family Reunion The O'Jays - Nightrider Charlie Daniels -28 Crisis? What Crisis? Supertramp - A Night at the Opera Queen -30 The Köln Concert Keith Jarrett- Numbers Cat Stevens -- Crack the Sky Crack The Sky Debut Heaven and Hell Vangelis http://www.nemostudios.co.uk/nemo/main/vangelis/v02.htm Vangelis | A musical journey | (Page 2 of 15) | Vangelis Papathanassiou NemoStudios.co.uk https://web.archive.org/web/20171216003704/http://www.nemostudios.co.uk/nemo/main/vangelis/v02.htm December 16, 2017 March 9, 2019 "The first studio album to emerge from Nemo Studios was entitled 'Heaven and Hell', which was released in November 1975." Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate - It's Only Love Rita Coolidge - Nomadness Strawbs - Pour Down Like Silver Richard and Linda Thompson - Pressure Drop Robert Palmer - Radio-Activity Kraftwerk - Strung Up Sweet - Together Anne Murray - Track of the Cat Dionne Warwick - Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame Kris Kristofferson - December DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Elva kvinnor i ett husElva kvinnor i ett hus Elva kvinnor i ett hus Agnetha Fältskog 1975 Agnetha Fältskog Carlgren Bosse liner notes Cupol CLPS 351 Stockholm, Sweden Agnetha Fältskog - Equinox Styx - T.N.T. AC/DC Australia4 Stephen Stills Live Stephen Stills -5 Live! Bob Marley & The Wailers Live12 Blast from Your Past Ringo Starr Compilation Live/Hhaï Magma Live Marcus Garvey Burning Spear -15 Mothership Connection Parliament -29 Elite Hotel Emmylou Harris -- Discreet Music Brian Eno - Evening Star Fripp & Eno - Head On Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Mustard Roy Wood - Ricochet Tangerine Dream Live Wouldn't You Like It? Bay City Rollers - Release date unknown The Art of Tea – Michael Franks Brass Construction – Brass Construction Celebration – Andrew Cyrille Chuck Berry – Chuck Berry Come Again – the Jaggerz Confusion – Fela Kuti Das schönste im Leben – Die Flippers Dreadlocks Dread – Big Youth Ego Ti Eho Ke Ti Tha 'Ho – Tolis VoskopoulosDragoumanos, Petros (2009). Elliniki Diskografia 1950–2009 (Greek Discography 1950–2009) El amor – Julio IglesiasNovas Himilce The Hispanic 100: a ranking of the Latino men and women who have most influenced American thought and culture https://archive.org/details/hispanic100ranki00nova registration 24 December 2012 1 January 1995 Carol Pub. Group 978-0-8065-1651-6 201 Ella and Oscar – Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Expensive Shit – Fela Kuti A Funky Thide of Sings – Billy Cobham Gil e Jorge – Jorge Ben Profondo Rosso (soundtrack) – Goblin (band) Goodbye – Gene Ammons High Step – Paul Chambers and John Coltrane Home Plate – Bonnie Raitt Journey to Love – Stanley Clarke Juice Newton & Silver Spur – Juice Newton and Silver Spur The Bitch Is Black - Yvonne Fair Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette – Mel Tormé Montreux '75 – Ella Fitzgerald Moxy – Moxy Music Keeps Me Together – Taj Mahal Nasty Gal – Betty Davis Not a Little Girl Anymore – Linda Lewis Now – The Dubliners Old Fashioned Love – John Fahey Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie – Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison – Oscar Peterson, Harry "Sweets" Edison Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge – Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge Oscar Peterson in Russia – Oscar Peterson The Other Side of Me – Andy Williams Pre-Creedence – The Golliwogs – compilation Rimmel – Francesco de Gregori The Rocky Horror Picture Show – various artists – soundtrack Ronnie Drew – Ronnie Drew (solo debut) Say It Ain't So – Murray Head Solstice – Ralph Towner The Sweet Singles Album – Sweet Taking Off – David Sanborn Tails of Illusion – Fox Tales Of Mozambique – Count OssieCarroll Jim 11 February 2016 Count Ossie – Tales Of Mozambique: a groundbreaking, majestic reissue The Irish Times https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/count-ossie-tales-of-mozambique-a-groundbreaking-majestic-reissue-1.2531252 8 September 2025 Train Ride to Hollywood – Bloodstone – soundtrack to their feature movie Trapeze – Trapeze Trouble – Sailor Two Steps Forward, One Step Back – Patrick Sky Velvet Donkey – Ivor Cutler Billboard Top popular records of 1975 "TOP RECORDS OF 1975 (from Billboard December 27, 1975) The information compiled for the top records survey is based on the weekly chart positioning and length of time records were on the respective charts from the issue dates of November 2, 1974 through November 1, 1975. These recaps, as well as the weekly charts, do not reflect actual sales figures. The ratings take into account the number of weeks the disk was on the chart, plus the weekly positions it held during its chart life. Each disk was given points accordingly for its respective chart, and in addition, the number one disk each week was assigned bonus points equal to the total number of positions on its respective charts." Unfortunately, Billboard's late December print deadline prevented approximately 60 records from completing their full chart runs, and includes data of approximately 50 records from 1976, some of which have enough points to rank in the current years chart. In contrast with the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975, the chart below does not truncate or split chart runs between years. It does not add two months from 1974, delete two months from 1975 and then call itself the "Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1975", which it is obviously not. Joel Whitburn's Records Research books, archived issues of Billboard for November–December 1974 and December 1975 – March 1976, and Hot 100 Year-End formulas were used to complete the year-end chart reprinted here. The completed Billboard year-end list for 1975 is composed of records that entered the Billboard Hot 100 between November 1974 and December 1975. Records with chart runs that started in 1974 and ended in 1975, or started in 1975 and ended in 1976, made this chart if the majority of their chart weeks were in 1975. If not, they were ranked in the year-end charts for 1974 or 1976. If their weeks were equal, they were listed in the year they first entered. Appearing in multiple years is not permitted. Each week thirty points were awarded to the number one record, then nineteen points for number two, eighteen points for number three, and so on. The total points a record earned determined its year-end rank. The complete chart life of each record is represented, with number of points accrued. There are no ties, even when multiple records have the same number of points. The next ranking category is peak chart position, then weeks at peak chart position, weeks on Hot 100 chart, weeks in top forty, and finally weeks in top ten. All chart rankings represented below for the Top Soul Singles, Top Country Singles, Top Easy Listening Singles, and Top CashBox pop singles were all calculated in the same manner. The chart can be sorted by Artist, Song title, Recording and Release dates, Cashbox year-end ranking (CB) or units sold (sales) by clicking on the column header. Additional details for each record can be accessed by clicking on the song title, and referring to the Infobox in the right column of the song page. Billboard also has chart summaries on its website. Sales information was derived from the RIAA's Gold and Platinum database, the BRIT Certified database https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ 2021-02-05 and The Book of Golden Discs,Murrells Joseph http://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr The book of golden discs 1978 London : Barrie & Jenkins Internet Archive 978-0-214-20512-5 but numbers listed should be regarded as estimates. Grammy Hall of Fame and National Recording Registry information with sources can be found on Wikipedia. Rank Artist Title Label Recorded Release date CB Sales Charts, Awards 1 Glen Campbell "Rhinestone Cowboy" Capitol 4095 March 19, 1975 May 26, 1975 3 3.25 US Billboard 1975 #1, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 22 total weeks, 212 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #1, Country Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 21 total weeks, 196 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #5, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 week, 15 total weeks, 168 points 2 The Elton John Band "Philadelphia Freedom" MCA 40364 August 1974 February 24, 1975 4 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #2, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 21 total weeks, 207 points 3 The Captain and Tennille "Love Will Keep Us Together" A&M 1672 1975 April 1975 7 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #3, US Hot100 #1 for 4 weeks, 23 total weeks, 204 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2022 4 John Denver "I'm Sorry/Calypso" RCA 10353 May 1975 July 1975 36 5.00 US Billboard 1975 #4, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 188 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #5, Country Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 142 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #4, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 13 total weeks, 172 points 5 Ohio Players "Love Rollercoaster" Mercury 73734 1975 November 9, 1975 16 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #5, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 188 points 6 Eagles "One of These Nights" Asylum 45257 1975 May 19, 1975 15 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #6, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 179 points, Top Mainstream Rock 1975 #9 7 K.C. and the Sunshine Band "That's The Way (I Like It)" T.K. 1015 1975 June 10, 1975 1 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #7, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 176 points 8 David Bowie "Fame" RCA Victor 10320 January 1975 June 1975 17 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #8, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 166 points 9 Elton John "Island Girl" MCA 40461 July 1975 September 29, 1975 9 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #9, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 15 total weeks, 163 points 10 The Bee Gees "Jive Talkin'" RSO 510 February 19, 1975 May 1975 2 2.00 US Billboard 1975 #10, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 162 points 11 Earth, Wind & Fire "Shining Star" Columbia 10090 October 1974 January 21, 1975 11 1.25 US Billboard 1975 #11, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 20 total weeks, 160 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #8, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 16 total weeks, 144 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2008, from album "That's the Way of the World"-Columbia 33280, Grammy Hall of Fame 2004 12 Minnie Riperton "Lovin' You" Epic 50057 October 1974 January 1975 5 3.25 US Billboard 1975 #12, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 159 points 13 Silver Convention "Fly, Robin, Fly" Midland Int'l. 10339 March 1975 September 1975 14 2.25 US Billboard 1975 #13, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 17 total weeks, 155 points 14 Tony Orlando and Dawn "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" Elektra 45240 December 1974 March 1975 34 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #14, US Hot100 #1 for 3 weeks, 14 total weeks, 152 points 15 Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony "The Hustle" Avco 4653 1975} April 18, 1975 18 6.00 US Billboard 1975 #15, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 151 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #6, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 155 points 16 LaBelle "Lady Marmalade (Voulez-Vous Coucher Avec Moi)" Epic 50048 May 1975 June 10, 1975 6 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #16, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 18 total weeks, 151 points, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, National Recording Registry 2020 17 Neil Sedaka "Bad Blood" Rocket 40460 March 1975 September 2, 1975 13 1.25 US Billboard 1975 #17, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 149 points 18 Diana Ross "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" Motown 1377 March 1975 September 1975 41 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #18, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 148 points 19 The Doobie Brothers "Black Water" Warner Bros. 8062 March 18, 1975 July 16, 1975 27 2.25 US Billboard 1975 #19, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 148 points 20 Linda Ronstadt "You're No Good" Capitol 3990 July 5, 1974 November 19, 1974 24 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #20, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 135 points 21 Olivia Newton-John "Have You Never Been Mellow" MCA 40349 October 1974 January 21, 1975 10 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #21, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 16 total weeks, 134 22 Freddy Fender "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Dot 17540 October 1974 January 1975 29 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #22, US Hot100 #1 for 1 week, 21 total weeks, 134 points, Top Country Singles 1975 #6, Country Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 17 total weeks, 124 points 23 Eagles "Best Of My Love" Asylum 45218 1974 November 5, 1974 47 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #23, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 134 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #10, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 146 points 24 Olivia Newton-John "Please Mr. Please" MCA 40418 October 1974 May 11, 1975 21 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #24, US Hot100 #3 for 2 weeks, 15 total weeks, 134 points, Top Easy Listening Singles 1975 #8, Easy Listening Singles #1 for 3 weeks, 13 total weeks, 161 points 25 Elton John "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" MCA 40344 June 1974 November 18, 1974 35 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #25, US Hot100 #1 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 133 points 26 The Miracles "Love Machine (Part 1)" United Artists 940 June 13, 1975 August 21, 1975 8 2.00 US Billboard 1975 #25, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 28 total weeks, 133 points 27 Paul McCartney and Wings "Listen to What the Man Said" Capitol 4091 February 20, 1975 March 16, 1975 25 3.00 US Billboard 1975 #26, US #1 for 1 weeks, 14 total weeks, 133 points 28 John Denver "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" RCA 10353 August 26, 1974 March 1975 22 5.00 US Billboard 1975 #27, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 19 total weeks, 132 points 29 Morris Albert "Feelings" Arista 0244 1975 May 1975 57 2.00 US Billboard 1975 #28, US Hot100 #6 for 1 weeks, 32 total weeks, 132 points 30 Ohio Players "Fire" Mercury 73643 Feb–Aug 1974 November 1974 39 6.5 US Billboard 1975 #30, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 130 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #1, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 192 points 31 Eagles "Lyin' Eyes" Asylum 45279 January 1975 September 8, 1975 28 1.50 US Billboard 1975 #29, US Hot100 #2 for 2 weeks, 14 total weeks, 130 points, Top Mainstream Rock 1975 #5 32 AWB "Pick Up The Pieces" Atlantic 3229 May 1974 October 21, 1974 11 1.25 US Billboard 1975 #30, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 17 total weeks, 129 points 33 The Staple Singers "Let's Do It Again" Curtom 0109 1975 October 1975 30 1.25 US Billboard 1975 #31, US Hot100 #1 for 1 weeks, 15 total weeks, 129 points, Top Soul Singles 1975 #4, Hot Soul Singles #1 for 2 weeks, 18 total weeks, 174 points 178 Bruce Springsteen "Born to Run" Columbia 10209 Feb–Aug 1974 August 25, 1975 94 6.5 US Billboard 1975 #178, US Hot100 #23 for 2 weeks, 11 total weeks, Top Rock 1975 #1, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003, National Recording Registry 2003, from album Born to Run-Columbia 33795, Grammy Hall of Fame 2003. Chronological table of U.S. and UK and Japan number one hit singles U.S. number one singles and artist(weeks at number one)UK number one singles and artist(weeks at number one)"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – Elton John (2) "Mandy" – Barry Manilow (1) "Please Mr. Postman" – The Carpenters (1) "Laughter in the Rain" – Neil Sedaka (1) "Fire" – Ohio Players (1) "You're No Good" – Linda Ronstadt (1) "Pick Up the Pieces" – Average White Band (1) "Best of My Love" – Eagles (1) "Have You Never Been Mellow" – Olivia Newton-John (1) "Black Water" – The Doobie Brothers (1) "My Eyes Adored You" – Frankie Valli (1) "Lady Marmalade" – Labelle (1) "Lovin' You" – Minnie Riperton (1) "Philadelphia Freedom" – Elton John (2) "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" – B. J. Thomas (1) "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)" – Tony Orlando and Dawn (3) "Shining Star" – Earth, Wind & Fire (1) "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" – Freddy Fender (1) "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" – John Denver (1) "Sister Golden Hair" – America (1) "Love Will Keep Us Together" – Captain & Tennille (4) "Listen to What the Man Said" – Paul McCartney & Wings (1) "The Hustle" – Van McCoy (1) "One of These Nights" – Eagles (1) "Jive Talkin'" – Bee Gees (2) "Fallin' in Love" – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1) "Get Down Tonight" – KC and the Sunshine Band (1) "Rhinestone Cowboy" – Glen Campbell (2) "Fame" – David Bowie (2) "I'm Sorry" – John Denver (1) "Bad Blood" – Neil Sedaka (3) "Island Girl" – Elton John (3) "That's the Way (I Like It)" – KC and the Sunshine Band (2) "Fly, Robin, Fly" – Silver Convention (3) "Let's Do It Again" – The Staple Singers (1)"Lonely This Christmas" – Mud (2 weeks 1974 + 2 weeks 1975) "Down Down" – Status Quo (1) "Ms Grace" – The Tymes (1) "January" – Pilot (3) "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" – Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2) "If" – Telly Savalas (2) "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" – Bay City Rollers (6) "Oh Boy" – Mud (2) "Stand by Your Man" – Tammy Wynette (3) "Whispering Grass" – Windsor Davies & Don Estelle (3) "I'm Not in Love" – 10cc (2) "Tears on My Pillow (I Can't Take It)" – Johnny Nash (1) "Give a Little Love" – Bay City Rollers (3) "Barbados" – Typically Tropical (1) "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" – The Stylistics (3) "Sailing" – Rod Stewart (4) "Hold Me Close" – David Essex (3) "I Only Have Eyes for You" – Art Garfunkel (2) "Space Oddity" – David Bowie (2) "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." – Billy Connolly (1) "Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen" (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976) Note: best sellers of the year are bold. Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist  (weeks at number one) List of Oricon number-one singles of 1975 "Fuyu no Iro ja 冬の色" – Momoe Yamaguchi (2 weeks 1974 + 4 weeks 1975) "Hajimete no Dekigoto" – Junko Sakurada (1) "Shitetsu Ensen ja 私鉄沿線" – Goro Noguchi (3) "22-sai no Wakare ja 22才の別れ" – Kaze (4) "Waga Yoki Tomoyo ja 我が良き友よ" – Hiroshi Kamayatsu (4) "Showa Kare Susuki ja 昭和枯れすゝき" – Sakura & Ichiro ja さくらと一郎 (3) "Cyclamen no Kaori ja シクラメンのかほり" – Akira Fuse (5) "Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka Kakkoman Boogie / Minato no Yoko Yokohama Yokosuka ja 港のヨーコ・ヨコハマ・ヨコスカ" – Down Town Boogie Woogie Band ja ダウン・タウン・ブギウギ・バンド (5) "Kokoro Nokori ja 心のこり" – Takashi Hosokawa (4) "Omoide Makura" ja 想い出まくら – Kyoko Kosaka ja 小坂恭子 (1) "Romance (Hiromi Iwasaki song) Romance ja ロマンス (岩崎宏美の曲)" – Hiromi Iwasaki (3) "Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni ja 時の過ぎゆくままに" – Kenji Sawada (5) "Ichigo Hakusho wo Mou Ichido ja 『いちご白書』をもう一度" – Bang Bang (folk group) Bang Bang ja バンバン (フォークグループ) (6) "Sentimental (Hiromi Iwasaki song) Sentimental ja センチメンタル (岩崎宏美の曲)" – Hiromi Iwasaki (2) "Ano Hi ni Kaeritai ja あの日にかえりたい" – Yumi Arai (2) Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "Bad Time" Grand Funk March 1975 4 n/a 4 (United States) See chart performance entry "Ballroom Blitz" The Sweet June 1975 5 2 1 (Canada, Australia) See chart performance entry "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" Neil Sedaka December 1975 8 n/a 8 (United States) See chart performance entry "Chevy Van" Sammy Johns February 1975 5 n/a 5 (United States) See chart performance entry "Could It Be Magic" Barry Manilow June 1975 6 n/a 6 (United States) See chart performance entry "Cut the Cake" Average White Band June 1975 10 31 10 (United States) See chart performance entry "Do It in the Name of Love" Ben E. King March 1975 n/a n/a 4 (US R&B) See chart performance entry "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" Sugarloaf November 1974 9 n/a 9 (United States) See chart performance entry "Games People Play" Spinners August 1975 5 n/a 5 (United States) See chart performance entry "Happy Days" Pratt & McClain March 1976 5 31 3 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Heat Wave" Linda Ronstadt September 1975 5 n/a 5 (United States) See chart performance entry "Holdin' on to Yesterday" Ambrosia May 1975 17 n/a 17 (United States) See chart performance entry "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)" James Taylor June 1975 5 n/a 1 (US AC, Canada AC) See chart performance entry "I Don't Like to Sleep Alone" Paul Anka March 1975 8 n/a 8 (United States) See chart performance entry "I Write the Songs" Barry Manilow November 1975 1 n/a 1 (United States) See chart performance entry "It Only Takes a Minute" Tavares July 1975 10 n/a 1 (US R&B) See chart performance entry "It's a Miracle" Barry Manilow February 1975 12 n/a 1 (US AC) See chart performance entry "I'm Not in Love" 10cc May 1975 2 1 1 (United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada) See chart performance entry "Killer Queen" Queen October 1974 12 2 2 (United Kingdom, Ireland) See chart performance entry "Long Tall Glasses (I Can Dance)" Leo Sayer September 1974 9 4 4 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Lover Please" Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge November 1974 n/a n/a 42 (US AC) See chart performance entry "Magic" Pilot September 1974 5 11 5 (United States) See chart performance entry "Mamma Mia" ABBA September 1975 32 1 1 (United Kingdom, Australia, Germany) See chart performance entry "Miracles" Jefferson Starship August 1975 3 n/a 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Moviestar" Harpo July 1975 n/a 24 1 (Sweden, Norway, Germany, Austria) See chart performance entry "Mr. Jaws" Dickie Goodman August 1975 4 n/a 4 (United States) See chart performance entry "My Little Town" Simon & Garfunkel October 1975 9 n/a 1 (US AC) See chart performance entry "My Man and Me" Lynsey de Paul February 1975 n/a 40 40 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Never Can Say Goodbye" Gloria Gaynor October 1974 9 2 2 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "The Proud One" Osmond Brothers July 1975 22 5 1 (US AC) See chart performance entry "Roll On Down the Highway" Bachman-Turner Overdrive January 1975 14 22 4 (Canada) See chart performance entry "Sad Sweet Dreamer" Sweet Sensation September 1974 14 1 1 (United Kingdom) See chart performance entry "Sky High" Jigsaw August 1975 3 9 1 (Japan) See chart performance entry "S.O.S." ABBA June 1975 15 6 1 (Australia, Germany, New Zealand) See chart performance entry "Take Me in Your Arms" The Doobie Brothers April 1975 11 29 11 (United States) See chart performance entry "To the Door of the Sun (Alle Porte del Sole)" Al Martino November 1974 17 n/a 7 (US AC) See chart performance entry "Who Loves You" Four Seasons August 1975 3 6 3 (United States) See chart performance entry "Why Can't We Be Friends" War April 1975 6 n/a 6 (United States) See chart performance entry "Wonderful Baby" Don McLean October 1974 93 60 1 (US AC) See chart performance entry Number One hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Date reached number one Weeks at number one Country(s) "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn July 1974 May 1975 1 week South Africa "Barbados" Typically Tropical May 1975 August 1975 1 week Ireland, South Africa, United Kingdom "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" Freddy Fender January 1975 May 1975 1 week United States "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." Billy Connolly October 1975 November 1975 1 week United Kingdom "Fox on the Run" Sweet March 1975 April 1975 1 week Australia, Denmark, South Africa, West Germany "Give a Little Love" Bay City Rollers July 1975 July 1975 3 weeks Ireland, United Kingdom "Hey You" Bachman–Turner Overdrive May 1975 July 1975 1 week South Africa "Horror Movie" Skyhooks December 1974 March 1975 2 weeks Australia "Island Girl" Elton John September 1975 November 1975 3 weeks United States " (I Believe) There's Nothing Stronger Than Our Love" Paul Anka & Odia Coates July 1975 October 1975 1 week Canada "Jump in My Car" Ted Mulry Gang September 1975 November 1975 6 weeks Australia "Love Is All" Red Hurley April 1975 April 1975 1 week Ireland "Love Will Keep Us Together" Captain & Tennille April 1975 June 1975 4 weeks Australia, Canada, United States "Milky Ways" Colombus October 1975 November 1975 5 weeks South Africa "Ms Grace" The Tymes December 1974 January 1975 1 week Ireland, United Kingdom "My Little Angel" William Shakespeare November 1974 February 1975 3 weeks Australia "Paloma Blanca" George Baker Selection March 1975 June 1975 1 week 5 countries "Rhinestone Cowboy" Glen Campbell May 1975 September 1975 3 weeks Canada, Ireland, United States, Yugoslavia "Sailing" Rod Stewart August 1975 September 1975 4 weeks 5 countries "Shame, Shame, Shame" Shirley & Company December 1974 February 1975 5 weeks 5 countries "She's A Woman" Neil Herbert December 1974 January 1975 1 week South Africa "Shining Star" Earth, Wind & Fire January 1975 May 1975 1 week United States "Summer Love" Sherbet March 1975 May 1975 2 weeks Australia "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" John Denver March 1975 June 1975 1 week United States "The Ballroom Blitz" The Sweet September 1973 October 1975 1 week Canada "The Newcastle Song" Bob Hudson January 1975 March 1975 4 weeks Australia, New Zealand "Whispering Grass" Windsor Davies & Don Estelle April 1975 June 1975 3 weeks United Kingdom Yesterday's Hero" John Paul Young February 1975 May 1977 2 weeks (May 1977) South Africa "Yesterday Was Just the Beginning of My Life" Mark Williams May 1975 June 1975 3 weeks New Zealand "You Ask Me To" Bobby Angel January 1975 March 1975 2 weeks South Africa Other selected singles 30em "All My Friends Are Getting Married" – Skyhooks (# 2 Australia) "At Va'Ani" – Shlomo Artzi (# 2 Israel) (Israel's 1975 Eurovision entry) "Bony Moronie" – Hush (# 4 Australia) "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" – Skyhooks (# 2 Australia) "Ein Lied kann eine Brücke sein" – Joy Fleming (# 32 Germany) (Germany's 1975 Eurovision entry) "Era" – Wess and Dori Ghezzi (# 6 Switzerland) (Italy's 1975 Eurovision entry) "Girls On the Avenue" – Richard Clapton (# 4 Australia) "My Little Angel" – William Shakespeare (# 2 Australia) "Rak Off Normie!" – Maureen Elkner (# 6 Australia) "So Far Away from L.A." – Nicolas Peyrac (# 4 France) "That's What Friends Are For" – The Swarbriggs (# 2 Ireland) (Ireland's 1975 Eurovision entry) "Tonite Is a Wonderful Time to Fall in Love" – April Wine (# 5 Canada) "Wart auf mich" – Michael Holm (# 4 Germany) "Yesterday's Hero" – John Paul Young (# 8 Australia) Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" b/w "Heart of Darkness" Pere Ubu December 1975 n/a "Autobahn" (Single Version) b/w "Morgenspaziergang" Kraftwerk January 1975 #25 (United States), #11 (United Kingdom) "Baby, Please Don't Go" b/w "Love Song" AC/DC February 1975 #20 (Australia) "Chocolate City" b/w "I Misjudged You" Parliament March 1975 #24 (US R&B) "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" b/w "Every Chase a Wild Goose" Skyhooks April 1975 #2 (Australia) "High Voltage" b/w "Soul Stripper" AC/DC July 1975 #10 (Australia) "Hunters and Collectors" b/w "Vernal Equinox" Can May 1975 n/a "I Keep a Close Watch" b/w "Engine" John Cale September 1975 n/a "Isi" b/w "After Eight" Neu! March 1975 n/a "It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)" b/w "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" AC/DC December 1975 #9 (Australia) "Little Johnny Jewel, Part One" b/w "Little Johnny Jewel, Part Two" Television October 1975 n/a "Master Race Rock" b/w "I Got You Babe" The Dictators March 1975 n/a "Million Dollar Riff" b/w "Forging Ahead" Skyhooks October 1975 #6 (Australia) "No Bother to Me" b/w "Home Sweet Home" Split Enz May 1975 n/a "Ovelha negra" Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti June 1975 n/a "P-Funk (Wants to Get Funked Up)" b/w "Night of the Thumpasorus Peoples" Parliament November 1975 #9 (US R&B) "Radioactivity" b/w "Antenna" Kraftwerk November 1975 #4 (France) "Roxette" b/w "Route 66" (Live) Dr. Feelgood November 1975 n/a "Rockaway Beach" (Demo) b/w "53rd & 3rd" Ramones November 1975 n/a "The Redondo Beach Demo" b/w "Distance Fingers" Patti Smith June 1975 n/a "The Third Reich 'n' Roll (Hitler Was a Vegetarian)" (Promo Edit) The Residents October 1975 n/a "Too Much Junkie Business" b/w "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Demo) Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers July 1975 n/a "White Punks on Dope" b/s "White Punks on Dope Part II" The Tubes 1975 n/a "Willie the Pimp" (Part One) b/w "Willie the Pimp" (Part Two) Captain Beefheart / Frank Zappa May 1975 n/a Other Notable singles "Gamblin' Bar Room Blues" b/w "Shake That Thing" – The Sensational Alex Harvey Band Published popular music "And All That Jazz" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Chita Rivera in the musical Chicago "Anytime (I'll Be There)"     w.m. Paul Anka "At Seventeen" w.m. Janis Ian "Calypso"     w.m. John Denver "I'm Not in Love"     w.m. Graham Gouldman & Eric Stewart "I'm Sorry"     w.m. John Denver "Love Will Keep Us Together"     w.m. Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield "Mamma Mia"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "Movin' On Up" w.m. Jeff Barry and Ja'net Dubois, theme from the TV series The Jeffersons "New York State of Mind" w.m. Billy Joel "One"     w. Edward Kleban m. Marvin Hamlisch "Rockin' All Over the World" w.m. John C. Fogerty "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights"     w.m. Freddy Fender & Wayne Duncan "The Way I Want To Touch You"     w.m. Toni Tennille "What I Did For Love"     w. Edward Kleban m. Marvin Hamlisch "You"     w.m. Tom Snow Classical music Samuel Adler – Symphony No. 5, We are the Echoes Osvaldas Balakauskas – Sonata of the Mountains Claude Bolling and Jean-Pierre Rampal – Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Mario Davidovsky – Scenes from Shir ha-Shirim for soprano, two tenors, bass soli and chamber ensemble Klaus Huber – Blätterlos for piano Wojciech Kilar – Bogurodzica for mixed choir and orchestra Theo Loevendie – Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra, Incantations Witold Lutosławski – Les Espaces du sommeil Krzysztof Meyer Sonata for piano, No. 5 Sonata for solo violin Frederic Rzewski – The People United Will Never Be Defeated! Karlheinz Stockhausen Harlekin, for clarinet, Nr. 42 Der kleine Harlekin, for clarinet, Nr. 42½ Musik im Bauch, for six percussionists and music boxes, Nr. 41 Tierkreis, for a melody and/or chording instrument, Nr. 41½ Alexander Vustin – The Word Dmitri Shostakovich – Sonata for Viola and Piano, Op. 147 (his final work) Opera Viktor Ullmann – Der Kaiser von Atlantis (16 December, Bellevue Centre, Amsterdam) John Rutter – Bang! (14 March, Fairfield Halls, Croydon) Aulis Sallinen – The Horseman (17 June, Savonlinna Opera Festival) Jazz 1975 in jazz Musical theatre Chicago – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 936 performances A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 6137 performances, the longest run of any Broadway musical at the time A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) – London production Dance With Me – Broadway production opened at the Mayfair Theatre and ran for 396 performances The Wiz – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre and ran for 1672 performances Musical films At Long Last Love Funny Lady Lisztomania The Magic Flute The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tommy Train Ride to Hollywood Births January January 2 Doug Robb (Hoobastank) Chris Cheney, Australian rock musician (The Living End) Jung Sung-hwa, South Korean actor January 3 Thomas Bangalter, French record producer, singer-songwriter, DJ and composer (Daft Punk) Christian Argenti, Australian singer and radio presenter (Invertigo) January 5 – Bradley Cooper, American singer, actor, film maker, voice actor and producer (A Star Is Born, 2018, starring Lady Gaga) January 8 Harris Jayaraj, Indian film composer and producer DJ Clue, American DJ, record producer, radio personality and record executive January 11 Venetian Snares, electronic dance music composer, influential in breakcore Timbuktu, Swedish rapper and singer January 13 – Jason King, radio DJ January 15 Edith Bowman, British radio DJ Belinda Chapple, Australian singer, actress and creative director January 17 Rami Yacoub, Swedish-born Palestinian music producer and songwriter (Cheiron Studios and Maratone) Coco Lee, Hong Kong–born American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress (d. 2023) January 22 – Balthazar Getty, American actor, musician and member of Getty family. January 24 – Paul Marazzi, English singer (A1) January 28 Tanya Chua, Singaporean singer-songwriter Lee Latchford-Evans, British singer (Steps)Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 27 May 2011 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-595-8 1959 https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA8-PA1959 en January 29 – Kelly Packard, American singer-actress-hostess January 30 – Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi) February February 1 – Big Boi (OutKast) February 3 – Markus Schulz, German DJ and record producer February 4 – Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress February 5 – Adam Carson, drummer (AFI) February 6 Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer Matt Alber, American singer-songwriter February 7 – Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) February 14 – Scott Owen, Australian rock musician (The Living End) February 17 – Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress February 18 – Simon Kvamm, Danish singer, keyboard player, and actor (Nephew) February 19 – Daniel Adair, Canadian rock drummer (Nickelback) February 20 – Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys) February 21 – Heri Joensen, Faroese rock musician (Týr) February 22 – Sébastien Tellier, an independent French singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (Worked with Dita Von Teese) February 23 – Robert Lopez, American composer and lyricist of musicals March March 1 – Valentina Monetta, Sanmarinese singer March 2 – Lee Sun-kyun, South Korean actor (d. 2023) March 4 – Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter March 6 Misha, Slovak singer Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Canadian conductor March 8 – Peggy Zina, Greek singer March 10 DJ Aligator, Danish producer and DJ Jerry Horton, American alternative rock lead guitarist (Papa Roach) March 11 – Big Boy, Puerto Rican reggaeton and hip hop rapper March 12 – Kelle Bryan, British singer (Eternal) March 15 will.i.am, American musician, rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, record producer and entrepreneur (The Black Eyed Peas) Eva Longoria, American actress and producer March 17 Justin Hawkins, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Darkness) Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer-songwriter-composer March 18 – Sutton Foster, American actress, singer and dancer March 19 – Brann Dailor, American drummer and singer (Mastodon) March 24 – Krisdayanti, Indonesian singer March 25 – Melanie Blatt, English singer-songwriter and actress (All Saints) March 27 – Fergie (Stacy Ferguson), American singer-songwriter and dancer (The Black Eyed Peas) April April 5 – Juicy J, American rapper and record producer April 7 – Karin Dreijer, Swedish singer-songwriter and record producer April 8 – Anouk, Dutch singer-songwriter and musician April 10 – Chris Carrabba, American rock musician (Dashboard Confessional) April 13 – Lou Bega, German singer April 14 – Stefano Miceli, Italian conductor and pianist 22 April – Anders Nyström, Swedish guitarist (Katatonia & Bloodbath) 23 April Jonsi, Icelandic musician and member of Sigur Ros Olga Kern, Russian pianist April 26 Joey Jordison, American musician and songwriter (Slipknot) (d. 2021)Grow Kory Joey Jordison, Founding Slipknot Drummer, Dead at 46 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/joey-jordison-slipknot-dead-1203167/ Rolling Stone 28 July 2021 27 July 2021 José Pasillas (Incubus) April 30 – Tomi Joutsen, Finnish metal musician May May 2 – David Beckham, English footballer (Married to Victoria Beckham, Worked with Geri Halliwell) May 3 – Maksim Mrvica, Croatian crossover pianist May 8 – Enrique Iglesias, Spanish singer-songwriter, actor and record producer May 9 – Tamia, Canadian singer and songwriter May 13 – Evelin Samuel, Estonia singer and songwriter May 15 Frode Haltli, Norwegian accordionist Peter Iwers, Swedish rock bassist (In Flames) May 16 Tony Kakko, Finnish singer B.Slade, American singer May 17 – Laura Voutilainen, Finnish pop singer May 18 Jack Johnson, American singer-songwriter, musician and documentary film-maker Jem, Welsh singer-songwriter May 19 – Jonas Renkse, Swedish vocalist (Katatonia) and bassist (Bloodbath) May 20 – Andrew Sega, American electronic musician May 24 – Alex Lacamoire, American musical arranger (Hamilton) May 25 Lauryn Hill, American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actress (The Fugees) Alex Orbison, American musician May 27 André 3000, American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor (OutKast) Chrigel Glanzmann, Swiss metal singer ZP Theart, South African singer and songwriter Jadakiss, American rapper May 29 – Melanie Brown, English singer-songwriter, presenter, television personality, dancer, actress, author and model (Spice Girls) June June 2 Gisle Torvik, Norwegian jazz guitarist Zia McCabe, American keyboardist (The Dandy Warhols) June 4 Russell Brand, English actor, comedian and DJ Julian Marley, British-Jamaican musician, songwriter, producer and humanitarian June 5 – Scott Holroyd, American actor June 8 – Emm Gryner, Canadian singer-songwriter June 11 – Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress and model June 13 – Kim Jo-sun, South Korean archer June 16 – Anabel Conde, Spanish singer June 18 – Silkk the Shocker, American rapper June 20 – Loon, American rapper June 23 KT Tunstall, Scottish singer-songwriter and musician DJ Antoine, Swiss DJ and record producer June 26 KJ-52, American rapper (Peace of Mind) Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Canadian operatic contralto June 28 Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer (d. 2006) Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer July July 1 – Sufjan Stevens, American folk musician July 2 – Erik Ohlsson, Swedish guitarist (Millencolin) July 3 – Javier Weyler (Stereophonics) July 5 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese rock bassist (Týr) July 6 – 50 Cent, American rapper, actor, businessman, and investor July 7 – DJ Green Lantern, American disc jockey and record producer July 8 - I-20, American rapper July 9 Isaac Brock, American musician Shona Fraser, British-born music journalist and judge Jessica Folcker, Swedish singer Jack White, American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor (The White Stripes) July 11 – Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer July 12 – Tracie Spencer, American singer and actress July 14 Jaime Luis Gomez, known as "Taboo", rapper/singer of the Black Eyed Peas Tameka Cottle known as "Tiny", American singer/songwriter member of the group Xscape Jamey Johnson, American country singer and songwriter July 17 – Darude, Finnish DJ and record producer July 18 Daron Malakian (System of a Down) M.I.A., British rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and activist July 21 – Fredrik Johansson, Swedish rock guitarist July 22 – Aile Asszonyi, operatic soprano July 25 – Håvard Ellefsen (Mortiis) August August 5 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) August 7 – Gaahl, black metal vocalist August 15 – Big Noyd, American rapper August 19 – Mỹ Linh, Vietnamese singer August 21 – Sharissa, American singer August 27 Björn Gelotte Swedish guitarist (In Flames) Mase, rapper August 28 – Marek Szulen, electronic music composer August 31 Daniel Harding, English orchestral conductor and airline pilot Sara Ramirez, Mexican American actress, singer-songwriter and activist September September 1 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer Omar Rodríguez-López (At the drive-in, The Mars Volta) September 2 – MC Chris, American rapper, comedian, voice actor and writer September 3 Redfoo, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, dancer, record producer and DJ Gala, Italian pop singer and songwriter September 4 – Mark Ronson, British DJ and music producer September 8 – Richard Hughes, British drummer (Keane) September 9 – Michael Bublé, Canadian-Italian big band, swing, vocal jazz singer, songwriter, actor and record producer. September 11 Brad Fischetti, LFO Elephant Man, Jamaican singer September 16 – Shannon Noll, Australian singer September 17 – Constantine Maroulis, American singer (Pray for the Soul of Betty) September 20 – Asia Argento, Italian actress, singer, model, activist and director. September 21 Lil Rob, Chicano rapper U-Jean, American pop, R&B and hip-hop artist September 22 – Mystikal, rapper September 23 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality September 25 – Declan Donnelly, English television and singer (Ant & Dec) September 26 – Pete Gofton, English musician and record producer (Kenickie) September 27 Tim Campbell (actor), Australian stage actor, actor, singer and musician (Anthony Callea) Thanos Petrelis, Greek singer September 30 Georges-Alain Jones, French singer Glenn Fredly, Indonesian R&B singer and songwriter (d. 2020) Marion Cotillard, French actress October October 3 – India Arie, American singer-songwriter, actress, musician and record producer October 7 Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (OK Go and 8in8) Tim Minchin, British-Australian singer-songwriter, comic performer and director October 9 Alain Altinoglu, French conductor Brandy Clark, American country music singer-songwriter Sean Ono Lennon, American singer-songwriter and actor, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono October 12 – Jorane, French-Canadian singer and cellist October 13 – Freekey Zekey, American rapper (The Diplomats) October 14 – Shaznay Lewis, English singer (All Saints) October 23 - Jessicka, American singer/songwriter (Jack Off Jill) October 25 – Melissa Graham, English singer October 27 Kate Havnevik, Norwegian film composer and singer-songwriter Max Lilja, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) October 30 Ian D'Sa, Canadian rock guitarist (Billy Talent) Steve Kazee, American singer and actor (Jenna Dewan) November November 1 – Bo Bice, American singer November 2 – Chris Walla, American guitarist (Death Cab for Cutie) November 5 Lisa Scott-Lee, Welsh singer-songwriter and dancer (Steps) Jamie Spaniolo (Jamie Madrox), American rapper Keala Settle, American actress and singer. November 8 – Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer November 10 – Jim Adkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jimmy Eat World) November 12 – Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian rock drummer (Billy Talent) November 14 Travis Barker, American musician, drummer and producer (blink-182) Faye Tozer, English singer-songwriter, dancer and stage actress (Steps) November 17 – Yoon Son-ha, South Korean actress and singer November 18 – Ant McPartlin, English television presenter and singer (Ant & Dec) November 19 – Tamika Scott, American singer/songwriter and producer November 20 Dierks Bentley, American singer-songwriter Davey Havok, AFI Jeffrey Lewis, American anti-folk singer November 25 – Paul Mealor, composer November 26 – DJ Khaled, American DJ and record producer December December 5 – Paula Patton, American songwriter under the pseudonym "Max" December 10 - Kristel Verbeke, Flemish singer (K3) December 13 – Tom Delonge, American musician (blink-182) December 14 – Justin Furstenfeld (Blue October) December 16 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian rock lead singer (Billy Talent) December 18 Sia, Australian singer-songwriter, record producer and music video director (Britney Spears, Kylie Minogue, Kate Pierson) Shay Haley, American musician (N.E.R.D.) December 21 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer December 22 – Amy Wadge, British singer-songwriter December 23 Katie Underwood, Australian singer-songwriter (Bardot) Lady Starlight, American DJ and Producer, frequently worked with Lady Gaga December 27 Nike Ardilla, Indonesian singer (d. 1995) Solomun (musician), Bosnian DJ and music producer December 30 – Yoma Komatsu, former member of the female J-Pop group BeForU Unknown month Jonas Jeberg, Danish producer, singer songwriter, and musician Slow (DJ), Finnish DJ and music producer Deaths January 8 – Richard Tucker, operatic tenor, 61 (heart attack) January 11 – Max Lorenz, Wagnerian tenor, 73 January 16 – Paul Beaver, electronic jazz keyboardist, 49 January 26 – Toti Dal Monte, operatic soprano, 81 January 30 – Boris Blacher, composer, 72 February 2 – Eleanor French, singer, 59https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/05/archives/eleanor-french-59-dies-cafe-singer-of-30s-and-40s.html?searchResultPosition=3 The New York Times Eleanor French, 59, Dies; Cafe Singer of 30's and 40's February 5, 1975 February 3 – Umm Kulthum, singer, songwriter and actress February 4 – Louis Jordan, jazz musician, 66 February 10 – Dave Alexander, bassist (The Stooges), 27 (pulmonary edema) February 13 – Eric Thiman, English composer, 74 February 16–- Norman Treigle, operatic bass-baritone, 47 February 19 – Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, 71 February 22 – Lionel Tertis, viola player, 98 March 3 – Sandy MacPherson, theatre organist, 78 March 4 – Cornel Chiriac, Romanian record producer, broadcaster and jazz musician, 33 (murdered) March 14 – Will Mastin, American vaudevillian, 100 March 15 – Sandy Brown, jazz musician, 46 (heart attack) March 16 – T-Bone Walker, African-American musician, 64 March 27 – Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Musick, 83 April 12 – Josephine Baker, African-American dancer, 68 April 14 – Michael Flanders, lyricist, actor, humorist and singer (Flanders and Swann), 53 (intracranial berry aneurysm) April 21 – Sir Jack Westrup, musicologist, 70 April 23 – Pete Ham, singer and songwriter (Badfinger), 27 (suicide) May 2 – Conchita Badía, operatic soprano, 77 May 3 – Sarah Fischer, Canadian soprano (born 1896)https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sarah-fischer-emc Fischer, Sarah The Canadian Encyclopedia Gilles Potvin Gilles Potvin Sarah Fischer March 4, 2015 May 13 – Bob Wills, American Western swing bandleader, 70 May 18 – Leroy Anderson, American composer and conductor, 66 June 4 – Frida Leider, operatic soprano, 87 June 7 – Robert Schmertz, American folk musician and architect, 77 June 16 – Don Robey, songwriter and producer, 72 June 21 – David Tamkin, composer, 68 June 29 – Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter, 28 (drug overdose) July 5 – Gilda Dalla Rizza, operatic soprano, 82 July 10 – Ernst Fischer, composer, 75 July 14 – Zutty Singleton, American jazz drummer, 77 July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, Country Music Hall of Fame singer, 47 (stroke) August 8 – Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist, 46 August 9 – Dmitri Shostakovich, composer, 68 (heart attack) August 10 – Neva Carr Glyn, operatic contralto, 67 September – Flora Perini, operatic soprano, 87 September 5 Georg Ots, Estonian opera singer, 55 Bill Sprouse Jr., Christian singer and songwriter, 26 (heart attack) September 6 – Shelton Brooks, Canadian-born African American song composer, 89 September 20 – Vincent Lopez, American bandleader, 79 October 1 – Al Jackson, Jr., R&B drummer, 39 (shot) October 19 – Cátulo Castillo, tango composer, 69 October 28 – Oliver Nelson, jazz saxophonist, 43 October 30 – John Scott Trotter, U.S. arranger and conductor December 8 – Gary Thain, rock bassist, 27 (heroin overdose) December 14 – Mongezi Feza, jazz trumpeter and flautist, 30 (pneumonia) December 17 Noble Sissle, U.S. bandleader and singer, 86 Hound Dog Taylor, blues musician, 60 December 24 Peter Gibbs, violinist Bernard Herrmann, film composer, 64 Tilly Losch, dancer and actress, 72 December 25 – Julio Cueva, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, 78 Borns Jaheim Hines Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1975 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Leeds International Piano Competition Dimitri Alexeev Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Ravi Shankar Zubin Mehta References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year