1974 in music

none June 2021 February 2012 1974 1974 music radio television film List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1974. right|thumb|David Bowie in 1974 right|thumb|Count Basie in 1974 Specific locations 1974 in British music 1974 in Japanese music 1974 in Norwegian music 1974 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1974 in country music 1974 in heavy metal music 1974 in jazz 1974 in progressive rock Events January–April January 1 – English jazz musician John Dankworth is named CBE in the United Kingdom's New Year's Honours List. Other musicians honoured include Charles Mackerras (CBE) and organist Gordon Archbold Slater (OBE)George Clark, "Mr Feather Made a Life Peer: Mr Whitelaw Honoured". The Times (2 January 1974): 1. January 3 – Bob Dylan and The Band begin their 40-date concert tour at Chicago Stadium. It is Dylan's first tour since 1966. January 17 Joni Mitchell releases her album Court and Spark, supported by the single "Help Me". Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns. February 12 – New York's rock club The Bottom Line opens in Greenwich Village. The first headlining act is Dr. John. February 16 – Two years of litigation between Grand Funk and former manager Terry Knight are finally resolved. The band gets the rights to its name but Knight wins a cash settlement.January 2025 February 19 – The first American Music Awards are broadcast on ABC, two weeks before the Grammys. Helen Reddy and Jim Croce are among the winners. February 20 – Cher files for divorce from her husband of 10 years, Sonny Bono.Mark Bego Cher: If You Believe Taylor Trade Publishing 2001 9780815411536 91 February 22 – The English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Raymond Leppard performs the world premiere of Three Regions from Terrain by Douglas Young.Stephen Walsh, "ECO/Leppard", The Times (23 February 1974): 9. February 27 – The Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn, conducted by Jörg Faerber, makes its English debut at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London.Stanley Sadie, "Württemberg Chamber Orchestra", The Times (28 February 1974): 16. March 2 – The 16th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted by Andy Williams. Stevie Wonder's Innervisions wins Album of the Year, while Roberta Flack's version of "Killing Me Softly With His Song" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. Bette Midler wins Best New Artist. March 3 Elvis Presley played two shows at the Houston Astrodome, breaking attendance records with 44,000 at the evening show. March 4 Ivan Stepanov and His Balalaikas make their London debut at the Wigmore Hall.Anon., "Royal Festival Hall" [classified ad], The Times (2 March 1974): 11; Bryce Morrison, "London Debuts", The Times (13 March 1974): 19. Baritone Hermann Prey cuts short a vocal recital in the Royal Festival Hall, London, due to vocal fatigue.William Mann, "Prey/Hokanson", The Times (5 March 1974): 10. March 10 – Hans Vonk makes his London debut in the Royal Festival Hall, conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in a programme of Berlioz and Schubert, as well as the Violin Concerto by Roberto Gerhard, with Erich Gruenberg as soloist.Stanley Sadie, "RPO/Vonk", The Times (11 March 1974): 11. March 12 – John Lennon is involved in an altercation with a photographer outside The Troubadour in Los Angeles. Lennon and friend Harry Nilsson have been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and are forced to leave the club.Harry, Bill 2000 The John Lennon Encyclopedia Virgin 978-0-7535-0404-8 927–9 March 16 – Country music's Grand Ole Opry moves to a new location at the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee March 31 – Record producer Phil Spector is badly injured in a car accident in Hollywood, details of which are largely suppressed at the time. April 5 – Van Halen play their first show on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood at Gazzarri's. April 6 200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas and the Eagles. Swedish group ABBA wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in The Dome, Brighton, England, with the song "Waterloo", kickstarting their international career. The 1967 Eurovision winner, Sandie Shaw, attends. April 14 – Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert film made during the Rolling Stones' 1972 North American Tour, premieres at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. April 16 – Queen play their first North American concert, opening for Mott the Hoople in Denver, Colorado. April 20 - "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" by MFSB reaches number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States for the first of two weeks. It is considered the first Disco song to reach number one. As it was commissioned, composed, and recorded specifically to be used as the theme for the syndicated television program Soul Train where it debuted in October 1973, it is also the first television theme song of the rock era to reach that position. April 24–25 – Music aired on the radio in Portugal acts as a secret signal to trigger the Carnation Revolution there: at 10:55 p.m. on April 24, Paulo de Carvalho's "E Depois do Adeus" (Portugal's entry in the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest) on Emissores Associados de Lisboa alerts rebel captains and soldiers that the coup is beginning; at 12:20 a.m. on April 25, Rádio Renascença broadcasts "Grândola, Vila Morena", a song by José Afonso, an influential political folk singer-songwriter, signalling the Armed Forces Movement (MFA) to begin the takeover of strategic points of power in the country from 3.00 a.m. April 25 Sotheby's Galleries in London sell a violin made in 1733 by Cremonese master Giuseppe Guarneri, formerly belonging to violinist Elaine Weldon, for the equivalent of $140,000, the second-highest price ever paid for a violin.Agence France-Presse, "Violin by Guarnieri sold for $140,000", The Boston Globe (26 April 1974): 28. Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, is found dead in her Hollywood apartment from an apparent heroin overdose.No One Here Gets Out Alive Hopkins, Jerry Sugerman, Danny Mass Market Paperback 1995 377 May–December May 7 – Led Zeppelin announces their new record label, Swan Song Records, with a lavish party at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York. May 25 – 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. May 28 – Experimental orchestra, the Portsmouth Sinfonia, plays a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, with its regular conductor John Farley. The performers included Michael Nyman and Brian Eno.Sunday Telegraph, 23 May 2004. Portsmouthsinfonia.com, Accessed 1 April 2013 June 1 – Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno, Nico and other musicians perform at the Rainbow Theatre in London. The performances are later released as June 1, 1974. June 5 Sly Stone married model-actress Kathy Silva on June 5, 1974, during a sold-out performance at Madison Square Garden. Patti Smith records "Hey Joe", her debut single, which was released in August. June 14 – David Bowie launches his Diamond Dogs tour at the Montreal Forum. One year previously he had announced that he was retiring from touring as Ziggy Stardust. July 4 – Barry White marries Love Unlimited lead singer Glodean James. July 19–21 – Ozark Music Festival is held in Sedalia, Missouri, with a crowd estimated between 100,000 and 350,000 people. July 20 – The first Knebworth Concert is held in England, headlined by The Allman Brothers Band. July 29 Having performed at two sold-out concerts at the London Palladium, "Mama" Cass Elliot dies in her sleep after suffering a heart attack in a Mayfair flat in London, aged 30. Neil Peart officially joins Rush. August 7 During a performance of Carmina Burana, conducted by André Previn, at The Proms, soloist Thomas Allen collapses because of the heat and eventually has to be carried out by members of the orchestra. Prommer Patrick McCarthy, just embarking on his professional singing career, offers his services as a replacement and completes the performance.https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/19/arts/bonkers-for-music-cheer-glory-for-britons-it-s-time-for-proms-that-exhilarating.html Bonkers for Music, Cheer and Glory; For Britons, It's Time for the Proms, That Exhilarating Feast Hoge Warren 19 July 2001 The New York Times 17 June 2010 Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J. Geils Band, marries actress Faye Dunaway. August 16 – Ramones' first appearance on NYC's venue CBGB.As stated on Johnny Ramone's official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyRamone/photos/a.10150703813846521.491576.43468756520/10153036882146521/?type=1&theater Facebook.com The venue would help establish their place at the forefront of punk rock. September 15 – Gary Thain of Uriah Heep is electricuted on stage at the Moody Coliseum in Dallas, Texas, and is seriously injured. October 5 AC/DC performs at the Brighton Le-Sands Masonic Hall in Sydney, Australia its first official show with Bon Scott as its new lead singer.https://americansongwriter.com/on-this-day-ac-dc-lost-frontman-bon-scott-in-1980/ On This Day: AC/DC Lost Frontman Bon Scott in 1980 Tina Benitez-Eves Americansongwriter.com February 19, 2024 April 7, 2026 The North Coast Band Invitational competition, sponsored by St. Ann's CYO Band of Neponset, is held for the first time, at Nickerson Field on the Boston University campus.Herb Cole, "Drum Corps Notes: 13 Units compete in Invitational", The Boston Globe (Sunday, 29 September): A 12. October 18 – Al Green is attacked while bathing by a girlfriend of several weeks, Mrs. Mary Woodson, a 29-year-old mother of three. She scalds his body with a pan of boiling grits and commits suicide a few moments later, reportedly because he rejected her marriage proposal.Anon., "Names and Faces in the News", The Boston Globe (20 October 1974): 2. October 24 - Seiji Ozawa conducts the New Japan Philharmonic in a Concert for Peace at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City.United Nations - UN Photo - "Seiji Ozawa Conducts Two Japanese Orchestras at UN Day Concert" Teddy Chen. 24 October 1974 UN7593999 on media.un.org November 2 – George Harrison launches his "George Harrison & Friends North American Tour" in Vancouver. It is the first North American tour by a former Beatle since the band's August 1966 tour. November 21 – Wilson Pickett is arrested in Andes, New York, after allegedly firing a bullet through the door of a hotel room where he was staying while on a hunting trip with The Isley Brothers. October 26 – The 3rd OTI Festival, held at the es Teatro Juan Ruiz de Alarcón no of the es Centro Internacional Acapulco es Centro de Convenciones no in Acapulco, Mexico, is won by the song "es Hoy canto por cantar no", written by Ricardo Ceratto es and Nydia Caro, and performed by Caro herself representing Puerto Rico. November 28 – John Lennon joins Elton John on stage at Madison Square Garden for three songs. December 12 – Mick Taylor leaves The Rolling Stones after six years. December 31 Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac. The third annual New Year's Rockin' Eve, moving this year from NBC to ABC, is aired with performances by Herbie Hancock, The Beach Boys, Chicago, Olivia Newton-John and The Doobie Brothers. unknown date Lord Shorty's Endless Vibrations is the first soca LP and the first major soca hit worldwide. Eric Bogle's "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" comes to prominence when he enters it in a National Folk Festival songwriting competition in Brisbane, Australia. Rover Thomas claims to have been visited in a dream by a deceased friend near Warmun, Australia, and receives the Krill Krill song cycle. 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. Journey signs to Columbia Records. Roland RE-201 and 101 Space Echo tape-based audio delay effects units introduced. Bands formed See :Category:Musical groups established in 1974 Bands disbanded The Moody Blues (reformed in 1977) The Stooges (reformed in 2003) King Crimson (reformed in 1981) Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes2 Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 Elvis Presley Compilation Wild Tales Graham Nash -3 The Phosphorescent Rat Hot Tuna -4 Manhole Grace Slick -6 Energized Foghat -10 Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners Rod Stewart / Faces Live Windfall Ricky Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band -11 Hotcakes Carly Simon - Lookin' for a Love Again Bobby Womack -17 Planet Waves Bob Dylan - Court and Spark Joni Mitchell -30 The Way We Were Barbra Streisand -- Blue Magic Blue Magic - Different Drum Linda Ronstadt Compilation Grievous Angel Gram Parsons - Musik von Harmonia Harmonia - The Payback James Brown - Rhapsody in White The Love Unlimited Orchestra - Sundown Gordon Lightfoot - February DayAlbumArtistNotes1 It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison Live What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits The Doobie Brothers -8 Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno Warwick Neil Jon Kutner Tony Brown The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles and Albums Omnibus Press 2004 1-84449-058-0 244 Jolene Dolly Parton - The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage Peter Hammill -13 That's a Plenty Pointer Sisters -14 Valentine Roy Harper -15 Burn Deep Purple - Old New Borrowed and Blue Slade -18 Kiss Kiss -Debut20 Phaedra Tangerine Dream - Pretzel Logic Steely Dan -25 Let Me in Your Life Aretha Franklin -26 Lady of the Night Donna Summer Netherlands-only release - Badfinger Badfinger -Being (album)Wigwam If We Make It Through December Merle Haggard - Living and Dying in 3/4 Time Jimmy Buffett - Love Song Anne Murray - A New Life Marshall Tucker Band - Pure Music Chase - Radio City Big Star - Rock 'n' Roll Animal Lou Reed Live Saints & Sinners Johnny Winter - Skeletons from the Closet: The Best of Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Compilation Slaughter on 10th Avenue Mick Ronson - Thunderbox Humble Pie - Todd Todd Rundgren - Twin Peaks Mountain Live Unborn Child Seals and Crofts - March DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Mirage Camel -Hatfield and the NorthHatfield and the NorthDebut Album Shinin' On Grand Funk Railroad - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow T.Rex -4 Waterloo ABBA -6 Hard Labor Three Dog Night -8 Queen II Queen - Kansas Kansas Debut11 Chicago VII Chicago -15 Get Your Wings Aerosmith - Pure Smokey Smokey Robinson -18 Another Lonely Song Tammy Wynette - Rush Rush Debut/Canada20 Good Times Elvis Presley -21 Buddha and the Chocolate Box Cat Stevens -22 On the Border Eagles - Apostrophe Frank Zappa -25 Open Our Eyes Earth, Wind & Fire -28The Golden Scarab Ray Manzarek -29 The Hoople Mott the Hoople - Starless and Bible Black King Crimson - - Somethin's Happening Peter Frampton - Alive & Kicking The Delfonics - Buffy Buffy Sainte-Marie - Hollies The Hollies - Mighty Love The Spinners - Now We Are Six Steeleye Span - Seven Bob Seger - Slow Dancer Boz Scaggs -Phases and StagesWillie Nelson -RefugeeRefugee - April DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Meet The Residents The Residents -3 Live European Tour Billy Preston Live5 Ragged Old Flag Johnny Cash - Secret Treaties Blue Öyster Cult - Don't Be Fooled by the Name Geordie -6 +'Justments Bill Withers -8 Desitively Bonnaroo Dr. John -12 Do It Good KC and the Sunshine Band - Seven Poco -13Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon [album the-rhythm-of-the-saints-r18023/charts-awards 2012-02-12 yes AllMusic - Still Crazy After All These Years> Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums]15 Second Helping Lynyrd Skynyrd -19 Big Fun Miles Davis - Caravan and the New Symphonia Caravan Live Seven Secrets Fruupp - Son of Dracula Harry Nilsson Soundtrack20 Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower -24 On Stage Loggins and Messina Live26 Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet -30 Houston (I'm Comin' to See You) Glen Campbell - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Richard and Linda Thompson - Okie J.J. Cale -- Carolina County Ball Elf UK Positive Vibrations Ten Years After - Exotic Birds and Fruit Procol Harum - Fall into Spring Rita Coolidge - Gracias a la Vida Joan Baez Spanish language Home, Home on the Road New Riders of the Purple Sage Live Live 'n' Kickin' West, Bruce and Laing Live Midnight Mushrumps Gryphon - Riding High Chilliwack - Road Food The Guess Who - Skin Tight Ohio Players - Unconditionally Guaranteed Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - Zephyr National Tom Fogerty - May DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Kimono My House Sparks -3 Journey to the Centre of the Earth Rick Wakeman https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards BRIT Certified Awards Bpi.co.uk April 7, 2026 Quo Status Quo -5 The Kids & Me Billy Preston -8 Preservation Act 2 The Kinks - Sweet Exorcist Curtis Mayfield -10 Too Much Too Soon New York Dolls -15 Live at Caesars Palace Diana Ross Live Monkey Grip Bill Wyman Debut17 In for the Kill Budgie - Phenomenon UFO -24 Diamond Dogs David Bowie - Bad Company Bad Company Debut 27 Unrest Henry Cow -28 If You Love Me, Let Me Know Olivia Newton-John - Sheet Music 10cc -30 The Night the Light Went On in Long Beach Electric Light Orchestra Live -RampantNazareth Hamburger Concerto Focus - Mr. Natural Bee Gees https://www.allmusic.com/album/mr-natural-mw0000611445 Mr. Natural - Bee Gees Songs, Reviews, Credits AllMusic AllMusic Back to Oakland Tower of Power - Body Heat Quincy Jones - Boogity Boogity Ray Stevens - The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories Kevin Ayers - Dark Lady Cher - L'isola di niente Premiata Forneria Marconi - Lotus Santana Live Rags to Rufus Rufus - Rhinos, Winos and Lunatics Man - Shock Treatment Edgar Winter - Slapp Happy Slapp Happy - Spooky Lady's Sideshow Kris Kristofferson - Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron - June DayAlbumArtistNotes2 The Psychomodo Cockney Rebel -5 Garcia Jerry Garcia -7 In My Life Cilla Black -8 Paradise and Lunch Ry Cooder -14 Everyone Is Everybody Else Barclay James Harvest -15 Back Home Again John Denver -19 Marvin Gaye Live! Marvin Gaye Live20 Before the Flood Bob Dylan & The Band Live24 Caribou Elton John - Endless Summer The Beach Boys Compilation Long Live Love Olivia Newton-John -26 Holiday America -27 From the Mars Hotel Grateful Dead - Aqua Edgar Froese -28 Hell James Brown- June 1, 1974 Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno, and Nico - - Axe Victim Be-Bop Deluxe - Cicero Park Hot Chocolate - Land's End Jimmy Webb - Only Want You For Your Body Buffalo - Remember Me This Way Gary Glitter Live Solid The Groundhogs - Stars & Stripes Forever Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Live Toby The Chi-Lites - Walking Man James Taylor - Wonderworld Uriah Heep -Mysterious TravellerWeather Report July DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Up for the Down Stroke Parliament -5 Another Time, Another Place Bryan Ferry -19 On the Beach Neil Young -22 Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder - Machine Gun Commodores -26 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt -- Irish Tour '74 Rory Gallagher Live Turn of the Cards Renaissance https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/684/mode/2up The Great Rock Discography 1995 684 9780862415419 Strong Martin Charles 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton - Elvis Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Elvis Presley Live Avalanche Mountain - I'm Leaving It All Up to You Donny and Marie Osmond - Miami James Gang - Mirror Image Blood, Sweat & Tears - Phoebe Snow Phoebe Snow - Rejuvenation The Meters - Small Talk Sly & the Family Stone - Some Nice Things I've Missed Frank Sinatra - Truck Turner Isaac Hayes Soundtrack August DayAlbumArtistNotes6 Can't Get Enough Barry White -7 I Can Stand a Little Rain Joe Cocker -9 Feats Don't Fail Me Now Little Feat - Perfect Angel Minnie Riperton -13 Live at the Opera House Pointer Sisters Live19 Porter 'n' Dolly Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton - Pussy Cats Harry Nilsson - So Far Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Compilation20 Do It Baby The Miracles - Live It Up The Isley Brothers -22 Paper Lace Paper Lace US30 Hergest Ridge Mike Oldfield https://archive.org/details/greatrockdiscogr00stro/page/603/mode/2up 603 The Great Rock Discography 1995 978-0-86241-541-9 New Skin for the Old Ceremony Leonard Cohen - Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen Emerson, Lake & Palmer Live Greatest Hits Alice Cooper Compilation AWB Average White Band - Country Anne Murray Compilation Light of Love T.Rex US only; compilation plus new material Verities & Balderdash Harry Chapin - Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album Merle Haggard - Not Fragile Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Sailor Sailor Debut Slow Flux Steppenwolf - Tooth Fang & Claw Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes - We Had It All Scott Walker -Men Opening Umbrellas AheadVivian Stanshall - September DayAlbumArtistNotes5 Dancing Machine The Jackson 5 -6 Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind - Rocka Rolla Judas Priest Debut Rollin' Bay City Rollers - Thrust Herbie Hancock -9 Tarzana Kid John Sebastian -10 Good Old Boys Randy Newman - Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention Live13 Heroes Are Hard to Find Fleetwood Mac - I've Got My Own Album to Do Ronnie Wood Solo Debut Late for the Sky Jackson Browne - Look at the Fool Tim Buckley - Nightbirds Labelle -16 Starting Over Raspberries - Love Is Like a Butterfly Dolly Parton -20 Beaded Dreams Through Turquoise Eyes Redbone -24 McGear Mike McGear -25 Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle The J. Geils Band -27 Serenade Neil Diamond - - David Essex David Essex - Eldorado Electric Light Orchestra - The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant - Sally Can't Dance Lou Reed - 1969: The Velvet Underground Live The Velvet Underground Live Tina Turns the Country On! Tina Turner - Slipstream Sherbet - Felix Cavaliere Felix Cavaliere - Good Things Happening Brotherhood of Man - Hard Core Poetry Tavares - Ladies Love Outlaws Tom Rush - Light of Worlds Kool & The Gang - No Other Gene Clark - Peace on You Roger McGuinn - The Ramblin' Man Waylon Jennings - Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley Robert Palmer Solo Debut Streetlights Bonnie Raitt - Windows Jon Lord and Eberhard Schoener Live When the Eagle Flies Traffic - Where Have I Known You Before Return to Forever - Wrap Around Joy Carole King -Hot WireTrapeze October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Fear John Cale - Barry Manilow II Barry Manilow - ButterFly Barbra Streisand -2 Al Green Explores Your Mind Al Green -4 From the Album of the Same Name Pilot - The Impossible Dream The Sensational Alex Harvey Band - Odds & Sods The Who Outtakes and rarities compilation Smiler Rod Stewart - Todd Rundgren's Utopia Utopia - Walls and Bridges John Lennon - You Gong - Veedon Fleece Van Morrison -7 Living in the 70's Skyhooks -11 Lost in a Dream REO Speedwagon - Paper Money Montrose - Rock and Roll Outlaws Foghat - Streetlife Serenade Billy Joel -14 War Child Jethro Tull -15 The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits -18 It's Only Rock 'n Roll The Rolling Stones -19 War Babies Hall & Oates -22 Hotter Than Hell Kiss -25 Crime of the Century Supertramp - Natty Dread Bob Marley - This Is The Moody Blues The Moody Blues compilation29 David Live David Bowie Live - Man of Miracles Styx - Borboletta Santana - Climax Ohio Players - Dancehall Sweethearts Horslips - Dragon Fly Grace Slick / Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship -The Gregg Allman Tour Gregg Allman -Guitar Solos Fred Frith Debut Homeless Brother Don McLean - Inspiration Information Shuggie Otis - It'll Shine When It Shines Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Just a Boy Leo Sayer - The Mirror Spooky Tooth - Mother Lode Loggins and Messina - Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces If - Quatro Suzi Quatro - Red King Crimson https://dgmlive.com/tour-dates/1975 Red King Crimson Dgmlive.com April 7, 2026 Reunion: The Songs of Jimmy Webb Glen Campbell - Slow Motion Man - Souvenirs Dan Fogelberg - A Stranger in My Own Back Yard Gilbert O'Sullivan - Waitress in a Donut Shop Maria Muldaur - November DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Autobahn Kraftwerk - Cantamos Poco - Fly to the Rainbow Scorpions - Silk Torpedo The Pretty Things -2Love Me for a ReasonThe Osmonds8 Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John Compilation Encore: Live in Concert Argent Live Nightlife Thin Lizzy - The Prince of Heaven's Eyes Fruupp - Saturnight Cat Stevens Japan; Live Sheer Heart Attack Queen - Stormbringer Deep Purple 11 Propaganda Sparks -15 Country Life Roxy Music - Desolation Boulevard Sweet - Goodnight Vienna Ringo Starr - Wish You Were Here Badfinger -16 Kung Fu Fighting and Other Great Love Songs Carl Douglas Debut18 The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Roger Glover -19 Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt -22 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis - Get Up with It Miles Davis -25 John Dawson Winter III Johnny Winter - Woman to Woman Tammy Wynette -29 Bluejeans & Moonbeams Captain Beefheart - Fire on the Mountain Charlie Daniels Band - Relayer Yes - Slade in Flame Slade -- 7-Tease Donovan - Brujo New Riders of the Purple Sage - Country Heart 'N Soul Freddie Hart - Do It ('Til You're Satisfied) (album) B. T. Express Debut Fire Ohio Players - Got to Find a Way Curtis Mayfield - Highly Prized Possession Anne Murray - Live Mott the Hoople Live Miles of Aisles Joni Mitchell Live Myopia Tom Fogerty - Out of the Storm Jack Bruce - Sedaka's Back Neil Sedaka Compilation Soon Over Babaluma Can - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - There's the Rub Wishbone Ash - Where We All Belong Marshall Tucker Band Double LP; half studio, half live December DayAlbumArtistNotes5 Rufusized Rufus -6 The Magic of the Blue Blue Magic -9 Dark Horse George Harrison -14 So What Joe Walsh -26 A1A Jimmy Buffett - - All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Grand Funk Railroad - Breakaway Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - House of Exile Jimmy Cliff - New and Improved The Spinners - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Gryphon - Sun Secrets The Eric Burdon Band -The Civil SurfaceEggSatch and JoshCount Basie, Oscar Peterson Release date unknown Alvorecer – Clara Nunes Andy Kim – Andy Kim Baker Gurvitz Army – Baker Gurvitz Army Banquet – Lucifer's Friend Blackdance – Klaus Schulze Cassidy Live! – David Cassidy Caught Up – Millie Jackson Child of the Novelty – Mahogany Rush Come a Little Closer – Etta James Contrappunti – Le Orme Dandruff – Ivor Cutler Dialogue of the Drums – Andrew Cyrille and Milford Graves Elis & Tom – Elis Regina & Tom Jobim Ella in London – Ella Fitzgerald Five-A-Side – Ace Floating World – Jade Warrior Hijack – Amon Düül II Having Fun with Elvis on Stage – Elvis Presley I Can't Stand the Rain – Ann Peebles It Is Finished - Nina Simone Illusions on a Double Dimple – Triumvirat Introducing Eddy and the Falcons – Wizzard Invisible – Invisible Isis - Isis I Wanna Get Funky – Albert King Journey – Colin Blunstone The Link Wray Rumble – Link Wray Live! – April Wine Live – The Dubliners The Main Event – Live – Frank Sinatra Manifiesto – Víctor Jara Manuel – Dalida Mo' Roots - Taj Mahal Olympia 74 – Dalida Orleans II – Orleans Petra – Petra Pick a Dub – Keith Hudson Rocking Time - Burning Spear Rub It In – Billy "Crash" Craddock Something to Say – Buster Brown A Tábua de Esmeralda – Jorge Ben Tasty – Good Rats Teasin – Cornell Dupree They Say I'm Different – Betty Davis The Way We Were – Andy Williams Touchy – Luie Luie Trace – Trace What the....You Mean I Can't Sing?! – Melvin van Peebles The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control – Ray Manzarek Wally – Wally Way Down Yonder - Charlie Daniels Zarthus – Robbie Basho Zuckerzeit – Cluster Biggest hit singles The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1974. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 1974 Jamaica UK 1 – Aug 1974, US BB 1 – Nov 1974, Canada 1 – Nov 1974, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1974, France 1 – Sep 1974, Austria 1 – Dec 1974, Germany 1 – Jan 1975, Ireland 1 – Oct 1974, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1975, Switzerland 2 – Nov 1974, South Africa 2 of 1974, Norway 3 – Oct 1974, US BB 5 of 1974, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1974, Sweden 8 – Aug 1998, POP 9 of 1974, Italy 10 of 1975, US CashBox 11 of 1975, Scrobulate 12 of disco, Australia 22 of 1974, Germany 27 of the 1970s, RYM 84 of 1974, OzNet 842 2 Mud Tiger Feet 1974 UK UK 1 – Jan 1974 3 ABBA Waterloo 1974 Sweden UK 1 – Apr 1974, Switzerland 1 – Apr 1974, Norway 1 – Apr 1974, Germany 1 – May 1974, Ireland 1 – Apr 1974, Netherlands 2 – Apr 1974, Austria 2 – May 1974, Canada 3 – Jun 1974, France 5 – Apr 1974, US BB 6 – Jun 1974, Scrobulate 6 of Swedish, Australia Goset 10 – Jul 1974, South Africa 14 of 1974, POP 23 of 1974, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1974, RYM 33 of 1974, Germany 49 of the 1970s, Italy 51 of 1974, Europe 55 of the 1970s, US CashBox 84 of 1974, OzNet 413, Acclaimed 1016 4 Steve Miller Band The Joker 1974 US UK 1 – Aug 1990, US BB 1 – Nov 1973, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1973, Ireland 1 – Sep 1990, Canada 2 – Dec 1973, Norway 2 – Nov 1990, Switzerland 5 – Oct 1990, Austria 6 – Oct 1990, Germany 7 – Jan 1991, Australia Goset 7 – Feb 1974, France 8 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 10 of 1974, Poland 11 – Sep 1990, DDD 13 of 1973, US BB 21 of 1974, POP 33 of 1974, RYM 61 of 1973, Scrobulate 62 of 70s, Virgin 84, TheQ 297, Germany 399 of the 1990s, OzNet 561, Acclaimed 1721 5 George McCrae Rock Your Baby 1974 US UK 1 – Jun 1974, US BB 1 – Jun 1974, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1974, Austria 1 – Oct 1974, Switzerland 1 – Aug 1974, Norway 1 – Sep 1974, Germany 1 – Jan 1975, Canada 2 – Jun 1974, France 4 – Aug 1974, Germany 7 of the 1970s, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1974, Italy 11 of 1974, Australia 20 of 1974, Australia Goset 37 – Aug 1974, RYM 39 of 1974, US CashBox 40 of 1974, Acclaimed 807 Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart Performance(s) "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" The Rolling Stones October 1970 17 n/a 11 (France) 14 (Canada) - 15 (US Cash Box Charts) - 23 (US Record World magazine) "The Air That I Breathe" The Hollies January 1974 6 2 1 (Netherlands, New Zealand, South Africa) See chart performance entry "Already Gone" Eagles April 1974 32 n/a 12 (Canada) n/a "Always Yours" Gary Glitter June 1974 n/a 1 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) 11 (Australia) - 14 (Germany) - 25 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) "Amateur Hour" Sparks July 1974 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) 12 (Germany) - 19 (Ireland) "Annie's Song" John Denver June 1974 1 1 1 (Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United States) See chart performance entry "Another Saturday Night" Cat Stevens July 1974 6 19 1 (Canada) See chart performance entry Other Chart hit singles 30em "99 Miles from L.A." - Albert Hammond "All Of My Life" – Diana Ross "Band on the Run" – Paul McCartney & Wings "The Bangin' Man" – Slade "Beach Baby" – The First Class "Best of My Love" – Eagles "Beyond the Blue Horizon" – Lou Christie "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Paper Lace "Billy Don't Be a Hero" – Bo Donaldson and The Heywoodshttp://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5051a.pdf RPM Top 100 Singles - July 6, 1974 Collectionscanada.gc.ca "The Bitch Is Back" – Elton John "Black Water" – The Doobie Brothers "Boogie Down" – Eddie Kendricks "Born with a Smile on My Face" – Stephanie de Sykes and Simon May "Break the Rules" – Status Quo "The Bump" – Commodores "The Bump" – Kenny "Bungle in the Jungle" – Jethro Tull "Can't Get Enough" – Bad Company "Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe" – Barry White "Can't Get It Out of My Head" – Electric Light Orchestra "Carefree Highway" – Gordon Lightfoot "Central Park Arrest" – Thunderthighs "Clap for the Wolfman" – The Guess Who "Come and Get Your Love" – Redbone "Dark Horse" – George Harrison "Dark Lady" – Cher "Devil Gate Drive" – Suzi Quatro "Diamond Dogs" – David Bowie "Do It ('Til You're Satisfied)" – B. T. Express "Do It Baby" – The Miracles "Doctor's Orders" – Carol Douglas "Doctor's Orders" – Sunny "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" – Elton John "Don't Stay Away Too Long – Peters and Lee "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" – Stevie Wonder "Down Down" – Status Quo "Dreamer" – Supertramp "Emma" – Hot Chocolate "The Entertainer" – Marvin Hamlisch "Enter the Dragon (OST Song)" – Lalo Schifrin "Canta y sé feliz" – Peret "Everyday" – Slade "Everlasting Love" – Carl Carlton "Everything I Own" – Ken Boothe "Eviva España" – Sylvia "Far Far Away" – Slade "For the Love of Money" – The O'Jays "Funky President" – James Brown "Get Dancin'" – Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes "Go (Before You Break My Heart)" [English version of "Sì"] – Gigliola Cinquetti "Gonna Make You a Star" – David Essex "Hang On in There Baby" – Johnny Bristol "Hasta Mañana" – ABBA "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" – Carly Simon "He's Misstra Know-It-All" – Stevie Wonder "Help Me" – Joni Mitchell "He Thinks I Still Care" – Anne Murray "Hollywood Swinging" – Kool & the Gang "Homely Girl" – The Chi-Lites "Honey, Honey" – ABBA "Honey, Honey" – Sweet Dreams "Honey Bee"- Gloria Gaynor "Hooked on a Feeling" – Blue Swede "Hot Shot" – Barry Blue "How Come" – Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance "How Long" – Ace "I Can Help" – Billy Swan "I Can't Stop" – The Osmonds "I Honestly Love You" – Olivia Newton-John "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" – Genesis "I See a Star" – Mouth & MacNeal "I Shot the Sheriff" – Eric Clapton "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" – Jim Croce "I'm a Train" – Albert Hammond "I'm in Love" – Aretha Franklin "I'm Leaving It All Up to You – Donny and Marie Osmond "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll (But I Like It)" – The Rolling Stones "I've Got to Use My Imagination" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" – The Carpenters "Jazzman" – Carole King "Jealous Mind" – Alvin Stardust "Jet" – Paul McCartney & Wings "Jolene"- Dolly Parton "Judy Teen" – Cockney Rebel "Jungle Boogie" – Kool & the Gang "Junior's Farm" – Paul McCartney & Wings "Killer Queen" – Queen "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" – The Drifters "Let Me Be There" – Olivia Newton-John "Let's Put It All Together" – The Stylistics "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" – Reunion "Light of Love" – T. Rex "The Loco-Motion" – Grand Funk Railroad "Lonely People" – America "Lonely This Christmas" – Mud "The Love I Lost" – Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes "Love Me for a Reason" – The Osmonds "Love's Theme" – The Love Unlimited Orchestra "Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" – Electric Light Orchestra "Machine Gun" – Commodores "Magic" – Pilot "Mandy" – Barry Manilow "The Man Who Sold the World" – Lulu "Me and Baby Brother" – War "Midnight at the Oasis" – Maria Muldaur "Miss Hit and Run" – Barry Blue "Mockingbird" – Carly Simon (with James Taylor) "Money" – Pink Floyd "Ms Grace" – The Tymes "My Melody of Love" – Bobby Vinton "Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up" – Barry White "No Honestly" – Lynsey de Paul "The Night Chicago Died" – Paper Lace "Oh My My" – Ringo Starr "On and On" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "One Man Band" – Leo Sayer "Ooh I Do" – Lynsey de Paul "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" – Raspberries "The Payback" – James Brown "The Pill"- Loretta Lynn "Please Come to Boston" – Dave Loggins "Queen of Clubs" – KC and the Sunshine Band "Radar Love" – Golden Earring "Rebel Rebel" – David Bowie "Remember Me This Way" – Gary Glitter "Remember You're A Womble" – The Wombles "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" – Steely Dan "Rock 'n' Roll Winter" – Wizzard "Rock Me Gently" – Andy Kim "Rock On" – David Essex "Rock the Boat" – The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Soul" – The Hues Corporation "Rockin' Roll Baby" – The Stylistics "Sad Sweet Dreamer" – Sweet Sensation "School Love" – Barry Blue "Seasons in the Sun" – Terry Jacks "Sebastian" – Cockney Rebel "Shang-A-Lang" – Bay City Rollers "She" – Charles Aznavour "Shinin' on" – Grand Funk Railroad "The Show Must Go On" – Three Dog Night "Sideshow" – Blue Magic "Smokin' in the Boys Room" – Brownsville Station "Stop and Smell the Roses" – Mac Davis "The Streak" – Ray Stevens "Streets of London" – Ralph McTell "Sugar Baby Love" – The Rubettes "Summer Breeze" – The Isley Brothers "Sundown" – Gordon Lightfoot "Sweet Home Alabama" – Lynyrd Skynyrd "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" – MFSB (with vocals by The Three Degrees) "Tell Me a Lie" – Sami Jo "Tell Me Something Good" – Rufus & Chaka Khan "There's a Ghost in My House" – R. Dean Taylor "This Heart" – Gene Redding "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" – Sparks "Tin Man" – America "Touch Too Much" – Arrows "Trying to Hold on to My Woman" – Lamont Dozier "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" – Aretha Franklin "The Way We Were" – Barbra Streisand "The Wall Street Shuffle" – 10cc "Whatever Gets You thru the Night" – John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band "When Will I See You Again" – The Three Degrees "Wild One" – Suzi Quatro "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive "You Are Everything" – Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye "You Haven't Done Nothin'" – Stevie Wonder "You Make Me Feel Brand New" – The Stylistics "You Won't See Me" – Anne Murray "(You're) Having My Baby" – Paul Anka & Odia Coates "You're Sixteen" – Ringo Starr "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" – Barry White Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart Performance(s) "Can I Sit Next to You, Girl" AC/DC July 1974 50 (Australia) "Hey Joe" / "Piss Factory" Patti Smith November 1974 n/a "September Gurls" Big Star May 1974 n/a Other Notable singles "Ake, Make, Pera ja mä" b/w "Perjantai on mielessäin" - Hector Published popular music "Annie's Song" – w.m. John Denver "Cat's in the Cradle" – Harry Chapin "Happy Days" – w.m. Pratt & McClain from the ABC-TV Series Happy Days "Hasta Mañana" – w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "I Honestly Love You" – w.m. Peter Allen & Jeff Barry "I Won't Send Roses" – w.m. Jerry Herman introduced by Robert Preston and reprised by Bernadette Peters in the musical Mack & Mabel "I've Got the Music in Me" – w.m. Bias Boshell "Midnight at the Oasis" – w.m. David Nichtern "Murder on the Orient Express" – m. Richard Rodney Bennett from the film Murder on the Orient Express "Freebird" – Lynyrd Skynyrd "No Goodbyes" – w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the musical Over Here! "Pencil Thin Mustache" – w.m. Jimmy Buffett "Ring Ring" – w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody "She" – w. Herbert Kretzmer m. Charles Aznavour "Southern Nights" – w.m. Allen Toussaint "Sundown" – w.m. Gordon Lightfoot "Sunshine on My Shoulders" – w.m. John Denver, Richard Kniss & Michael Taylor "Tap Your Troubles Away" – w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mack & Mabel "Time Heals Everything" – w.m. Jerry Herman. Introduced by Bernadette Peters in the musical Mack & Mabel "Waterloo" – w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "We May Never Love Like This Again" – w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn. From the film The Towering Inferno "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" – w.m. Don Reid "(You're) Having My Baby" – w.m. Paul Anka "Gigi L'Amoroso" – Dalida "Anima Mia" – Dalida "Ta Femme" – Dalida Classical music Anne Boyd – Angklung for piano George Crumb – Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players). Mario Davidovsky Synchronisms No. 7, for orchestra and tape Synchronisms No. 8, for woodwind quintet and tape Einar Englund – Piano Concerto No. 2 Luc Ferrari Petite symphonie intuitive pour une paysage de printemps éphémère I, for tape and undetermined instrumentation Nicolas Flagello – The Passion of Martin Luther King (oratorio) Joaquin Homs – Trio Wojciech Kilar – Krzesany, for orchestra György Ligeti – San Francisco Polyphony, for orchestra (1973–74) Olivier Messiaen – Des canyons aux étoiles... for solo piano, solo horn, solo glockenspiel, solo xylorimba, small orchestra with 13 string players Krzysztof Penderecki – The Dream of Jacob Wolfgang Regel – Requiem "à la mémoire de César Geoffray" Steve Reich – Music for 18 Musicians Wolfgang Rihm Dis-Kontur for orchestra Hervorgedunkelt (text: Paul Celan), for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, vibraphone, cello, organ, and percussion Klavierstück Nr. 4 Siebengestalt, for organ and tam-tam Alfred Schnittke Symphony No. 1 Hymn I, for cello, harp and timpani Hymn II, for cello and double-bass Hymn III, for cello, bassoon, harpsichord and bells or timpani Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144 Karlheinz Stockhausen – Inori: Adorations for One or Two Soloists with Orchestra Opera Robert Ashley – Music with Roots in the Aether Friedrich Goldmann – R.Hot bzw. Die Hitze Jazz 1974 in jazz Musical theater Candide (Leonard Bernstein) – Broadway revival Cole London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on July 2. Cast included Julia McKenzie, Bill Kerr, Una Stubbs and Rod McLennan Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway revival Hans Christian Andersen – London production Lorelei – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theatre and ran for 321 performances Mack and Mabel – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre and ran for 66 performances The Magic Show – Off-Broadway production Over Here! – Broadway production opened at the Schubert Theatre and ran for 341 performances West Side Story (Bernstein) – London revival Musical films Huckleberry Finn Mame Phantom of the Paradise That's Entertainment! 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November 28 – apl.de.ap, Filipino-American musician (Black Eyed Peas) November 28 – Daz Sampson, English singer-songwriter, record producer and football manager (Bus Stop) November 28 – Styles P, American rapper December 3 Trina, American rapper and musician Trina Braxton, American singer and television personality (The Braxtons) December 7 Nicole Appleton, Canadian television presenter, singer-songwriter and actress (All Saints) Kang Full, South Korean webtoon artist and screenwriter December 8 – Cristian Castro, Mexican singer December 8 – Nick Zinner, American guitarist (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) December 9 Canibus, American rapper and actor Emjay, Canadian singer-songwriter December 10 – Meg White, American drummer and singer (The White Stripes) December 10 – Nina Gerhard, German singer (Captain Hollywood Project) December 11 – Ben Shephard, English television presenter and journalist December 12 – Michelle Saram, Singaporean actress, singer and businesswoman December 13 – Sara Cox, English broadcaster and author December 13 – Nick McCarthy, English-German guitarist and singer (Franz Ferdinand, Box Codax, FFS, Embryo, Scatter) December 14 – Nate Smith, American drummer, songwriter and producer December 15 – Acey Slade, American Musician December 18 Rah Digga, American rapper and actress Cuban Link, Cuban-American rapper (Terror Squad) December 24 Julian Rachlin, Lithuanian-Austrian violinist Ryan Seacrest, American musical/entertainment television host, radio personality and producer December 28 – Jocelyn Enriquez, American singer and songwriter Deaths January 2 – Tex Ritter, American country music singer, 68 January 23 – Lena Machado, Hawaiian singer, 70 January 30 – Olav Roots, Estonian pianist and composer, 63 February 2 – Jean Absil, organist and composer, 80 February 15 – Kurt Atterberg, Swedish composer, 86Don Michael Randel 1996 Atterberg, Kurt The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 0-674-37299-9 February 28 – Bobby Bloom, singer-songwriter, 28 March 7 – Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor, 67 March 28 Dorothy Fields, lyricist, 68 Dino Ciani, pianist, 32 (road accident) Arthur Crudup, singer, 68 April 5 – Jennifer Vyvyan, operatic soprano, 49 (bronchial condition) April 7 – Pete Wendling, pianist and composer, 85 April 15 – Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter, 68 April 17 – Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer, 87 April 25 – Pamela Courson, Jim Morrison's widow, 27 (heroin overdose) May 8 – Graham Bond, R&B musician, 36 (hit by train) May 15 – Paul Gonsalves, jazz saxophonist, 53 May 24 – Duke Ellington, jazz musician, and composer, 75 June 8 – Rodolfo Lipizer, violinist and conductor, 79 June 22 – Darius Milhaud, composer, 81 June 27 – Cliff Friend, US composer July 18 – Gabrielle Ritter-Ciampi, operatic soprano, 77 July 27 – Lightnin' Slim, blues musician, 61 July 29 – "Mama" Cass Elliott, singer (The Mamas & the Papas), 32 (heart attack) August 6 – Gene Ammons, tenor saxophonist, 49 (cancer) August 9 – Bill Chase, jazz rock trumpeter, 39 August 11 – Maria Maksakova, Sr., opera singer, 72 September 3 – Harry Partch, composer, 73 September 22 – Marta Fuchs, operatic soprano, 76 September 23 – Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Average White Band), 24 October 5 – Ebe Stignani, operatic soprano, about 70 October 13 – Josef Krips, violinist, 72 October 24 – David Oistrakh, violinist, 66 November 5 – Marguerite Namara, operatic soprano, 85 November 8 – Ivory Joe Hunter, R&B singer, songwriter and pianist November 9 – Egon Wellesz, Austrian composer, musicologist and teacher (emigrated to England), 89 November 11 – Alfonso Leng, composer, 80 November 19 – George Brunies, jazz musician, 72 November 21 – Frank Martin, composer, 84 November 25 – Nick Drake, singer/songwriter, 26 (overdose) Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1974 Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1974 References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year