1973 in British music

none 1973 1973 British music This is a summary of 1973 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events 4 January – At the short-lived Winter Proms season, the Berlin Philharmonic makes its Proms debut with performances of Beethoven’s Fourth and Fifth Symphonies conducted by Herbert von Karajan. 9 January – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour. 18 January – The Rolling Stones' benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000 14 February – David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. 1 March – Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon, which goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. 8 March – Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm. 14 March – The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England. 7 April – Cliff Richard takes part in the 18th Eurovision Song Contest. He finishes in 3rd place with the song "Power to All Our Friends". 4 May – 29 July – Led Zeppelin embarks on a tour of the United States, during which they set the record for highest attendance for a concert, 56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The record was previously held by The Beatles. Performances for the movie The Song Remains the Same are also filmed. 12 May – David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. 25 May – Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin label. May – Benjamin Britten has surgery to replace a failing heart valve.Brett, Philip, et al. "Britten, Benjamin", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 12 May 2013 4 June – Ronnie Lane plays his last show with Faces at the Edmonton Sundown in London. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting. 16 June – Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, receives its première at Snape Maltings. 30 June – Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple. 3 July – David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon at the end of his British tour. 4 July – Slade drummer Don Powell is critically injured in a car crash in Wolverhampton; his 20-year-old girlfriend is killed. 13 July – Queen release their debut album. 15 July – Ray Davies of The Kinks makes an emotional outburst during a performance at White City Stadium, announcing he is quitting the group. He later withdraws the statement. 20 August – The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival. 20 October – Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House. November – Karl Jenkins is among the participants in a live-in-the-studio performance of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells for the BBC.http://www.memorabletv.com/global/uk-tv/second-house-tubular-bells-mike-oldfield/ SECOND HOUSE: TUBULAR BELLS – MIKE OLDFIELD Memorable TV 2011-04-24 20 November – The Who open their Quadrophenia US tour with a concert at San Francisco's Cow Palace, but drummer Keith Moon passes out and has to be carried off the stage. Nineteen-year-old fan Scot Halpin is selected from the audience to finish the show; Halpin would later be awarded Rolling Stone magazine's "Pick-Up Player of the Year Award" for his historic performance.Private Memorial http://www.mem.com/Story.aspx?ID=2282444 Making Everlasting Memories, worldwide memorialization, establish a living family history Mem.com 2013-08-14 date unknown The Royal Northern College of Music is established by the merger of the Northern School of Music (established 1920) and the Royal Manchester College of Music (established 1893) The Taverner Consort and Players are founded by Andrew Parrott.Taverner Consort official website. Accessed 26 April 2014 Number-one records Singles DateOfficial Charts Company - Number One singles(Link redirected to OCC website)SingleArtist6 January"Long Haired Lover from Liverpool"Little Jimmy Osmond13 January20 January27 January"Block Buster!"Sweet3 February10 February17 February24 February3 March"Cum On Feel the Noize"Slade10 March17 March24 March31 March"The Twelfth of Never"Donny Osmond7 April"Get Down"Gilbert O'Sullivan14 April21 April"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree"Dawn28 April5 May12 May19 May"See My Baby Jive"Wizzard26 May2 June9 June16 June"Can the Can"Suzi Quatro23 June"Rubber Bullets"10cc30 June"Skweeze Me Pleeze Me"Slade7 July14 July21 July"Welcome Home"Peters and Lee28 July"I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter4 August11 August18 August25 August"Young Love" / "A Million to One"Donny Osmond1 September8 September15 September22 September"Angel Fingers"Wizzard29 September"Eye Level"Simon Park Orchestra6 October13 October20 October27 October"Daydreamer" / "The Puppy SongDavid Cassidy3 November10 November17 November"I Love You Love Me Love"Gary Glitter24 November1 December8 December15 December"Merry Xmas Everybody"Slade22 December29 December Official Charts Company Number One singles(Link redirected to OCC website) Albums DateOfficial Charts Company - Number One albums (link redirected to OCC website)AlbumArtist6 January20 All Time Hits of the 50sVarious Artists13 JanuarySlayed?Slade20 JanuaryBack to FrontGilbert O'Sullivan27 JanuarySlayed?Slade3 February10 FebruaryDon't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano PlayerElton John17 February24 February3 March10 March17 March24 MarchBillion Dollar BabiesAlice Cooper31 March20 Flashback Greats of the SixtiesVarious Artists7 April14 AprilHouses of the HolyLed Zeppelin21 April28 AprilOoh La LaThe Faces5 MayAladdin SaneDavid Bowie12 May19 May26 May2 June9 JunePure GoldVarious Artists16 June23 June30 JuneThat'll Be the DaySoundtrack7 July14 July21 July28 July4 August11 August18 AugustWe Can Make ItPeters and Lee25 August1 SeptemberSing It Again RodRod Stewart8 September15 September22 SeptemberGoat's Head SoupThe Rolling Stones29 September6 OctoberSladestSlade13 October20 October27 OctoberHello!Status Quo3 NovemberPin UpsDavid Bowie10 November17 November24 November1 December8 DecemberStrandedRoxy Music15 DecemberDreams Are Nuthin' More Than WishesDavid Cassidy22 DecemberGoodbye Yellow Brick RoadElton John29 December Official Charts Company - Number One Albums(Link redirected to OCC website) Year-end charts Between 2 January and 6 December 1973. Best-selling singles Top Selling Singles for 1973 Sounds Spotlight Publications London, England 4 5 January 1974 No. Number Title Artist Peakposition 1 "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" Dawn featuring Tony Orlando 1 2 "Eye Level" Simon Park Orchestra 1 3 "Welcome Home" Peters and Lee 1 4 "Block Buster!" Sweet 1 5 "Cum On Feel the Noize" Slade 1 6 "See My Baby Jive" Wizzard 1 7 "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" Gary Glitter 1 8 "I Love You Love Me Love" Gary Glitter 1 9 "The Twelfth of Never" Donny Osmond 1 10 "Spanish Eyes" Al Martino 5 11 "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" David Cassidy 1 12 "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" Little Jimmy Osmond 1 13 "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" Slade 1 14 "And I Love You So" Perry Como 3 15 "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" Gary Glitter 2 16 "Get Down" Gilbert O'Sullivan 1 17 "The Ballroom Blitz" Sweet 2 18 "Do You Wanna Touch Me? (Oh Yeah!)" Gary Glitter 2 19 "Young Love" Donny Osmond 1 20 "Rubber Bullets" 10cc 1 21 "Monster Mash" Bobby "Boris" Pickett Bobby Pickett and the Crypt Kickers 3 22 "For the Good Times" Perry Como 7 23 "Dancin' (on a Saturday Night)" Barry Blue 2 24 "Part of the Union" Strawbs 2 25 "Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)" Wizzard 1 26 "Life on Mars?" David Bowie 3 27 "Hell Raiser" Sweet 2 28 "Yesterday Once More" The Carpenters 2 29 "Can the Can" Suzi Quatro 1 30 "My Friend Stan" Slade 2 31 "You're So Vain" Carly Simon 3 32 "Albatross" Fleetwood Mac 2Reached number 1 in 1969 33 "Rock On" David Essex 3 34 "Nutbush City Limits" Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner 4 35 "Alright, Alright, Alright" Mungo Jerry 3 36 "Sorrow" David Bowie 3 37 "One and One Is One" Medicine Head 3 38 "You Can Do Magic" Limmie & the Family Cooking 3 39 "Let Me In" The Osmonds 2 40 "The Jean Genie" David Bowie 2 41 "Caroline" Status Quo 5 42 "The Laughing Gnome" David Bowie 6 43 "Feel the Need in Me" The Detroit Emeralds 4 44 "My Coo Ca Choo" Alvin Stardust 2 45 "Power to All Our Friends" Cliff Richard 4 46 "Never Never Never (Grande Grande Grande)" Shirley Bassey 8 47 "20th Century Boy" T. Rex 3 48 "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" The Hotshots Hotshots 4 49 "I Am a Clown"/"Some Kind of Summer" David Cassidy 3 50 "Paper Roses" Marie Osmond 2 Notes: Best-selling albums The list of the top fifty best-selling albums of 1973 were published in Record Mirror at the end of the year, and later reproduced in the first edition of the BPI Year Book in 1976. However, in 2007 the Official Charts Company published album chart histories for each year from 1956 to 1977, researched by historian Sharon Mawer, and included an updated list of the top ten best-selling albums for each year based on the new research. The updated top ten for 1973 is shown in the table below.Sharon Mawer Album Chart History: 1973 http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1973.php Official UK Charts Company dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071217020432/http://www.theofficialcharts.com/album_chart_history_1973.php 17 December 2007 The most significant changes from the original BMRB chart were that the album previously thought to be the year's best-seller, the soundtrack to the film That'll Be the Day, fell to tenth position, and Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player by Elton John moved up from number four to become the new best-selling album of 1973. No. Number Title Artist Peakposition 1 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John 1 2 Aladdin Sane David Bowie 1 3 Greatest Hits Simon & Garfunkel 3Reached number 2 in 1972 4 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd 2 5 We Can Make It Peters and Lee 1 6 1967–1970 The Beatles 2 7 1962–1966 The Beatles 3 8 And I Love You So Perry Como 3Reached number 1 in 1974 9 Back to Front Gilbert O'Sullivan 1 10 That'll Be the Day Original Soundtrack 1 Notes: Classical music: new works Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 7 Jeffrey Lewis – Aurora William Mathias – Missa Brevis Nicholas Maw – Life Studies Patric Standford – Christus Requiem Michael Tippett – Piano Sonata No. 3 Tippett Michael Bowen Meirion Tippett on Music Oxford University Press Oxford 1995 0-19-816542-0 p 122 Grace Williams – Ave Maris Stella Opera Benjamin Britten – Death in Venice Film and incidental music John Barry – A Doll's House, starring Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson and Denholm Elliott. Richard Rodney Bennett – Lady Caroline Lamb directed by Robert Bolt, starring Sarah Miles. Albert Elms – Love Thy Neighbour. Paul Ferris – The Creeping Flesh directed by Freddie Francis, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee. Musical theatre 13 May – Cyrano, with book and lyrics by Anthony Burgess and music by Michael J. Lewis, opens at the Palace Theatre, London, starring Christopher Plummer; it runs for 49 performances. Musical films Jesus Christ Superstar, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera, directed by Norman Jewison Births 11 January – Tom Gladwin, bassist (Shed Seven) 25 January – Chris Wilkie, guitarist (Dubstar) 3 March – Matthew Marsden, actor and singer 13 March – Eloy de Jong, Dutch-born singer (Caught in the Act) 22 March – Beverley Knight, soul singer 14 May Sinéad O'Carroll, Irish singer (B*Witched) Natalie Appleton, Canadian-born singer (All Saints) 21 May – Noel Fielding, comedian and musician 23 May – Nikki Yeoh, jazz pianist 29 May – Tansy Davies, composer 6 July – Paul Banks, guitarist (Shed Seven) 16 July – Schelim Hannan, singer (Worlds Apart) 19 July – Martin Powell, keyboard player and songwriter (Cradle of Filth, My Dying Bride, Cryptal Darkness, and Anathema) 22 July – Daniel Jones, English-Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer 23 July – Fran Healy, singer-songwriter (Travis) 10 August – Jon O'Mahony, drummer (Ultra) 21 August – Ally Begg, singer (Bad Boys Inc) 30 August – Leon Caffrey, drummer (Space) 17 September – Amy Black, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2009) 27 September – Lee Brennan, singer (911) 29 September – Alfie Boe, operatic tenor 9 October – Cal Cooper, singer (Worlds Apart) 10 October – Scott Morriss, bassist (The Bluetones) 10 November – Jacqui Abbott, vocalist (The Beautiful South) 4 December – Naima Belkhiati, singer (Honeyz) date unknown – Andrew March, composer Deaths 3 February – Edward Lockspeiser, musicologist, composer and radio broadcaster, 67 26 March – Noël Coward, composer and dramatist, 73 18 April – Ronald Center, composer, 60 24 May – Sid Phillips, jazz clarinetist, bandleader, and arranger, 65 8 June – Tubby Hayes, jazz musician, 38 (during heart surgery)GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 Jan 1935 9 August – Donald Peers, singer, 66 16 August – Astra Desmond, contralto, 80 6 September – Sir William Henry Harris, composer, 90 22 October – David Franklin, opera singer and broadcaster, 65 27 October – Norman Allin, operatic bass, 88 26 November – John Rostill, bassist and composer, 31 (electrocuted by faulty guitar equipment) John Tobler 1992 NME Rock 'N' Roll Years 1st Reed International Books Ltd London 256 CN 5585 6 December – Frederic Curzon, composer and conductor, 74 17 December – Patrick Hadley, composer, 74 date unknown – Harry Dexter, music critic and composer of light music, 63 See also 1973 in British radio 1973 in British television 1973 in the United Kingdom List of British films of 1973 References British Category:British music by year