1971 in music

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Years in music:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Centuries:	19th Century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
Years:	1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

See also:

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hit singles
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths
11 Awards

[edit] Events

February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
February 16 - Alan David Passaro, the Hells Angel who was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.
March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, Live at the Fillmore East.
March 16 - The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970 are presented.
July 3 - Jim Morrison, is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France aged 27.
August 1 - The Concert for Bangladesh, starring Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russell, also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger
December 4 - The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. The band Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".
December - Electric Light Orchestra release their eponymous titled debut album.
Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premieres on television
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their Greatest Hits album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' On A River which runs until 1974.
The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.
Elton John has first international hit with Your Song.
ABBA's musical career begins
The New York Dolls' musical career begins
Donna Summer's musical career begins
Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical career begins
Roxy Music's musical career begins
Jesus Christ Superstar is performed for the first time
Michael Jackson's solo career begins
Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career
The Crystals reunite
Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille
The Eagles form
November 8 - Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest selling album of the year, the band's biggest selling album, and the fourth best selling album of all time.
May 8 Stevo releases his highly anticipated album called "If You Ain't Down, You Ain't Hardcore". Goes double platinum in the first two weeks.

[edit] Albums released

11-17-70 - Elton John
34 Hours - Skid Row
666 - Aphrodite's Child
American Pie - Don McLean
A Nod is as Good as a Wink to a Blind Horse - The Faces
Alles Liebe - Die Flippers
Anticipation - Carly Simon
Aqualung - Jethro Tull
A Space In Time - Ten Years After
Astral Taxi - Tin Tin
At Fillmore East - The Allman Brothers Band
Bark - Jefferson Airplane
Blessed Are... - Joan Baez
Blue - Joni Mitchell
Bonnie Raitt - Bonnie Raitt
Budgie - Budgie
Candida - The Lawrence Welk Orchestra
Can I Have My Money Back - Gerry Rafferty
Carly Simon - Carly Simon
Carpenters - The Carpenters
Chase - Chase
Chicago III - Chicago
Collage - Le Orme
The Doobie Brothers - The Doobie Brothers
The Electric Light Orchestra - Electric Light Orchestra
Electric Warrior - T. Rex
Electronically Tested - Mungo Jerry
Ella A Nice - Ella Fitzgerald
El Derecho de Vivir en Paz - Víctor Jara
Every Picture Tells a Story - Rod Stewart
Fearless - Family
Fireball - Deep Purple
Fly - Yoko Ono
Fog on the Tyne - Lindisfarne
Fragile - Yes
Golden Biscuits - Three Dog Night
Harmony - Three Dog Night
H.M.S. Donovan - Donovan
Hunky Dory - David Bowie
IF 3 - If
If Not for You - Olivia Newton-John
Imagine - John Lennon
The Inner Mounting Flame - Mahavishnu Orchestra
Islands - King Crimson
Jesus Christ Superstar - Various Artists
John Prine - John Prine
Killer - Alice Cooper
L.A. Woman - The Doors
Led Zeppelin IV (officially untitled fourth album) - Led Zeppelin
Liv - Livingston Taylor
Live in Cook County Jail - B.B. King
Love Story - Andy Williams
Love It To Death - Alice Cooper
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys - Traffic
Madman Across the Water - Elton John
Maggot Brain - Funkadelic
Master of Reality - Black Sabbath
Meddle - Pink Floyd
Message From the Country - The Move
Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon - James Taylor
Music - Carole King
Nilsson Schmilsson - Harry Nilsson
Nursery Cryme - Genesis
Pearl - Janis Joplin
Pilgrimage - Wishbone Ash
The Polite Force - Egg
Put Your Hand in the Hand - Ocean
Quite Fire - Roberta Flack
Ram - Paul McCartney
Rock Around the Country - Bill Haley & His Comets
Rosa dos Ventos - Maria Bethânia
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
Santana III - Santana
Shaft - Isaac Hayes
Sister Kate - Kate Taylor
Soulful Tapestry - Honey Cone
Sticky Fingers - The Rolling Stones
Straight Up - Badfinger
Surf's Up - The Beach Boys
Sweet Replies - Honey Cone
Tapestry - Carole King
Tarkus - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
Thembi - Pharoah Sanders
There's a Riot Goin' On - Sly & the Family Stone
Trafalgar - The Bee Gees
Tumbleweed Connection - Elton John
Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison
Une Vie - Dalida
Up to Date - The Partridge Family
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Who's Next - The Who
Wild Life - Wings
The Yes Album - Yes
You Don't Have To Be In The Army - Mungo Jerry
You're Not Alone - Dion DiMucci
ZZ Top's First Album - ZZ Top
Split - The Groundhogs

[edit] Top hit singles

"Another Day" - Paul & Linda McCartney
"Baba O' Riley - The Who
"Baby Jump" - Mungo Jerry
"Because I Love You" - Masters Apprentences
"Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
"Black Magic Woman" - Santana
"Bless The Beasts And Children" - Carpenters
"Blue Money" - Van Morrison
"Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" - The Rolling Stones
"Can You Feel It Baby" - Sherbet
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Middle of the Road
"Cousin Norman" - Marmalade
"Coz I Luv You" - Slade
"Cry Baby" - Janis Joplin
"Double Barrel" - Dave and Ansell Collins
"Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James
"Eagle Rock" - Daddy Cool
"Ernie" - Benny Hill
"Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone
"Free The People - Sherbet
"Get It On" - T. Rex
"Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
"Gonna See My Baby Tonight" La De Da's
"Got to Be There" - Michael Jackson
"Grandad" - Clive Dunn
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" - Cher
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" - Sammi Smith
"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" - The Tams
"Hot Love" - T. Rex
"Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" - James Brown
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - The Bee Gees
"I Just Can't Help Believing" - Elvis Presley
"I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family
"I'll Be Gone" - Spectrum
"I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper
"I'm Still Waiting" - Diana Ross
"If You Really Love Me" - Stevie Wonder
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"In My Own Time" - Family (number 4 in the UK)
"Indian Reservation" - Paul Revere and the Raiders
"Is This The Way To Amarillo?" - Tony Christie
"It's Too Late" - Carole King
"It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr
- First hit by Ringo Starr, the last member of the Beatles to have a solo hit
"Jeepster" - T.Rex
"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations
"Knock Three Times" - Tony Orlando and Dawn
"Life Is Getting Better" - Flake
"Love Her Madly" - The Doors
"Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
"Malt And Barley Blues" - McGuinness Flint
"Me And Bobby McGee" - Janis Joplin
"My Brother Jake" - Free
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson 5
"No Matter What" - Badfinger
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
"One Less Bell to Answer" - Fifth Dimension
"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" - Honey Cone
"Peace Train" - Cat Stevens
"Proud Mary" - Ike & Tina Turner
"Rainy Days and Mondays" - Carpenters
"Riders On The Storm" - The Doors
"She's a Lady" - Tom Jones
"Sooner or Later" - The Grass Roots
"Stick Up" - Honey Cone
"Superstar" - Carpenters
"Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" - The Temptations
"Teach Me How To Fly" - Copperwine feat Jeff St John
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" - Joan Baez
"The Story In Your Eyes" - The Moody Blues
"Theme From Shaft" - Isaac Hayes
"Toast and Marmalade for Tea" - Tin Tin
"Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" - Paul & Linda McCartney
"Want Ads" - Honey Cone
"What Is Life" - George Harrison
"Watching The River Flow" - Bob Dylan
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Where Do I Begin" (Love Story) - Andy Williams
"Wild Night" - Van Morrison
"Won't Get Fooled Again" - The Who
"Your Song" - Elton John
"You've Got a Friend" - James Taylor

[edit] Published popular music

"The Age of Not Believing" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"American Pie" w.m. Don McLean
"And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean
"Baby I'm A-Want You" w.m. David Gates
"Been On A Train" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Ben" w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf
"Brown Earth" w.m. Laura Nyro
"The Candy Man" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
"Day By Day" w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz
"Eagle Rock" w.m. Ross Wilson
"I Am Woman" w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" w.m. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced by Yvonne Elliman in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway
"I'm Still Here" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning" w.m. Ben Peters
"Knock Three Times" w.m. Irwin Levine
"Losing My Mind" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Maggie May" w.m. Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton
"Pure Imagination" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
"Riders On The Storm" w.m. The Doors
"Stairway to Heaven" w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page
"Substitutiary Locomotion" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"The Summer Knows" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film Summer Of Forty-Two
"Those Were the Days" w. Lee Adams, m. Charles Strouse, from the TV series All in the Family
"Too Many Mornings" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Avec le Temps" - Dalida
"Mamy Blue" - Dalida

[edit] Classical music

Malcolm Arnold - Viola concerto with small orchestra
Gavin Bryars - Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Elliott Carter - String Quartet No. 3
George Crumb - Lux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
George Crumb - Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
Mario Davidovsky - Chacona for violin, cello, and piano
Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel
Jorgen Jersild - Three Danish Romances
Mauricio Kagel - Staatstheater
Ladislav Kupkovic - Klanginvasion auf Bonn
Jean Langlais - Concerto for Organ no 3 "Reaction"
Luigi Nono - Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt
Steve Reich - Drumming
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15 A major, Op. 141
Karlheinz Stockhausen - Mixtur
Iannis Xenakis - Charisma