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Contents 1 Events 1.1 January–April 1.2 May–August 1.3 September–December 2 Also in 1975 3 Bands formed 4 Bands disbanded 5 Albums released 5.1 January 5.2 February 5.3 March 5.4 April 5.5 May 5.6 June 5.7 July 5.8 August 5.9 September 5.10 October 5.11 November 5.12 December 5.13 Release Date Unknown 6 Biggest hit singles 7 Chronological table of U.S. and UK number one hit singles 8 Other significant singles 9 Published popular music 10 Classical music 11 Opera 12 Musical theatre 13 Musical films 14 Births 14.1 January 14.2 February 14.3 March 14.4 April 14.5 May 14.6 June 14.7 July 14.8 August 14.9 September 14.10 October 14.11 November 14.12 December 15 Deaths 16 Awards 16.1 Grammy Awards 16.2 Country Music Association Awards 16.3 Eurovision Song Contest 16.4 Leeds International Piano Competition 16.5 Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

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 1000 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.
• 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 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.
• 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 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs.
• April 24 - Pete Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage. His death is ruled a suicide.
• 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, 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.
• July 4 - the Texas Senate declares the Fourth of July "Willie Nelson Day", as over 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
  • 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 15 - 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 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 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.
• November 6 - The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
• November 21 - Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one, where it remains for 5 weeks of 1975 and 4 weeks of 1976.
• 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 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.

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.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 1975

Bands disbanded

• Brinsley Schwarz
• Faces
• Faust (reform in 1990)
• The First Edition (Played a few shows without Mickey Jones in 1976 before Kenny Rogers formed a new band)
• The Guess Who (reform in 1977)
• Hatfield and the North
• Humble Pie (reform in 1979, 1989 and 2001)
• If
• Jo Jo Gunne (reform in 2005)
• McGuinness Flint
• Neu! (reform in 1985)
• Ocean
• Raspberries
• Stealers Wheel (reform in 2008)
• Wizzard
• The Butts Band

Albums released

Contents:	Top January February March April May June July August September October November December

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
8	Promised Land	Elvis Presley	-
16	Forever, Michael	Michael Jackson	-
17	Blood on the Tracks	Bob Dylan	-
-	Commoner's 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	-
	Never Can Say Goodbye	Gloria Gaynor	-
	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	-
	The Whole Thing Started with Rock & Roll Now It's Out of Control	Ray Manzarek	-
	Urban Renewal	Tower of Power	-

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
12	Have You Never Been Mellow	Olivia Newton-John	-
15	Fly by Night	Rush	-
16	Bolan's Zip Gun	T.Rex	-
17	High Voltage	AC/DC	Australia-only; Debut
21	On the Level	Status Quo	-
	Rock 'n' Roll	John Lennon	Covers album
24	Physical Graffiti	Led Zeppelin	-
28	Yesterdays	Yes	Compilation
-	Changing Woman	Buffy Sainte-Marie	-
	Ambrosia	Ambrosia	Debut Album
	Cold on the Shoulder	Gordon Lightfoot	-
	Dixie Rock	Wet Willie	-
	An Evening With John Denver	John Denver	Live
	For Earth Below	Robin Trower	-
	Mad Dog	John Entwistle	-
	Modern Times	Al Stewart	-
	Pieces of the Sky	Emmylou Harris	-
	On Your Feet or on Your Knees	Blue Öyster Cult	Live
	Really Rosie	Carole King	Soundtrack
	Song for America	Kansas	-
	Street Rats	Humble Pie	-
	Then Came You	Dionne Warwick	-
	Unrequited	Loudon Wainwright III	Studio and live
	Visions of the Emerald Beyond	Mahavishnu Orchestra	-
Welcome to My Nightmare	Alice Cooper	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	Young Americans	David Bowie	-
12	Chocolate City	Parliament	-
14	Blue Jays	Justin Hayward and John Lodge	-
15	That's the Way of the World	Earth, Wind & Fire	Soundtrack
19	Dressed to Kill	Kiss	-
	Hearts	America	-
21	Rubycon	Tangerine Dream	-
22	Bundles	Soft Machine	-
	Songbird	Jesse Colin Young	-
24	Chicago VIII	Chicago	-
	Nuthin' Fancy	Lynyrd Skynyrd	-
25	Slow Dazzle	John Cale	-
25	A Quiet Storm	Smokey Robinson	-
-	The Best Years of Our Lives	Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel	-
	Blow by Blow	Jeff Beck	-
	Between the Lines	Janis Ian	-
	Desperate Straights	Slap Happy and Henry Cow	-
	The Dictators Go Girl Crazy!	The Dictators	-
	Duit on Mon Dei	Harry Nilsson	-
	Feelings	Paul Anka	-
	Feel Like Makin' Love	Roberta Flack	-
	Frampton	Peter Frampton	-
	Funny Lady	Barbra Streisand	Soundtrack
	The Great Fatsby	Leslie West	-
	I'll Play for You	Seals & Crofts	-
	Judith	Judy Collins	-
	Just Another Way to Say I Love You	Barry White	-
	Katy Lied	Steely Dan	-
	Let There Be Music	Orleans	-
	Lou Reed Live	Lou Reed	Live
	The Original Soundtrack	10cc	-
	The Rotters' Club	Hatfield and the North	-
	Spring Fever	Rick Derringer	-
	Sweet Deceiver	Kevin Ayers	-
	Switch	Golden Earring	-
	There's One in Every Crowd	Eric Clapton	-
	The Bargain Store	Dolly Parton	-
	Tommy	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	Two Sides of the Moon	Keith Moon	-

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Straight Shooter	Bad Company	-
8	Toys in the Attic	Aerosmith	-
18	Fandango!	ZZ Top	Half live/half studio
21	ABBA	ABBA	-
25	Stampede	The Doobie Brothers	-
-	Ain't Life Grand	Black Oak Arkansas	-
	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	-
	Ian Hunter	Ian Hunter	-
	Journey	Journey	-
	Let's Take It to the Stage	Funkadelic	-
	Music Inspired by The Snow Goose	Camel	-
	The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table	Rick Wakeman	-
	Playing Possum	Carly Simon	-
	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
	Will O' the Wisp	Leon Russell	-
	Your Mamma Won't Like Me	Suzi Quatro	-

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Gorilla	James Taylor	-
5	Newborn	James Gang	-
7	Once Upon a Star	Bay City Rollers	-
	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	-
22	Adventures in Paradise	Minnie Riperton	-
23	Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy	Elton John	-
27	Venus and Mars	Paul McCartney and Wings	-
-	America's Choice	Hot Tuna	-
	Armageddon	Armageddon	-
	Coming Down Your Way	Three Dog Night	-
	Ernie Sings & Glen Picks	Tennessee Ernie Ford and Glen Campbell	-
	Four Wheel Drive	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	-
	The Heat Is On	The Isley Brothers	-
	Love Will Keep Us Together	Captain & Tennille	-
	New City	Blood, Sweat & Tears	-
	Red Headed Stranger	Willie Nelson	-
	Return to Fantasy	Uriah Heep	-
	Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard	Robert Wyatt	-
	Spirit of '76	Spirit	-
	Steppin'	Pointer Sisters	-

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
6	Made in the Shade	The Rolling Stones	Compilation
	Metamorphosis	The Rolling Stones	Outtakes recorded 1964-'70
10	One of These Nights	Eagles	-
13	Red Octopus	Jefferson Starship	-
14	Initiation	Todd Rundgren	-
20	Tonight's the Night	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	-
25	One Size Fits All	Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention	-
26	The Basement Tapes	Bob Dylan & The Band	Recorded 1967-'75
-	Cut the Cake	Average White Band	-
	Dreaming My Dreams	Waylon Jennings	-
	From Every Stage	Joan Baez	Live
	Greatest Hits	Cat Stevens	Compilation
	The Hit Man	Eddie Kendricks	-
	Horizon	The Carpenters	-
	HQ	Roy Harper	-
	It's My Pleasure	Billy Preston	-
	Jasmine Nightdreams	Edgar Winter	-
	Main Course	Bee Gees	-
	Michael Bolotin	Michael Bolton	-
	Rising for the Moon	Fairport Convention	-
	Stills	Stephen Stills	-
	Trying to Burn the Sun	Elf	-
	The Tubes	The Tubes	-
	Why Can't We Be Friends?	War	-

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Now Look	Ronnie Wood	-
11	Fleetwood Mac	Fleetwood Mac	-
	From Mighty Oaks	Ray Thomas	-
14	Trooper	Trooper	-
28	Sabotage	Black Sabbath	US
-	Ego Is Not a Dirty Word	Skyhooks	-
	Fire on the Bayou	The Meters	-
	Force It	UFO	-
	Free Hand	Gentle Giant	US
	Head over Heels	Poco	-
	The Higher They Climb	David Cassidy	-
	In the City	Tavares	-
	KC and the Sunshine Band	KC and the Sunshine Band	-
	Metal Machine Music	Lou Reed	-
	Outlaws	Outlaws	-
	Power in the Music	The Guess Who	-
	Rhinestone Cowboy	Glen Campbell	-
	Ride a Rock Horse	Roger Daltrey	-
	Scheherazade and Other Stories	Renaissance	-
	Sha Na Now	Sha Na Na	-
	Stop	Eric Burdon Band	-
	This Time We Mean It	REO Speedwagon	-

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
15	Atlantic Crossing	Rod Stewart	-
20	Deluxe	Harmonia	-
22	Man-Child	Herbie Hancock	-
	Nightingales & Bombers	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	-
25	Born to Run	Bruce Springsteen	-
27	Love to Love You Baby	Donna Summer	-
28	The Best of Michael Jackson	Michael Jackson	Compilation
-	Acid Queen	Tina Turner	-
	Al Green Is Love	Al Green	-
	Caught in the Act	Grand Funk Railroad	Live
	Daryl Hall & John Oates	Hall & Oates	-
	E.C. Was Here	Eric Clapton	Live
	Honey	Ohio Players	-
	Jamaica Say You Will	Joe Cocker	-
	Mellow Madness	Quincy Jones	-
	Phoenix	Labelle	-
	Pick of the Litter	The Spinners	-
	Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow	Rainbow	-
	Searchin' for a Rainbow	The Marshall Tucker Band	-
	So Fine	Loggins & Messina	-
	Spirit of the Boogie	Kool & The Gang	-
	Stamp Album	Climax Blues Band	-
	Timewind	Klaus Schulze	-
	Win, Lose or Draw	The Allman Brothers Band	-

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Blues for Allah	Grateful Dead	-
5	Minstrel in the Gallery	Jethro Tull	-
10	Alive!	Kiss	Live
12	Fighting	Thin Lizzy	-
	Second Chapter	Danny Kirwan	-
	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd	-
15	Wind on the Water	Crosby & Nash	-
17	In Trance	Scorpions	-
22	Changing All the Time	Smokie	-
	Extra Texture (Read All About It)	George Harrison	-
24	Caress of Steel	Rush	-
27	Portrait Gallery	Harry Chapin	-
-	Another Green World	Brian Eno	-
	Another Year	Leo Sayer	-
	Bandolier	Budgie	-
	Bay City Rollers	Bay City Rollers	Compilation; North America debut
	Captured Angel	Dan Fogelberg	-
	Face the Music	Electric Light Orchestra	-
	Fool for the City	Foghat	-
	Hotline	The J. Geils Band	-
	John Fogerty	John Fogerty	-
	Masque	Kansas	-
	Maximum Darkness	Man	-
	Prisoner in Disguise	Linda Ronstadt	-
	Procol's Ninth	Procol Harum	-
	The Sound of Sunshine	The Sunshine Band	Instrumental
	Symphonion Dream	Nitty Gritty Dirt Band	-
	Ted Nugent	Ted Nugent	-
	Warner Brothers Presents... Montrose!	Montrose	-
	Waterbed	Herbie Mann	-
	Windsong	John Denver	-
	X-Rated	Black Oak Arkansas	-

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Bongo Fury	Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention with Captain Beefheart	Live + some studio tracks
3	Extra Texture (Read All About It)	George Harrison	-
	The Who by Numbers	The Who	-
4	Rock of the Westies	Elton John	-
10	Come Taste the Band	Deep Purple	-
16	You	Aretha Franklin	-
21	Ommadawn	Mike Oldfield	-
24	Shaved Fish	John Lennon	Compilation
	Siren	Roxy Music	-
27	Angel	Angel	-
-	Against the Grain	Rory Gallagher	-
	All Around My Hat	Steeleye Span	-
	Breakaway	Art Garfunkel	-
	The Car Over the Lake Album	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	-
	Dreamboat Annie	Heart	Canada; released in US Feb. '76
	Flying Again	The Flying Burrito Brothers	-
	Godbluff	Van der Graaf Generator	-
	Indiscreet	Sparks	-
	Lazy Afternoon	Barbra Streisand	-
	Malpractice	Dr. Feelgood	-
	Mother Focus	Focus	-
	Nighthawks at the Diner	Tom Waits	Live
	Radio-Activity	Kraftwerk	-
	Still Crazy After All These Years	Paul Simon	-
	Sun and Steel	Iron Butterfly	-
	Tryin' to Get the Feeling	Barry Manilow	-

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
7	Fish Out of Water	Chris Squire	-
10	Zuma	Neil Young & Crazy Horse	-
11	Gratitude	Earth, Wind & Fire	-
17	Greatest Hits	ABBA	Compilation
	Schoolboys in Disgrace	The Kinks	-
	Teaser	Tommy Bolin	-
21	A Night at the Opera	Queen	-
30	Numbers	Cat Stevens	-
-	The Best of Carly Simon	Carly Simon	Compilation
	Crisis? What Crisis?	Supertramp	-
	Discreet Music	Brian Eno	-
	Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To	Dolly Parton	-
	Family Reunion	The O'Jays	-
	Greatest Hits	Nazareth	Compilation
	Gulf Winds	Joan Baez	-
	Helen of Troy	John Cale	-
	The Hissing of Summer Lawns	Joni Mitchell	-
	History: America's Greatest Hits	America	Compilation
	Hot Chocolate	Hot Chocolate	-
	Horses	Patti Smith	-
	It's Only Love	Rita Coolidge	-
	The Last Record Album	Little Feat	-
	Lisztomania	Rick Wakeman	Soundtrack
	Mustard	Roy Wood	-
	Nomadness	Strawbs	-
	Northern Lights - Southern Cross	The Band	-
	Pour Down Like Silver	Richard and Linda Thompson	-
	Pressure Drop	Robert Palmer	-
	Rufus featuring Chaka Khan	Rufus	-
	Strung Up	Sweet	-
	Together	Anne Murray	-
	Track of the Cat	Dionne Warwick	-
	Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame	Kris Kristofferson	-

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Equinox	Styx	-
4	Stephen Stills Live	Stephen Stills	-
12	Blast From Your Past	Ringo Starr	Compilation
	Marcus Garvey	Burning Spear	-
-	The Best of Top of the Pops '75	Top of the Poppers	Compilation
	Coney Island Baby	Lou Reed	-
	Elite Hotel	Emmylou Harris	-
	Evening Star	Fripp & Eno	-
	Head On	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	-
	Heaven and Hell	Vangelis	-
	Live!	Bob Marley & The Wailers	Live
	Mothership Connection	Parliament	-
	Ricochet	Tangerine Dream	Live
	T.N.T.	AC/DC	Australia
	We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll	Black Sabbath	Compilation
	Wouldn't You Like It?	Bay City Rollers	-

Release Date Unknown

Afro-Filipino - Joe Bataan All the Fun of the Fair - David Essex Born to Be with You - Dion DiMucci + Produced by Phil Spector Brown Rice - Don Cherry Chocolate Chip - Isaac Hayes Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Crack the Sky - Crack The Sky Dan McCafferty - Dan McCafferty Das schönste im Leben - Die Flippers The Dragon is Dancing - Jimmie Spheeris Dreadlocks Dread - Big Youth Ella and Oscar - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti Fish Rising - Steve Hillage For Earth Below - Robin Trower Fox - Fox (debut) A Funky Thide of Sings - Billy Cobham Futurama - Be-Bop Deluxe Greatest Hits - David Cassidy Half a Love - The Chi-Lites Journey to Love - Stanley Clarke Juice Newton & Silver Spur - Juice Newton and Silver Spur The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett Landed - Can Live at the Paris Olympia - The Shadows Live/Hhaï - Magma - Live Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette - Mel Tormé Montreux '75 - Ella Fitzgerald Moxy - Moxy Neu! '75 - Neu! Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren Not a Little Girl Anymore - Linda Lewis

Not Just Another Pretty Foot - Jim Stafford Now - The Dubliners Old No. 1 - Guy Clark Pangaea - Miles Davis - Live Pour Down Like Silver - Richard and Linda Thompson Power and the Passion - Eloy Pre-Creedence - The Golliwogs - Compilation Reality - James Brown Right or Wrong - Stealers Wheel Rimmel - Francesco de Gregori The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Various Artists - Soundtrack Ronnie Drew - Ronnie Drew (solo debut) Rudy's Rock: The Sax That Changed the World - Rudy Pompilli and The Comets Sex Machine Today - James Brown Sky High - The Oak Ridge Boys Solstice - Ralph Towner Specs Appeal - The Shadows Stand Back - April Wine Still Caught Up - Millie Jackson The Sun Collection - Elvis Presley (in the UK, released in the US in 1976 as The Sun Sessions) Sunset and Other Beginnings - Melanie The Sweet Singles Album - The Sweet Tails of Illusion - Fox Tea Break Over, Back on Your 'Eads - IF Thank You Baby - The Stylistics There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield Thirteen Blue Magic Lane - Blue Magic Two Steps Forward, One Step Back - Patrick Sky Velvet Donkey - Ivor Cutler Waves - Jade Warrior

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1975.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	Billy Swan	I Can Help	1975		US BB 1 - Sep 1974, Holland 1 - Dec 1974, Austria 1 - Jan 1975, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1975, Norway 1 - Feb 1975, Belgium 1 - Dec 1975, New Zealand 1 - Feb 1975, Germany 1 - Feb 1975, Australia 1 - Jan 1975, France 1 - Feb 1975, Canada 2 - Nov 1974, South Africa - 3, ...
2	ABBA	SOS	1975		Germany 1 - Jan 1976, Australia 1 - 1, South Africa - 1, Aug 1976, Holland 2 - Jun 1975, Austria 2 - Sep 1975, Norway 2 - Oct 1975, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1975, UK 6 - Sep 1975, Italy 7 of 1976, US BB 15 - Oct 1975, Canada 16 - Oct 1975
3	George Baker Selection	Paloma Blanca	1975		Holland 1 - Mar 1975, Sweden 1 - Nov 1975, Austria 1 - Jul 1975, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1975, Norway 1 - Sep 1975, Germany 1 - May 1975, South Africa - 1, Canada 5 - Jan 1976, UK 10 - Sep 1975, US BB 26 - Jan 1976, Italy 44 of 1975
4	The Sweet	Fox on the Run	1975		Germany 1 - Mar 1975, Australia 1 - Mar 1975, South Africa - 1, UK 2 - Mar 1975, Canada 2 - Nov 1975, Holland 2 - Apr 1975, Norway 2 - Apr 1975, Austria 3 - May 1975, Switzerland 3 - May 1975, US BB 5 - Nov 1975, Sweden 10 - Nov 1975
5	Glen Campbell	Rhinestone Cowboy	1975		US BB 1 - Sep 1975, Canada - 1, Belgium - 1, Ireland - 1, New Zealand - 2, South Africa - 2, Netherlands - 3, UK - 4, Australia - 5

Chronological table of U.S. and UK 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.

Other significant singles

• "#9 Dream" - John Lennon
• "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" - Helen Reddy
• "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen
• "All My Friends Are Getting Married" - Skyhooks
• "Amie" - Pure Prairie League
• "Apache" - The Shadows (re-release)
• "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian
• "Autobahn" - Kraftwerk
• "Baby Please Don't Go" - AC/DC
• "Back in the Night" - Dr. Feelgood
• "Bad Luck" - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes
• "The Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet
• "Black Friday" - Steely Dan
• "Black Superman Muhammed Ali" - Johnny Wakelin
• "Bloody Well Right" - Supertramp
• "Blue Guitar" - Justin Hayward and John Lodge
• "Boogie on Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder
• "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen
• "The Boys Are Back in Town" - Thin Lizzy
• "Calypso" - John Denver
• "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" - AC/DC
• "Can't Get It Out of My Head" - Electric Light Orchestra
• "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" - William Shakespeare
• "The Carpet Crawlers" - Genesis
• "Cavalry" - Daryl Braithwaite
• "Chevy Van" - Sammy Johns
• "Convoy" - C. W. McCall
• "Could It Be Magic" - Barry Manilow
• "Curiosity Killed the Cat" - Little River Band
• "Cut the Cake" - Average White Band
• "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." - Billy Connolly
• "Daisy Jane" - America
• "Dance With Me" - Orleans
• "Department of Youth" - Alice Cooper
• "Ding-A-Dong" - Teach-In
• "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Sugarloaf
• "Dreamer" - Supertramp
• "Dynomite, Part 1" - Bazuka
• "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" - Skyhooks
• "Eighteen With a Bullet" - Pete Wingfield
• "Emma" - Hot Chocolate
• "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra
• "Express" - B.T. Express
• "Feel Like Makin' Love" - Bad Company
• "Feelings" - Morris Albert
• "Fight the Power (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers
• "Fly Away" - John Denver
• "Fly, Robin, Fly" - Silver Convention
• "Fox on the Run" - Sweet
• "Freedom" - Sherbet
• "Funky Gibbon" - The Goodies
• "Funky Moped" - Jasper Carrott
• "Get Dancin'" - Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
• "Golden Years" - David Bowie
• "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" - Bad Company
• "Have a Cigar" - Pink Floyd
• "Heat Wave" - Linda Ronstadt
• "Hey You" - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• "High Voltage" - AC/DC
• "Hijack" - Herbie Mann
• "Hold Back the Night" - The Trammps
• "Hold On To Love" - Peter Skellern
• "Honky Tonk Angel" - Cliff Richard
• "Horror Movie" - Skyhooks
• "How Does It Feel" - Slade
• "How Long?" - Ace
• "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" - Pointer Sisters
• "I Am Love" - The Jackson 5
• "I Believe In Father Christmas" - Greg Lake
• "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - ABBA
• "I Love Music" - The O'Jays
• "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel
• "I Write the Songs" - David Cassidy
• "If You Think You Know How To Love Me" - Smokie
• "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
• "In Dulci Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield
• "In for a Penny" - Slade
• "Island Girl" - Elton John
• "It's a Long Way to the Top" - AC/DC
• "It's a Miracle" - Barry Manilow
• "It's Been So Long" - George McCrae
• "Jackie Blue" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils
• "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Eric Clapton
• "Kometenmelodie 2" - Kraftwerk
• "Lady" - Styx
• "The Last Farewell" - Roger Whittaker
• "Let Me Be the One" - The Shadows
• "Let the Music Play" - Barry White
• "Life... Is For Living" - Sherbet
• "Listen to What the Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Lonely People" - America
• "Long Tall Glasses" - Leo Sayer
• "Love Hurts" - Jim Capaldi
• "Love Hurts" - Nazareth
• "L-O-V-E (Love)" - Al Green
• "Love Is the Drug" - Roxy Music
• "Love Me, Love My Dog" - Peter Shelley
• "Love Rollercoaster" - The Ohio Players
• "Love to Love You Baby" - Donna Summer
• "Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris
• "Low Rider" - War
• "Lyin' Eyes" - Eagles
• "Magic" - Pilot
• "Mamma Mia" - ABBA
• "Man on the Silver Mountain" - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
• "Matter of Time" - Sherbet
• "Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester
• "Million Dollar Riff" - Skyhooks
• "Miracles" - Jefferson Starship
• "Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman
• "Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
• "My Little Town" - Simon & Garfunkel
• "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Gloria Gaynor
• "The Newcastle Song" - Bob Hudson
• "Nightingale" - Carole King
• "Nights on Broadway" - Bee Gees
• "No No Song" - Ringo Starr
• "No Woman No Cry" - Bob Marley & The Wailers
• "Now I'm Here" - Queen
• "Old Days" - Chicago
• "Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Ian Hunter
• "Once You Get Started" - Rufus
• "Only Women Bleed" - Alice Cooper
• "Only Yesterday" - The Carpenters
• "Our Day Will Come" - Frankie Valli
• "Out on the Floor" - Dobie Gray
• "Paloma Blanca" - George Baker Selection
• "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John
• "Poetry Man" - Phoebe Snow
• "Real Man" - Todd Rundgren
• "Remember What I Told You to Forget" - Tavares
• "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale
• "Rock and Roll All Nite" - KISS
• "Rockin' All Over the World" - John Fogerty
• "Rockin' Chair" - Gwen McCrae
• "Rocky" - Austin Roberts
• "Roll on Down the Highway" - Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• "Roll Over Lay Down" - Status Quo
• "Run, Billy, Run" - The Shadows
• "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes
• "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers
• "Saturday Night Special" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Scotch on the Rocks" - Band of the Black Watch
• "Send in the Clowns" - Judy Collins
• "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company
• "Shaving Cream" - Benny Bell
• "She Does It Right" - Dr. Feelgood
• "Sing a Song" - Earth, Wind & Fire
• "Sky High" - Jigsaw
• "Slow Ride" - Foghat
• "The Snake" - Al Wilson
• "Solitaire" - The Carpenters
• "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John
• "SOS" - ABBA
• "Soul Stripper" - AC/DC
• "Spirit in the Night" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
• "Squeeze Box" - The Who
• "Stand by Me" - John Lennon
• "Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra
• "Summer Love" - Sherbet
• "Summertime City" - Mike Batt with the New Edition
• "Super Natural Thing" - Ben E. King
• "Swearin' To God" - Frankie Valli
• "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith
• "Sweet Surrender" - John Denver
• "Sweet Thing" - Rufus
• "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan
• "Thanks for the Memory (Wham Bam Thank You Mam)" - Slade
• "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and the Sunshine Band
• "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross
• "There Goes Another Love Song" - The Outlaws
• "There Goes My First Love" - The Drifters
• "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" - The Spinners
• "Third Rate Romance" - Amazing Rhythm Aces
• "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" - Natalie Cole
• "Too Much Rock 'N' Roll" - Rabbit
• "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" - Laurel and Hardy with The Avalon Boys
• "Una Paloma Blanca" - Jonathan King
• "Up in a Puff of Smoke" - Polly Brown
• "Venus and Mars/Rockshow" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "Walk Away From Love" - David Ruffin
• "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith
• "Walking in Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds
• "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender
• "The Way I Want to Touch You" - Captain & Tennille
• "The Way We Were" - Gladys Knight & the Pips
• "Welcome to the Machine" - Pink Floyd
• "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" - Esther Phillips
• "What Am I Gonna Do With You?" - Barry White
• "(What's the Word?) Johannesburg" - Gil Scott-Heron
• "When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" - Roy Harper
• "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt
• "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons
• "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
• "Wildfire" - Michael Murphey
• "W*O*L*D" - Harry Chapin
• "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker
• "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate
• "Young Americans" - David Bowie
• "You're My Best Friend" - Queen

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 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
• Lorenzo Ferrero
  • Ellipse II
  • Siglied
• Theo Loevendie - Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra, Incantations
• Witold Lutosławski - Les Espaces du Sommeil
• Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis
• Alexander Vustin - The Word
• Dmitri Shostakovich - Viola Sonata - his final work

Opera

• John Rutter - Bang!

Musical theatre

• Chicago - Broadway production
• A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban) - Broadway production
• A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) - London production
• Dance With Me - Broadway Production
• The Wiz - Broadway production
• Pacific Overtures - Broadway Production

Musical films

• At Long Last Love
• Funny Lady
• Lisztomania
• The Magic Flute
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Tommy

Births

January

• January 2
  • Doug Robb (Hoobastank)
  • Chris Cheney, Australian rock musician (The Living End)
• January 3 - Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk)
• January 9 – Kim Mathers, ex-wife of rapper Eminem
• January 13 - Jason King, radio DJ
• January 12 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer (Spice Girls)
• January 15 – Edith Bowman, British radio DJ
• January 28 - Lee Latchford-Evans, British singer (Steps)
• January 29 – Kelly Packard, American singer-actress-hostess
• January 30 – Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi)

February

• February 1 - Big Boi (OutKast)
• February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer
• February 5 - Adam Carson, drummer (AFI)
• February 6 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer
• 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
  • Wish Bone, rapper
• 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 23 - Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist

March

• March 4 – Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter
• March 10 - Jerry Horton, Papa Roach
• March 12 - Kelle Bryan, 4singer (Eternal)
• March 15 – will.i.am, American rapper/singer of the Black Eyed Peas
• March 17
  • Justin Hawkins, vocalist (The Darkness)
  • Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer/songwriter/composer
• March 18 – Sutton Foster, American actress, singer and dancer
• March 25 – Melanie Blatt, singer (All Saints)
• March 27 – Fergie, (Stacy Ferguson) singer (The Black Eyed Peas)

April

• April 10 – Chris Carrabba, American rock musician (Dashboard Confessional)
• April 14 – Stefano Miceli, Italian conductor and pianist
• 22 April - Anders Nyström, Swedish guitarist (Katatonia & Bloodbath)
• April 26
  • Joey Jordison (Slipknot)
  • Jose Pasillas (Incubus)

May

• May 3 - Maksim Mrvica, pianist
• May 8 - Enrique Iglesias, singer
• May 15 – Peter Iwers, Swedish rock bassist (In Flames)
• May 16
  • Tonéx, American singer
  • Tony Kakko, Finnish singer
• May 18 - Jack Johnson, singer-songwriter
• 19 May - Jonas Renkse, Swedish vocalist (Katatonia) & bassist (Bloodbath)
• May 20 – Andrew Sega, American musician
• May 25 - Lauryn Hill, singer (The Fugees)
• May 27 - André 3000, vocalist (OutKast)
• May 29 - Melanie Brown, singer (Spice Girls)

June

• June 4 - Russell Brand, actor, comedian and DJ
• June 8 - Emm Gryner, Canadian singer-songwriter
• June 23 - KT Tunstall, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• June 26 - Marie-Nicole Lemieux, 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, Millencolin
• July 5 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese rock bassist (Týr)
• July 6 - 50 Cent, rapper
• July 9
  • Isaac Brock, American musician
  • Shona Fraser, British born music journalist and judge
  • Jack White (The White Stripes)
• July 11 – Lil' Kim, American rapper
• 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
• July 18
  • Daron Malakian (System of a Down)
  • M.I.A., English musician
• 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 12 – John Stevenson, American songwriter/musician
• 27 August - Björn Gelotte Swedish guitarist (In Flames)
• August 28 - Marek Szulen, electronic music composer

September

• September 1
  • • Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer
  • Omar Rodríguez-López (At the drive-in, The Mars Volta)
• September 4 – Mark Ronson, British DJ and music producer
• September 8 - Richard Hughes, British drummer (Keane)
• September 9 - Michael Bublé, Canadian big band singer
• September 11 - Brad Fischetti, LFO
• September 16 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer
• September 17 - Constantine Maroulis, American singer (Pray for the Soul of Betty)
• September 22 - Mystikal, rapper
• September 23 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality
• September 30 – Georges-Alain Jones, French singer

October

• October 9 - Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
• October 27 – Max Lilja, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• October 30 – Ian D'Sa, Canadian rock guitarist (Billy Talent)

November

• November 1 - Bo Bice, singer
• November 5
  • Lisa Scott-Lee, singer (Steps)
  • Jamie Spaniolo (Jamie Madrox), American rapper
• November 6 - Mike Herrera (MxPx)
• November 8 – Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer
• November 12 – Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian rock drummer (Billy Talent)
• November 14
  • Travis Barker, drummer (blink-182)
  • Faye Tozer, British singer (Steps)
• November 19 - Tamika Scott, American singer/songwriter and producer
• November 20
  • Dierks Bentley, singer-songwriter
  • Davey Havok, AFI
  • Jeffrey Lewis, American Anti-folk singer

December

• 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 21 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer
• December 30 – Yoma Komatsu, former member of the female J-Pop group, BeForU

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 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 19 - Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, 71
• February 22 - Lionel Tertis, viola player, 98
• March 4 - Cornel Chiriac, Romanian record producer, broadcaster and jazz musician, 33 (murdered)
• March 15 - Sandy Brown, jazz musician, 46 (heart attack)
• March 16 – T-Bone Walker, African-American musician (b. 1910)
• March 27 - Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Musick, 83
• April 12 – Josephine Baker, African-American dancer (b. 1906)
• April 14 - Michael Flanders, lyricist, actor, humorist and singer (Flanders and Swann), 53 (intracranial berry aneurysm)
• April 23 - Pete Ham, singer and songwriter (Badfinger), 27 (suicide)
• May 2 - Conchita Badía, operatic soprano, 77
• May 13 – Bob Wills, American musician, 70
• May 18 - Leroy Anderson, U.S. composer and conductor, 66
• June 4 - Frida Leider, operatic soprano, 87
• 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, U.S. jazz drummer, 77
• July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, Country Music Hall of Fame singer, 47 (stroke)
• August 8 – Julian Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928)
• 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 (b. 1920)
  • Bill Sprouse Jr., Christian singer and songwriter, 26 (heart attack)
• September 20 – Vincent Lopez, American bandleader (b. 1895)
• October 1 - Al Jackson, Jr., R&B drummer, 39 (shot)
• 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
  • Bernard Herrmann, composer, 64
  • Tilly Losch, dancer and actress, 72
• December 25 - Julio Cueva, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, 78
• date unknown
  • Will Mastin, American vaudevillian
  • Patrick Kelly, Irish folk fiddler

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1975

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1975

Leeds International Piano Competition

• Dimitri Alexeev

Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship

• Ravi Shankar
• Zubin Mehta