January - The Ramones form.
February 1 - The Doobie Brothers release their album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits featuring their signature and hit song "Black Water".
February 10 - record producer Phil Spector is badly injured in a car accident. Details of the accident are kept secret.
February 12 - New York's legendary rock club, The Bottom Line, opens in Greenwich Village.
February 14 - The Captain & Tennille are married in Virginia City, Nevada.
February 18 - Yes sells out the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, without a bit of advertising for the show.
February 20 - Cher files for divorce from her husband of 10 years, Sonny Bono.
March 12 - John Lennon is involved in an altercation with a photographer outside the Troubador club in Los Angeles
March 16 - Country music's legendary Grand Ole Opry moves to a new location at the Opryland USA theme park in Nashville, Tennessee
March 30 - The Ramones play their first concert at the Performance Studio in New York.
April 4 - Van Halen play their first gig on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood at Gazzari's.
April 6 - 200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas, and the Eagles.
April 6 - ABBA win the Eurovision Song Contest in Brighton, England, kickstarting their stellar international career.
April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, is found dead in her Hollywood, California apartment from an apparent heroin overdose.
August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band, marries actress Faye Dunaway.
December 31 - Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks form Fleetwood Mac.
Patti Smith releases her debut recording, "Hey Joe", which many consider to be the first punk rock single.
Lord Shorty's Endless Vibrations is the first soca LP and the first major soca hit worldwide.
Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis and begins solo career.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is performed for the first time.
Rover Thomas claims to have been visited in a dream by a deceased friend near Warmun, Australia and receives the Krill Krill song cycle.
Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns.
Journey signs to Columbia Records.
Talking Heads forms.
Japan forms.
Firefall forms.
The Nits forms.
Blondie forms.
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.
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.
Robin Zander joins with Tom Petersson, Bun E. Carlos and Rick Nielson and the "real" Cheap Trick band line up as we have come to know is formed
January 12 - Melanie C, singer, Spice Girls
February 11 - D'Angelo, singer, R & B
February 13 - Robbie Williams, singer, Take That
April 14 - Da Brat, rapper
April 17 - Victoria Beckham, singer, Spice Girls
April 22 - Shavo Odadjian, System of a Down, bassist
May 23 - Jewel, singer
May 30 - Cee-Lo Green, singer, rapper, Gnarls Barkley
June 1 - Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter
July 11 - Lil' Kim, rapper
July 12 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
July 13 - Deborah Cox, R&B singer
July 21 - Terry Coldwell, East 17
August 30 - Aaron Barrett, Reel Big Fish
September 12 - Jennifer Nettles, Sugarland
September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, comedian & musician
October 1 - Keith Duffy, Boyzone
October 14 - Shaggy 2 Dope, Insane Clown Posse
October 14 - Natalie Maines, Dixie Chicks
November 2 - Nelly, Rapper
November 15 - Chad Kroeger, Nickelback
December 8 - Nick Zinner, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Musicians Deaths in 1974
February 15 - Kurt Atterberg, composer
March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
March 28 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup
March 28 - Dorothy Fields, lyricist
April 15 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
April 17 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer
April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, heroin overdose
May 24 - Duke Ellington
June 8 - Rodolfo Lipizer, violinist and conductor
June 22 - Darius Milhaud, composer
June 27 - Cliff Friend, US composer
July 29 - "Mama" Cass Elliott, singer The Mamas & the Papas
September 3 - Harry Partch, composer
September 23 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer Average White Band
October 24 - David Oistrakh, violinist
November 11 - Alfonso Leng, composer
November 19 - George Brunies, jazz musician
The first disco radio station was formed in New York.
Disco Groups:
Hues Corporation, George McCrae, Barry White, The Blackbyrds, Loves Unlimited Orchestra, Gloria Gaynor, The Jackson 5, KC and the Sunshine Band, Bee Gee's, Donna Summer, Van McCoy, Patty Labelle, Chic, Silver Convention, Boney M, Earth Wind and Fire, and Parliament.
There are way too many to list
Even the 5th of Beethoven was disco-ized.
Disco boomed for about 6 years then died down, only to open the doors to Pop and hip hop dance music.
Disco era made it very popular for DJ's to make remixes.
Disco music was clearly not a TYPE of music but a style of music, aimed solely at people who went to clubs and wanted to dance. Disco music extended the popular 3 minute songs into 5 minute versions and added a new beat to the mix with what was known as a "4 on the floor" beat or quaver beat. Disco rarely used a lead guitar, the music was more focused on reverberating vocals and background music.
man, Earth Wind and Fire sure do bring some memories back. i used to listen to when i had some emotional sigmas that i was trying to bypass. I could listen to them always and whenever i want and feel good about myself. Always brings memories of love and hate when i listen to Earth Wind and Fire. I love them a lot.
To start off a timeline for this year, I want to report one of the most critical events of this time, President Ford declares an official end to the Vietnam War. The last of the troops came home to the USA April 30, 1975.
This war took a huge toll on lives: 3-4 million Vietnamese lost their lives, 1-2 million Loatians and Cambodians lost their lives, and 58, 159 US soldiers lost their lives.
I am not reporting this to start any political discussions, but I am reporting this event because it was FINALLY over!!
"Mandy" - Barry Manilow
"Please Mr Postman" - Carpenters
"Laughter In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka
"Fire" - Ohio Players
"You're No Good" - Linda Ronstadt
"Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band
"Best Of My Love" - The Eagles
"Have You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia Newton-John
"Black Water" - Doobie Brothers
"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons
"Lady Marmalade" - LaBelle
"Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton
"Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
"Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B. J. Thomas
"He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) - Tony Orlando & Dawn
"Shining Star" - Earth, Wind & Fire
"Before The Next Teardrop Falls" - Freddy Fender
"Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver
"Sister Golden Hair" - America
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - The Captain & Tennille
"Listen To What The Man Said" - Wings
"The Hustle" - Van McCoy
"One Of These Nights" - The Eagles
"Jive Talkin'" - Bee Gees
"Fallin' In Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Fame" - David Bowie
"I'm Sorry" - John Denver
"Bad Blood" - Neil Sedaka
"Island Girl" - Elton John
"That's The Way (I Like It) - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
"Fly, Robin, Fly" - Silver Convention
"Let's Do It Again"- The Staple Singers
"Down Down" - Status Quo
"Ms Grace" - Tymes
"January" - Pilot
"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me) - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
"If" - Telly Savalas
"Bye Bye Baby" - Bay City Rollers
"Oh Boy" - Mud
"Stand By Your Man" - Tammy Wynette
"Whispering Grass" - Windsor Davis & Don Estelle
"I'm Not In Love" - 10cc
"Tears On My Pillow (I Can't Take It)" - Johnny Nash
"Give A Little Love" - Bay City Rollers
"Barbados" - Typically Tropical
"I Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" - Stylistics
"Sailing" - Rod Stewart
"Hold Me Close" - David Essex
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel
"Space Oddity" - David Bowie
"D.I.V.O.R.C.E" - Billy Connolly
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen
Alive! - Kiss
All the Girls in the World Beware - Grand Funk Railroad
An Evening with John Denver - John Denver
Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
AWB - Average White Band
Barry Manilow II - Barry Manilow
Between the Lines - Janis Ian
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
Blow by Blow - Jeff Beck
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Breakaway - Art Garfunkel
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Chicago IX - Chicago
Chicago VIII - Chicago
Cold on the Shoulder - Gordon Lightfoot
Crash Landing - Jimi Hendrix
Cut the Cake - Average White Band
Dark Horse - George Harrison
Do it ( til you're satisfied ) - B. T. Express
Empty Sky - Elton John
Extra Texture - George Harrison
Fandango! - ZZ Top
Feels So Good - Grover Washington Jr
Fire - Ohio Players
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
For Earth Below - Robin Trower
Four Wheel Drive - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Gorilla - James Taylor
Gratitude - Earth Wind and Fire
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton John
Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
Hearts - America
History - America
Honey - Ohio Players
KC and the Sunshine Band - KC and the Sunshine Band
Love Will Keep Us Together - The Captain & Tenille
Made in the Shade - The Rolling Stones
Metamorphosis - The Rolling Stones
Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell
Mister Magic - Grover Washington Jr
New and Improved - The Spinners
Nightbirds - La Belle
Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive
Nuthin Fancy - Lynyrd Skynyrd
One of these Nights - The Eagles
Perfect Angel - Minnie Riperton
Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Pick of the Litter - The Spinners
Playing Possum - Carly Simon
Prisoner in Disguise - Linda Ronstadt
Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
Relayer - Yes
Rock n Roll - John Lennon
Rock of the Westies - Elton John
Rufusized - Rufus / Chaka Khan
Save Me - Silver Convention
Spirit of America - The Beach Boys
Stampede - The Doobie Brothers
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
Straight Shooter - Bad Company
That’s the Way of the World - Earth Wind and Fire
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & the Band
The Heat is On - The Isley Brothers
The Hissing of Summer Lawns - Joni Mitchell
The Who by Numbers - The Who
Tommy - The Who
Venus and Mars - Wings
War Child - Jethro Tull
Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
What Were Once Vices are Now Habits - The Doobie Brothers
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Win Lose or Draw - The Allman Brothers
Wind on the Water - David Crosby/Graham Nash
Windsong - John Denver
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Young Americans - David Bowie
Some Indie/Alternative albums from 1975
Roxy Music - Siren
Parliament - Mothership Connection
NEU - NEU '75
Brian Eno - Another Green World
Ian Hunter - Ian Hunter
Hatfield & The North - The Rotters' Club
Steve Hillage - Fish Rising
Gilgamesh - Gilgamesh
Henry Cow - In Praise of Learning
Adventures In Paradise - Minnie Riperton
Toys in the Attic - Aerosmith
Straight Shooter - Bad Company
Diamonds & Rust - Joan Baez
Dreadlocks Dread - Big Youth
Sabotage - Black Sabbath
Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits - Chicago
Chicago VIII - Chicago
Jamaica Say You Will - Joe Cocker
Born To Be With You - Dion DiMucci + Produced by Phil Spector
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band
Young Americans - David Bowie
Welcome to My Nightmare - Alice Cooper
Wind On The Water - David Crosby & Graham Nash
One of These Nights - The Eagles
Another Green World - Brian Eno
Ella and Oscar - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson
Montreux '75 - Ella Fitzgerald
Pieces Of The Sky - Emmylou Harris
Between the Lines - Janis Ian
The Koln Concert - Keith Jarrett
Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull
Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Dressed To Kill - Kiss
Kiss - Kiss
Autobahn - Kraftwerk
Radioactivity - Kraftwerk
Ronnie Lane's Slim Chance - Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Rock And Roll - John Lennon
Shaved Fish - John Lennon
The Last Record Album - Little Feat
Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren
Live! - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
Venus and Mars - Paul McCartney & Wings
Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson
Ommadawn - Mike Oldfield
The Outlaws - The Outlaws
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
The Sun Collection - Elvis Presley
Beautiful Loser - Bob Seger
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
A Night at the Opera - Queen
Siren - Roxy Music
Another Year - Leo Sayer
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised - Gil Scott-Heron
Next - The SensationalAlex HarveyBand
Horses - Patti Smith
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Can't Buy A Thrill - Steely Dan
Katy Lied - Steely Dan
Atlantic Crossing - Rod Stewart
Crisis What Crisis? - Supertramp
The Original Soundtrack - 10cc
Hokey Pokey - Richard and Linda Thompson
Pour Down Like Silver - Richard and Linda Thompson
Return To Fantasy - Uriah Heep
The Who By Numbers - The Who
Tommy - The Who
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Zuma - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
One Size Fits All - Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention
Fandango - ZZ Top
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