1974 in music

Events

• 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, California. Lennon and friend Harry Nilsson had been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and were forced to leave the club
• 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 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
• Patti Smith releases her debut recording, which many consider to be the first punk rock single, "Hey Joe"
• 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 & 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
• Daniel Amos forms out of the remnants of Jubal's Last Band[?].
• The Ramones form

Albums Released

• Get Your Wings[?] - Aerosmith
• Radio City - Big Star
• Late For The Sky[?] - Jackson Browne
• VII[?] - Chicago
• 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
• Paradise and Lunch[?] - Ry Cooder
• Burn - Deep Purple
• Stormbringer - Deep Purple
• Planet Waves[?] - Bob Dylan
• Before the Flood[?] - Bob Dylan (Live with the Band)
• If You Love Me, Let Me Now[?] - Olivia Newton-John
• Caribou[?] - Elton John
• On the Border[?] - The Eagles
• Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends[?]...Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Here Come the Warm Jets[?] - Brian Eno
• Heroes Are Hard to Find[?] - Fleetwood Mac
• Headhunters[?] - Herbie Hancock
• Caught Up and Still Caught Up[?] - Millie Jackson[?]
• War Child[?] - Jethro Tull
• Caribou[?] - Elton John
• Red[?] - King Crimson
• Court & Spark[?] - Joni Mitchell
• Walls and Bridges[?] - John Lennon
• Good Old Boys[?] - Randy Newman
• Rocka Rolla[?] - Judas Priest
• Feats Don't Fail Me Now[?] - Little Feat[?]
• Up For The Down Stroke[?] - Parliament
• Band on the Run[?] - Paul McCartney & Wings
• Heart Like a Wheel[?] - Linda Ronstadt
• I Got a Name[?] - Jim Croce
• Not Fragile[?] - Bachman Turner Overdrive[?]
• Pretzel Logic[?] - Steely Dan
• Cyan[?] - Three Dog Night[?]
• It's Too Late to Stop Now[?] - Van Morrison
• Endless Way[?] - Kazumi Watanabe
• Odds & Sods[?] - The Who
• fulfillingness' First Finale[?] - Stevie Wonder

Top Hits

• "Waterloo" - Abba
• "Piano Man" - Billy Joel
• "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
• "Beach Baby" - First Class[?]
• "[Until You Comr Back to Me" - Aretha Franklin
• "The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
• "The Ocean" - Led Zeppelin
• "Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John
• "Living For The City " - Stevie Wonder
• "Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton
• "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - John Lennon
• "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra[?]
• "Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone[?]
• "Sweet Hone Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Dancing Machine" - Jackson 5
• "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks[?]
• "Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone[?]
• "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad
• "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
• "Sunshine on My Shoulders" - John Denver
• "T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB & the 3 Degrees[?]
• "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics
• "When Will I See You Again" - Three Degrees[?]
• "Show and Tell" - Al Wilson[?]

For a more complete list of hits by month, see here (http://home.earthlink.net/~yellowbrickroad/1974.htm).

Births

• February 11 - D'Angelo
• February 13 - Robbie Williams
• April 14 - Da Brat
• May 23 - Jewel
• June 1 - Alanis Morissette
• September 19 - Jimmy Fallon[?], comedian & musician
• October 18 - Peter Svenson[?], The Cardigans

Deaths

• March 28 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup[?], stroke
• April 25 - Pam Morrison[?], Jim Morrison's widow, heroine overdose

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1974

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1974