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Events
- January - The Ramones form.
- January - Joni Mitchell releases her monumental album Court and Spark, supported by the single "Help Me" reaching the highest moment of commercial success.
- February 1 - The Doobie Brothers release their album What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits featuring their signature and hit song "Black Water".
- February 8 - KISS releases their self-titled debut album.
- 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 rock club, 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 Troubadour Club in Los Angeles, California. Lennon and friend Harry Nilsson have been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and are forced to leave the club.
- March 16 - Country music's 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 5 - Van Halen play their first gig on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood at Gazzarri's.
- April 6
- 200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas, and the Eagles.
- Swedish group ABBA win the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in The Dome, Brighton, England, with the song "Waterloo", 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.
- July 29 - Having performed at two sold-out concerts at the London Palladium, 'Mama' Cass Elliot dies in her sleep after suffering a heart attack in a Mayfair flat in London, aged 32.
- August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of The J. Geils Band, marries actress Faye Dunaway.
- August 17 Ramones play their first concert at CBGB. The venue would help establish their place at the forefront of punk rock.
- December 12- Mick Taylor leaves The Rolling Stones after 6 years
- December 31- Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks join 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.
- 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.
- Blondie forms.
- The Stranglers form with original line up.
- Daniel Amos forms out of the remnants of Jubal's Last Band.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Bands formed
- Bad Company
- Blondie (originally Angel and the Snake, changed name in 1975)
- Cheap Trick
- Japan
- The Nits
- The Ramones
- Talking Heads
- The Stranglers
- Van Halen
Albums released
- Alvorecer - Clara Nunes
- Apostrophe - Frank Zappa
- Autobahn - Kraftwerk
- Bad Company - Bad Company (debut)
- Badfinger - Badfinger
- Before The Flood - Bob Dylan & The Band
- The Best of Top of the Pops '74 - Top of the Poppers
- Big Bad Bo - Bo Diddley
- Breakaway - Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
- Burn - Deep Purple
- Can't Get Enough - Barry White
- Caribou - Elton John
- The Civil Surface - Egg
- The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories - Kevin Ayers
- Country Life - Roxy Music
- Court and Spark - Joni Mitchell
- Crime of the Century - Supertramp
- Dandruff - Ivor Cutler
- Dark Horse - George Harrison
- David Live - David Bowie
- Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
- Desolation Boulevard - Sweet
- Eldorado - Electric Light Orchestra
- Elis & Tom - Elis Regina & Tom Jobim
- Ella in London - Ella Fitzgerald
- Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 - Elvis Presley
- Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis (live) - Elvis Presley
- The End - Nico
- Endless Summer - The Beach Boys
- Exotic Birds and Fruit - Procol Harum
- Faust IV - Faust
- Fall Into Spring - Rita Coolidge
- Fear - John Cale
- Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
- Fine and Mellow - Ella Fitzgerald
- Floating World - Jade Warrior
- Fly to the Rainbow - Scorpions
- 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
- Free and Easy - Helen Reddy
- Fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder
- Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
- Good Things Happening - Brotherhood of Man
- Good Times - Elvis Presley
- Goodbye - Gene Ammons
- Goodnight Vienna - Ringo Starr
- Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel - Grateful Dead
- Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis
- Greatest Hits - Alice Cooper
- Grievous Angel - Gram Parsons
- Hall of the Mountain Grill - Hawkwind
- Hamburger Concerto - Focus
- The Heart of Saturday Night - Tom Waits
- Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
- Hergest Ridge - Mike Oldfield
- Heroes Are Hard to Find - Fleetwood Mac
- Hollies - The Hollies
- The Hoople - Mott the Hoople
- Hotcakes - Carly Simon
- Hotter Than Hell - Kiss
- The Human Menagerie - Cockney Rebel (debut)
- I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight - Richard and Linda Thompson
- If You Love Me, Let Me Know - Olivia Newton-John
- I'm Leaving It All Up to You - Donny and Marie Osmond
- It's Only Rock 'n' Roll - The Rolling Stones
- It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison
- Jolene - Dolly Parton
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth - Rick Wakeman
- June 1, 1974 - Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico
- Just a Boy - Leo Sayer
- Kansas - Kansas (debut)
- Kimono My House - Sparks
- Kiss - Kiss (debut)
- Late for the Sky - Jackson Browne
- The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway - Genesis
- L'isola di niente - Premiata Forneria Marconi
- Live! - April Wine
- Live - The Dubliners
- Live - Mott the Hoople
- Live in London '74 - Bill Haley & His Comets
- Live in Japan - The Carpenters
- Live Rhymin' - Paul Simon
- Living in the 70's - Skyhooks
- Love Song for Jeffrey - Helen Reddy
- Loud 'n' Proud - Nazareth
- The Main Event – Live - Frank Sinatra
- Manifiesto - Víctor Jara
- Man of Miracles - Styx
- Manuel - Dalida
- Meet the Residents - The Residents (debut)
- Miami - James Gang
- Miles of Aisles - Joni Mitchell
- Mr. Natural - Bee Gees
- Musik Von Harmonia - Harmonia (debut)
- Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report
- Natty Dread - Bob Marley
- A Nice Pair - Pink Floyd
- The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) - Electric Light Orchestra
- Nightlife - Thin Lizzy
- Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle - The J. Geils Band
- 1969: The Velvet Underground Live - The Velvet Underground
- Not Fragile - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces - If
- Now We Are Six - Steeleye Span
- Olympia 74 - Dalida
- On the Beach - Neil Young
- On the Border - Eagles
- Odds & Sods - The Who
- Perfect Angel - Minnie Riperton
- Phaedra - Tangerine Dream
- Phenonmenon - UFO
- Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
- The Power and the Glory - Gentle Giant
- Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
- The Psychomodo - Cockney Rebel
- Queen II - Queen
- Quo - Status Quo
- Rampant - Nazareth
- Red - King Crimson
- Relayer - Yes
- Remember Me This Way - Gary Glitter
- Ride 'Em Cowboy - Paul Davis
- Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt
- Rocka Rolla - Judas Priest
- Rock 'n' Roll Animal - Lou Reed
- Röda Kapellet - Röda Kapellet
- Roxy & Elsewhere - Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
- Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock
- Rush - Rush (debut)
- Sally Can't Dance - Lou Reed
- Second Helping - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Secret Treaties - Blue Öyster Cult
- 7-Tease - Donovan
- Sheer Heart Attack - Queen
- Sheet Music - 10cc
- Shinin' On - Grand Funk Railroad
- Silverbird - Leo Sayer (debut)
- The Singles: 1969-1973 - The Carpenters
- Slapp Happy - Slapp Happy
- Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer (solo debut)
- Solid - The Groundhogs
- Some Nice Things I've Missed - Frank Sinatra
- Soon Over Babaluma - Can
- Spooky Lady's Sideshow - Kris Kristofferson
- Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic
- Starless and Bible Black - King Crimson
- Starting Over - Raspberries
- Streetlife Serenade - Billy Joel
- Sun Secrets - The Eric Burdon Band
- Sweet Fanny Adams - Sweet
- Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) - Brian Eno
- Tasty - Good Rats
- There's the Rub - Wishbone Ash
- Todd - Todd Rundgren
- Todd Rundgren's Utopia - Utopia (debut)
- Up for the Down Stroke - Parliament
- Veedon Fleece - Van Morrison
- Walking Man - James Taylor
- War Child - Jethro Tull
- Waterloo - ABBA
- We Had It All - Scott Walker
- What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits - The Doobie Brothers
- Where Have I Known You Before - Return to Forever
- Windfall - Rick Nelson
- Winter in America - Gil Scott-Heron
- Winter Light - Oregon
- Wish You Were Here - Badfinger
- Wonderworld - Uriah Heep
- Wrap Around Joy - Carole King
- Zuckerzeit - Cluster
Biggest hit singles
The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1974.
| # | Artist | Title | Year | Country | Chart Entries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carl Douglas | Kung Fu Fighting | 1974 | UK 1 - Aug 1974, US BB 1 - Nov 1974, Canada 1 - Nov 1974, Holland 1 - Oct 1974, France 1 - Sep 1974, Austria 1 - Dec 1974, Germany 1 - Jan 1975, Éire 1 - Oct 1974, Australia 1 for 3 weeks Jul 1975, Switzerland 2 - Nov 1974, South Africa 2 of 1974, Norway 3 - Oct 1974, US BB 5 of 1974, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1974, Sweden 8 - Aug 1998, POP 9 of 1974, Italy 10 of 1975, US CashBox 11 of 1975, Scrobulate 12 of disco, Australia 22 of 1974, Germany 27 of the 1970s, RYM 84 of 1974, OzNet 842 | |
| 2 | Terry Jacks | Seasons in the Sun | 1974 | UK 1 - Mar 1974, US BB 1 - Feb 1974, Canada 1 - Nov 1973, France 1 - May 1974, Austria 1 - Apr 1974, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1974, Norway 1 - Apr 1974, Germany 1 - Mar 1974, Éire 1 - Apr 1974, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Nov 1974, Australia Goset 1 - Apr 1974, Australia 5 of 1974, Holland 6 - Mar 1974, South Africa 6 of 1974, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1974, US CashBox 9 of 1974, POP 19 of 1974, Germany 33 of the 1970s, US BB 38 of 1974, RYM 38 of 1973, DDD 65 of 1973 | |
| 3 | ABBA | Waterloo | 1974 | UK 1 - Apr 1974, Switzerland 1 - Apr 1974, Norway 1 - Apr 1974, Germany 1 - May 1974, Éire 1 - Apr 1974, Holland 2 - Apr 1974, Austria 2 - May 1974, Canada 3 - Jun 1974, France 5 - Apr 1974, US BB 6 - Jun 1974, Scrobulate 6 of Swedish, Australia Goset 10 - Jul 1974, South Africa 14 of 1974, POP 23 of 1974, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1974, RYM 33 of 1974, Germany 49 of the 1970s, Italy 51 of 1974, Europe 55 of the 1970s, US CashBox 84 of 1974, OzNet 413, Acclaimed 1016 | |
| 4 | Steve Miller Band | The Joker | 1974 | UK 1 - Aug 1990, US BB 1 - Nov 1973, Holland 1 - Oct 1973, Éire 1 - Sep 1990, Canada 2 - Dec 1973, Norway 2 - Nov 1990, Switzerland 5 - Oct 1990, Austria 6 - Oct 1990, Germany 7 - Jan 1991, Australia Goset 7 - Feb 1974, France 8 - Dec 1973, US CashBox 10 of 1974, Poland 11 - Sep 1990, DDD 13 of 1973, US BB 21 of 1974, POP 33 of 1974, RYM 61 of 1973, Scrobulate 62 of 70s, Virgin 84, TheQ 297, Germany 399 of the 1990s, OzNet 561, Acclaimed 1721 | |
| 5 | George McCrae | Rock Your Baby | 1974 | UK 1 - Jun 1974, US BB 1 - Jun 1974, Holland 1 - Aug 1974, Austria 1 - Oct 1974, Switzerland 1 - Aug 1974, Norway 1 - Sep 1974, Germany 1 - Jan 1975, Canada 2 - Jun 1974, France 4 - Aug 1974, Germany 7 of the 1970s, Global 7 (10 M sold) - 1974, Italy 11 of 1974, Australia 20 of 1974, Australia Goset 37 - Aug 1974, RYM 39 of 1974, US CashBox 40 of 1974, Acclaimed 807 |
Other Hit Singles
- "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Rolling Stones
- "After The Goldrush" - Prelude
- "All Of My Life" - Diana Ross
- "Already Gone" - Eagles
- "Always Yours" - Gary Glitter
- "Amateur Hour" - Sparks
- "Angel Face" - Glitter Band
- "Annie's Song" - John Denver
- "Another Park, Another Sunday" - The Doobie Brothers
- "Another Saturday Night" - Cat Stevens
- "Are You Ready to Rock - Wizzard
- "Banana Rock" - The Wombles
- "Band on the Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "The Bangin' Man" - Slade
- "Beach Baby" - The First Class
- "Best of My Love" - Eagles
- "Billy Don't Be a Hero" - Paper Lace
- "Billy Don't Be a Hero" - Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
- "The Bitch Is Back" - Elton John
- "Black Water" - The Doobie Brothers
- "Born With a Smile On My Face" - Stephanie de Sykes & Rain
- "Break the Rules" - Status Quo
- "The Bump" - Kenny
- "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
- "Burn Baby Burn" - Hudson Ford
- "Candle in the Wind" - Elton John
- "Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company
- "The Cat Crept In" - Mud
- "Cat's in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin
- "Devil Gate Drive" - Suzi Quatro
- "Diamond Dogs" - David Bowie
- "Doctor's Orders" - Sunny
- "Doctor's Orders" - Carol Douglas
- "Don't Let the Sun go Down on Me" - Elton John
- "Don't Stay Away Too Long - Peters and Lee
- "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" - Stevie Wonder
- "Down Down" - Status Quo
- "Emma" - Hot Chocolate
- "Everyday" - Slade
- "Everything I Own" - Ken Boothe
- "Far Far Away" - Slade
- "Forever" - Roy Wood
- "Free Man in Paris" - Joni Mitchell
- "Get Dancin'" - Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes
- "Go (Before You Break My Heart)" [English version of "Sì"] - Gigliola Cinquetti
- "Going Down the Road" - Roy Wood
- "Gonna Make You a Star" - David Essex
- "Guilty" - The Pearls
- "Hang On In There Baby" - Johnny Bristol
- "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" - Carly Simon
- "He's Misstra Know It All" - Stevie Wonder
- "Help Me" - Joni Mitchell
- "Homely Girl" - The Chi-Lites
- "Honey, Honey" - ABBA
- "Hooked on a Feeling" - Blue Swede
- "How Come" - Ronnie Lane & Slim Chance
- "How Long?" - Ace
- "I Can't Stop" - The Osmonds
- "I Honestly Love You" - Olivia Newton-John
- "I Know What I Like (In Your Wardrobe)" - Genesis
- "I See a Star" - Mouth & MacNeal
- "I Shot the Sheriff" - Eric Clapton
- "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" - Jim Croce
- "I'm Leaving It All Up to You - Donny and Marie Osmond
- "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll" - The Rolling Stones
- "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" - The Carpenters
- "Jarrow Song" - Alan Price
- "Jealous Mind" - Alvin Stardust
- "Jet" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Judy Teen" - Cockney Rebel
- "Juke Box Jive" - The Rubettes
- "Jungle Boogie" - Kool & the Gang
- "Junior's Farm" - Paul McCartney & Wings
- "Killer Queen" - Queen
- "Kissin' in the Back Row of the Movies" - The Drifters
- "Kung Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas
- "Let It Ride" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- "Let's Put It All Together" - The Stylistics
- "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" - Reunion
- "Liverpool Lou" - The Scaffold
- "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad
- "Lonely This Christmas" - Mud
- "Long Legged Woman Dressed in Black" - Mungo Jerry
- "Long Live Love" - Olivia Newton-John
- "Long Tall Glasses" - Leo Sayer
- "The Love I Lost" - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
- "Love Me for a Reason" - The Osmonds
- "Love On A Mountain Top" - Robert Knight
- "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
- "Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle" - Electric Light Orchestra
- "Machine Gun" - Commodores
- "Magic" - Pilot
- "The Man Who Sold the World" - Lulu
- "Midnight at the Oasis" - Maria Muldaur
- "Mockingbird" - Carly Simon (with James Taylor)
- "Money" - Pink Floyd
- "Mr Soft" - Cockney Rebel
- "Ms Grace" - The Tymes
- "My Melody of Love" - Bobby Vinton
- "The Night Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
- "Oh Very Young" - Cat Stevens
- "Oh Yes! You're Beautiful" - Gary Glitter
- "One Man Band" - Leo Sayer
- "Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)" - Raspberries
- "Queen of Clubs" - KC and the Sunshine Band
- "Radar Love" - Golden Earring
- "Rebel Rebel" - David Bowie
- "Remember" - Bay City Rollers
- "Remember Me This Way" - Gary Glitter
- "Remember You're A Womble" - The Wombles
- "Ride 'Em Cowboy" - Paul Davis
- "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" - Steely Dan
- "Rock 'n' Roll Winter" - Wizzard
- "Rock Me Gently" - Andy Kim
- "Rock On" - David Essex
- "Rock the Boat" - Hues Corporation
- "Rock Your Baby" - George McCrae
- "Rocket" - Mud
- "Rockin' Roll Baby" - The Stylistics
- "Sad Sweet Dreamer - Sweet Sensation
- "School Love" - Barry Blue
- "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
- "Shang-A-Lang" - Bay City Rollers
- "She" - Charles Aznavour
- "The Show Must Go On" - Leo Sayer
- "The Six Teens" - The Sweet
- "Smokin' in the Boys Room" - Brownsville Station
- "Solitaire" - Andy Williams
- "Star" - Stealers Wheel
- "Stop and Smell the Roses" - Mac Davis
- "The Streak" - Ray Stevens
- "Streets of London" - Ralph McTell
- "Sugar Baby Love" - The Rubettes
- "Summer Breeze" - The Isley Brothers
- "Summerlove Sensation" - Bay City Rollers
- "Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB (with vocals by The Three Degrees)
- "Takin' Care of Business" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- "Teenage Lament '74" - Alice Cooper
- "Teenage Rampage" - The Sweet
- "Tell Me Something Good" - Rufus
- "There's A Ghost In My House" - R. Dean Taylor
- "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" - Sparks
- "Tiger Feet" - Mud
- "Tin Man" - America
- "Touch Too Much" - The Arrows
- "Virginia (Touch Me Like You Do) - Bill Amesbury
- "A Walkin' Miracle" - Limmie & The Family Cookin'
- "The Wall Street Shuffle" - 10cc
- "Waterloo" - ABBA
- "Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" - John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Nuclear Band
- "When Will I See You Again" - The Three Degrees
- "The Wild One" - Suzi Quatro
- "Who Do You Think You Are" - Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods
- "A Wombling Merry Christmas" - The Wombles
- "The Wombling Song" - The Wombles
- "Y Viva España" - Sylvia
- "Year of Decision" - The Three Degrees
- "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" - Bachman-Turner Overdrive
- "You Are Everything" - Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye
- "You Haven't Done Nothin'" - Stevie Wonder
- "You Little Trustmaker" - The Tymes
- "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics
- "(You're) Having My Baby" - Paul Anka & Odia Coates
- "You're the First, the Last, My Everything" - Barry White
Published popular music
- "Annie's Song" w.m. John Denver
- "Happy Days" w.m. Pratt & McClain from the ABC-TV Series Happy Days
- "Hasta Mañana" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
- "I Honestly Love You" w.m. Peter Allen & Jeff Barry
- "I Won't Send Roses" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mack & Mabel
- "I've Got The Music In Me" w.m. Bias Boshell
- "Midnight At The Oasis" w.m. David Nichtern
- "Murder On The Orient Express" m. Richard Rodney Bennett from the film Murder on the Orient Express
- "Freebird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
- "No Goodbyes" w.m. Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman from the musical Over Here
- "Pencil Thin Mustache" w.m. Jimmy Buffett
- "Ring Ring" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson, Björn Ulvaeus, Neil Sedaka & Phil Cody
- "She" w. Herbert Kretzmer m. Charles Aznavour
- "Southern Nights" w.m. Allen Toussaint
- "Sundown" w.m. Gordon Lightfoot
- "Sunshine On My Shoulder" w.m. John Denver, Richard Kniss & Michael Taylor
- "Tap Your Troubles Away" w.m. Jerry Herman from the musical Mack & Mabel
- "Waterloo" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
- "We May Never Love Like This Again" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschorn. From the film The Towering Inferno
- "Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott" w.m. Don Reid
- "(You're) Having My Baby" w.m. Paul Anka
- "Gigi L'Amoroso" - Dalida
- "Anima Mia" - Dalida
- "Ta Femme" - Dalida
Classical music
- Anne Boyd - Angklung for piano
- George Crumb - Music for a Summer Evening (Makrokosmos III) for two amplified pianos and percussion (two players).
- Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 7 for orchestra and tape
- Mario Davidovsky - Synchronisms No. 8 for woodwind quintet and tape
- Einar Englund - Piano Concerto no. 2
- Lorenzo Ferrero
- Ellipse III
- Ellipse IV (Waldmusik)
- Nicolas Flagello - The Passion of Martin Luther King (oratorio)
- Joaquin Homs - Trio
- György Ligeti - San Francisco Polyphony for orchestra (1973-74)
- Wolfgang Regel - Requiem "à la mémoire de César Geoffray"
- Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians
- Wolfgang Rihm –
- Dis-Kontur for orchestra
- Hervorgedunkelt (text: Paul Celan), for mezzo-soprano, flute, harp, vibraphone, cello, organ, and percussion
- Klavierstück Nr. 4
- Siebengestalt, for organ and tam-tam
- Dmitri Shostakovich - String Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, Op. 144
- Karlheinz Stockhausen – Inori for one or two soloists and orchestra
Opera
- Robert Ashley - Music with Roots in the Aether
Musical theater
- Candide (Leonard Bernstein) - Broadway revival
- Cole London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on July 2. Cast included Julia McKenzie, Bill Kerr, Una Stubbs and Rod McLennan
- Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway revival
- Hans Christian Andersen London production
- Lorelei Broadway production
- Mack & Mabel Broadway production
- The Magic Show off-Broadway production
- Over Here! Broadway production
- West Side Story (Bernstein) - London revival
Musical films
- Huckleberry Finn
- Lost in the Stars
- Mame
- Phantom of the Paradise
- That's Entertainment!
- Son of Dracula
Births
- January 10 - Jemaine Clement bassist, guitarist, pianist, singer Flight of the Conchords
- February 11 - D'Angelo, singer, producer
- February 13 - Robbie Williams, singer
- February 23 - Jaime Villarreal, rock musician
- April 14 - Da Brat, rapper
- April 17 - Victoria Beckham, singer
- April 18 - Millie Corretjer, singer and actress
- April 20 - Tina Cousins, singer
- May 16 - Laura Pausini, singer
- May 17 - Andrea Corr, singer The Corrs
- May 18 - Chantal Kreviazuk, singer-songwriter
- May 23 - Jewel, singer
- May 30 - Cee-Lo Green, singer
- June 1 - Alanis Morissette, singer-songwriter
- July 9 - Nikola Sarcevic, singer and bassist Millencolin
- July 11 - Lil' Kim, rapper
- July 12 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer
- July 13 - Deborah Cox, R&B singer
- July 16 - Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft
- July 21 - Terry Coldwell, East 17
- August 8:
- Preta Gil, singer
- Brian Harvey, East 17
- August 14 - Ana Matronic, Scissor Sisters
- August 17 - Salem Abraha, singer-songwriter
- August 30 - Aaron Barrett, Reel Big Fish
- September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, comedian & musician
- October 1 - Keith Duffy, Boyzone
- October 5 - Heather Headley, soul singer
- October 18 - Peter Svensson, The Cardigans
- November 2 - Nelly, Rapper
- November 4 - Louise Nurding, singer and former member of Eternal
- December 7 - Nicole Appleton, singer
- December 10 - Meg White, The White Stripes
- December 24 - Julian Rachlin, violinist
Deaths
- February 15 - Kurt Atterberg, composer
- March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor
- March 28
- Dorothy Fields, lyricist
- Dino Ciani, pianist
- Arthur Crudup, singer, aged 68
- April 15 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter
- April 17 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer
- April 25 - Pamela Courson, Jim Morrison's widow, heroin overdose
- May - Paul Gonsalves, jazz saxophonist
- 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
- August 6 - Gene Ammons
- 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
- November 21 - Frank Martin, composer
- November 25 - Nick Drake, British singer/songwriter, overdose
Awards
Grammy Awards
Country Music Association Awards
Eurovision Song Contest
See also
- 1974
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