1974 in music

See also: 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Musical theater
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 Awards

9.1 Grammy Awards
9.2 Country Music Association Awards
9.3 Eurovision Song Contest

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
Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
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 on record

"Waterloo" - Abba
"Piano Man" - Billy Joel
"Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
"Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
"Beach Baby" - First Class
"Until You Come 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

Published popular music

"I Honestly Love You" w.m. Peter Allen & Jeff Barry
"I've Got The Music In Me" w.m. Bias Boshell
"Midnight At The Oasis" w.m. David Nichtern

Musical theater

Candide Broadway revival
Gypsy 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 London revival

Musical films

Huckleberry Finn
Lost in the Stars
Mame
Phantom of the Paradise
That's Entertainment
Son of Dracula

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