The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page. (November 2009) List of years in music (Table) … 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 •    1970 • 1971 • 1972 – 1973 – 1974 • 1975 • 1976 •    1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 … Related time period or subjects … 1970 • 1971 • 1972 – 1973 – 1974 • 1975 • 1976 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Foghat's Tony Stevens in 1973 Isaac Hayes in 1973 Dizzy Gillespie in 1973 Joan Baez in 1973 Events January–April January 9 – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour. January 13 – Aerosmith make their debut by releasing the album Aerosmith. January 14 Elvis Presley's Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite television special is broadcasted in over 40 countries around the world. Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession at his Marin County home. January 18 – The Rolling Stones' benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000. On December 22, 1972, an earthquake destroyed Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. January 21 – The Rolling Stones open their Pacific tour of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in Honolulu, Hawaii. January 30 – Kiss performs their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens. February 2 - The Midnight Special makes its debut as a regular series on NBC. Helen Reddy is the featured artist. February 14 – David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden. February 18 - The King Biscuit Flower Hour is first broadcast with performances by Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and new artist Bruce Springsteen. March 1 – The Joffrey Ballet's Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely to music by The Beach Boys. March 5 – Jimi Hendrix's former personal manager, Michael Jeffery, is killed in a plane crash. Jeffery was travelling from Majorca to England. All passengers on board the plane were killed. March 6 – The New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels John Lennon's visa extension five days after granting it. March 7 – The director of talent acquisition at Columbia Records, John H. Hammond suffers a non-fatal heart attack following a performance by one of his most recent finds, Bruce Springsteen. March 8 – Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm. March 10 - Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon. March 14 - The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England. March 24 – Lou Reed is bitten on the buttocks by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York. April 2 – Capitol Records releases two collections of The Beatles' greatest hits, The Beatles 1962-1966 and The Beatles 1967-1970 (commonly referred to as the "Red Album" and the "Blue Album", respectively). April 7 – In Luxembourg, the 18th Eurovision Song Contest is won by Luxembourg for the second consecutive year, this time with "Tu te reconnaîtras", sung by Anne-Marie David. April 16 – Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on television. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings. Opening of CBGB's May–August May 4 – July 29 – Led Zeppelin embarks on a tour of the United States, during which they set the record for highest attendance for a concert, 56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The record was previously held by The Beatles. Performances for the movie The Song Remains the Same are also filmed. May 9 – Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by The Rolling Stones' January 18 benefit concert for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake. May 12 - David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre. May 25 – Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly-launched Virgin label. June 4 - Ronnie Lane plays his last show with Faces at the Edmonton Sundown in London. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting. June 29 - The Scorpions play their first gig with Uli Roth at a festival in Vechta. Roth was originally intended as a temporary replacement for Michael Schenker, who had just been snapped up by U.F.O. earlier in the month. June 30 - Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple. July 1 – Slade play a sell-out Earls Court in London after two number one singles this year. July 3 – David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon at the end of his British tour. July 4 – Slade drummer Don Powell is critically injured in a car crash in Wolverhampton; his 20-year-old girlfriend is killed. With his life in danger, the band's future is left in the balance. Powell recovered after surgery, and was able to join the band ten weeks later in New York, to record "Merry Xmas Everybody". July 13 - The Everly Brothers break up. July 15 - Ray Davies of The Kinks makes an emotional outburst during a performance at White City Stadium, announcing he is quitting the group. July 28 – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival is attended by 600,000, who see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead. August 6 - Stevie Wonder is seriously injured in a car accident outside Durham, North Carolina, spending the next four days in a coma. August 20 - The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival. August 25 - The Allman Brothers nearly suffer another tragedy when Butch Trucks crashes his car near Macon, Georgia, not far from where Duane Allman was killed two years earlier. Trucks survives with only a broken leg. September–December September 1 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Vienna, Austria. September 20 – Jim Croce, Maury Muehleisen and four others die in a plane crash in Louisiana. September 22 – Benita Valente makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, singing Pamina in The Magic Flute. September 23 - The Roxy Theatre opens in West Hollywood, California. September 27 - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert premieres on syndicated television with a performance by The Rolling Stones. October 13 – Family play their last concert at De Montfort Hall at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local Holiday Inn after the show ends in a good-natured melee, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool. October 17 - The 1973 oil crisis begins, causing shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records. A number of new albums are either delayed or only available in limited quantities until after the holiday season. October 19 – The Who release Quadrophenia, one of their most critically acclaimed albums. October 20 – Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom opens Sydney Opera House. November 1 - Kiss becomes the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label, Casablanca Records. November 20 - The Who open their Quadrophenia US tour with a concert at San Franscisco's Cow Palace, but drummer Keith Moon passes out and has to be carried off the stage. 19-year old fan Scot Halpin is selected from the audience to finish the show. December 3 - CBGB music club opens in Manhattan. December 15 - Jermaine Jackson marries Hazel Gordy, daughter of Motown Records executive Barry Gordy. December 25 – Universal Pictures releases The Sting, reviving interest in the ragtime music of Scott Joplin. December 31 Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young perform under the name AC/DC at the former Sydney nightclub 'Chequers' for their New Year's Eve party. The second annual New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on NBC, with performances by Tower of Power, Billy Preston and The Pointer Sisters. Unknown dates Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music merge to create the Royal Northern College of Music. The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is launched, with Pablo Casals as its president. U.F.O. signs a contract with Chrysalis Records. The Ronettes break up, and Ronnie Bennett begins a solo career Australian pop/rock band Tin Tin disbands. New line up of UK pop group Brotherhood of Man are formed. This line-up still continues today. Cabaret Voltaire, pioneers of electronica and industrial music, form in Sheffield, England. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1973 Bands disbanded The Byrds The Doors The Everly Brothers Family Scorpions disbanded briefly before re-emerging with Dawn Road (Uli Roth's band). Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 5 Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - 8 Approximately Infinite Universe Yoko Ono - Holland The Beach Boys - 13 Aerosmith Aerosmith - 23 The Six Wives of Henry VIII Rick Wakeman - 26 Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player Elton John - - Any Old Wind That Blows Johnny Cash - Artificial Paradise The Guess Who - Back in '72 Bob Seger - Better Days Paul Butterfield's Better Days - Composite Truth Mandrill - GP Gram Parsons - Heartbreaker Free - In Concert Derek and the Dominos Live 1970 Just Being Myself Dionne Warwick - Life and Times Jim Croce - Life in a Tin Can Bee Gees - Naked Songs Al Kooper - One Foot in History John Nitzinger - Phew Claudia Lennear - Separate Ways Elvis Presley Compilation True Stories and Other Dreams Judy Collins - We the People Ellen McIlwaine - Who Do We Think We Are Deep Purple - February Day Album Artist Notes 4 Aloha from Hawaii: Via Satellite Elvis Presley Live 11 Tyranny and Mutation Blue Öyster Cult - 18 Blueprint Rory Gallagher - 21 Masterpiece The Temptations - 25 Billion Dollar Babies Alice Cooper - In the Right Place Dr. John - - All Out Grin - Back Up Against the Wall Atlanta Rhythm Section - The Best of Mountain Mountain Compilation Black Caesar James Brown Soundtrack Camel Camel - Cameo Dusty Springfield - Chapter VII Buddy Miles Band - Dixie Chicken Little Feat - ELO 2 Electric Light Orchestra - Heaven Help the Child Mickey Newbury - Kids Say the Darndest Things Tammy Wynette - Proud Words on a Dusty Shelf Ken Hensley - Raw Power The Stooges - Rosie Fairport Convention - The Session Jerry Lee Lewis - Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory Traffic - Solid Air John Martyn - Steelyard Blues Mike Bloomfield, Paul Butterfield, Nick Gravenites et al. Soundtrack March Day Album Artist Notes 2 The Captain and Me The Doobie Brothers - 7 Byrds The Byrds - 9 The New Age Canned Heat - 10 The Dark Side of the Moon Pink Floyd - 16 Tanx T. Rex - 23 For Your Pleasure Roxy Music - Larks Tongues in Aspic King Crimson - 26 Ring Ring ABBA - 28 Houses of the Holy Led Zeppelin - 29 Skywriter The Jackson 5 - - Alone Together Donny Osmond - Atem Tangerine Dream - Beck, Bogert & Appice Beck, Bogert & Appice - Be What You Want To Link Wray - Birds of Fire Mahavishnu Orchestra - Closing Time Tom Waits - Cosmic Wheels Donovan - Eat It Humble Pie Double LP; three sides studio, one side live Fire Up Merl Saunders - Foghat Foghat aka Rock and Roll Grand Hotel Procol Harum - Heart Food Judee Sill - In Deep Argent - Mother's Pride Fanny - My Feet Are Smiling Leo Kottke Live My Tennessee Mountain Home Dolly Parton - Neither One of Us Gladys Knight & the Pips - Paris 1919 John Cale - Penguin Fleetwood Mac - The Pointer Sisters Pointer Sisters - Raunch 'N' Roll Live Black Oak Arkansas Live Still Alive and Well Johnny Winter - Sylvester and the Hot Band Sylvester - Where Are You Now, My Son? Joan Baez - A Wizard, a True Star Todd Rundgren - April Day Album Artist Notes 2 The Beatles 1962-1966 The Beatles Compilation The Beatles 1967-1970 The Beatles Compilation 12 Bloodshot The J. Geils Band - 13 Aladdin Sane David Bowie - Catch a Fire Bob Marley & The Wailers - Music and Me Michael Jackson - 17 Desperado Eagles - 18 Renaissance The Miracles - 30 Red Rose Speedway Paul McCartney and Wings - - Bittersweet White Light Cher - The Blue Ridge Rangers John Fogerty - Call Me Al Green - Daltrey Roger Daltrey - Danny's Song Anne Murray Studio and live Diamond Girl Seals and Crofts - The Golden Age of Rock 'N' Roll Sha Na Na Double LP; three sides live The Gospel Road Johnny Cash Soundtrack The Marshall Tucker Band The Marshall Tucker Band - Melanie at Carnegie Hall Melanie Live My Sportin' Life John Kay - No Ruinous Feud Incredible String Band - Ooh La La Faces - Parcel of Rogues Steeleye Span - Thirty Seconds Over Winterland Jefferson Airplane Live Uriah Heep Live Uriah Heep Live May Day Album Artist Notes 5 There Goes Rhymin' Simon Paul Simon - 9 Now & Then The Carpenters - 11 Space Ritual Hawkwind Live Wishbone Four Wishbone Ash - 17 Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bachman–Turner Overdrive - 18 History of The Byrds The Byrds Compilation Yessongs Yes Live 25 Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield - 30 Living in the Material World George Harrison - - Bananamour Kevin Ayers - Country Casanova Commander Cody - Frampton's Camel Peter Frampton - Head to the Sky Earth, Wind & Fire - Honey in the Rock Charlie Daniels - I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star) Glen Campbell - Live Songs Leonard Cohen Live Razamanaz Nazareth - Rigor Mortis Sets In John Entwistle - You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw Spooky Tooth - June Day Album Artist Notes 1 Touch Me Gary Glitter - 15 Messin' Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 18 The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get Joe Walsh - 19 Smokey Smokey Robinson - 22 Touch Me in the Morning Diana Ross - 25 Chicago VI Chicago - 30 Fresh Sly & the Family Stone - - #10 The Guess Who - Crossword Puzzle The Partridge Family - Fantasy Carole King - Farewell Andromeda John Denver - Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) Aretha Franklin - Jack the Toad Savoy Brown - Jesus Christ Superstar Various Artists Soundtrack Leon Live Leon Russell Live A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night Harry Nilsson and Gordon Jenkins - The Plan The Osmonds - Roger McGuinn Roger McGuinn - Super Fly T.N.T. Osibisa Soundtrack A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean Jimmy Buffett - Woman Across the River Freddie King - July Day Album Artist Notes 6 A Passion Play Jethro Tull - 7 Barry Manilow Barry Manilow - 13 History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice) Grateful Dead Live 1970 Queen Queen - 16 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Bob Dylan Soundtrack 20 Love Devotion Surrender Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin - Mott Mott the Hoople - 25 Foreigner Cat Stevens - 26 Tres Hombres ZZ Top - 27 Genesis Live Genesis Live The New York Dolls New York Dolls - We're an American Band Grand Funk Railroad - - African Herbsman The Wailers Compilation Berlin Lou Reed - Countdown to Ecstasy Steely Dan - Elvis Elvis Presley - Honky Tonk Heroes Waylon Jennings - Moontan Golden Earring - The Morning After Maureen McGovern - Styx II Styx - The Sweet Sweet US-only compilation and debut 10cc 10cc - Whatever Turns You On West, Bruce and Laing - August Day Album Artist Notes 3 Innervisions Stevie Wonder - 10 Sing It Again Rod Rod Stewart Compilation 13 (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd) Lynyrd Skynyrd - 14 Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack - 28 Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye - 31 Goats Head Soup The Rolling Stones - - 41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti Various Artists Soundtrack Bio Chuck Berry - Boulders Roy Wood - Brothers and Sisters The Allman Brothers Band - Deliver the Word War - Hard Nose the Highway Van Morrison - Johnny Cash and His Woman Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash - Leg End Henry Cow - Live at Montezuma Hall Mickey Newbury Live Long Hard Climb Helen Reddy - Maria Muldaur Maria Muldaur - Music is Your Mistress Linda Hargrove - No Sweat Blood, Sweat & Tears - Out of Our Hands Flash - Pressure Cookin' Labelle - 3 + 3 The Isley Brothers - Unlucky Boy Chicken Shack - Valley Hi Ian Matthews - Volcanic Rock Buffalo - September Day Album Artist Notes 7 Over-Nite Sensation Frank Zappa - 10 Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert Eric Clapton Live 11 The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle Bruce Springsteen - 12 G.I.T.: Get It Together The Jackson 5 - 15 Crazy Eyes Poco - 21 Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music Billy Preston - Faust IV Faust - Vagabonds of the Western World Thin Lizzy - 28 Hello! Status Quo - - Angel Clare Art Garfunkel - Back into the Future Man Live Bang James Gang - Bubbling Over Dolly Parton - Can You Feel It Lighthouse - Don't Cry Now Linda Ronstadt - Full Moon Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge - Half-Breed Cher - Hank Wilson's Back, Vol. 1 Leon Russell as Hank Wilson In a Glass House Gentle Giant - It's Only a Movie Family - Just Outside of Town Mandrill - Main Street People Four Tops - Paper Roses Marie Osmond - Show Your Hand Average White Band - Sometimes a Memory Ain't Enough Jerry Lee Lewis - Sweet Freedom Uriah Heep - Ten Years Are Gone John Mayall - Where My Heart Is Ronnie Milsap - October Day Album Artist Notes 5 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John - These Foolish Things Bryan Ferry - 12 Selling England by the Pound Genesis - 13 Head Hunters Herbie Hancock - 15 Moondog Matinee The Band - Mystery to Me Fleetwood Mac - Time Fades Away Neil Young Live Wake of the Flood Grateful Dead - 16 Live in Europe Creedence Clearwater Revival Live 19 Burnin' Bob Marley & The Wailers - Hat Trick America - Pin Ups David Bowie Covers album Quadrophenia The Who - 26 Diana & Marvin Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye - - The Adventures of Panama Red New Riders of the Purple Sage - All American Boy Rick Derringer - Ashes Are Burning Renaissance - At the Rainbow Focus Live Belly Up! Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Bodacious DF Bodacious DF - Bulletin Board The Partridge Family - Cyan Three Dog Night - Cyborg Klaus Schulze - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes David Cassidy - Five & Dime David Ackles - For Everyman Jackson Browne - Full Sail Loggins and Messina - Gone Crazy Grin - Imagination Gladys Knight & the Pips - Inside Out John Martyn - I Remember Hank Williams Glen Campbell - It All Comes Back Paul Butterfield's Better Days - The Joker Steve Miller Band - Laid Back Gregg Allman - Mine Dolly Parton Compilation Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back Frank Sinatra - On the Road Traffic Live Playin' Favorites Don McLean - Please Don't Ever Change Brinsley Schwarz - Raised on Rock/For Ol' Times Sake Elvis Presley - Ship Ahoy The O'Jays - Side 3 The Raspberries - Spectrum Billy Cobham - Suzi Quatro Suzi Quatro - Sweet Revenge John Prine - Takin' My Time Bonnie Raitt - Wild and Peaceful Kool & the Gang - You've Got It Bad, Girl Quincy Jones - November Day Album Artist Notes 1 Stranded Roxy Music - 2 Ringo Ringo Starr - 3 Abandoned Luncheonette Hall & Oates - Jonathan Livingston Seagull Neil Diamond Soundtrack 6 Piano Man Billy Joel - 9 Welcome Santana - 11 Tattoo Rory Gallagher - 16 Bette Midler Bette Midler - Mind Games John Lennon - Preservation Act 1 The Kinks - 19 The Beach Boys in Concert The Beach Boys Live Brain Salad Surgery Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Dylan Bob Dylan Outtakes recorded 1969-'70 20 Muscle of Love Alice Cooper - 23 Feeling the Space Yoko Ono - 26 Ass Badfinger - 30 Montrose Montrose - Solar Fire Manfred Mann's Earth Band - - Barbra Streisand... and Other Musical Instruments Barbra Streisand - Bazaar Sylvester - Between Nothingness and Eternity Mahavishnu Orchestra Live Booger Bear Buddy Miles Express - Ferguslie Park Stealers Wheel - FM/Live Climax Blues Band Live Friends and Legends Michael Stanley - From the Streets of New York Sha Na Na Live Happy Children Osibisa - High on the Hog Black Oak Arkansas - The Human Menagerie Cockney Rebel - Jobriath Jobriath - John Denver's Greatest Hits John Denver Compilation Ladies Invited The J. Geils Band - Loud 'n' Proud Nazareth - (No Pussyfooting) Robert Fripp and Brian Eno - Nutbush City Limits Ike & Tina Turner - On the Third Day Electric Light Orchestra - Quiet Places Buffy Sainte-Marie - A Time for Us Donny Osmond - Viva Terlingua Jerry Jeff Walker Live Witness Spooky Tooth - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath - 5 Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings - 6 Last Time I Saw Him Diana Ross - Livin' for You Al Green - 14 Tales from Topographic Oceans Yes - 22 Comin' Atcha Madeline Bell - - Bachman–Turner Overdrive II Bachman–Turner Overdrive - The Best of Top of the Pops '73 Top of the Poppers Compilation Essence to Essence Donovan - I Got a Name Jim Croce - Live Dates Wishbone Ash Live The Ozark Mountain Daredevils Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Ridin' the Storm Out REO Speedwagon - Virtuoso Joe Pass - Wild Tales Graham Nash - After the Ball – John Fahey Afrodisiac – Fela Kuti And I Love You So – Perry Como Angel's Egg – Gong Anthology – Quicksilver Messenger Service Any Day Now – Scott Walker Attempted Mustache – Loudon Wainwright III Basic Miles – Miles Davis Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich Betty Davis – Betty Davis Bite Down Hard - Jo Jo Gunne Blackboard Jungle Dub – Lee Perry Canto Por Travesura – Víctor Jara Check It Out – Tavares Chi-Lites – The Chi-Lites A Christmas Present – Merle Haggard Closer To It – Brian Auger Close Your Eyes - Edward Bear Comin' Right At Ya – Asleep at the Wheel (debut) Conference of the Birds – Dave Holland Cosmic Slop – Funkadelic Double Diamond – If Drift Away – Dobie Gray Dueling Banjos – Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel Ebony Woman - Billy Paul Electric Jewels – April Wine Enlightenment – McCoy Tyner Facets – Miles Davis Fanfare for the Warriors – Art Ensemble of Chicago Fare Forward Voyagers – John Fahey Farewell to Paradise – Emitt Rhodes The Faust Tapes – Faust Felona e Sorona – Le Orme The First Songs – Laura Nyro Flying Teapot – Gong 4 – The Chieftains Four Sider – Herb Alpert The Four Tops Story – The Four Tops For Real! - Ruben and the Jets Future Days – Can Garland Jeffreys - Garland Jeffreys Gentleman – Fela Kuti Gimme Something Real – Ashford & Simpson The Great Lost Kinks Album – The Kinks - compilation of unreleased material Have a Good Time for Me - Jonathan Edwards Henry Gross - Henry Gross Home to Myself - Melissa Manchester I Love Dixie Blues, So I Recorded Live In New Orleans – Merle Haggard I'm a Writer Not a Fighter – Gilbert O'Sullivan I've Got So Much to Give – Barry White Icarus – Paul Winter Inside – Eloy It Hurts So Good – Millie Jackson It's Like You Never Left - Dave Mason Jazz Grooves – King Curtis Join Inn – Ash Ra Tempel Joy – Isaac Hayes Julien – Dalida Jumpin' the Gunne - Jo Jo Gunne Just Rock and Roll – Bill Haley & His Comets Kracker Brand – Kracker Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys – Arlo Guthrie Last Train to Hicksville – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks A Letter to Myself – The Chi-Lites Lifemask – Roy Harper Live in Japan: Spring Tour 1973 – Donovan The London Bo Diddley Sessions – Bo Diddley Looking Back - Leon Russell Lucy & Carly – The Simon Sisters Sing for Children – The Simon Sisters Main Street People – The Four Tops Marjory Razorblade – Kevin Coyne Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh – Magma Milagre Dos Peixes – Milton Nascimento Mom's Apple Pie II - Mom's Apple Pie Natural High - Bloodstone Neu! 2 – Neu! Never Turn Your Back On a Friend – Budgie Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall – Ella Fitzgerald Night Vision – Bruce Cockburn On the Road to Freedom – Alvin Lee Ooh So Good 'N' Blues – Taj Mahal The Original Tap Dance Kid – Jimmie Spheeris Orleans - Orleans Painter – Painter Pipedream – Alan Hull (solo debut) Plain and Simple – The Dubliners Planxty – Planxty (debut) The Power of Love - Jerry Butler Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey (various artists) Pretty Much Your Standard Ranch Stash – Mike Nesmith Ragas – Ravi Shankar Rainbow – McGuinness Flint Rainbow – Neil Diamond - Compilation Rainshine – Edwards Hand Right Now! - Little Richard River - Terry Reid Rock and Roll All Night Long – Hurriganes (debut) Rock On – David Essex Roll on Ruby – Lindisfarne Rufus – Rufus (debut) Second Album – Roy Buchanan Sextant – Herbie Hancock Shotgun Willie – Willie Nelson The Singer – Liza Minnelli Sings in Italian for you – Dalida Slaughter's Big Rip-Off – James Brown Sold America – Kinky Friedman (debut) Solitaire – Andy Williams Solo Concerts: Bremen/Lausanne – Keith Jarrett Song of the New World – McCoy Tyner Songs That Made America Famous – Patrick Sky Southern Roots - Jerry Lee Lewis Spinners – The Spinners Starring Rosi – Ash Ra Tempel Stretch – Scott Walker The Supremes Live! In Japan - Supremes - Live Surprise – Lynsey de Paul (debut) The Táin - Horslips Take Love Easy – Ella Fitzgerald and Joe Pass Together – Jack Jones Totally Instrumental with One Exception – Merle Haggard Tower of Power – Tower of Power Triumvirate – Mike Bloomfield Try It Before You Buy It – Mike Bloomfield Turtle Bay - Herbie Mann Twice Removed from Yesterday – Robin Trower We Still Ain't Got No Band – The Persuasions The Well Below the Valley – Planxty We're All Together for the First Time – Dave Brubeck and Gerry Mulligan Wizzard Brew – Wizzard (debut) Workshop – NRBQ Yeah! – Brownsville Station Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1973. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 The Rolling Stones Angie 1973 US BB 1 – Sep 1973, Canada 1 – Sep 1973, Holland 1 – Sep 1973, France 1 – Sep 1973, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1973, Norway 1 – Oct 1973, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1974, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1973, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Germany 4 – Jan 1974, Belgium 4 of all time, UK 5 – Sep 1973, Italy 6 of 1974, Austria 8 – Oct 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, RYM 27 of 1973, Poland 43 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, US CashBox 69 of 1973, OzNet 71, Germany 190 of the 1970s, WXPN 571, Acclaimed 1093 2 Tony Orlando & Dawn Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree 1973 UK 1 – Mar 1973, US BB 1 – Mar 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 – Mar 1973, Holland 1 – Apr 1973, Norway 1 – May 1973, Australia 1 of 1973, Éire 1 – Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1973, Australia Goset 1 – May 1973, Austria 2 – Jun 1973, France 3 – Apr 1973, Germany 10 – Jun 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, TOTP 14, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1973, POP 36 of 1973, DDD 88 of 1973 3 The Sweet The Ballroom Blitz 1973 Canada 1 – Aug 1975, France 1 – Oct 1973, Éire 1 – Sep 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Nov 1973, UK 2 – Sep 1973, Norway 2 – Oct 1973, Switzerland 3 – Sep 1973, Germany 3 – Jan 1974, Holland 4 – Sep 1973, US BB 5 – Aug 1975, Austria 5 – Nov 1973, Australia 9 of 1974, Scrobulate 9 of glam rock, US BB 11 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1973, POP 30 of 1975, US CashBox 46 of 1975, DDD 51 of 1973, Germany 137 of the 1970s, TheQ 188, OzNet 217, Acclaimed 2373 4 Elton John Crocodile Rock 1973 US BB 1 – Dec 1972, Canada 1 – Dec 1972, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1973, Italy 1 of 1973, Australia Goset 2 – Jan 1973, Norway 3 – Feb 1973, US CashBox 4 of 1973, Germany 4 – Jan 1973, UK 5 – Nov 1972, Australia 5 of 1973, Austria 6 – Feb 1973, France 9 – Dec 1972, POP 9 of 1973, Holland 12 – Dec 1972, OzNet 12, US BB 16 of 1973, RYM 26 of 1972, DDD 27 of 1972, Germany 223 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 2325 5 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 1973 US BB 1 – Feb 1973, Canada 1 – Feb 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Nov 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Mar 1973, Grammy in 1973, Holland 3 – Feb 1973, Norway 4 – Aug 1973, France 5 – Apr 1973, UK 6 – Feb 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, RYM 25 of 1973, Switzerland 32 – Oct 1996, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631, OzNet 863 Other selected hit singles "5:15" – The Who "Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got)" – The Four Tops "All I Know" – Art Garfunkel "All the Way from Memphis" – Mott the Hoople "Alright Alright Alright" – Mungo Jerry "Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001)" – Deodato "Angel Fingers" – Wizzard "Angie " – The Rolling Stones "Are You Man Enough" – The Four Tops "Armed and Extremely Dangerous" – First Choice "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" – Jim Croce "The Ballroom Blitz" – The Sweet "Basketball Jones" – Cheech and Chong "Be" – Neil Diamond "Behind Closed Doors" – Charlie Rich "Blinded By the Light" – Bruce Springsteen "Blockbuster!" – The Sweet "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" – Bette Midler "Brother Louie" – Stories "Call Me (Come Back Home)" – Al Green "Candle in the Wind" – Elton John "Caroline" – Status Quo "China Grove" – The Doobie Brothers "Cindy Incidentally" – Faces "The Cisco Kid" – War "Could It Be I'm Falling in Love" – The Spinners "The Cover Of "Rolling Stone"" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show "Cum on Feel the Noize" – Slade "Daddy's Home" – Jermaine Jackson "Daisy a Day" – Jud Strunk "Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)" – Barry Blue "Dancing in the Moonlight" – King Harvest "Daniel" – Elton John "Daydreamer"/"The Puppy Song" – David Cassidy "The Dean and I" – 10cc "Delta Dawn" – Helen Reddy "Diamond Girl" – Seals and Crofts "Do It Again" – Steely Dan "Do You Wanna Dance" – Barry Blue "Do You Wanna Dance?" – Bette Midler "Do You Wanna Touch Me" – Gary Glitter "Don't Expect Me to be Your Friend" – Lobo "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight" – James Taylor "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker) – The Rolling Stones "Dream On" – Aerosmith "Drive-In Saturday" – David Bowie "D'yer Mak'er" – Led Zeppelin "Elected" – Alice Cooper "Eye Level" – Simon Park Orchestra "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" – Chicago "Frankenstein" – Edgar Winter Group "Get Down" – Gilbert O'Sullivan "Goin' Home" – The Osmonds "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" – Elton John "Gypsy Man" – War "Half-Breed" – Cher "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" – Bryan Ferry "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat" – DeFranco Family "Helen Wheels" – Paul McCartney and Wings "Hell Raiser" – The Sweet "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" – Gary Glitter "Hello, Hooray" – Alice Cooper "Hello, It's Me" – Todd Rundgren "Help It Along/Tomorrow is Rising" – Cliff Richard "Here I Am (Come and Take Me)" – Al Green "Hi, Hi, Hi"/"C Moon" – Wings "Higher Ground" – Stevie Wonder "Hocus Pocus" – Focus "I Believe In You (You Believe in Me)" – Johnny Taylor "I Got a Name" – Jim Croce "I Love You Love Me Love" – Gary Glitter "I Wanna Be With You" – The Raspberries "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" – Wizzard "I'm Doing Fine Now" – New York City "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More Baby" – Barry White "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" – The Moody Blues "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)" – Gary Glitter "I've Been Hurt" – Guy Darrell "I've Got to Use My Imagination" – Gladys Knight & The Pips "If You Don't Know Me By Now" – Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "If You Want Me To Stay" – Sly and The Family Stone "Il es tu" [French version of "Touch the Wind"] – Mocedades "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" – John Fogerty "The Jean Genie" – David Bowie "Jimmy Loves Mary Ann" – Looking Glass "The Joker" – Steve Miller Band "Just You 'N' Me" – Chicago "Keep On Truckin'" – Eddie Kendricks "Keeper of the Castle" – The Four Tops "Killing Me Softly with His Song" – Roberta Flack "Kodachrome" – Paul Simon "Lamplight" – David Essex "The Laughing Gnome" – David Bowie "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" – Helen Reddy "Let It Ride" – Bachman–Turner Overdrive "Let's Get It On" – Marvin Gaye "Let Me Be There" – Olivia Newton John "Let Me In" – The Osmonds "Life on Mars?" – David Bowie "Live and Let Die" – Wings "Living For the City" – Stevie Wonder "Long Train Runnin'" – The Doobie Brothers "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" - Abba "Love Train" – The O'Jays "Loves Me Like a Rock" – Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds) "Mama Loo" – Les Humphries Singers "Masterpiece" – The Temptations "Me and Mrs. Jones" – Billy Paul "Merry Xmas Everybody" – Slade "Midnight Train to Georgia" – Gladys Knight and The Pips "Midnight Rider" – Gregg Allman "Mind Games" – John Lennon "Money" – Pink Floyd "The Morning After" – Maureen McGovern "The Most Beautiful Girl" – Charlie Rich "My Coo-Ca-Choo" – Alvin Stardust "My Friend Stan" – Slade "My Love" – Paul McCartney & Wings "My Maria" - B. 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Stevenson "My Music" – Loggins and Messina "Natural High" – Bloodstone "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" – Gladys Knight & the Pips "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" – Vicki Lawrence "Nina Pretty Ballerina ABBA "No More Mr. Nice Guy" – Alice Cooper "Nutbush City Limits – Ike and Tina Turner "Oh, Babe, What Would You Say" – Hurricane Smith "One and One is One" – Medicine Head "One of a Kind (Love Affair)" – The Spinners "Painted Ladies" – Ian Thomas "Paper Plane" – Status Quo "Paper Roses" – Marie Osmond "Photograph" – Ringo Starr "Pick Up The Pieces" – Hudson Ford "Pillow Talk" – Sylvia "Playground in My Mind" – Clint Holmes "Power to All Our Friends" – Cliff Richard "Ramblin' Man" – Allman Brothers Band "Reelin' in the Years" – Steely Dan "Relay" – The Who "Right Place Wrong Time" – Dr. John "The Right Thing To Do" – Carly Simon "Ring Ring" – ABBA "Rock On" – David Essex "Rocky Mountain High" – John Denver "Rocky Mountain Way" – Joe Walsh "Roll Away the Stone" – Mott the Hoople "Roll Over Beethoven" – Electric Light Orchestra "Rubber Bullets" – 10cc "Sail On Sailor" – The Beach Boys "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" – Elton John "See My Baby Jive" – Wizzard "Shambala" – Three Dog Night "Show and Tell" – Al Wilson "Sing" – The Carpenters "Sitting" – Cat Stevens "Skweeze Me, Pleeze Me" – Slade "Smarty Pants" – First Choice "Smoke on the Water" – Deep Purple "Sorrow" – David Bowie "Soul Makossa" – Manu Dibango "Space Race" – Billy Preston "Stir It Up" – Johnny Nash "Stuck In the Middle With You" – Stealers Wheel "Superstition" – Stevie Wonder " Sylvia" – Focus "Take Me High" – Cliff Richard "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" – Paul Simon "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" – Dawn featuring Tony Orlando "Time in a Bottle" – Jim Croce "That Lady, Pt. 1 & 2" – The Isley Brothers "Top of the World" – The Carpenters "Touch Me in the Morning" – Diana Ross "Trouble Man" – Marvin Gaye "Turn Around and Touch Me" – The Shadows "We May Never Pass This Way (Again)" – Seals and Crofts "Welcome Home" – Peters and Lee "Whisky in the Jar" – Thin Lizzy "Why Me" – Kris Kristofferson "Wildflower" – Skylark "Will It Go Around in Circles" – Billy Preston "Wonderful Dream (Tu Te Reconnaîtras)" – Anne-Marie David (Eurovision winner) "Won't Somebody Dance With Me" – Lynsey de Paul "The World Is A Ghetto" – War "Yesterday Once More" – The Carpenters "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" – Stevie Wonder "You're So Vain" – Carly Simon "Young Love" – Donny Osmond "Your Mama Don't Dance" – Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina Published popular music "And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean "Candle in the Wind" w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" w.m. Jim Croce "I've Got to Use My Imagination"      w.m. Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg "Last Song" w.m. Lawrence Wayne Evoy "Liaisons" w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music "Midnight Train to Georgia"     w.m. Jim Weatherly "Misdemeanor" w.m. Foster Sylvers "Nadia's Theme" m. Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr., from the TV soap opera The Young and the Restless "(Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose"     w.m. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown "Piano Man" w.m. Billy Joel "Send in the Clowns"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music "Stuck in the Middle with You"     w.m. Joe Egan & Gerry Rafferty "There Used To Be A Ballpark" w.m. Joe Raposo " Top of the World" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter "The Way We Were" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Marvin Hamlisch from the film The Way We Were "Yesterday Once More" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter Classical music Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 William Alwyn – Fantasy Sonata for flute and harp Gloria Coates – Music on Open Strings (Symphony no. 1) George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano Alberto Ginastera – String Quartet no. 3 Lou Harrison – Organ Concerto with Percussion Anthony Iannaccone – Rituals Frank Martin – Requiem Luigi Nono – Canto per il Vietnam Carl Orff – De Temporum Fine Comoedia Dmitri Shostakovich – Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, op. 143 Maria Callas farewell tour, 1973 Opera de la Figo – Bronski eu Lot Nikolai Korndorf – Feast in the Time of Plague Musical theater Gigi (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production Grease     London production Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on May 29 starring Angela Lansbury, Barrie Ingham and Zan Charisse Irene     Broadway revival Here Comes the Groom     Broadway production The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London revival A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) – London revival The Pajama Game (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) – Broadway revival Pinocchio     Broadway production Pippin     London production Raisin     Broadway production The Rocky Horror Show (Richard O'Brien) – London production Seesaw     Broadway production opened at the Uris Theatre on March 18 and ran for 296 performances Treasure Island London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on December 17. Starred Bernard Miles, Jonathan Scott Taylor and Spike Milligan. Two Gentlemen from Verona     London production Musical films Godspell Jesus Christ Superstar Lost Horizon Robin Hood Tom Sawyer Births January 9 – Sean Paul, reggae and dancehall artist January 10 – Aerle Taree, Arrested Development January 12 Hande Yener, Turkish Singer Matt Wong (Reel Big Fish) February 21 – Justin Sane, singer, guitarist and songwriter February 22 Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian guitarist Scott Phillips, drummer February 24 – Chris Fehn, American rock percussionist (Slipknot) February 26 – André Tanneberger, German DJ March 1 – Ryan Peake, Canadian rock musician (Nickelback) March 10 – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician March 17 – Caroline Corr, Irish drummer (The Corrs) March 25 – Anders Fridén, Swedish vocalist April 3 – Marija Gluvakov, pianist April 4 – Kelly Price, soul singer April 29 – Mike Hogan, Irish bassist (The Cranberries) May 2 – Justin Burnett, film score composer May 5 – Casino Versus Japan, electronic musician May 14 Natalie Appleton, British singer (All Saints) Shanice, American singer May 17 – Joshua Homme, guitarist and vocalist of Queens of the Stone Age May 23 – Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician June 10 Faith Evans, singer, songwriter, record producer and actress Flesh-N-Bone, American rapper June 13 – Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, American singer (SWV) June 23 – Marie N, Latvian Eurovision-winning singer June 26 – Gretchen Wilson, American singer July 4 – Gackt, singer, songwriter, and musician July 5 – Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans) July 11 – Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter July 15 – Buju Banton, reggae/dancehall artist July 23 – Fran Healy, British singer (Travis) July 25 Dani Filth, Israeli-born musician (Cradle of Filth) Ladybug, vocalist (Digable Planets) July 29 – Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) August 8 – Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed) August 12 – Grey DeLisle, American voice actress and singer August 15 – Adnan Sami, British born singer, music composer, pianist August 22 Beenie Man, reggae/dancehall artist Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys) September 1 – J.D. Fortune, Canadian rock singer (INXS) September 14 – Nas, American rapper September 18 – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer September 22 Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress Martin Owen (BBC Symphony Orchestra) September 26 – Julienne Davis, American actress/model/singer October 2 Proof American Rapper and member of D12 (d. 2006) Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer (Aqua) LaTocha Scott, American singer Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian pop star October 9 – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist November 3 Sticky Fingaz, American rapper (onyx) Mick Thomson, guitarist of Slipknot November 9 – Nick Lachey, American singer November 10 – Jacqui Abbott, English singer (The Beautiful South) November 11 – Jason White, American rock musician (Green Day) November 28 – Jade Puget (AFI) December 8 – Corey Taylor, vocalist of Slipknot December 11 – Mos Def, rapper December 16 – David Martinez singer/songwriter The David Martinez Band December 17 - Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) December 27 – Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer December 29 – Pimp C, American rapper (d. 2007) Deaths January 16 – Clara Ward, gospel singer, 48 (stroke) January 23 – Kid Ory, jazz trombonist and bandleader, 86 February 3 – Andy Razaf, composer, poet and lyricist, 77 February 19 – Joseph Szigeti, violinist, 80 March 5 – Michael Jeffery, Jimi Hendrix's personal manager March 8 – Ron Pigpen McKernan, musician and songwriter (Grateful Dead), 27 (stomach hemorrhage) March 26 – Noel Coward, composer and dramatist, 73 April 18 – Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist, 79 May 21 – Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader, 61 June 4 - Murry Wilson, musician and record producer, 55 July 3 Betty Grable, US actress and singer, 56 (lung cancer) Karel Ančerl, conductor, 65 July 6 – Otto Klemperer, conductor, 88 July 11 – Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer, 72 July 15 – Clarence White, guitarist (The Byrds), 29 (road accident) August 4 - Eddie Condon, jazz banjoist and guitarist, 67 August 6 - Memphis Minnie, blues singer and guitarist, 76 August 17 Jean Barraqué, French classical composer, 45 Paul Williams, baritone singer and co-founder of the Motown group, The Temptations, 34 (suicide by gunshot) September 6 – William Henry Harris, organist and composer, 90 September 10 – Allan Gray, composer, 71 September 16 – Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, 40 (murdered) September 17 – Hugo Winterhalter, US conductor and arranger, 53 September 19 – Gram Parsons, guitarist/vocalist, 26 (drug overdose) September 20 Jim Croce, 30, singer-songwriter (plane crash) Ben Webster, jazz saxophonist, 64 October 16 Gene Krupa, drummer, 64 Jorge Peña Hen, composer, 45 October 22 – Pablo Casals, cellist, 95 November 10 – Zeke Zettner (The Stooges), 25 (heroin overdose) November 11 – David "Stringbean" Akeman, US country musician, 57 (murdered) November 18 – Alois Hába, composer, 80 November 23 - De De Pierce, jazz trumpeter, 69 November 27 – Frank Christian, jazz trumpeter, 85 December 20 – Bobby Darin, American singer and actor, 37 (heart failure) December 31 – Emile Christian, jazz trombonist, 78 date unknown – Cäwdät Fäyzi, Tatar composer and folklorist Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1973 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1973 Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music in 1973