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) … 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 •    1971 • 1972 • 1973 – 1974 – 1975 • 1976 • 1977 •    1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 … Related time period or subjects … 1971 • 1972 • 1973 – 1974 – 1975 • 1976 • 1977 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more David Bowie in 1974 Count Basie in 1974 Events 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 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. 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 is created. 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 Bands disbanded Jefferson Airplane The Moody Blues (reformed in 1977) The Stooges (reformed in 2003) Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 2 Elvis: A Legendary Performer Volume 1 Elvis Presley Compilation 4 Manhole Grace Slick - 9 Blue Magic Blue Magic - 10 Coast to Coast: Overture and Beginners Rod Stewart / Faces Live 17 Planet Waves Bob Dylan - - Court and Spark Joni Mitchell - Energized Foghat - Grievous Angel Gram Parsons - Here Come the Warm Jets Brian Eno - Hotcakes Carly Simon - Mighty Love The Spinners - Musik Von Harmonia Harmonia - Rush Rush - Silverbird Leo Sayer - The Way We Were Barbra Streisand - February Day Album Artist Notes 8 The Silent Corner and the Empty Stage Peter Hammill - 15 Burn Deep Purple - Old New Borrowed and Blue Slade - 18 Kiss Kiss - 20 Phaedra Tangerine Dream - - Badfinger Badfinger - Can't Get Enough Barry White - It's Too Late to Stop Now Van Morrison Live Jolene Dolly Parton - Let Me in Your Life Aretha Franklin - Living & Dying in 3/4 Time Jimmy Buffett - Radio City Big Star - Rock 'n' Roll Animal Lou Reed Live The Serpent Is Rising Styx - Thunderbox Humble Pie - Todd Todd Rundgren - Twin Peaks Mountain Live What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits The Doobie Brothers - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow T.Rex - March Day Album Artist Notes 4 Waterloo ABBA - 8 Get Your Wings Aerosmith - Queen II Queen - 11 Chicago VII Chicago - 19 Buddha and the Chocolate Box Cat Stevens - 20 Good Times Elvis Presley - 22 On the Border Eagles - 22 Open Our Eyes Earth, Wind & Fire - 29 The Hoople Mott the Hoople - Starless and Bible Black King Crimson - - Bridge of Sighs Robin Trower - Hard Labor Three Dog Night - Hollies The Hollies - Kansas Kansas - Mirage Camel - Now We Are Six Steeleye Span - Pretzel Logic Steely Dan - Seven Bob Seger - Shinin' On Grand Funk Railroad - April Day Album Artist Notes 3 Live European Tour Billy Preston Live 5 Ragged Old Flag Johnny Cash - 12 Seven Poco - 15 Second Helping Lynyrd Skynyrd - 22 Big Fun Miles Davis - 22 Apostrophe Frank Zappa - 24 Diamond Dogs David Bowie - 30 Okie J.J. Cale - - Carolina County Ball Elf - Exotic Birds and Fruit Procol Harum - Fall Into Spring Rita Coolidge - Hamburger Concerto Focus - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight Richard and Linda Thompson - Meet the Residents The Residents - Midnight Mushrumps Gryphon - Paul Simon in Concert: Live Rhymin' Paul Simon Live Secret Treaties Blue Öyster Cult - Sundown Gordon Lightfoot - Sweet Fanny Adams Sweet - Unconditionally Guaranteed Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band - May Day Album Artist Notes 3 Quo Status Quo - 4 The Kids & Me Billy Preston - 8 Preservation Act 2 The Kinks - - The Confessions of Dr. Dream and Other Stories Kevin Ayers - If You Love Me, Let Me Know Olivia Newton-John - Journey to the Centre of the Earth Rick Wakeman - Kimono My House Sparks - Lotus Santana Live Mr. Natural Bee Gees - Phenomenon UFO - Rampant Nazareth - Rhinos, Winos, and Lunatics Man - Sheet Music 10cc - Spooky Lady's Sideshow Kris Kristofferson - Too Much Too Soon New York Dolls - Unrest Henry Cow - Winter in America Gil Scott-Heron - June Day Album Artist Notes 1 Bad Company Bad Company - 2 The Psychomodo Cockney Rebel - 14 Everyone Is Everybody Else Barclay James Harvest - 15 Back Home Again John Denver - 19 Marvin Gaye Live! Marvin Gaye Live 20 Before the Flood Bob Dylan & The Band Live 24 Endless Summer The Beach Boys Compilation 27 Grateful Dead from the Mars Hotel Grateful Dead - 28 Caribou Elton John - - Axe Victim Be-Bop Deluxe - Holiday America - Only Want You For Your Body Buffalo - The Power and the Glory Gentle Giant - Walking Man James Taylor - Wonderworld Uriah Heep - July Day Album Artist Notes 5 Another Time, Another Place Bryan Ferry - 7 Elvis: As Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Elvis Presley Live 16 On the Beach Neil Young - 21 Irish Tour Rory Gallagher Live 22 Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder - Machine Gun Commodores - 23 Gracias a la Vida Joan Baez Spanish language 26 Rock Bottom Robert Wyatt - - Avalanche Mountain - 461 Ocean Boulevard Eric Clapton - Hell James Brown - Rejuvenation The Meters - Small Talk Sly & the Family Stone - Tooth Fang & Claw Ted Nugent and The Amboy Dukes - Up for the Down Stroke Parliament - August Day Album Artist Notes 9 Perfect Angel Minnie Riperton - 19 Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen Emerson, Lake & Palmer Live 28 Hergest Ridge Mike Oldfield - 31 I'm Leaving It All Up to You Donny and Marie Osmond - - AWB Average White Band - Greatest Hits Alice Cooper Compilation I Can Stand a Little Rain Joe Cocker - Miami James Gang - Mirror Image Blood, Sweat & Tears - New Skin for the Old Ceremony Leonard Cohen - Not Fragile Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Sally Can't Dance Lou Reed - We Had It All Scott Walker - September Day Album Artist Notes 5 Dancing Machine The Jackson 5 - 6 Rocka Rolla Judas Priest - 10 Good Old Boys Randy Newman - Roxy & Elsewhere Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention Live 13 Heroes Are Hard to Find Fleetwood Mac - I've Got My Own Album to Do Ronnie Wood - 25 Nightmares...and Other Tales from the Vinyl Jungle The J. Geils Band - - Crime of the Century Supertramp - Dragon Fly Grace Slick / Paul Kantner / Jefferson Starship - Eldorado Electric Light Orchestra - Feats Don't Fail Me Now Little Feat - Good Things Happening Brotherhood of Man - Hall of the Mountain Grill Hawkwind - Hard Core Poetry Tavares - Late for the Sky Jackson Browne - Love Is Like a Butterfly Dolly Parton - 1969: The Velvet Underground Live The Velvet Underground Live 1969 The Ramblin' Man Waylon Jennings - Starting Over Raspberries - Todd Rundgren's Utopia Utopia - Wrap Around Joy Carole King - October Day Album Artist Notes 4 Smiler Rod Stewart - Walls and Bridges John Lennon - 11 Streetlife Serenade Billy Joel - 12 Odds & Sods The Who Outtakes and rarities compilation 14 War Child Jethro Tull - 16 It's Only Rock 'n Roll The Rolling Stones - 20 Somethin's Happening Peter Frampton - 22 Hotter Than Hell Kiss - 25 Natty Dread Bob Marley - 26 Serenade Neil Diamond - 28 Living in the 70's Skyhooks - 29 David Live David Bowie Live - Borboletta Santana - ButterFly Barbra Streisand - Fear John Cale - Having Fun with Elvis on Stage Elvis Presley Live stage banter It'll Shine When It Shines Ozark Mountain Daredevils - The Heart of Saturday Night Tom Waits - Just a Boy Leo Sayer - Not Just Another Bunch of Pretty Faces If - Paper Money Montrose - Rock and Roll Outlaws Foghat - Rollin' Bay City Rollers - Slow Motion Man - Veedon Fleece Van Morrison - November Day Album Artist Notes 8 Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John Compilation Man of Miracles Styx - Nightlife Thin Lizzy - Sheer Heart Attack Queen - 15 Country Life Roxy Music - Goodnight Vienna Ringo Starr - 18 The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway Genesis - 22 Get Up With It Miles Davis - 29 Fire on the Mountain Charlie Daniels Band - Slade in Flame Slade - - Autobahn Kraftwerk - Bluejeans & Moonbeams Captain Beefheart - The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast Roger Glover - Cantamos Poco - Desolation Boulevard Sweet - Fire Ohio Players - Fly to the Rainbow Scorpions - Heart Like a Wheel Linda Ronstadt - Live Mott the Hoople Live Miles of Aisles Joni Mitchell Live Propaganda Sparks - Red King Crimson - 7-Tease Donovan - Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy) Brian Eno - Wish You Were Here Badfinger - December Day Album Artist Notes 10 Stormbringer Deep Purple - 13 Relayer Yes - 14 So What Joe Walsh - 20 Dark Horse George Harrison - - A1A Jimmy Buffett - All the Girls in the World Beware!!! Grand Funk Railroad - The Best of Top of the Pops '74 Top of the Poppers Compilation Breakaway Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - No Other Gene Clark - Red Queen to Gryphon Three Gryphon - Alive & Kicking - The Delfonics Alvorecer - Clara Nunes Baker Gurvitz Army - Baker Gurvitz Army Big Bad Bo - Bo Diddley Blackdance - Klaus Schulze Body Heat - Quincy Jones Boogie Brothers - Savoy Brown Caravan and the New Symphonia - Caravan - Live Cassidy Live! - David Cassidy Caught Up - Millie Jackson Child of the Novelty - Mahogany Rush Cicero Park - Hot Chocolate The Civil Surface - Egg Climax - Ohio Players Cop Yer Whack for This - Billy Connolly Dancehall Sweethearts - Horslips Dandruff - Ivor Cutler David Essex - David Essex Do It Good - KC and the Sunshine Band Don't Be Fooled by the Name - Geordie Dreamer - Bobby Bland Elis & Tom - Elis Regina & Tom Jobim Ella in London - Ella Fitzgerald Encore: Live in Concert - Argent - Live Fine and Mellow - Ella Fitzgerald Floating World - Jade Warrior Free and Easy - Helen Reddy Free Beer and Chicken - John Lee Hooker The Giants - Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown Goodbye - Gene Ammons Got to Find a Way - Curtis Mayfield Great Balls of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles The Impossible Dream - The Sensational Alex Harvey Band In for the Kill - Budgie I Wanna Get Funky - Albert King June 1, 1974 - Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno and Nico Light of Worlds - Kool & The Gang L'isola di niente - Premiata Forneria Marconi Live! - April Wine Live - The Dubliners Live at the Opera House - Pointer Sisters - Live Live in London '74 - Bill Haley & His Comets Live in Japan - The Carpenters Lost in a Dream - REO Speedwagon Love Song for Jeffrey - Helen Reddy The Magic of the Blue - Blue Magic The Main Event – Live - Frank Sinatra Manifiesto - Víctor Jara Manuel - Dalida The Mirror - Spooky Tooth Mysterious Traveller - Weather Report New and Improved - The Spinners The Night the Light Went On (In Long Beach) - Electric Light Orchestra Olympia 74 - Dalida Oscar Peterson in Russia - Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson and Dizzy Gillespie - Oscar Peterson, Dizzy Gillespie Oscar Peterson and The Trumpet Kings – Jousts - Oscar Peterson Oscar Peterson and Roy Eldridge - Oscar Peterson, Roy Eldridge Oscar Peterson and Harry Edison - Oscar Peterson, Harry "Sweets" Edison Phases and Stages - Willie Nelson Pilot (From the Album of the Same Name) - Pilot Pussy Cats - Harry Nilsson Quatro - Suzi Quatro Rags to Rufus - Rufus Remember Me This Way - Gary Glitter Ride 'Em Cowboy - Paul Davis Road Food - The Guess Who Rock Your Baby - George McCrae Rockin' With Curly Leads - The Shadows Röda Kapellet - Röda Kapellet Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock Rufusized - Rufus Satch and Josh - Oscar Peterson, Count Basie Saturnight - Cat Stevens - Live School Punks - Brownsville Station Shock Treatment - Edgar Winter Silk Torpedo - The Pretty Things Skin Tight - Ohio Players Souvenirs - Dan Fogelberg Slapp Happy - Slapp Happy Slow Dancer - Boz Scaggs Slow Flux - Steppenwolf Sneakin' Sally Through the Alley - Robert Palmer (solo debut) Solid - The Groundhogs Some Nice Things I've Missed - Frank Sinatra Soon Over Babaluma - Can Staircase to the Day - Gravy Train Standing on the Verge of Getting It On - Funkadelic Streetlights - Bonnie Raitt Sun Secrets - The Eric Burdon Band A Tapestry of Dreams - Charles Aznavour Tasty - Good Rats That's a Plenty - Pointer Sisters There's the Rub - Wishbone Ash The Three Degrees - The Three Degrees Thrust - Herbie Hancock Toby - The Chi-Lites Truck Turner - Isaac Hayes Turn of the Cards - Renaissance The Way We Were - Andy Williams When the Eagle Flies - Traffic Where Have I Known You Before - Return to Forever Where We All Belong - The Marshall Tucker Band Windfall - Rick Nelson Windows - Jon Lord and Eberhard Schoener - Live Winter Light - Oregon 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 "After The Goldrush" - Prelude "Ain't Too Proud to Beg" - The Rolling Stones "The Air That I Breathe" - The Hollies "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 “Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me” - Gladys Knight and The Pips "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 "Can't Get Enough" - Bad Company "Carefree Highway" - Gordon Lightfoot "The Cat Crept In" - Mud "Cat's in the Cradle" - Harry Chapin "Counting Out Time" - Genesis "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 " Dreamer" - Supertramp "Emma" - Hot Chocolate "The Entertainer" - Marvin Hamlisch "Everyday" - Slade "Everlasting Love - Carl Carlton "Everything I Own" - Ken Boothe "Far Far Away" - Slade "For The Love Of Money" - The O'Jays "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 "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" - Olivia Newton-John "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 Me Be There" - Olivia Newton-John "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 "Please Come to Boston" - Dave Loggins "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 "Sundown" - Gordon Lightfoot "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" - 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 Keep Me) Hangin' On" - Cliff Richard "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 Shostakovich in 1974 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) January 12 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer (Spice Girls) 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, British singer (Spice Girls) Mikael Åkerfeldt, Swedish musician (Opeth) April 18 - Millie Corretjer, singer and actress April 20 - Tina Cousins, singer May 16 - Laura Pausini, Italian singer May 17 - Andrea Corr, Irish singer (The Corrs) May 18 - Chantal Kreviazuk, Canadian singer-songwriter May 20 - Mikael Stanne, Swedish musician (Dark Tranquillity) May 23 - Jewel, American singer May 30 - Cee-Lo Green, singer June 1 - Alanis Morissette, Canadian singer-songwriter July 9 - Nikola Sarcevic, Swedish singer and bassist (Millencolin) July 11 - Lil' Kim, American rapper July 12 - Sharon den Adel, Dutch singer July 13 - Deborah Cox, Canadian R&B singer July 16 - Jeremy Enigk, singer/songwriter (Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft) July 21 - Terry Coldwell, singer (East 17) August 8 Preta Gil, Brazilian singer Brian Harvey, British singer (East 17) August 13 - Niklas Sundin, Swedish guitarist (Dark Tranquillity) August 14 - Ana Matronic, Scissor Sisters August 17 - Salem Abraha, singer-songwriter August 30 - Aaron Barrett, Reel Big Fish September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, American comedian & musician October 1 - Keith Duffy, Irish singer and actor October 4 - Ramazan Kubat, folk singer and composer October 5 - Heather Headley, soul singer October 18 - Peter Svensson, Swedish guitarist (The Cardigans) November 2 - Nelly, Rapper November 4 - Louise Nurding, singer and former member of Eternal December 7 - Nicole Appleton, British singer (All Saints) December 10 - Meg White (The White Stripes) December 24 - Julian Rachlin, Lithuanian-Austrian violinist Deaths February 2 - Jean Absil, organist and composer, 80 February 15 - Kurt Atterberg, composer, 86 March 7 - Alberto Rabagliati, Italian singer and actor, 67 March 28 Dorothy Fields, lyricist, 68 Dino Ciani, pianist, 32 (road accident Arthur Crudup, singer, 68 April 15 - Giovanni D'Anzi, Italian songwriter, 68 April 7 - Pete Wendling, pianist and composer, 85 April 17 - Blossom Seeley, US singer and vaudeville entertainer, 87 April 25 - Pamela Courson, Jim Morrison's widow, 27 (heroin overdose) May 15 - Paul Gonsalves, jazz saxophonist, 53 May 24 - Duke Ellington, jazz musician, and composer, 75 June 8 - Rodolfo Lipizer, violinist and conductor, 79 June 22 - Darius Milhaud, composer, 81 June 27 - Cliff Friend, US composer July 29 - "Mama" Cass Elliott, singer (The Mamas & the Papas), 32 (heart attack) August 6 - Gene Ammons, tenor saxophonist, 49 (cancer) September 3 - Harry Partch, composer, 73 September 23 - Robbie McIntosh, drummer (Average White Band) October 24 - David Oistrakh, violinist, 66 November 8 - Ivory Joe Hunter, R&B singer, songwriter and pianist November 11 - Alfonso Leng, composer, 80 November 19 - George Brunies, jazz musician, 72 November 21 - Frank Martin, composer, 84 November 25 - Nick Drake, singer/songwriter, 26 (overdose) Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1974 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1974