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) … 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 •    1972 • 1973 • 1974 – 1975 – 1976 • 1977 • 1978 •    1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 … Related time period or subjects … 1972 • 1973 • 1974 – 1975 – 1976 • 1977 • 1978 … … 1940s • 1950s • 1960s – 1970s – 1980s • 1990s • 2000s … … 19th century – 20th century – 21st century … Art Archaeology Architecture Literature Music Science more Led Zeppelin in Chicago, 1975 Events January 2 - New York City U.S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case. January 5 - The Wiz, a new musical version of the classic Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City. January 6 - Approximately 1000 Led Zeppelin fans, waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert, cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans reportedly broke chairs and doors and caused other damage to the building. Boston Mayor Kevin White cancels the upcoming show. January 8 - Three Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden sell out in a record four hours. January 12 - "The Warner Brothers Music Show" begins a nine city, 18 show tour of Europe. The tour included Warner Brothers acts Little Feat, Tower of Power, the Doobie Brothers, Bonaroo, Montrose, and Graham Central Station. February 21 - John Lennon releases his Rock 'n' Roll LP, featuring his favorite rock songs from the 1950s. To promote the album he conducts a telephone interview with 20 rock radio stations simultaneously. March 2 - Los Angeles Police make a routine traffic stop that turns out to be Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. Linda is arrested for having six to eight ounces of marijuana in her pocketbook. March 22 - In the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dutch group Teach-In win with the song "Dinge-Dong". March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London. Welcome to My Nightmare, Alice Cooper's first solo album is released. April 3 - Steve Miller is arrested and charged with setting fire to the clothes and personal effects of a friend, Benita DiOrio, and resisting arrest. DiOrio drops the charges the following day. April 18 - Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs. April 24 - Pete Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage. His death is ruled a suicide. April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show. May 1 - The Rolling Stones announce their forthcoming North American tour by performing Brown Sugar from a flatbed truck on Fifth Avenue in New York City. The occasion was guitarist Ronnie Wood's debut with the band. May 10 - Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities. June 1 - The Rolling Stones open their North American Tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. June 24 - "Gens du pays", the unofficial national anthem of Quebec, is performed for the first time by Gilles Vigneault in a concert on Montreal's Mount Royal. August 9 The Bee Gees begin their mid-1970s international comeback when "Jive Talkin'" reaches #1 and goes platinum with sales over 1 million. Renato Carosone's comeback concert after a 15-year retirement. September 15 - Pink Floyd releases their album Wish You Were Here and is a huge hit. October 30 - Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour begins. November 6 - The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London. November 21 - Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one, where it remains for 5 weeks of 1975 and 4 weeks of 1976. December 25 - Bassist Steve Harris forms Iron Maiden, drawing the name from a torture device mentioned in The Man in the Iron Mask. Also in 1975 John Rutter becomes Director of Music at Clare College, Cambridge Billy Davis, Jr. and Marilyn McCoo leave the 5th Dimension and start solo careers Peter Gabriel leaves British progressive rock group Genesis. Camel's classic album, Music Inspired by The Snow Goose, is released. The Goodies have five top twenty singles (in the UK) becoming, according to Bill Oddie, "the first, the only and the most successful comedy rockers". Ramones sign to Sire Records. The Alice Cooper stage show for Welcome to My Nightmare becomes the largest stage spectacle of the decade. Bands formed See Musical groups established in 1975 Bands disbanded Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart with "Faces" in 1975, the year the band disbanded. Brinsley Schwarz Faces Faust (reform in 1990) The First Edition The Guess Who (reform in 1977) Hatfield and the North Humble Pie (reform in 1979, 1989 and 2001) If Jo Jo Gunne (reform in 2005) McGuinness Flint Neu! (reform in 1985) Ocean Raspberries Stealers Wheel (reform in 2008) Wizzard The butts band Albums released Contents: Top • January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December January Day Album Artist Notes 8 Promised Land Elvis Presley - 16 Forever, Michael Michael Jackson - 17 Blood on the Tracks Bob Dylan - - Commoner's Crown Steeleye Span - Down by the Jetty Dr. Feelgood - Never Can Say Goodbye Gloria Gaynor - Sunday's Child John Martyn - Picture Music Klaus Schulze - February Day Album Artist Notes 12 Have You Never Been Mellow Olivia Newton-John - 15 Fly by Night Rush - 16 Bolan's Zip Gun T.Rex - 17 High Voltage AC/DC Australia-only; Debut 21 On the Level Status Quo - Rock 'n' Roll John Lennon Covers album 24 Physical Graffiti Led Zeppelin - 28 Yesterdays Yes - - An Evening With John Denver John Denver Live Modern Times Al Stewart - Pieces of the Sky Emmylou Harris - On Your Feet or on Your Knees Blue Öyster Cult Live Song for America Kansas - Street Rats Humble Pie - Welcome to My Nightmare Alice Cooper - March Day Album Artist Notes 7 Young Americans David Bowie - 14 Blue Jays Justin Hayward and John Lodge - 15 That's the Way of the World Earth, Wind & Fire Soundtrack 19 Dressed to Kill Kiss - 21 Rubycon Tangerine Dream - 22 Bundles Soft Machine - 24 Chicago VIII Chicago - Nuthin' Fancy Lynyrd Skynyrd - 25 Slow Dazzle John Cale - 25 A Quiet Storm Smokey Robinson - 30 Frampton Peter Frampton - - The Best Years of Our Lives Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Blow by Blow Jeff Beck - Between the Lines Janis Ian - Desperate Straights Slap Happy and Henry Cow - The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! The Dictators - Judith Judy Collins - Katy Lied Steely Dan - Lou Reed Live Lou Reed Live The Original Soundtrack 10cc - The Rotters' Club Hatfield and the North - Sweet Deceiver Kevin Ayers - There's One in Every Crowd Eric Clapton - The Bargain Store Dolly Parton - Tommy Various Artists Soundtrack Two Sides of the Moon Keith Moon - April Day Album Artist Notes 2 Straight Shooter Bad Company - 8 Toys in the Attic Aerosmith - 18 Fandango! ZZ Top Half live/half studio 21 ABBA ABBA - 25 Stampede The Doobie Brothers - - Ain't Life Grand Black Oak Arkansas - The Beau Brummels The Beau Brummels - Beautiful Loser Bob Seger - Diamonds & Rust Joan Baez - Hair of the Dog Nazareth - Hokey Pokey Richard and Linda Thompson - Ian Hunter Ian Hunter - Journey Journey - Let's Take It to the Stage Funkadelic - Music Inspired by The Snow Goose Camel - Playing Possum Carly Simon - Tomorrow Belongs to Me Sensational Alex Harvey Band - USA King Crimson - May Day Album Artist Notes 1 Gorilla James Taylor - 5 Newborn James Gang - 7 Today Elvis Presley - 9 In Praise of Learning Henry Cow - Warrior on the Edge of Time Hawkwind - 15 Moving Violation Jackson 5 - 22 Adventures in Paradise Minnie Riperton - 23 Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John - 27 Venus and Mars Paul McCartney and Wings - - America's Choice Hot Tuna - Four Wheel Drive Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Return to Fantasy Uriah Heep - Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard Robert Wyatt - Stars Cher - Symphonion Dream Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - June Day Album Artist Notes 6 Made in the Shade The Rolling Stones Compilation Metamorphosis The Rolling Stones Outtakes recorded 1964-'70 10 One of These Nights Eagles - 13 Red Octopus Jefferson Starship - 14 Initiation Todd Rundgren - 20 Tonight's the Night Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 25 One Size Fits All Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention - 26 The Basement Tapes Bob Dylan & The Band Recorded 1967-'75 - Dreaming My Dreams Waylon Jennings - From Every Stage Joan Baez Live The Heat Is On The Isley Brothers - Horizon The Carpenters - HQ Roy Harper - Main Course Bee Gees - The Tubes The Tubes - Trying to Burn the Sun Elf - July Day Album Artist Notes 11 Fleetwood Mac Fleetwood Mac - 28 Sabotage Black Sabbath US - Fire on the Bayou The Meters - Force It UFO - Free Hand Gentle Giant US Head over Heels Poco - Metal Machine Music Lou Reed - August Day Album Artist Notes 15 Atlantic Crossing Rod Stewart - 20 Deluxe Harmonia - 22 Man-Child Herbie Hancock - Nightingales & Bombers Manfred Mann's Earth Band - 25 Born to Run Bruce Springsteen - 27 Love to Love You Baby Donna Summer - - E.C. Was Here Eric Clapton Live Honey Ohio Players - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Rainbow - Spirit of the Boogie Kool & The Gang - Timewind Klaus Schulze - September Day Album Artist Notes 1 Blues for Allah Grateful Dead - 5 Minstrel in the Gallery Jethro Tull - 10 Alive! Kiss Live 12 Fighting Thin Lizzy - Second Chapter Danny Kirwan - Wish You Were Here Pink Floyd - 15 Wind on the Water Crosby & Nash - 22 Changing All the Time Smokie - 24 Caress of Steel Rush - 27 Portrait Gallery Harry Chapin - - Another Green World Brian Eno - Another Year Leo Sayer - Bandolier Budgie - Face the Music Electric Light Orchestra - Fool for the City Foghat - Hotline The J. Geils Band - John Fogerty John Fogerty - Masque Kansas - Maximum Darkness Man - Prisoner in Disguise Linda Ronstadt - Procol's Ninth Procol Harum - Windsong John Denver - X-Rated Black Oak Arkansas - October Day Album Artist Notes 2 Bongo Fury Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention with Captain Beefheart Live + some studio tracks 3 Extra Texture (Read All About It) George Harrison - The Who by Numbers The Who - 4 Rock of the Westies Elton John - 10 Come Taste the Band Deep Purple - 16 You Aretha Franklin - 21 Ommadawn Mike Oldfield - 24 Shaved Fish John Lennon Compilation Siren Roxy Music - 25 Still Crazy After All These Years Paul Simon - 27 Angel Angel - - Against the Grain Rory Gallagher - All Around My Hat Steeleye Span - Breakaway Art Garfunkel - Dreamboat Annie Heart Canada; released in US Feb. '76 Godbluff Van der Graaf Generator - Indiscreet Sparks - Lazy Afternoon Barbra Streisand - Malpractice Dr. Feelgood - Mother Focus Focus - Nighthawks at the Diner Tom Waits Live Radio-Activity Kraftwerk - Tryin' to Get the Feeling Barry Manilow - November Day Album Artist Notes 7 Fish Out of Water Chris Squire - 10 Zuma Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 11 Gratitude Earth, Wind & Fire - 17 Greatest Hits ABBA Compilation Teaser Tommy Bolin - 21 A Night at the Opera Queen - 30 Numbers Cat Stevens - - The Best of Carly Simon Carly Simon Compilation Crisis? What Crisis? Supertramp - Discreet Music Brian Eno - Dolly: The Seeker/We Used To Dolly Parton - Greatest Hits Nazareth Compilation Gulf Winds Joan Baez - Helen of Troy John Cale - The Hissing of Summer Lawns Joni Mitchell - Hot Chocolate Hot Chocolate - Horses Patti Smith - It's Only Love Rita Coolidge - The Last Record Album Little Feat - Lisztomania Rick Wakeman Soundtrack Mustard Roy Wood - Northern Lights - Southern Cross The Band - Pour Down Like Silver Richard and Linda Thompson - Strung Up Sweet - Ted Nugent Ted Nugent - Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame Kris Kristofferson - December Day Album Artist Notes 1 Equinox Styx - 12 Blast From Your Past Ringo Starr Compilation Marcus Garvey Burning Spear - - The Best of Top of the Pops '75 Top of the Poppers Compilation Coney Island Baby Lou Reed - Elite Hotel Emmylou Harris - Evening Star Fripp & Eno - Head On Bachman–Turner Overdrive - In Trance Scorpions - Live! Bob Marley & The Wailers Live Mothership Connection Parliament - Ricochet Tangerine Dream Live T.N.T. AC/DC - We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll Black Sabbath Compilation Wouldn't You Like It? Bay City Rollers - Afro-Filipino - Joe Bataan All the Fun of the Fair - David Essex Armageddon - Armageddon Born to Be with You - Dion DiMucci + Produced by Phil Spector Brown Rice - Don Cherry Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John Captured Angel - Dan Fogelberg The Car Over the Lake Album - Ozark Mountain Daredevils Caught in the Act - Grand Funk Railroad - Live Chocolate Chip - Isaac Hayes Chocolate City - Parliament Chuck Berry - Chuck Berry Crack the Sky - Crack The Sky Dan McCafferty - Dan McCafferty Das schönste im Leben - Die Flippers The Dragon is Dancing - Jimmie Spheeris Dreadlocks Dread - Big Youth Ella and Oscar - Ella Fitzgerald, Oscar Peterson Expensive Shit - Fela Kuti Family Reunion - The O'Jays Fish Rising - Steve Hillage For Earth Below - Robin Trower Fox - Fox (debut) Futurama - Be-Bop Deluxe Greatest Hits - David Cassidy Half a Love - The Chi-Lites Heaven and Hell - Vangelis In the City - Tavares Journey to Love - Stanley Clarke Juice Newton & Silver Spur - Juice Newton and Silver Spur Just Another Way to Say I Love You - Barry White The Köln Concert - Keith Jarrett Landed - Can Live at the Paris Olympia - The Shadows Live/Hhaï - Magma - Live Mel Tormé live at the Maisonette - Mel Tormé Michael Bolotin - Michael Bolton Montreux '75 - Ella Fitzgerald Moxy - Moxy Neu! '75 - Neu! Nils Lofgren - Nils Lofgren Now - The Dubliners Old No. 1 - Guy Clark Once Upon a Star - Bay City Rollers Outlaws - The Outlaws Pangaea - Miles Davis - Live Pick of the Litter - The Spinners Pour Down Like Silver - Richard and Linda Thompson Power and the Passion - Eloy Pre-Creedence - The Golliwogs - Compilation Reality - James Brown Red Headed Stranger - Willie Nelson Rimmel - Francesco de Gregori The Rocky Horror Picture Show - Various Artists - Soundtrack Ronnie Drew - Ronnie Drew (solo debut) Rudy's Rock: The Sax That Changed the World - Rudy Pompilli and The Comets Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan - Rufus Scheherazade and Other Stories - Renaissance Searchin' for a Rainbow - The Marshall Tucker Band Sex Machine Today - James Brown Solstice - Ralph Towner Specs Appeal - The Shadows Stand Back - April Wine Still Caught Up - Millie Jackson The Sun Collection - Elvis Presley (in the UK, released in the US in 1976 as The Sun Sessions) Survival - The O'Jays The Higher They Climb The Harder They Fall - David Cassidy The Sweet Singles Album - The Sweet Tails of Illusion - Fox Tea Break Over, Back on Your 'Eads - IF Thank You Baby - The Stylistics There's No Place Like America Today - Curtis Mayfield Thirteen Blue Magic Lane - Blue Magic This Time We Mean It - REO Speedwagon Two Steps Forward, One Step Back - Patrick Sky Unrequited - Loudon Wainwright III Velvet Donkey - Ivor Cutler Waves - Jade Warrior Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1975. # Artist Title Year Country Chart entries 1 Billy Swan I Can Help 1975 US BB 1 - Sep 1974, Record World 1 - 1974, Holland 1 - Dec 1974, Austria 1 - Jan 1975, Switzerland 1 - Jan 1975, Norway 1 - Feb 1975, Belgium 1 - Dec 1975, New Zealand 1 - Feb 1975, Germany 1 - Feb 1975, Australia 1 - Jan 1975, France 1 - Feb 1975, Canada 2 - Nov 1974,... 2 ABBA SOS 1975 France 1 - Sep 1975, Germany 1 - Jan 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Aug 1976, Holland 2 - Jun 1975, Austria 2 - Sep 1975, Norway 2 - Oct 1975, Switzerland 3 - Aug 1975, UK 6 - Sep 1975, Italy 7 of 1976, South Africa 8 of 1975, US BB 15 - Oct 1975, US BB 15 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1975, Canada 16 - Oct 1975, Australia 16 of 1976, POP 21 of 1975, Germany 36 of the 1970s, 71 in 2FM list, Acclaimed 1175 3 The Sweet Fox on the Run 1975 Australia 1 of 1975, Germany 1 - Mar 1975, Australia 1 for 6 weeks Mar 1976, UK 2 - Mar 1975, Canada 2 - Nov 1975, Holland 2 - Apr 1975, Norway 2 - Apr 1975, South Africa 2 of 1975, Austria 3 - May 1975, Switzerland 3 - May 1975, France 4 - May 1975, US BB 5 - Nov 1975, Sweden (alt) 10 - Nov 1975, Germany 24 of the 1970s, RYM 24 of 1975, US CashBox 63 of 1976, Scrobulate 64 of glam rock, OzNet 535 4 10cc I'm Not in Love 1975 UK 1 - May 1975, France 1 - Jun 1975, Éire 1 - Jul 1975, US BB 2 - Jun 1975, Canada 2 - Jun 1975, Record World 3 - 1975, Holland 5 - Jun 1975, Norway 6 - Aug 1975, RYM 7 of 1975, Switzerland 8 - Aug 1975, Germany 9 - Aug 1975, Scrobulate 12 of 70s, US CashBox 24 of 1975, Europe 25 of the 1970s, Poland 37 - Mar 1995, Italy 96 of 1975, Belgium 176 of all time, Acclaimed 421 5 George Baker Selection Paloma Blanca 1975 Holland 1 - Mar 1975, Sweden (alt) 1 - Nov 1975, Austria 1 - Jul 1975, Switzerland 1 - Jun 1975, Norway 1 - Sep 1975, Germany 1 - May 1975, Germany 4 of the 1970s, Canada 5 - Jan 1976, South Africa 6 of 1975, UK 10 - Sep 1975, Australia 11 of 1975, US BB 26 - Jan 1976, Global 33 (5 M sold) - 1975, Italy 44 of 1975 Chronological table of U.S. and UK number one hit singles U.S. number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" - Elton John (2) "Mandy" - Barry Manilow (1) "Please Mr. Postman" - The Carpenters (1) "Laughter in the Rain" - Neil Sedaka (1) "Fire" - Ohio Players (1) "You're No Good" - Linda Ronstadt (1) "Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band (1) "Best of My Love" - Eagles (1) "Have You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia Newton-John (1) "Black Water" - The Doobie Brothers (1) "My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (1) "Lady Marmalade" - Labelle (1) "Lovin' You" - Minnie Riperton (1) "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John (2) "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B. J. Thomas (1) "He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) - Tony Orlando and Dawn (3) "Shining Star" - Earth, Wind & Fire (1) "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" - Freddy Fender (1) "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" - John Denver (1) "Sister Golden Hair" - America (1) "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (4) "Listen to What the Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings (1) "The Hustle" - Van McCoy (1) "One of These Nights" - Eagles (1) "Jive Talkin'" - Bee Gees (2) "Fallin' in Love" - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1) "Get Down Tonight" - KC and the Sunshine Band (1) "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell (2) "Fame" - David Bowie (2) "I'm Sorry" - John Denver (1) "Bad Blood" - Neil Sedaka (3) "Island Girl" - Elton John (3) "That's the Way (I Like It) - KC and the Sunshine Band (2) "Fly, Robin, Fly" - Silver Convention (3) "Let's Do It Again"- The Staple Singers (1) "Lonely This Christmas" - Mud (2 weeks 1974 + 2 weeks 1975) "Down Down" - Status Quo (1) "Ms Grace" - The Tymes (1) "January" - Pilot (3) "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel (2) "If" - Telly Savalas (2) "Bye, Bye, Baby (Baby Goodbye)" - Bay City Rollers (6) "Oh Boy" - Mud (2) "Stand by Your Man" - Tammy Wynette (3) "Whispering Grass" - Windsor Davies & Don Estelle (3) "I'm Not in Love" - 10cc (2) "Tears on My Pillow (I Can't Take It)" - Johnny Nash (1) "Give a Little Love" - Bay City Rollers (3) "Barbados" - Typically Tropical (1) "Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)" - The Stylistics (3) "Sailing" - Rod Stewart (4) "Hold Me Close" - David Essex (3) "I Only Have Eyes for You" - Art Garfunkel (2) "Space Oddity" - David Bowie (2) "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." - Billy Connolly (1) "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976)

Note: best sellers of the year are bold. Other significant singles "#9 Dream" - John Lennon "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" - Helen Reddy "All By Myself" - Eric Carmen "All My Friends Are Getting Married" - Skyhooks "Amie" - Pure Prairie League "Apache" - The Shadows (re-release) "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian "Autobahn" - Kraftwerk "Baby Please Don't Go" - AC/DC "Back in the Night" - Dr. Feelgood "Bad Luck" - Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes "The Ballroom Blitz" - Sweet "Black Friday" - Steely Dan "Black Superman Muhammed Ali" - Johnny Wakelin "Blue Guitar" - Justin Hayward and John Lodge "Boogie on Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder "Born to Run" - Bruce Springsteen "The Boys Are Back in Town" - Thin Lizzy "Calypso" - John Denver "Can I Sit Next to You Girl" - AC/DC "Can't Get It Out of My Head" - Electric Light Orchestra "Can't Stop Myself from Loving You" - William Shakespeare "The Carpet Crawlers" - Genesis "Cavalry" - Daryl Braithwaite "Chevy Van" - Sammy Johns "Convoy" - C. W. McCall "Could It Be Magic" - Barry Manilow "Curiosity Killed the Cat" - Little River Band "Cut the Cake" - Average White Band "D.I.V.O.R.C.E." - Billy Connolly "Daisy Jane" - America "Dance With Me" - Orleans "Department of Youth" - Alice Cooper "Ding-A-Dong" - Teach-In "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" - Sugarloaf "Dreamer" - Supertramp "Dynomite, Part 1" - Bazuka "Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" - Skyhooks "Eighteen With a Bullet" - Pete Wingfield "Emma" - Hot Chocolate "Evil Woman" - Electric Light Orchestra "Express" - B.T. Express "Feel Like Makin' Love" - Bad Company "Feelings" - Morris Albert "Fight the Power (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers "Fly Away" - John Denver "Fly, Robin, Fly" - Silver Convention "Fox on the Run" - Sweet "Freedom" - Sherbet "Funky Gibbon" - The Goodies "Funky Moped" - Jasper Carrott "Get Dancin'" - Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes "Golden Years" - David Bowie "Good Lovin' Gone Bad" - Bad Company "Have a Cigar" - Pink Floyd "Heat Wave" - Linda Ronstadt "Hey You" - Bachman–Turner Overdrive "High Voltage" - AC/DC "Hijack" - Herbie Mann "Hold Back the Night" - The Trammps "Hold On To Love" - Peter Skellern "Honky Tonk Angel" - Cliff Richard "Horror Movie" - Skyhooks "How Does It Feel" - Slade "How Long?" - Ace "How Long (Betcha Got a Chick on the Side)" - Pointer Sisters "I Am Love" - The Jackson 5 "I Believe In Father Christmas" - Greg Lake "I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do" - ABBA "I Love Music" - The O'Jays "I Only Have Eyes For You" - Art Garfunkel "I Write the Songs" - David Cassidy "If You Think You Know How To Love Me" - Smokie "I'm Not In Love" - 10cc "In Dulci Jubilo/On Horseback" - Mike Oldfield "Island Girl" - Elton John "It's a Long Way to the Top" - AC/DC "It's a Miracle" - Barry Manilow "It's Been So Long" - George McCrae "Jackie Blue" - Ozark Mountain Daredevils "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" - Eric Clapton "Kometenmelodie 2" - Kraftwerk "Lady" - Styx "Lady" - Supertramp "The Last Farewell" - Roger Whittaker "Let Me Be the One" - The Shadows "Let the Music Play" - Barry White "Life... Is For Living" - Sherbet "Listen To What The Man Said" - Paul McCartney & Wings "Lonely People" - America "Long Tall Glasses" - Leo Sayer "Love Hurts" - Jim Capaldi "Love Hurts" - Nazareth "L-O-V-E (Love)" - Al Green "Love Is the Drug" - Roxy Music "Love Me, Love My Dog" - Peter Shelley "Love Rollercoaster" - The Ohio Players "Love to Love You Baby" - Donna Summer "Love Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris "Low Rider" - War "Lyin' Eyes" - Eagles "Magic" - Pilot "Mamma Mia" - ABBA "Man on the Silver Mountain" - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow "Matter of Time" - Sherbet "Midnight Blue" - Melissa Manchester "Million Dollar Riff" - Skyhooks "Miracles" - Jefferson Starship "Mr. Jaws" - Dickie Goodman "Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)" - Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel "My Little Town" - Simon & Garfunkel "Never Can Say Goodbye" - Gloria Gaynor "The Newcastle Song" - Bob Hudson "Nightingale" - Carole King "Nights on Broadway" - Bee Gees "No No Song" - Ringo Starr "No Woman No Cry" - Bob Marley & The Wailers "Now I'm Here" - Queen "Old Days" - Chicago "Once Bitten Twice Shy" - Ian Hunter "Once You Get Started" - Rufus "Only Women Bleed" - Alice Cooper "Only Yesterday" - The Carpenters "Our Day Will Come" - Frankie Valli "Out on the Floor" - Dobie Gray "Paloma Blanca" - George Baker Selection "Please Mr. Please" - Olivia Newton-John "Poetry Man" - Phoebe Snow "Real Man" - Todd Rundgren "Remember What I Told You to Forget" - Tavares "Right Back Where We Started From" - Maxine Nightingale "Rock and Roll All Nite" - KISS "Rockin' All Over the World" - John Fogerty "Rockin' Chair" - Gwen McCrae "Rocky" - Austin Roberts "Roll on Down the Highway" - Bachman–Turner Overdrive "Roll Over Lay Down" - Status Quo "Run, Billy, Run" - The Shadows "Run Joey Run" - David Geddes "Saturday Night" - Bay City Rollers "Saturday Night Special" - Lynyrd Skynyrd "Scotch on the Rocks" - Band of the Black Watch "Send in the Clowns" - Judy Collins "Shame, Shame, Shame" - Shirley & Company "Shaving Cream" - Benny Bell "She Does It Right" - Dr. Feelgood "Sing a Song" - Earth, Wind & Fire "Sky High" - Jigsaw "Slow Ride" - Foghat "The Snake" - Al Wilson "Solitaire" - The Carpenters "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" - Elton John "SOS" - ABBA "Soul Stripper" - AC/DC "Spirit in the Night" - Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Squeeze Box" - The Who "Stand by Me" - John Lennon "Strange Magic" - Electric Light Orchestra "Summer Love" - Sherbet "Summertime City" - Mike Batt with the New Edition "Super Natural Thing" - Ben E. King "Swearin' To God" - Frankie Valli "Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith "Sweet Surrender" - John Denver "Sweet Thing" - Rufus "Tangled Up in Blue" - Bob Dylan "That's the Way (I Like It)" - KC and the Sunshine Band "Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" - Diana Ross "There Goes Another Love Song" - The Outlaws "There Goes My First Love" - The Drifters "They Just Can't Stop It (Games People Play)" - The Spinners "Third Rate Romance" - Amazing Rhythm Aces "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)" - Natalie Cole "Too Much Rock 'N' Roll" - Rabbit "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" - Laurel and Hardy with The Avalon Boys "Una Paloma Blanca" - Jonathan King "Up in a Puff of Smoke" - Polly Brown "Venus and Mars/Rockshow" - Paul McCartney & Wings "Walk Away From Love" - David Ruffin "Walk This Way" - Aerosmith "Walking in Rhythm" - The Blackbyrds "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender "The Way I Want to Touch You" - Captain & Tennille "The Way We Were" - Gladys Knight & the Pips "Welcome to the Machine" - Pink Floyd "What a Diff'rence a Day Makes" - Esther Phillips "What Am I Gonna Do With You?" - Barry White "(What's the Word?) Johannesburg" - Gil Scott-Heron "When An Old Cricketer Leaves The Crease" - Roy Harper "When Will I Be Loved" - Linda Ronstadt "Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons "Why Can't We Be Friends" - War "Wildfire" - Michael Murphey "W*O*L*D" - Harry Chapin "You Are So Beautiful" - Joe Cocker "You Sexy Thing" - Hot Chocolate "Young Americans" - David Bowie "You're My Best Friend" - Queen Published popular music "And All That Jazz" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Chita Rivera in the musical Chicago "Anytime (I'll Be There)"     w.m. Paul Anka "At Seventeen" w.m. Janis Ian "Calypso"     w.m. John Denver "I'm Not in Love"     w.m. Graham Gouldman & Eric Stewart "I'm Sorry"     w.m. John Denver "Love Will Keep Us Together"     w.m. Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield "Mamma Mia"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus "Movin' On Up" w.m. Jeff Barry and Ja'net Dubois, theme from the TV series The Jeffersons "New York State of Mind" w.m. Billy Joel "One"     w. Edward Kleban m. Marvin Hamlisch "Rockin' All Over the World" w.m. John C. Fogerty "Wasted Days Wasted Nights"     w.m. Freddy Fender & Wayne Duncan "The Way I Want To Touch You"     w.m. Toni Tennille "What I Did For Love"     w. Edward Kleban m. Marvin Hamlisch "You"     w.m. Tom Snow Classical music Samuel Adler - Symphony No. 5, We are the Echoes Osvaldas Balakauskas - Sonata of the Mountains Claude Bolling and Jean Pierre Rampal - Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Mario Davidovsky - Scenes from Shir ha-Shirim for soprano, two tenors, bass soli and chamber ensemble Lorenzo Ferrero Ellipse II Siglied Theo Loevendie - Concerto for Bass Clarinet and Orchestra, Incantations Witold Lutosławski - Les Espaces du Sommeil Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis Alexander Vustin - The Word Dmitri Shostakovich - Viola Sonata - his final work Opera John Rutter - Bang! Musical theatre Chicago - Broadway production A Chorus Line (Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban) - Broadway production A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) - London production Dance With Me - Broadway Production The Wiz - Broadway production Pacific Overtures - Broadway Production Musical films At Long Last Love Funny Lady Lisztomania The Magic Flute The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tommy Births January 2 Doug Robb (Hoobastank) Chris Cheney, Australian rock musician (The Living End) January 3 - Thomas Bangalter (Daft Punk) January 9 – Kim Mathers, ex-wife of rapper Eminem January 13 - Jason King, radio DJ January 12 - Melanie Chisholm, British singer (Spice Girls) January 15 – Edith Bowman, British radio DJ January 28 - Lee Latchford-Evans, British singer (Steps) January 29 – Kelly Packard, American singer-actress-hostess January 30 – Yumi Yoshimura, Japanese singer (Puffy Amiyumi) February 1 - Big Boi (OutKast) February 4 - Natalie Imbruglia, Australian singer February 5 - Adam Carson, drummer (AFI) February 6 – Tomoko Kawase, Japanese singer February 7 - Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit) February 14 – Scott Owen, Australian rock musician (The Living End) February 17 Harisu, South Korean singer, model and actress Wish Bone, rapper February 19 – Daniel Adair, Canadian rock drummer (Nickelback) February 20 - Brian Littrell, American singer (Backstreet Boys) February 21 – Heri Joensen, Faroese rock musician (Týr) February 23 - Robert Lopez, composer and lyricist March 4 – Hawksley Workman, Canadian rock singer-songwriter March 10 - Jerry Horton, Papa Roach March 12 - Kelle Bryan, 4singer (Eternal) March 15 – will.i.am, American rapper/singer of the Black Eyed Peas March 17 Justin Hawkins, vocalist (The Darkness) Jairzinho Oliveira, Brazilian singer/songwriter/composer March 18 – Sutton Foster, American actress, singer and dancer March 25 Melanie Blatt, singer (All Saints) Fergie, singer (The Black Eyed Peas) April 10 – Chris Carrabba, American rock musician (Dashboard Confessional) April 14 – Stefano Miceli, Italian conductor and pianist April 26 Joey Jordison (Slipknot) Jose Pasillas (Incubus) May 3 - Maksim Mrvica, pianist May 8 - Enrique Iglesias, singer May 15 – Peter Iwers, Swedish rock bassist (In Flames) May 16 Tonéx, American singer Tony Kakko, Finnish singer May 18 - Jack Johnson, singer-songwriter May 20 – Andrew Sega, American musician May 25 - Lauryn Hill, singer (The Fugees) May 27 - André 3000, vocalist (OutKast) May 29 - Melanie Brown, singer (Spice Girls) June 4 - Russell Brand, actor, comedian and DJ June 8 - Emm Gryner, Canadian singer-songwriter June 23 - KT Tunstall, singer-songwriter and guitarist June 26 - Marie-Nicole Lemieux, operatic contralto June 28 Jon Nödtveidt, Swedish singer (d. 2006) Ning Baizura, Malaysian singer July 1 – Sufjan Stevens, American folk musician July 2 - Erik Ohlsson, Millencolin July 5 – Gunnar H. Thomsen, Faroese rock bassist (Týr) July 6 - 50 Cent, rapper July 9 Isaac Brock, American musician Shona Fraser, British born music journalist and judge Jack White (The White Stripes) July 11 – Lil' Kim, American rapper July 12 - Tracie Spencer, American singer and actress July 14 Jaime Luis Gomez, known as "Taboo", rapper/singer of the Black Eyed Peas Tameka Cottle known as "Tiny", American singer/songwriter member of the group Xscape July 18 Daron Malakian (System of a Down) M.I.A., English musician July 21 – Fredrik Johansson, Swedish rock guitarist July 22 - Aile Asszonyi, operatic soprano July 25 - Håvard Ellefsen (Mortiis) August 5 – Eicca Toppinen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) August 7 - Gaahl, black metal vocalist August 12 – John Stevenson, American songwriter/musician August 28 - Marek Szulen, electronic music composer September 1 Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Australian actress and singer Omar Rodríguez-López (At the drive-in, The Mars Volta) September 4 – Mark Ronson, British DJ and music producer September 8 - Richard Hughes, British drummer (Keane) September 9 - Michael Bublé, Canadian big band singer September 11 - Brad Fischetti, LFO September 16 - Shannon Noll, Australian singer September 17 - Constantine Maroulis, American singer (Pray for the Soul of Betty) September 22 - Mystikal, rapper September 23 – Chris Hawkins, British radio personality September 30 – Georges-Alain Jones, French singer October 9 - Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono October 27 – Max Lilja, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) October 30 – Ian D'Sa, Canadian rock guitarist (Billy Talent) November 1 - Bo Bice, singer November 5 Lisa Scott-Lee, singer (Steps) Jamie Spaniolo (Jamie Madrox), American rapper November 6 - Mike Herrera (MxPx) November 8 – Ángel Corella, Spanish dancer November 12 – Aaron Solowoniuk, Canadian rock drummer (Billy Talent) November 14 Travis Barker, drummer (blink-182) Faye Tozer, British singer (Steps) November 19 - Tamika Scott, American singer/songwriter and producer November 20 Dierks Bentley, singer-songwriter Davey Havok, AFI Jeffrey Lewis, American Anti-folk singer December 13 - Tom Delonge, American singer (blink-182) December 14 - Justin Furstenfeld (Blue October) December 16 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian rock lead singer (Billy Talent) December 21 – Paloma Herrera, Argentine ballet dancer December 30 – Yoma Komatsu, former member of the female J-Pop group, BeForU Deaths January 8 - Richard Tucker, operatic tenor, 61 (heart attack) January 11 - Max Lorenz, Wagnerian tenor, 73 January 26 - Toti Dal Monte, operatic soprano, 81 January 30 - Boris Blacher, composer, 72 February 3 - Umm Kulthum, singer, songwriter, and actress February 4 - Louis Jordan, jazz musician, 66 February 10 - Dave Alexander, bassist (The Stooges), 27 (pulmonary edema) February 13 – Eric Thiman, English composer, 74 February 19 - Luigi Dallapiccola, composer, 71 February 22 - Lionel Tertis, viola player, 98 March 4 - Cornel Chiriac, Romanian record producer, broadcaster and jazz musician, 33 (murdered) March 15 - Sandy Brown, jazz musician, 46 (heart attack) March 16 – T-Bone Walker, African-American musician (b. 1910) March 27 - Sir Arthur Bliss, Master of the Queen's Musick, 83 April 12 – Josephine Baker, African-American dancer (b. 1906) April 14 - Michael Flanders, lyricist, actor, humorist and singer (Flanders and Swann), 53 (intracranial berry aneurysm) April 23 - Pete Ham, singer and songwriter (Badfinger), 27 (suicide) May 2 - Conchita Badía, operatic soprano, 77 May 13 – Bob Wills, American musician, 70 May 18 - Leroy Anderson, U.S. composer and conductor, 66 June 4 - Frida Leider, operatic soprano, 87 June 21 - David Tamkin, composer, 68 June 29 - Tim Buckley, singer-songwriter, 28 (drug overdose) July 5 - Gilda dalla Rizza, operatic soprano, 82 July 10 - Ernst Fischer, composer, 75 July 14 - Zutty Singleton, U.S. jazz drummer, 77 July 19 – Lefty Frizzell, Country Music Hall of Fame singer, 47 (stroke) August 8 – Julian Cannonball Adderley, American saxophonist (b. 1928) August 9 - Dmitri Shostakovich, composer, 68 (heart attack) August 10 - Neva Carr Glyn, operatic contralto, 67 September - Flora Perini, operatic soprano, 87 September 5 Georg Ots, Estonian opera singer (b. 1920) Bill Sprouse Jr., Christian singer and songwriter, 26 (heart attack) September 20 – Vincent Lopez, American bandleader (b. 1895) October 30 - John Scott Trotter, U.S. arranger and conductor December 14 - Mongezi Feza, jazz trumpeter and flautist, 30 (pneumonia) December 17 Noble Sissle, U.S. bandleader and singer, 86 Hound Dog Taylor, blues musician, 60 December 24 Bernard Herrmann, composer, 64 Tilly Losch, dancer and actress, 72 December 25 - Julio Cueva, trumpeter, bandleader and composer, 78 date unknown Will Mastin, American vaudevillian Patrick Kelly, Irish folk fiddler Awards Grammy Awards Grammy Awards of 1975 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest Eurovision Song Contest 1975 Leeds International Piano Competition Dimitri Alexeev Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship Ravi Shankar Zubin Mehta Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Music in 1975