8 January:KAREN POOLE = English singer-songwriter, member of Alisha's Attic
9 January:ANGIE MARTINEZ = American rapper and radio talk host
11 January:
MARY J. BLIGE = American singer
TOM ROWLANDS = English musician, member of Chemical Brothers
STUART DAVIS = American musician and songwriter
13 January:LEE AGNEW = Scottish drummer and percussionist, member of Nazareth
17 January:ROBERT JAMES RITCHIE pka KID ROCK = American singer, rapper, songwriter, musician, record producer, and actor
18 January:JONATHAN DAVIS = American musician, member of KoЯn
19 January:JOHN WOZNIAK = American singer and songwriter, member of Marcy Playground
20 January:
GARY BARLOW = British singer-songwriter, member of Take That
AHMIR "QUESTLOVE" THOMPSON = American musician, composer, producer, photographer, and author
25 January:CHINA WING KANTNER = American actress and MTV VJ, daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner
27 January:JONATHAN SMITH pka LIL JON = American rapper and producer
28 January:ANTHONY HAMILTON = American singer
1 February:RON WELTY = American drummer, member of The Offspring {1987–2003}
2 February:
MICHELLE GAYLE = British singer
BEN MIZE = American musician, member of Counting Crows {1994–2002}
13 February:SONIA = English pop singer
16 February:
AMANDA HOLDEN = British actress and singer
STEVEN HOUGHTON = British actor and singer
19 February:GIL SHAHAM = American violinist
23 February:JEFF BERES = American musician, member of Sister Hazel {1993-present}
26 February:ERICA ABI WRIGHT bka ERYKAH BADU = American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist, and actress
27 February:ROZONDA OCELEAN THOMAS aka "CHILLI" = American dancer, singer-songwriter, actress, and television personality, member of TLC {1991-present}
2 March:CLIFFORD SMITH bka METHOD MAN = American rapper, record producer, and actor
4 March:FERGAL LAWLER = Irish drummer, member of The Cranberries {1989–2003, 2009–present}
9 March:COREY MILLER bka C-MURDER = American rapper
10 March:DOUGLAS ARDITO = American rock bass guitarists, member of Puddle of Mudd
21 March:JOHN HENDY = British singer, member of East 17
29 March:ATTILA CSIHAR = Hungarian vocalist, member of Mayhem
31 March:EWAN McGREGOR = Scottish actor and singer
2 April:HIDEYUKI YOKOI bka ZEEBRA = Japanese rapper
3 April:WES BERGGREN = American musician
4 April:JOSH TODD = American rock singer, member of Buckcherry
11 April:OLIVER RIEDEL = German musician, member of Rammstein
16 April:SELENA QUINTANILLA PEREZ = American singer = [died: 1995]
20 April:MIKEY WELSH = American artist and musician, member of Weezer {1998-2001} = [died: 2011]
29 April:
SINIŠA VUCO = Croatian musician
TAMARA JOHNSON-GEORGE = American singer, member of SWV
3 May:DAMON DASH = American record label executive
6 May:CHRIS SHIFLETT = American rock musician, member of The Foo Fighters
9 May:PAUL McGUIGAN = British bassist, member of Oasis
10 May:CRAIG MACK = American rapper
17 May:VERNIE BENNETT = British singer, member of Eternal
22 May:RAIMUND MARASIGAN = Filipino drummer, member of Eraserheads
27 May:LISA "LEFT EYE" LOPES = American rapper and songwriter TLC = [died: 2002]
30 May:
PATRICK DAHLHEIMER = American bassist for the bands Live and The Gracious Few
IDINA MENZEL = American actress and singer
31 May:ADAM WALTON = British DJ
1 June:MARIO CIMARRO = Cuban actor and singer
5 June:MARK WAHLBERG = American rapper and actor
9 June:RICK RENSTROM = American guitarist
16 June:LESANE PARISH CROOKS bka TUPAC SHAKUR = American rapper = [died: 1996]
17 June:
BETH TORBERT bka BIF NAKED = Canadian singer-songwriter, actress, and motivational speaker
PAULINA RUBIO = Mexican singer
18 June:NATHAN MORRIS American singer, member of Boyz II Men
21 June:ANETTE OLZON = Swedish singer, member of Nightwish
29 June:MATTHEW GOOD = Canadian musician
1 July:MISSY ELLIOTT = American singer
11 July:LEISHA HAILEY = American musician and actress
12 July:ERIC BREED bka MC BREED = American rapper = [died: 2008]
17 July:
JARRETT CORDES bka DJ MINUTEMIX = American hip hop artist, member of P.M. Dawn
ED KOWALCZYK = American musician, founding member of Live {1989–2009, 2016–present}
20 July:ROBERT EARL DAVIS, Jr. bka DJ SCREW = American hip hop deejay = [died: 2000]
23 July:
ALISON KRAUSS = American singer
DALVIN DeGRATE = American rapper, member of Jodeci
30 July:
CALOGERO = French singer
ELVIS CRESPO = American-born Puerto Rican singer
31 July:JOHN LOWERY = American guitarist
3 August:DJ SPINDERELLA = American rapper, member of Salt-n-Pepa
4 August:YOLANDER WHITAKER bka YO-YO = American hip hop recording artist, actress and entrepreneur
12 August:PHIL WESTERN = Canadian musician
17 August:
ANTHONY KEARNS = Irish tenor
UHM JUNG-HWA = South Korean actress and singer
18 August:RICHARD D. JAMES = Irish musician
20 August:FRED DURST = American singer, member of Limp Bizkit
23 August:BONE CRUSHER = American rapper
26 August:THALÍA = Mexican actress and singer
27 August:JULIAN CHEUNG = Hong Kong actor and singer
30 August:LARS FREDERIKSEN = Danish-American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Rancid
2 September:JOEY BELTRAM = American DJ and record producer
6 September:DOLORES O'RIORDAN = Irish vocalist, member of The Cranberries
11 September:RICHARD ASHCROFT = British singer and songwriter
19 September:DANIEL KRETSCHMER bka D-FLAME = German hip-hop and reggae performer
21 September:ALFONSO RIBEIRO = American actor, singer and dancer
24 September:MARTY CINTRON = American singer, member of No Mercy
28 September:A. J. CROCE = American singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce
2 October:
TIFFANY = American singer
JAMES ROOT = American guitarist for Slipknot
LeSHAUN = American rapper
3 October:KEVIN RICHARDSON = American singer, member of Backstreet Boys
4 October:BRIAN TRANSEAU = American disc jockey
5 October:SOUTH PARK MEXICAN = American rapper
10 October:EVGENY KISSIN = Russian pianist
11 October:MC LYTE American rapper
17 October:
CHRIS KIRKPATRICK = American singer, member of 'N Sync
DERRICK PLOURDE = American drummer, musician and artist, member of The Ataris = [died: 2005]
20 October:
DANNII MINOGUE = Australian singer
CORDOZAR CALVIN BROADUS, Jr. pka SNOOP DOGG = American rapper and producer
25 October:
ATHENA CHU = Hong Kong actress and singer
MIDORI = Japanese violinist
26 October:ANTHONY RAPP = American singer and actor
AARON DONTEZ YATES bka TECH N9NE = American rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur
AARON YATES = American rapper
12 November:TOM SHEAR = American musician and producer
13 November:BUDDY ZABALA = Filipino musician and producer, bassist with Eraserheads
18 November:ÖZLEM TEKIN = Turkish singer
1 December:GREG UPCHURCH = American heavy metal drummer with Puddle of Mudd
8 December:NICK ZINNER = American guitarist and producer for Yeah Yeah Yeahs
16 December:MICHAEL McCARY = American singer with Boyz II Men
20 December:
ROGER J. BEAUJARD = American musician
SIMON O'NEILL = New Zealand opera singer
24 December:RICKY MARTIN = Puerto Rican singer
25 December:
FLORIAN CLOUD DE BOUNEVIALLE ARMSTRONG bka DIDO = English singer
NOEL HOGAN = Irish guitarist, member of The Cranberries
31 December:MARCUS ADORO = Filipino musician, lead guitarist of Eraserheads
Timeline of Musical Events
25 January:GRACE SLICK of Jefferson Airplane gives birth to a daughter. The baby is named China and not "god", as urban legend would have it.
1 February: after months of feuding in the press, GINGER BAKER and ELVIN JONES hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.
5 February: Eric Burdon & War disband.
8 February: Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
16 February: Alan Passaro of the Hells Angels, who was acquitted on January 19 of the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.
1 March: The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.
4 March: The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle, England. The tour was a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles".
5 March: Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song "Stairway to Heaven".
12-13 March: The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, At Fillmore East.
16 March: The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970, are presented, held at Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, California and hosted by Andy Williams. The ceremonies are broadcast on live television for the first time.
3 April: The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song "Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue" sung by Séverine. UK entry “Jack In The Box” sung by Clodagh Rodgers comes 4th.
6 April: The Rolling Stones hold a party in Cannes to officially announce their new contract with Atlantic and the launch of Rolling Stones Records.
12 May: Mick Jagger marries Bianca de Macías in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and their wives are among the wedding guests.
6 June: John Lennon and Yoko Ono join Frank Zappa on stage at the Fillmore East for an encore jam. The performance would be released the following year on the Some Time in New York City album.
20-24 June: the first Glastonbury Festival to take place at the summer solstice is held in South West England. Performers include David Bowie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence and Hawkwind.
27 June: Promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York City with a final concert featuring the The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys and Mountain.
3 July: Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France aged 27.
4 July: The Fillmore West is closed in San Francisco with a final show featuring Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Grateful Dead.
6 July: jazz giant Louis Armstrong passes away from a heart attack at the age of 69.
9 July: Grand Funk becomes only the second band, after The Beatles, to perform a sold-out concert at Shea Stadium.
1 August:
The Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden, New York, starring Ravi Shankar, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and Leon Russell; also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis, and Badfinger.
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premieres on CBS.
11 September: The Jackson 5ive, a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the popular Motown group The Jackson 5, premieres on ABC.
5 October: Black Sabbath perform the first set of their Whisky a Go Go performance in all-white tuxedos.
8 November: Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest selling album, and the fourth best selling album of all time.
1 December: Belgian singing duo Nicole & Hugo are married at Wemmel.
4 December: The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. Members of Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".
10 December: Frank Zappa breaks his leg after being shoved off the stage by a deranged fan at The Rainbow in London.
31 December: Bob Dylan makes a surprise appearance for the encore of The Band's New Year's Eve concert at the Academy of Music, joining the group for four songs including "Like a Rolling Stone".
Also in 1971
Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.
Ann Wilson joins Heart, which moves to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their Greatest Hits album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' on the River which runs until 1974.
Brad Whitford replaces Ray Tabano on rhythm guitar in Aerosmith
Elton John has first international hit with Your Song.
Donna Summer's recording career begins.
Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career.
Rick Wakeman joins Yes.
Conrad Schnitzler leaves Kluster, which dissolves.
The Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille.
Published Popular Music
"The Age of Not Believing" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN, from the film 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'
"Always on My Mind" = lyrics & music by JOHNNY CHRISTOPHER, MARK JAMES and WAYNE CARSON THOMPSON
"American Pie" = lyrics & music by DON McLEAN
"And I Love You So" = lyrics & music by DON McLEAN
"Baby I'm A-Want You" = lyrics & music by DAVID GATES
"Been On A Train" = lyrics & music by LAURA NYRO
"Ben" = lyrics by DON BLACK; music by WALTER SCHARF
"Brown Earth" = lyrics & music by LAURA NYRO
"The Candy Man" = lyrics & music by LESLIE BRICUSSE & ANTHONY NEWLEY, from the film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'
"Day By Day" = lyrics by JOHN MICHAEL TEBELAK; music by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ
"Eagle Rock" = lyrics & music by ROSS WILSON
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" = lyrics & music by BARRY GIBB and ROBIN GIBB
"I Am Woman" = lyrics by HELEN REDDY; music by RAY BURTON
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" = lyrics by TIM RICE; music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER. Introduced by YVONNE ELLIMAN in the musical 'Jesus Christ Superstar'
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" = lyrics & music by B. BACKER, B. DAVIS, R. COOK & R. GREENAWAY
"I'm Still Here" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Imagine" = lyrics & music by JOHN LENNON
"Kiss an Angel Good Morning" = lyrics & music by BEN PETERS
"Knock Three Times" = lyrics & music by IRWIN LEVINE
"The Last Farewell" = lyrics & music by ROGER WHITTAKER & RON A. WEBSTER
"Losing My Mind" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Maggie May" = lyrics & music by ROD STEWART and MARTIN QUITTENTON
"Pure Imagination" = lyrics & music by LESLIE BRICUSSE & ANTHONY NEWLEY, from the film 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'
"Riders on the Storm" = lyrics & music by THE DOORS
"Stairway to Heaven" = lyrics by ROBERT PLANT; music by JIMMY PAGE
"Substitutiary Locomotion" = lyrics & music by RICHARD M. SHERMAN and ROBERT B. SHERMAN, from the film 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'
"The Summer Knows" = lyrics by ALAN BERGMAN & MARILYN BERGMAN; music by MICHEL LEGRAND from the film 'Summer of '42'
"Those Were the Days" = lyrics by LEE ADAMS; music by CHARLES STROUSE, from the TV series 'All in the Family'
"Too Many Mornings" = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM
"Avec le Temps" = by DALIDA
"Mamy Blue" = by DALIDA
"Queen of the Hours" = lyrics & music by JEFF LYNNE, ROY WOOD
Classical Music
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Viola concerto with small orchestra
GAVIN BRYARS
Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
ELLIOTT CARTER
String Quartet No. 3
GEORGE CRUMB
Lux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
MARIO DAVIDOVSKY
Chacona for violin, cello, and piano
MORTON FELDMAN
Rothko Chapel
LORENZO FERRERO
Primavera che non vi rincresca
JORGEN JERSILD
Three Danish Romances
MAURICIO KAGEL
Staatstheater
LADISLAV KUPKOVIC
Klanginvasion auf Bonn
JEAN LANGLAIS
Concerto for Organ no 3 "Reaction"
LUIGI NONO
Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt
STEVE REICH
Drumming
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 15 A major, Op. 141
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN
Mixtur
IANNIS XENAKIS
Charisma
Opera
ALBERTO GINASTERA
Beatrix Cenci
HANS WERNER HENZE
Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer
LEE HOIBY
Summer and Smoke
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS
Yerma
Musical Theatre
AIN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE A NATURAL DEATH
Off-Broadway production
FOLLIES
(Stephen Sondheim)
Broadway production
GODSPELL
(Stephen Schwartz)
Broadway and London productions (Off-Broadway from 1971, 572 performances on Broadway, 2,600 total NYC performances)
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
(Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice)
Broadway production (eighteen months)
LOLITA, MY LOVE
(John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner)
closed in pre-Broadway tryout
PRETTYBELLE
closed in pre-Broadway tryout
NO, NO, NANETTE
(Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans)
Broadway revival
ON THE TOWN
Broadway revival
SHOW BOAT
(Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II)
London revival
TO LIVE ANOTHER SUMMER, TO PASS ANOTHER WINTER
Off-Broadway production opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 21 and transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 10, 1972 for a total run of 173 performances. (Both houses were Broadway theatres.)
TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA
Broadway production
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Mark Chard BSc, PLY
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Last edited: 20th February 2024
