9 January:SEAN PAUL = Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist
10 January:AERLE TAREE = American musician, member of Arrested Development {1990-1996}
12 January:
HANDE YENER = Turkish Singer
MATT WONG = American bassist, founding member of Reel Big Fish {1992-2007}
11 February:CRAIG JONES = American sampler/keyboardist, member of Slipknot {1996-present}
21 February:JUSTIN CATHAL GEEVER bka JUSTIN SANE = American singer, guitarist and songwriter
22 February:
GUSTAVO ASSIS-BRASIL = Brazilian guitarist
SCOTT PHILLIPS = American drummer
24 February:CHRIS FEHN = American rock percussionist, member of Slipknot {1998-present}
26 February:ANDRÉ TANNEBERGER = German DJ
1 March:RYAN PEAKE = Canadian rock musician, member of Nickelback
10 March:DAN SWANÖ = Swedish musician
17 March:CAROLINE CORR = Irish drummer, member of The Corrs
25 March:ANDERS FRIDÉN = Swedish vocalist
3 April:MARIJA GLUVAKOV = Serbian pianist
4 April:KELLY PRICE = American soul singer
29 April:MIKE HOGAN = Irish bassist, member of The Cranberries
2 May:JUSTIN BURNETT = American film score composer
5 May:ERIK KOWALSKI bka CASINO VERSUS JAPAN = American electronic musician
14 May:
NATALIE APPLETON = British singer, member of All Saints
SHANICE = American singer
17 May:JOSHUA HOMME = American guitarist and vocalist and founding member of Queens of the Stone Age
23 May:JACOPO GIANNINOTO = Italian musician
10 June:
FAITH EVANS = American singer, songwriter, record producer and actress
STANLEY HOWSE bka FLESH-N-BONE = American rapper
13 June:CHERYL "COKO" CLEMONS = American singer, member of SWV
23 June:MARIE N = Latvian Eurovision-winning singer
26 June:GRETCHEN WILSON = American singer
4 July:GACKT CAMUI bka GACKT = Japanese singer, songwriter, and musician
5 July:BENGT LAGERBERG = Swedish drummer, member of The Cardigans
11 July:ANDREW BIRD = American singer-songwriter
15 July:MARK ANTHONY MYRIE bka BUJU BANTON = Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist
23 July:FRAN HEALY = British singer, member of Travis
25 July:
DANI FILTH = Israeli-born musician, member of Cradle of Filth
MARY ANN VIEIRA aka LADYBUG MECCA = American vocalist, member of Digable Planets
29 July:WANYA MORRIS = American singer, member of Boyz II Men
8 August:SCOTT STAPP = American singer, member of Creed
12 August:GREY DeLISLE = American voice actress and singer
15 August:ADNAN SAMI = British born singer, music composer, pianist
22 August:
ANTHONY MOSES DAVIS bka BEENIE MAN = Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist
HOWIE DOROUGH = American singer, member of Backstreet Boys
1 September:J.D. FORTUNE = Canadian rock singer, member of INXS
14 September:NASIR BIN OLU DARA JONES bka NAS = American rapper
18 September:AMI ONUKI = Japanese singer
22 September:
YOO CHAE-YEONG = South Korean singer and actress
MARTIN OWEN = British classical horn player with the BBC Symphony Orchestra {2008-present}
26 September:JULIENNE DAVIS = American actress/model/singer
2 October:
DESHAUN DUPREE HOLTON bka PROOF = American Rapper and member of D12 = [died: 2006]
LENE NYSTRØM = Norwegian singer, member of Aqua
LaTOCHA SCOTT = American singer
VERKA SERDUCHKA = Ukrainian pop star
9 October:TERRY BALSAMO = American guitarist
3 November:
KIRK JONES bka STICKY FINGAZ = American rapper, member of onyx
MICK THOMSON = American guitarist, member of Slipknot
9 November:NICK LACHEY = American singer
10 November:JACQUI ABBOTT = English singer, member of The Beautiful South
11 November:JASON WHITE, American rock musician, member of Green Day
28 November:JADE PUGET = American musician and producer, member of AFI
8 December:COREY TAYLOR = American musician, singer, songwriter, actor and author, member of Slipknot
11 December:DANTE TERRELL SMITH bka MOS DEF = American rapper
17 December:EDDIE FISHER = American musician, member of OneRepublic
27 December:KRISTOFFER ZEGERS = Dutch composer
29 December:CHAD LAMONT BUTLER bka PIMP C = American rapper = [died: 2007]
Timeline of Musical Events
9 January: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.
13 January: Aerosmith make their debut by releasing the album Aerosmith.
14 January:
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.
18 January: 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.
21 January: The Rolling Stones open their Pacific tour of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in Honolulu, Hawaii.
30 January: Kiss performs their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens.
2 February: The Midnight Special makes its debut as a regular series on NBC. HELEN REDDY is the featured artist.
14 February:DAVID BOWIE collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.
18 February: The King Biscuit Flower Hour is first broadcast with performances by Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and new artist BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN.
1 March:
The Joffrey Ballet's Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely to music by The Beach Boys.
Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon, which goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album debuts on the Billboard 200 on March 17, reaches #1 on April 28, and eventually logs the all-time record of 741 weeks on that chart.
5 March: 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.
6 March: The New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels John Lennon's visa extension five days after granting it.
7 March: 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.
8 March: Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.
14 March: The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England.
24 March: Lou Reed is bitten on the buttocks by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York.
2 April: 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).
7 April: 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. Spain finish in second place with "Eres Tú", sung by Mocedades; the United Kingdom finish third with Cliff Richard singing "Power to All Our Friends". The top three placed songs become international hits.
16 April: Paul McCartney's first television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on television. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.
4 May to 29 July: 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.
9 May: 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.
12 May: David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
25 May: Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly-launched Virgin label.
4 June: 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.
29 June: 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.
30 June: Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple.
1 July: Slade play a sell-out Earls Court in London after two number one singles this year.
3 July: 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.
4 July: 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".
13 July: The Everly Brothers break up.
15 July: Ray Davies of The Kinks makes an emotional outburst during a performance at White City Stadium, announcing he is quitting the group. He later recants the statement.
28 July: Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival is attended by 600,000, who see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead.
6 August: Stevie Wonder is seriously injured in a car accident outside Durham, North Carolina, spending the next four days in a coma.
20 August: The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival.
25 August: 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.
1 September: The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Vienna, Austria.
20 September:JIM CROCE, MAURY MUEHLEISEN and four others die in a plane crash in Louisiana.
22 September:BENITA VALENTE makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, singing Pamina in The Magic Flute.
23 September: The Roxy Theatre opens in West Hollywood, California.
27 September: Don Kirshner's Rock Concert premieres on syndicated television with a performance by The Rolling Stones.
13 October: 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.
17 October: 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.
19 October: The Who release Quadrophenia, one of their most critically acclaimed albums.
20 October: Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House.
1 November: Kiss becomes the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label, Casablanca Records.
20 November: The Who open their Quadrophenia US tour with a concert at San Francisco'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.
3 December: CBGB music club opens in Manhattan.
15 December:JERMAINE JACKSON marries HAZEL GORDY, daughter of Motown Records executive BERRY GORDY.
25 December: Universal Pictures releases The Sting, reviving interest in the ragtime music of SCOTT JOPLIN.
31 December:
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.
Also in 1973:-
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.
Published Popular Music
' And I Love You So ' = lyrics & music by DON McLEAN
' Candle in the Wind ' = lyrics by BERNIE TAUPIN; music by ELTON JOHN
' I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song ' = lyrics & music by JIM CROCE
' I've Got to Use My Imagination ' = lyrics & music by GERRY GOFFIN & BARRY GOLDBERG
' Last Song ' = lyrics & music by LAWRENCE WAYNE EVOY
' Liaisons ' = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM from the musical "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC"
' Midnight Train to Georgia ' = lyrics & music by JIM WEATHERLY
' Misdemeanor ' = lyrics & music by FOSTER SYLVERS
' Nadia's Theme ' = music by BARRY DeVORZON and PERRY BOTKIN, Jr., from the TV soap opera "THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS"
' (Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose ' = lyrics & music by IRWIN LEVINE & L. RUSSELL BROWN
' Piano Man ' = lyrics & music by BILLY JOEL
' Send in the Clowns ' = lyrics & music by STEPHEN SONDHEIM from the musical "A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC"
' Stuck in the Middle with You ' = lyrics & music by JOE EGAN & GERRY RAFFERTY
' There Used To Be A Ballpark ' = lyrics & music by JOE RAPOSO
' Top of the World ' = lyrics & music by JOHN BETTIS & RICHARD CARPENTER
' The Way We Were ' = lyrics by ALAN BERGMAN & MARILYN BERGMAN; music by MARVIN HAMLISCH from the film "THE WAY WE WERE"
' Yesterday Once More ' = lyrics & music by 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
Opera
DE LA FIGO
Bronski eu Lot
NIKOLAI KORNDORF
Feast in the Time of Plague
Musical Theatre
GIGI
(Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe)
Broadway production
GREASE starring Richard Gere as Danny, Stacey Gregg as Sandy, Stephen Bent as Roger, Jacqui-Ann Carr as Rizzo, and Derek James as Doody
(Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey)
London production opened at the New London Theatre in June 1973
GYPSY starring Angela Lansbury, Barrie Ingham and Zan Charisse
(Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim)
London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on 29 May 1973
IRENE starring Debbie Reynolds
(book by James Montgomery, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and music by Harry Tierney)
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 starred Bernard Miles, Jonathan Scott Taylor and Spike Milligan
London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on December 17
TWO GENTLEMEN FROM VERONA
London production
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