CHRIS CHENEY = Australian rock musician, record producer and studio owner. He is the founding mainstay guitarist, songwriter and lead vocalist of the psychobilly band, The Living End
3 January:THOMAS BANGALTER = French musician, record producer, singer, songwriter, DJ, composer and film director, best known for being one half of the French house music duo Daft Punk
9 January:KIM MATHERS = American ex-wife of rapper Eminem
13 January:JASON KING = British radio DJ
15 January:EDITH BOWMAN = British radio DJ
28 January:LEE LATCHFORD-EVANS = English singer, dancer, stage actor, kickboxer and a celebrity personal trainer, most famous for being one of the two male backup singers of the British pop group Steps
29 January:KELLY PACKARD = American singer-actress-hostess
30 January:YUMI YOSHIMURA = Japanese musician, singer, and voice actress who is a member of the Japanese pop duo Puffy
1 February:ANTWAN ANDRÉ PATTO better known as BIG BOI = American rapper, songwriter, actor and record producer, best known for being a member of American hip hop duo OutKast
4 February:NATALIE IMBRUGLIA = Australian actress and singer
5 February:ADAM CARSON = American drummer of AFI
6 February:TOMOKO KAWASE = Japanese singer
7 February:WES BORLAND = American rock musician, member of Limp Bizkit
14 February:SCOTT OWEN = Australian rock musician, member of The Living End
17 February:
HARISU = South Korean singer, model and actress
CHARLES C. SCRUGGS, Jr better known as WISH BONE = American rapper and member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
19 February:DANIEL ADAIR = Canadian rock drummer with Nickelback
20 February:BRIAN LITTRELL = American singer, member of Backstreet Boys
21 February:HERI JOENSEN = Faroese rock musician, vocalist for Týr
23 February:ROBERT LOPEZ = American composer and lyricist of Filipino descent
4 March:HAWKSLEY WORKMAN = Canadian rock singer-songwriter
10 March:JERRY HORTON = American musician, songwriter, member of Papa Roach
12 March:KELLE BRYAN = British singer, member of Eternal
15 March:WILL.I.AM = American rapper/singer, member of Black Eyed Peas
17 March:
JUSTIN HAWKINS = English vocalist with The Darkness
18 March:SUTTON FOSTER = American actress, singer and dancer
25 March:
MELANIE BLATT = English singer, member of All Saints
FERGIE = American singer, member of The Black Eyed Peas
10 April:CHRIS CARRABBA = American rock musician, member of Dashboard Confessional
14 April:STEFANO MICELI = Italian conductor and pianist
22 April:ANDERS NYSTRÖM = Swedish guitarist, member of the bands Katatonia and Bloodbath
26 April:JOEY JORDISON = American musician, songwriter, and record producer, member of Slipknot
3 May:MAKSIM MRVICA = Croatian pianist
8 May:ENRIQUE IGLESIAS = Spanish-American singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
15 May:PETER IWERS = Swedish rock bassist, member of In Flames
16 May:
TONÉX = American singer
TONY KAKKO = Finnish singer
18 May:JACK JOHNSON = American folk rock singer-songwriter
19 May:JONAS RENKSE = Swedish vocalist with Katatonia and bassist with Bloodbath
20 May:ANDREW SEGA = American musician
25 May:LAURYN HILL = American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress, member of The Fugees
27 May:ANDRÉ LAUREN BENJAMIN better known as ANDRÉ 3000 = American rapper, singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer and actor, member of OutKast
29 May:MELANIE BROWN also known as MEL B = English singer, member of The Spice Girls
4 June:RUSSELL BRAND = English actor, comedian and DJ
8 June:EMM GRYNER = Canadian singer-songwriter
23 June:KT TUNSTALL = Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
26 June:
MARIE-NICOLE LEMIEUX = Canadian operatic contralto
PAUL PHILLIPS = American guitar player and songwriter, most famous for being a member of the band Puddle of Mudd
28 June:
JON NÖDTVEIDT = Swedish singer = [died: 2006]
NING BAIZURA = Malaysian singer
1 July:SUFJAN STEVENS = American folk musician
2 July:ERIK OHLSSON = Swedish punk rock musician with Millencolin
5 July:GUNNAR H. THOMSEN Faroese rock bassist with Týr
6 July:CURTIS JAMES JACKSON III (50 CENT) = American rapper
9 July:
ISAAC BROCK = American musician
SHONA FRASER = British born music journalist and judge
JACK WHITE = American musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, member of The White Stripes
11 July:LIL' KIM = American rapper
12 July:TRACIE SPENCER = American singer and actress
14 July:
JAIME LUIS GOMEZ, known as "TABOO" = American rapper/singer of the Black Eyed Peas
TAMEKA COTTLE known as "TINY" = American singer/songwriter member of the group Xscape
18 July:
DARON MALAKIAN = Armenian-American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer, member of System of a Down
M.I.A. = English musician
21 July:FREDRIK JOHANSSON = Swedish rock guitarist
22 July:AILE ASSZONYI = Estonian operatic soprano
25 July:HÅVARD ELLEFSEN = Norwegian musician, member of Mortiis
5 August:EICCA TOPPINEN = Finnish cellist with Apocalyptica
7 August:KRISTIAN EIVIND ESPEDAL (GAAHL) = Norwegian black metal vocalist
12 August:JOHN STEVENSON = American songwriter/musician
27 August:BJÖRN GELOTTE = Swedish guitarist with In Flames
28 August:MAREK SZULEN = Polish composer of electronic music (el-music)
1 September:
NATALIE BASSINGTHWAIGHTE = Australian actress and singer
OMAR RODRÍGUEZ-LÓPEZ = Puerto Rican/American multi-instrumentalist, member of At the drive-in and The Mars Volta
4 September:MARK RONSON = British DJ and music producer
8 September:RICHARD HUGHES = British drummer, member of Keane
9 September:MICHAEL BUBLÉ = Canadian big band singer
11 September:BRAD FISCHETTI = American vocalist with LFO
16 September:SHANNON NOLL = Australian singer
17 September:CONSTANTINE MAROULIS = American singer with Pray for the Soul of Betty
22 September:MYSTIKAL = Welsh comedic rapper, member of Goldie Lookin Chain
23 September:CHRIS HAWKINS = British radio personality
30 September:GEORGES-ALAIN JONES = French singer
9 October:SEAN ONO LENNON = American musician, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
27 October:MAX LILJA = Finnish cellist with Apocalyptica
30 October:IAN D'SA = Canadian rock guitarist with Billy Talent
1 November:BO BICE = American singer and musician
5 November:
LISA SCOTT-LEE = Welsh singer-songwriter, dancer and an ice skater, member of Steps
JAMIE SPANIOLO (JAMIE MADROX) = American rapper
8 November:ÁNGEL CORELLA = Spanish dancer
12 NovemberAARON SOLOWONIUK = Canadian rock drummer with Billy Talent
14 November
TRAVIS BARKER = American drummer, member of Blink-182
FAYE TOZER = British singer, member of Steps
19 November:TAMIKA SCOTT = American singer/songwriter and producer
20 November:
DIERKS BENTLEY = American singer-songwriter
DAVEY HAVOK = American Lead vocalist with AFI
JEFFREY LEWIS = American Anti-folk singer
13 December:TOM DELONGE = American musician, member of Blink-182
14 December:JUSTIN FURSTENFELD = American alternative rock musician, member of Blue October
16 December:BENJAMIN KOWALEWICZ = Canadian rock lead singer with Billy Talent
30 December:YOMA KOMATSU = Japanese pop singer, former member of the female J-Pop group, BeForU
Timeline of Musical Events
2 January: 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.
5 January: The Wiz, a new musical version of the classic Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City.
6 January: 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.
8 January: Three Led Zeppelin concerts at Madison Square Garden sell out in a record four hours.
12 January: "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.
13 February: The film Slade In Flame, starring the members of Slade, premieres at the Metropole Theatre in London.
21 February: 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.
2 March: Los Angeles Police make a routine traffic stop that turns out to be Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. Linda is arrested for having 170 to 225 grams (six to eight ounces) of marijuana in her pocketbook.
21 March: Alice Cooper, now a solo artist, begins the Welcome to My Nightmare tour in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The elaborate show is among the largest stage spectacles of the decade.
22 March: In the Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm, Sweden, the Dutch group Teach-In wins with the song "Ding-A-Dong".
23 March: Promoter Bill Graham stages the S.N.A.C.K. (Students Need Athletics, Culture and Kicks) charity concert at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco, California, to benefit the city's educational system. Almost 60,000 people come to see The Grateful Dead, The Doobie Brothers, Santana, Jefferson Starship, Tower of Power, Eddie Palmieri, Joan Baez, Graham Central Station and Neil Young joined by members of The Band along with a surprise appearance by Bob Dylan. It's the largest benefit concert in history to date.
26 March: The film version of The Who's Tommy premieres in London.
3 April: 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.
7 April: Ritchie Blackmore plays a final show with Deep Purple in Paris before quitting to form his own group, Rainbow.
18 April: Alice Cooper's first television special, Welcome to My Nightmare: The Making of a Record Album airs.
24 April: Pete Ham, founder of the group Badfinger, is found hanged in his London garage. His death is ruled a suicide.
28 April: Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.
1 May: 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.
10 May: Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities.
1 June: The Rolling Stones open their North American Tour in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
20 June: Talking Heads perform their first show at CBGB in New York.
23 June: Alice Cooper falls off the stage during a concert in Vancouver, breaking six ribs.
24 June: "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.
30 June: Cher and Gregg Allman are married in a Las Vegas hotel suite.
4 July: the Texas Senate declares the Fourth of July "Willie Nelson Day", as over 70,000 fans visit Liberty Hill for the third annual picnic and country rock show headlined by Willie himself.
4 August: Robert Plant and his wife Maureen are seriously injured in a car accident while vacationing on the Greek island of Rhodes. The immediate future of Led Zeppelin is cast into doubt, as Plant will not recover for quite some time.
9 August:
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.
The first Rock Music Awards, produced by Don Kirshner, are held in Los Angeles, co-hosted by Elton John and Diana Ross. John wins "Outstanding Rock Personality of the Year".
23 August: Peter Gabriel leaves British progressive rock group Genesis.
15 September: Pink Floyd releases their ninth album, Wish You Were Here.
29 September: Singer Jackie Wilson suffers a massive heart attack while performing on stage in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He survives but never physically recovers.
7 October: John Lennon finally wins his battle to stay in the United States after the New York Court of Appeals overturns Lennon's 1972 deportation order.
9 October:
John Lennon and Yoko Ono become parents of Sean Ono Lennon at 2:00 AM. The birth heralds the beginning of John's temporary retirement from the music business as he vows to devote himself to family for the next five years.
Rock band Kiss earns publicity by playing the homecoming dance of Cadillac High School in Cadillac, Michigan.
18 October: Simon & Garfunkel reunite on the second-ever episode of Saturday Night Live on NBC, performing "The Boxer", "Scarborough Fair", and new collaboration "My Little Town".
27 October: Bruce Springsteen appears on the covers of both Time and Newsweek magazines on the same week.
30 October: Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour begins.
6 November: The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin's School of Art in London.
21 November: Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" goes to number one, where it remains for 5 weeks of 1975 and 4 weeks of 1976.
10 December: The John Denver holiday special Rocky Mountain Christmas airs on ABC.
18 December: The official break-up of Faces is announced at a London press conference. Rod Stewart will continue his solo career while Ronnie Wood is widely expected to be announced as an official member of The Rolling Stones in the near future.
24 December: The first issue of Punk magazine is released with a January 1976 cover date. A drawing of Lou Reed is on the cover.
25 December: Bassist Steve Harris forms Iron Maiden, drawing the name from a torture device mentioned in The Man in the Iron Mask.
31 December: The fourth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on ABC, with performances by Average White Band, Melissa Manchester, Freddy Fender, and Neil Sedaka.
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.
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.
Published Popular Music
"And All That Jazz" = lyrics by FRED EBB; music by JOHN KANDER. Introduced by CHITA RIVERA in the musical 'Chicago'
"Anytime (I'll Be There)" = lyrics & music by PAUL ANKA
"At Seventeen" = lyrics & music by JANIS IAN
"Calypso" = lyrics & music by JOHN DENVER
"I'm Not in Love" = lyrics & music by GRAHAM GOULDMAN & ERIC STEWART
"I'm Sorry" = lyrics & music by JOHN DENVER
"Love Will Keep Us Together" = lyrics & music by NEIL SEDAKA & HOWARD GREENFIELD
"Mamma Mia" = lyrics & music by BENNY ANDERSSON, STIG ANDERSON & BJÖRN ULVAEUS
"Movin' On Up" = lyrics & music by JEFF BARRY and JA'NET DUBOIS, theme from the TV series 'The Jeffersons'
"New York State of Mind" = lyrics & music by BILLY JOEL
"One" = lyrics by EDWARD KLEBAN; music by MARVIN HAMLISCH
"Rockin' All Over the World" = lyrics & music by JOHN C. FOGERTY
"Wasted Days Wasted Nights" = lyrics & music by FREDDY FENDER & WAYNE DUNCAN
"The Way I Want To Touch You" = lyrics & music by TONI TENNILLE
"What I Did For Love" = lyrics by EDWARD KLEBAN; music by MARVIN HAMLISCH
"You" = lyrics & music by 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 LUTOSLAWSKI:
Les Espaces du Sommeil
KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN:
Tierkreis
ALEXANDER VUSTIN:
The Word
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH:
Viola Sonata, (his final work)
Opera
JOHN RUTTER
Bang!
Musical Theatre
Opening: 5 January 1975 @ Broadway Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 25 May 1977 to Majestic Theatre, New York, NY
THE WIZ [Original production]
(Musical, Comedy)
Music by: Charlie Smalls; Book by: William F. Brown; Lyrics by: Charlie Smalls
Closing: 28 January 1979 Performance Count: 1672
Opening: 7 January 1975 @ Alvin Theatre, New York, NY, moving on 30 March 1977 to Mark Hellinger Theatre, New York, NY
SHENANDOAH [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Gary Geld; Book by: James Lee Barrett, Philip Rose, Peter Udell; Lyrics by: Peter Udell
Closing: 7 August 1977 Performance Count: 1050
Opening: 23 January 1975 @ Mayfair Theatre, New York, NY
DANCE WITH ME [Original production]
(Play)
Written by: Greg Antonacci
Closing: 4 January 1976 Performances Count: 396
Opening: 29 January 1975 @ Little Theatre, New York, NY
MAN ON THE MOON [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: John Phillips; Book by: John Phillips; Lyrics by: John Phillips
Closing: 1 February 1975 Performance Count: 10
Opening: 26 February 1975 @ Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, NY
THE NIGHT THAT MADE AMERICA FAMOUS [Original production]
(Musical, Revue)
Music by: Harry Chapin; Lyrics by: Harry Chapin
Closing: 6 April 1975 Performance Count: 47
Opening: 3 March 1975 @ Palace Theatre, New York, NY
GOODTIME CHARLEY [Original production]
(Musical)
Music by: Larry Grossman; Book by: Sidney Michaels; Lyrics by: Hal Hackady
Closing: 31 May 1975 Performance Count: 104
Opening: 9 March 1975 @ Lyceum Theatre, New York, NY