1975 in music

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Musical theatre
6 Musical films
7 Births
8 Deaths
9 Awards

9.1 Grammy Awards
9.2 Country Music Association Awards
9.3 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January 2 - New York City US 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 version of the classic The Wizard of Oz story, opens at Broadway's Majestic Theater in New York City
January 6 - Approximately 1000 Led Zeppelin fans cause an estimated $30,000 in damage to the lobby of the Boston Garden. The fans had been waiting for tickets to go on sale for Led Zeppelin's February 4 concert. 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 & Graham and Central Station
February 15 - Soul Train premieres on television in the United States. The shows first performance is by Gino Vannelli
March 2 - Los Angeles Police make a routine traffic stop that turns out to be Paul McCartney and his wife Linda. Linda McCartney is arrested for having six to eight ounces of marijuana in her pocketbook.
March 26 - The film version of The Who's Tommy premiers in London
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 23 - Badfinger's Peter Ham hangs himself in his London garage
April 28 - Tom Snyder interviews John Lennon on the Tomorrow Show.
May 10 - Stevie Wonder performs before 125,000 people at the Washington Monument as part of Human Kindness Day festivities.
Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour
Firefall forms
The Ramones sign to Sire Records
The Sex Pistols form
Pere Ubu forms in August
.38 Special forms

Albums released

Main Course - The Bee Gees
Sabotage - Black Sabbath
Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan
The Basement Tapes - Bob Dylan & The Band
Another Green World - Brian Eno
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tenille
Horizon - The Carpenters
IX - Chicago
VIII - Chicago
Hair of the Dog - Nazareth
Windsong - John Denver
One of These Nights - The Eagles
Gratitude - Earth, Wind & Fire
That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire
Face the Music - Electric Light Orchestra
Feel Like Makin' Love - Roberta Flack
Experience Gloria Gaynor - Gloria Gaynor (debut)
Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor
Elite Hotel - Emmylou Harris
Red Octopus - Jefferson Starship
Minstrel in the Gallery - Jethro Tull
Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy - Elton John
Rock of the Westies - Elton John
Journey - Journey
U.S.A - King Crimson
Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
Venus and Mars - Paul McCartney & Wings
Fire on the Bayou - The Meters
Live - Old & in the Way
Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
Chocolate City - Parliament
Mothership Connection - Parliament
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon
A Night at the Opera - Queen
Quiet Storm - Smokey Robinson
Caress of Steel - Rush
Fly By Night - Rush
Horses - Patti Smith
Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen
Katy Lied - Steely Dan
Bolan's Zip Gun - T. Rex
Force It - UFO
Why Can't We Be Friends - War
Venus & Mars - Wings
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Tonight's the Night - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Fundango - ZZ Top

Top hits on record

"Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song" - B.J. Thomas
"Bad Time" - Grand Funk Railroad
"Born To Run" - Bruce Springsteen
"Bungle In The Jungle" - Jethro Tull
"Calypso"/"I'm Sorry" - John Denver
"Convoy" - C.W. McCall
"Fame" - David Bowie
"Feelings" - Morris Albert
"Free Bird" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
"Have You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia Newton-John
"Holy Roller" - Nazareth
"The Hustle" - Van McCoy
"The Late Show" - Jackson Browne
"Laughter in the Rain" - Neil Sedaka
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tenille
"Lyin' Eyes" - The Eagles
"My Eyes Adore You" - Frankie Valli
"Please Mr. Postman" - The Carpenters
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" - John Denver
"That's The Way (I Like It)" -KC & the Sunshine Band
"Trampled Underfoot" - Led Zeppelin
"Who Loves You" - The Four Seasons
"Why Can't We Be Friends" - War
"Wildfire" - Michael Murphey
"You're No Good" - Linda Ronstadt
"You're The First, The Last, My Everything" - Barry White

Published popular music

"Anytime (I'll Be There)" w.m. Paul Anka
"Calypso" w.m. John Denver
"I'm Not In Love" w.m. Graham Keith Gouldman & Eric Michael Stewart
"I'm Sorry" w.m. John Denver
"Mamma Mia" w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Bj�rn Ulvaeus
"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

Musical theatre

Chicago Broadway production
A Chorus Line Broadway production
A Little Night Music London production
The Wiz Broadway production

Musical films

Funny Lady

Births

February 7 - Wes Borland, Limp Bizkit
February 20 - Brian Littrell, The Backstreet Boys
March 10 - Jerry Horton, Papa Roach
April 26 - Jose Pasillas, Incubus
May 8 - Enrique Iglesias
May 25 - Lauryn Hill, The Fugees
May 29 - Scary Spice, The Spice Girls
September 11 - Brad Fischetti, LFO
September 22 - Mystikal
October 9 - Sean Ono Lennon, son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono
November 6 - Mike Herrera, MxPx
November 14 - Travis Barker, Blink-182