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Music History Events: Recordings

October 29, 1976 Elvis Presley records "It's Easy For You," "Way Down," and "Pledging My Love."

October 6, 1976 Salsoul Orchestra records "Christmas Medley."

September 26, 1976 Marvin Gaye records a live album at the London Palladium (his first appearance in England in ten years).

February 7, 1976 Elvis Presley records "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain."

February 6, 1976 Elvis Presley records "Never Again" and "Love Coming Down."

February 5, 1976 Elvis Presley records "For the Heart," "Hurt," and "Danny Boy."

November 19, 1975 The J. Geils Band records Blow Your Face Out at Cobo Hall in Detroit.

October 24, 1975 Bob Dylan records "Hurricane," his song about the incarcerated boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.

March 12, 1975 Elvis Presley records "Bringing It Back" and "Pieces of My Life."

March 10, 1975 Elvis Presley records "Fairytale," "Green, Green Grass of Home," "I Can Help," and "And I Love You So."

February 13, 1975 Jefferson Starship records "Miracles."

January 16, 1975 Paul McCartney and Wings arrive in New Orleans to begin sessions on their Venus and Mars album at Allen Toussaint's Sea Saint studios. They stay through Mardi Gras.

January 6, 1975 Pink Floyd begin recording their album Wish You Were Here after abandoning an earlier concept of an album recorded entirely with household objects.

July 8, 1974 David Bowie releases David Live, recorded at Tower Theater in Philadelphia. It is Bowie's first official live album.

July 5, 1974 Linda Ronstadt records her breakthrough hit "You're No Good" at the Sound Factory in Hollywood with producer Peter Asher.

May 10, 1974 Eric Clapton records "I Shot The Sheriff," a cover of a Bob Marley song. He's reluctant to do it, but it becomes the only #1 hit of his career on the Hot 100.

March 8, 1974 John Denver records "Annie's Song" and "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" at RCA's Music Center of the World studios in Los Angeles.

November 19, 1973 Led Zeppelin begin recording the demos for their new album, Physical Graffiti, including a new song entitled "Driving To Kashmir" (today known as "Kashmir").

September 23, 1973 Elvis Presley records "I Miss You" and "Are You Sincere?"

September 9, 1973 Following up on his plan to use the concert audience for the background vocals on the left stereo channel for his song "Sons Of 1984," Todd Rundgren records the crowd at a show in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which is disrupted because of a pot bust. The right channel vocals came from a show in New York.

June 23, 1973 B.W. Stevenson records "My Maria."

June 17, 1973 Dolly Parton records "I Will Always Love You," a song written about her mentor, Porter Wagoner.

May 11, 1973 Stevie Wonder records "Higher Ground."

June 9, 1972 After several years playing the New Jersey bar scene, Bruce Springsteen signs with Columbia Records and begins recording his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.

May 22, 1972 The Guess Who record their Live At The Paramount album in Seattle, Washington.

March 29, 1972 Elvis Presley records "Always On My Mind" and "It's A Matter Of Time."

March 28, 1972 Elvis Presley records "Burning Love" and "Fool."

March 20, 1972 Ringo Starr records "Back Off Boogaloo."

January 13, 1972 Aretha Franklin performs the first of two concerts at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles that are recorded for her live album Amazing Grace, which sells over 2 million copies when it is released in June. Film footage is also shot, but the documentary doesn't appear until 2019, after Franklin's death.

December 20, 1971 The Main Ingredient records "Everybody Plays The Fool."