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Music History Events: Recordings

March 4, 1977 The Rolling Stones perform at Toronto's small El Morcambo Tavern, a rare intimate show that provides four tracks for their notoriously bad 1977 LP Love You Live.

October 31, 1976 Elvis Presley makes his last recording, singing Jim Reeves' "He'll Have To Go" over a pre-recorded backing track in the Jungle Room of his Graceland home.

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).

May 23, 1976 Bob Dylan finishes recording the album Hard Rain.

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.

December 30, 1974 Bob Dylan records "Tangled Up In Blue," "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," and "If You See Her, Say Hello."

December 27, 1974 Bob Dylan records "Idiot Wind" and "You're A Big Girl Now."

September 23, 1974 John Lennon records "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" at the Record Plant in New York City.

September 17, 1974 Bob Dylan records "Shelter From the Storm" and "You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go."

September 16, 1974 Bob Dylan records "Meet Me In The Morning."

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").

November 9, 1973 Bob Dylan records "Wedding Song."

November 8, 1973 Bob Dylan records "Forever Young" and "On A Night Like This."

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.