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Music History Events: Releases

April 23, 1976 The Rolling Stones release their album Black And Blue, which contains "Fool To Cry" and "Hot Stuff."

March 15, 1976 KISS release their album Destroyer, featuring "Detroit Rock City" and "Beth."

November 21, 1975 In the UK, Queen release their fourth album, A Night At The Opera, containing the hits "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "You're My Best Friend." The album is issued in America on December 2.

October 20, 1975 John Lennon releases the compilation album Shaved Fish in the US. It's the first album to feature Lennon's 1971 holiday single "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)."

September 12, 1975 Pink Floyd release the album Wish You Were Here.

July 19, 1975 Orleans release "Dance With Me."

June 26, 1975 The Basement Tapes, a two-disc album featuring recordings by Bob Dylan and The Band, is released. Most of the 24-track collection was recorded by Dylan and The Band in 1967, after the folk-rock legend retreated to the Woodstock, New York area following his July 1966 motorcycle accident. Eight of the songs were recorded solely by The Band between 1967 and 1975.

June 23, 1975 With vocalist Marty Balin back in the band, Jefferson Starship release Red Octopus, which thanks to the hit "Miracles," outsells every other Jefferson Airplane/Jefferson Starship album.

June 10, 1975 The Eagles release their fourth album, One Of These Nights. It includes "Take It to the Limit," one of the few Eagles songs with a lead vocal by Randy Meisner.

April 26, 1975 John Lennon's cover of "Stand By Me" reaches #20 in the US.

April 22, 1975 Elvis Presley releases "T-R-O-U-B-L-E."

April 1, 1975 Journey release their self-titled debut album, a mix of progressive rock and jazz with little emphasis on the vocals. It finds just a niche audience, as do their next two albums, but after adding lead singer Steve Perry to the band in 1977 they switch to a pop sound and become consistent hitmakers.

March 19, 1975 Kiss release their third studio album, Dressed to Kill.

March 11, 1975 Alice Cooper releases Welcome To My Nightmare, the first album where he's considered a solo artist and not part of the band Alice Cooper. The ensuing tour is an elaborate production with dancers, video screens, and giant spiders.

March 7, 1975 David Bowie releases his ninth album, the soul-inflected Young Americans.

February 24, 1975 Led Zeppelin releases Physical Graffiti.

February 15, 1975 After record executive Morris Levy releases an album called Roots - John Lennon Sings The Great Rock & Roll Hits without Lennon's permission, Capitol Records rush releases John Lennon's Rock and Roll album, which contains the completed versions of the songs. Lennon had given Levy some master tapes from the sessions as part of compensation for using a Chuck Berry lyric in "Come Together": "Here come old flat-top, he come groovin' up slowly."

January 20, 1975 Bob Dylan releases Blood on the Tracks, which contains the tracks "Tangled Up In Blue" and "Idiot Wind."

December 9, 1974 George Harrison releases the album Dark Horse, named after the label he established a few months earlier, Dark Horse Records.

November 5, 1974 The Eagles release "Best Of My Love."

October 16, 1974 The Rolling Stones release It's Only Rock N' Roll.

September 26, 1974 John Lennon releases Walls And Bridges. The album includes the chart-topping hit "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night," which features a guest appearance by Elton John, and the Top-10 single "#9 Dream."

September 23, 1974 John Lennon releases "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night" in the US. The track features Elton John on backing vocals and keyboards.

August 12, 1974 Bad Company releases "Can't Get Enough."

April 25, 1974 "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" is released as the first single from Steely Dan's third album, Pretzel Logic. The song becomes the band's highest-charting US single, reaching #3 on August 3, 1974. Featured on backing vocals on the track is Poco bassist Timothy B. Schmit, who later joins the Eagles.

April 24, 1974 David Bowie releases Diamond Dogs. The cover is a painting of Bowie as a half-dog, half-man creature created by the Dutch artist Guy Peellaert.

March 22, 1974 The Eagles release On The Border.

March 8, 1974 Queen II (fittingly, their second album) is released in the UK, followed a month later with a US release. None of the tracks chart in America, but "Seven Seas of Rhye" lands at #10 in the UK.

January 17, 1974 Bob Dylan releases his 14th album, Planet Waves. Dylan is backed by The Band on the project, which includes two versions of his enduring song "Forever Young."

December 3, 1973 Ringo Starr releases "You're Sixteen" in the US.