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October 24, 1974 Stardust, a sequel to the film That'll Be The Day again starring David Essex, opens in the UK.
October 19, 1974 Bachman-Turner Overdrive hit #1 in America with the album Not Fragile, the title a play on the Yes album Fragile. Hits from the set include "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and "Roll On Down the Highway."
October 18, 1974 Peter Svensson (main songwriter/guitarist for The Cardigans) is born in Huskvarna, Sweden.
October 18, 1974 Al Green's "Grits Incident": When a stewardess friend of Green's shows up to meet the singer, he ends up at his Memphis home with her and his companion, Mary Woodson, who is dangerously obsessed with the singer. When Green goes into the bathroom to brush his teeth, Woodson bursts in and pours a pot of boiling grits on him, burning him badly before going in the next room and killing herself with his gun. Green takes these disturbing events as a sign from God and focuses his career on gospel music and preaching.More
October 15, 1974 Tom Waits releases his second album, The Heart of Saturday Night. Written as a tribute to Beat novelist Jack Kerouac, its songs celebrate blue collar (and no collar) life lived "cruising the strip" and exploring pool halls, nightclubs, and all-night restaurants. It fails to capture Waits mainstream radio success, but moves him closer to the cult-hero status that will shape his career.
October 14, 1974 Nashville veterans worry about the sanctity of country music when Olivia Newton-John wins Female Vocalist of the Year at the Country Music Association (CMA) Awards.More
October 13, 1974 Renowned television host Ed Sullivan dies of esophageal cancer in New York City, at age 73. One of the biggest events in music history unfolded on his program, The Ed Sullivan Show, when a new group from Liverpool called The Beatles made their live US debut.
October 6, 1974 While promoting their Nightbirds album, featuring the hit "Lady Marmalade," R&B trio Labelle becomes the first Black vocal group to perform at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
October 5, 1974 R&B/soul singer Heather Headley is born in Trinidad.
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 22, 1974 The Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman boxing match (the "Rumble In The Jungle") in Zaire is postponed, but a concert festival promoting the event goes on anyway, with Bill Withers, The Spinners and Celia Cruz performing along with the African artist Tabu Ley Rochereau.More
September 12, 1974 Country singer Jennifer Nettles (of Sugarland) is born in Douglas, Georgia.
September 11, 1974 WROV-AM in Roanoke, Virginia, starts playing the The Doobie Brothers album cut "Black Water" in honor of a local tributary of the same name. The resounding response from listeners prompts a single release two months later, and in March 1975, the song becomes a #1 hit.
August 26, 1974 As part of As part of Women's Equality Day, the National Organization of Women give Paul Anka their "Keep Her In Her Place" award for his song "(You're) Having My Baby."
August 24, 1974 Paul Anka's "(You're) Having My Baby" hits #1 for the first of three weeks despite condemnation from feminist groups.More
August 14, 1974 Drummer Neil Peart makes his debut with Rush at a show in Pittsburgh where they are the support act for Manfred Mann and Uriah Heep.
August 9, 1974 Gilbert O'Sullivan's "A Woman's Place/Too Bad" is released on the MAM label in the UK.
August 8, 1974 Richard Nixon says he will be resigning as president of the United States. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, on tour in New Jersey, announce the news from the stage before playing their anti-Nixon song "Ohio."
July 26, 1974 London graffiti artists hired by the Rolling Stones' management spray paint various local sites as promotion for the group's latest single, "It's Only Rock N' Roll."
July 18, 1974 Reinforcing his anti-establishment beliefs, the US denies renewal of John Lennon's visa based on a drug possession conviction in England four years earlier. The matter is sorted out and an international incident averted.
July 13, 1974 R&B singer Deborah Cox is born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, but grows up in Scarborough. She breaks into the music industry as a backup singer for Celine Dion in the early '90s.
July 9, 1974 Rush sign a deal with Mercury Records, who are impressed by their debut album, a self-titled independent release with the track "Working Man."
July 6, 1974 "Rock The Boat" by The Hues Corporation becomes the first disco song to top the Hot 100.
July 5, 1974 Linda Ronstadt records her breakthrough hit "You're No Good" at the Sound Factory in Hollywood with producer Peter Asher.
July 4, 1974 Singer Inara George is born in Towson, Maryland, near where her dad, Lowell George, recorded the Feats Don't Fail Me Now album with his band Little Feat. Her middle name is "Maryland" in tribute.
June 29, 1974 Gordon Lightfoot's "Sundown" hits #1 in America. He's the second Canadian artist to top the US chart in 1974, following Terry Jacks with "Seasons In The Sun."
June 8, 1974 Paul McCartney & Wings' "Band On The Run" hits #1.
June 8, 1974 Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" goes to #1 on the Country chart. Nearly two decades later, Whitney Houston's R&B version tops the Hot 100 and becomes one of the best-selling singles of all time.More
June 5, 1974 Aaron "P-Nut" Wills (bassist for 311) is born in Indianapolis, Indiana.
June 5, 1974 At a time when just about every photogenic musician with a hit song is getting their own variety show, Bobbie Gentry of "Ode To Billie Joe" joins the fray with The Bobbie Gentry Happiness Hour on CBS.
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