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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.
June 1, 1974 The UK music magazine NME publishes its list of the 100 Greatest Albums. The Top 3: #3: The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds #2: Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde #1: The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper
May 26, 1974 An overenthusiastic crowd at a David Cassidy concert in London rushes the stage, injuring a thousand screaming fans and crushing 14-year-old Bernadette Whelan, who dies from her injuries four days later. A distraught Cassidy refuses to tour for the next 11 years.
May 24, 1974 NBC-TV's wildly successful variety show The Dean Martin Show signs off after nine years.
May 23, 1974 Jewel Kilcher is born in Payson, Utah. Raised in Homer, Alaska, she rises to fame using just the name Jewel. Her debut album, Pieces Of You, released in 1995 when she's 20, catches on a year later thanks to the hits "Who Will Save Your Soul" and "You Were Meant For Me." It sells over 12 million copies and moves Jewel into the upper echelon of singer-songwriters.
May 18, 1974 Giving the streaking craze full exposure, Ray Stevens hits #1 in America with his novelty song "The Streak."
May 17, 1974 NBC-TV's The Midnight Special offers another salute to '50s and '60s rock n' roll, with Frankie Avalon as host and performances by Sam & Dave, Lou Christie, Frankie Ford, The Fleetwoods, Shirley & Lee, and Fabian.
May 13, 1974 An unlikely riot occurs at tonight's Jackson 5 concert at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC when impatient fans begin smashing bottles in the parking lot. 50 fans are injured; 43 are brought to jail.
May 10, 1974 Led Zeppelin launch their record label, Swan Song, with lavish parties in London and Los Angeles. Bad Company and Dave Edmunds both record for the label, which shuts down in 1983.
May 9, 1974 Bruce Springsteen gets a huge career boost when he opens for Bonnie Raitt at her Boston Arena show. Playing his full two-hour set at Raitt's insistence (rare for an opening act), Bruce is so impressive that Rolling Stone's Jon Landau writes in Boston's The Real Paper, "I saw rock and roll future, and its name is Bruce Springsteen. And on a night when I needed to feel young, he made me feel like I was hearing music for the very first time." Landau went on to become Springsteen's manager and producer.
May 4, 1974 The Sting soundtrack, featuring Marvin Hamlisch's adaptations of Scott Joplin's ragtime piano tunes, hits #1 in America, where it stays for five weeks.
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