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March 8, 1973 Grateful Dead keyboard player Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, a founding member of the band, dies at age 27.More
March 7, 1973 Columbia Records throw a party at Max's Kansas City in New York City to celebrate the newest addition to the label's roster, Bruce Springsteen.
March 7, 1973 Columbia A&R giant John Hammond suffers a non-fatal heart attack at an early show by one of his proteges, Bruce Springsteen.
March 3, 1973 The live album The Concert for Bangla Desh, taken from the Madison Square Garden benefit concert organized by George Harrison, and featuring Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton, wins the Grammy for Album of the Year.
March 1, 1973 Joffrey Ballet in New York debuts Deuce Coupe Ballet, which is set to the music of The Beach Boys.
February 24, 1973 Roberta Flack's "Killing Me Softly With His Song" hits #1 for the first of five weeks, a longer run than any other song of 1973. It was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, the guys who wrote the theme songs to Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley.
February 18, 1973 The nationally syndicated radio concert series The King Biscuit Flower Hour premieres, featuring Blood, Sweat & Tears, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band.
February 10, 1973 9-year-old Lars Ulrich goes to his first concert, seeing Deep Purple in Copenhagen. It makes quite an impact: He switches focus from tennis to music and forms Metallica when he moves to America. When Deep Purple enter the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2016, Ulrich gives the induction speech.
February 8, 1973 The Jamaican cult classic film The Harder They Come is released in the US.More
February 2, 1973 NBC debuts The Midnight Special rock variety show, its response to ABC's popular In Concert series. The first host: Helen Reddy.
January 26, 1973 Elton John issues his sixth studio album, Don't Shoot Me, I'm Only The Piano Player, in America. It features two of his most popular songs: the '50s flashback "Crocodile Rock" (Elton's first #1 hit in America) and the Vietnam War-inspired "Daniel."More
January 18, 1973 At The Forum in Inglewood, California, The Rolling Stones perform a benefit concert for the victims of an earthquake in Nicaragua, where Mick Jagger's wife Bianca is from. The show raises $400,000.
January 13, 1973 Eric Clapton returns to the stage for the first time in about 18 months, playing the first of two all-star shows at the Rainbow Theater in London. Recorded as Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert, it also features Pete Townshend (of The Who); Steve Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Ric Grech and Rebop Kwaku Baah (of Traffic); and Ronnie Wood (of Faces). Townshend helped set up the shows to get Clapton out of his drug-induced depression. A highlight of both shows is Clapton performing on "Layla."
January 13, 1973 Carly Simon's album No Secrets, featuring the hit single "You're So Vain," hits #1 in America.
January 9, 1973 Sean Paul is born Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques in Kingston, Jamaica. In the '00s he has a string of dancehall hits including "Get Busy," "We Be Burnin'" and "Temperature" that are popular around the world, especially in America, where he has more chart hits than any other Jamaican.
January 5, 1973 With a boulder on his shoulder, feelin' kinda older, 23-year-old Bruce Springsteen releases his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.More
January 4, 1973 Neil Young kicks off his Time Fades Away tour in Madison, Wisconsin with Linda Ronstadt his opening act. Ronstadt is used to playing clubs, but wins over crowds at arenas throughout the tour with her mighty pipes. The following year, she releases her breakthrough album Heart Like A Wheel.
December 31, 1972 Dick Clark begins a new holiday tradition as his first New Year's Rockin' Eve concert is broadcast on NBC; guests include Three Dog Night and Al Green.More
December 27, 1972 Matt Slocum (lead guitarist for Sixpence None the Richer) is born in Nashville, Tennessee.
December 22, 1972 Mott the Hoople's Ian Hunter writes "All The Way From Memphis" and dedicates it to two of their crew, Leee Childers and Tony Zanetta. And Memphis, Tennessee.
December 18, 1972 The Ringo Starr-directed T. Rex documentary, Born to Boogie, premieres at Oscar's Cinema in Brewer Street, Soho (UK). In attendance are Starr, the members of T. Rex, and Elton John.
December 16, 1972 "Me and Mrs. Jones," a song about a man cheating on his wife, knocks Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" out of the top spot on the Hot 100.
December 14, 1972 Seals and Crofts' "Summer Breeze" is certified Gold. It's a simple song with a profound message: stop to smell the flowers (in this case, the jasmine). The duo often embed spiritual messages in their tunes. "A prison can be the prison of self and a person can become insecure and paranoid if he doesn't have a direction in his personal life," Jim Seals says.
December 9, 1972 Helen Reddy becomes the first Australian to land a #1 hit in America when "I Am Woman" tops the chart.
December 8, 1972 Ryan Newell (lead guitarist for Sister Hazel) is born in Gainesville, Florida.
December 2, 1972 Steely Dan make the Billboard 200 for the first time when their debut album, Can't Buy a Thrill, lands at #197. The title comes from the Bob Dylan song "It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry," where he sings: Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby Can't buy a thrill The album peaks at #17 on the chart.
November 24, 1972 Produced by Don Kirshner, the TV series In Concert debuts on ABC as a competitor to NBC's Midnight Special. Guests on the first episode include Chuck Berry, Alice Cooper, Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Allman Brothers Band, and Poco.
November 18, 1972 Steely Dan show up on Hot 100 for the first time when their debut single, "Do It Again," enters at #98. It peaks at #6 on February 11, 1973.
November 11, 1972 Berry Oakley (bassist for The Allman Brothers Band) dies at age 24 after a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia, just three blocks from the site of Duane Allman's fatal motorcycle crash a year earlier.
November 3, 1972 Carly Simon and James Taylor get married, forming a musical power couple not seen until Jay-Z and Beyoncé tie the knot. The marriage lasts 11 years.
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