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January 6, 1973 Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" hits #1 on the Hot 100. Listeners wonder just who the mystery man with the apricot jacket (high fashion!) is.
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
October 19, 1972 Pras Michel is born in Brooklyn, New York, raised in Irvington, New Jersey. In 1990 he forms Fugees with Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill, and in 1998 he has a solo hit with "Ghetto Superstar (That Is What You Are)." Pras makes news in 2023 when he's caught up in a foreign influence and political conspiracy scheme for which he's sentenced to 14 years in prison.
October 17, 1972 Eminem is born Marshall Bruce Mathers III in St. Joseph, Missouri. He eventually settles in Warren, Michigan.More
October 10, 1972 James Brown alienates much of his audience by meeting with President Richard Nixon in the White House and endorsing him in his bid for re-election.More
August 26, 1972 Looking Glass' "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)" hits #1, where it will stay for one week.
August 20, 1972 Stax Records commemorates the seventh anniversary of the 1965 Watts riots with a star-studded benefit concert at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. More than 100,000 fans show up to hear Isaac Hayes, The Bar-Kays, The Staple Singers, and Kim Weston, among others, perform at what becomes known as Wattstax.More
August 4, 1972 The movie Super Fly is released, along with a soundtrack by Curtis Mayfield that becomes a soul music landmark, taking on the drug culture portrayed in the film with vivid commentary.More
July 6, 1972 David Bowie performs "Starman" on Top Of The Pops, causing an uproar among the conservative British audience by singing with his arm coquettishly draped around the shoulder of guitarist Mick Ronson – a move that makes him as a household name overnight.More
June 3, 1972 The Staple Singers' "I'll Take You There" hits #1 as the group makes a successful transition from gospel to secular music.
June 3, 1972 Jethro Tull's concept album Thick As A Brick, complete with an insert from the fictional newspaper St. Cleve Chronicle and Linwell Advertiser, hits #1 in America.More
April 15, 1972 Roberta Flack's "First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" hits #1 in America, where it stays for six weeks. The song was written by Ewan MacColl in 1957.
March 18, 1972 Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold," with backing vocals by James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt, goes to #1 in the US.More
March 11, 1972 Neil Young's album Harvest hits #1 in America, supplanting Don McLean's American Pie, which has been on top for seven weeks.
February 19, 1972 Nilsson's "Without You" hits #1 in America, where it will stay four weeks.
February 14, 1972 Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty is born to American parents in West Germany.More
February 1, 1972 Neil Young releases the album Harvest, with the hit "Heart of Gold."More
December 25, 1971 Melanie's "Brand New Key," a whimsical song about a young girl pursuing a boy with a skate key that might fit her pair, hits #1 in America for the first of three weeks.
October 15, 1971 Rick Nelson (formerly Ricky) plays the "Rock & Roll Spectacular" concert at Madison Square Garden. When he plays some newer songs, the hit-hungry audience boos. Nelson writes the song "Garden Party" about the experience, and it becomes a hit, reviving his career.More
August 7, 1971 The Bee Gees' "How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?" hits #1 in America for the first of four weeks.
July 31, 1971 The singer-songwriter era reaches its apex as James Taylor's "You've Got A Friend" hits #1 in the US.More
July 6, 1971 Louis Armstrong dies of a heart attack in his sleep in Corona, Queens, New York, a month shy of his 70th birthday. More
June 19, 1971 Carole King's album Tapestry hits #1 in the US, where it stays for 15 weeks.More
May 28, 1971 Graham Nash of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (and before that, The Hollies), releases his first solo album, Songs For Beginners. The first single is "Chicago (We Can Change The World)," which he wrote about protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
April 24, 1971 The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young live album 4 Way Street, recorded at various stops on their 1970 tour, hits #1 in America.
April 20, 1971 Five friends at San Rafael High School in California coin the term "4:20" as a euphemism for smoking pot. April 20th becomes a popular day to spark one up, as does 4:20 pm. Note that the Boston song "Smokin'" clocks in at 4 minutes, 20 seconds, and if you multiply the title numbers in Bob Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 And #35," you get 420. Dude!More
March 5, 1971 Led Zeppelin begins their "Thank You" tour of small clubs that supported them when they started out, charging the same prices they charged in 1968.
February 27, 1971 Janis Joplin's album Pearl hits #1 in the US, where it stays for nine weeks. Joplin died of a heroin overdose three months before the album was released.More
February 10, 1971 Carole King releases Tapestry, a singer-songwriter landmark that becomes one of the most successful and influential albums ever made.More
January 2, 1971 George Harrison's All Things Must Pass, his first album released after the breakup of The Beatles, begins a seven-week run at the top of the US albums chart.More
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