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A list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1976.

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Jimmy McCulloch (left) and Paul McCartney (right) of "Wings" in 1976

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Freddie Hubbard in 1976

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Stephane Grappelli in 1976

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Patti Smith in 1976

Events[]

January–February[]

  • January 5 – Former Beatles road manager Mal Evans is shot dead by Los Angeles police after refusing to drop what police only later determine is an air rifle.
  • January 7 – Kenneth Moss, a former record company executive, is sentenced to 120 days in the Los Angeles County Jail and four years probation for involuntary manslaughter in the 1974 drug-induced death of Average White Band drummer Robbie McIntosh.
  • January 13 – A trial begins for seven Brunswick Records and Dakar Records employees. The record company employees are charged with stealing more than $184,000 in royalties from artists.
  • January 19 – Concert promoter Bill Sargent makes an offer of $30 million to the Beatles if they will reunite for a concert.
  • February 15 – Bette Midler bails seven members of her entourage out of jail after they are arrested on charges of cocaine and marijuana possession.
  • February 19 – Former Tower of Power lead singer Rick Stevens is arrested and charged with the drug-related murders of three men in San Jose, California.
  • February 20 – Kiss have their footprints added to the sidewalk outside Hollywood's Grauman's Chinese Theater.
  • February 24 – Having been released one week before, The Eagles' Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) compilation becomes the first album in history to be certified platinum by the RIAA. The new platinum certification represents sales of at least 1 million copies for albums and 2 million copies for singles.

March–April[]

  • March 4 – ABBA arrive at Sydney airport for a promotional tour in Australia.
  • March 6 – EMI Records reissues all 22 previously released British Beatles singles, plus a new single of the classic "Yesterday". All 23 singles hit the UK charts at the same time.
  • March 7 – A wax likeness of Elton John is put on display in London's Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum.
  • March 9 – The Who's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden.
  • March 15 – Members of The Plastic People of the Universe are arrested in communist Czechoslovakia. They were sentenced from 8 to 18 months in jail.
  • March 20 – Alice Cooper marries Sheryl Goddard in an Acapulco restaurant.
  • March 25 – Jackson Browne's wife Phyllis commits suicide.
  • March 26 – In Paris, France, Wings guitarist Jimmy McCulloch breaks one of his fingers when he slips in his hotel bathroom following the final performance on the band's European tour. The injury ended up delaying the band's United States tour by three weeks.
  • April 3 – British pop group Brotherhood of Man win the 21st Eurovision Song Contest in The Hague, Netherlands, with the song "Save Your Kisses For Me". It goes on to be the biggest selling Eurovision winner ever.
  • April 14 – Stevie Wonder announces that he has signed a "$13 million-plus" contract with Motown Records.
  • April 23 – The Ramones release their eponymous titled debut studio album Ramones.
  • April 24 – Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels makes a semi-serious on-air offer to pay the Beatles $3000 to reunite live on the show. In a 1980 interview, John Lennon stated that he and Paul McCartney happened to be watching the show together at Lennon's apartment in New York and considered walking down to the SNL studio "for a gag" but were "too tired".[1] On May 22, Michaels raises his offer from $3,000 to $3,200.
  • April 28 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Frankfurt, Germany.
  • April 29 – When his tour stops in Memphis, Tennessee, Bruce Springsteen jumps the wall at Elvis Presley's mansion, "Graceland", in an attempt to see his idol. Security guards stop Springsteen and escort him off the grounds.

May–June[]

  • May 3
    • Paul McCartney and Wings start their Wings over America Tour in Fort Worth, Texas. This is the first time McCartney has performed in the US since The Beatles' last concert in 1966 at Candlestick Park.
    • Paul Simon puts together a benefit show at Madison Square Garden to raise money for the New York Public Library. Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and the Brecker Brothers also perform. The concert brings in over $30,000 for the Library.
  • May 19
    • Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is involved in a car accident northwest of London. Cocaine is found in his wrecked car. Richards is given a court date of January 12, 1977.
    • Rumour spread by German press: ABBA members killed in plane crash, only Anni-Frid survived.
  • May 25 – Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour ends.
  • June – Former Spring Canyon keyboardist Mark Cook joins Daniel Amos.
  • June 6 – Keith Richards and Anita Pallenberg suffer tragedy when their 10-week-old son Tara dies of respiratory failure.
  • June 10 – Alice Cooper collapses and is rushed to UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles, three weeks before the Goes To Hell tour would begin. The tour is cancelled.
  • June 18 – ABBA perform "Dancing Queen" for the first time on Swedish television in Stockholm on the eve of the wedding of King Carl XVI Gustaf to Silvia Sommerlath.
  • June 25 – Uriah Heep performs its last show with David Byron as lead singer in Bilbao, Spain. Byron is sacked shortly afterward.

July–August[]

  • July 2
    • Composer Benjamin Britten accepts a life peerage, only a few months before his death.
    • Brian Wilson performs on stage with The Beach Boys for the first time in three years at a Day on the Green concert in Oakland, California.
  • July 4 – Many outdoor festivals and shows are held all over the United States as the country celebrates its bicentennial. Elton John performs for 62,000 at Shaffer Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, while The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac play for 36,000 at Tampa Stadium, Lynyrd Skynyrd and ZZ Top draw 35,000 at Memphis Memorial Stadium and Elvis Presley performs for 11,974 at the Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
  • July 7 – 50,000 fans brave the rain in New York to attend a free Jefferson Starship concert in Central Park.
  • July 27 – Tina Turner files for divorce from husband Ike.
  • August 5 – Eric Clapton provokes an uproar over comments he makes on stage at a Birmingham concert, voicing his opposition to immigration using multiple racial slurs while exhorting the audience to support Enoch Powell and to "keep Britain white".
  • August 11 – Keith Moon is rushed to hospital for the second time in five months, collapsing after trashing his Miami hotel room.
  • August 13 – The official ABBA logo with the reversed 'B' is adopted.
  • August 16 – Cliff Richard becomes one of the first Western artists ever to perform in the Soviet Union when he gives a concert in Leningrad.
  • August 21 – An estimated 120,000 fans pack Knebworth House to see The Rolling Stones. Todd Rundgren, Lynyrd Skynyrd and 10cc also perform.
  • August 31 – A U.S. district court decision rules that George Harrison had "subconsciously" copied The Chiffons' hit "He's So Fine" when he wrote the song "My Sweet Lord".

September–October[]

  • September 1 – Ode Records president Lou Adler is kidnapped at his Malibu home and released eight hours later after a $25,000 ransom is paid. Two suspects are soon arrested.
  • September 3 – Rory Gallagher joins the short list of Western popular musicians to perform behind the Iron Curtain with a show in Warsaw, Poland.
  • September 8 – In a candid interview appearing in the October 7 edition of Rolling Stone published today, Elton John publicly discloses his bisexuality for the first time.
  • September 14 – The one-hour Bob Dylan concert special Hard Rain airs on NBC, coinciding with the release of the live album of the same name.
  • September 18
    • Queen performs a massive free concert at London's Hyde Park for over 150,000 people.
    • The second annual Rock Music Awards air on CBS. Peter Frampton wins Rock Personality of the Year, while Fleetwood Mac wins for Best Group and Best Album.
  • September 20 & September 21 – 100 Club Punk Festival, the first international punk festival is held in London. Siouxsie and the Banshees play their first concert.
  • September 25 – Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr form a band called Feedback in Dublin. The band would later be renamed U2.
  • October 2 – Joe Cocker performs a duet of "Feelin' Alright" with himself (as portrayed by John Belushi) on Saturday Night Live.
  • October 8 – English punk rock group the Sex Pistols sign a contract with EMI Records.
  • October 11 – Irish singer Joe Dolan is banned for life by Aer Lingus after an air rage incident en route to Corfu from Dublin.
  • October 20 – The Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same premieres at Cinema I in New York.
  • October 31 – George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic begin "The P-Funk/Rubber Band Earth Tour" in Houston, a national live series highlighting one of the biggest and revolutionary stage shows in the history of the music industry (the rock group Kiss would be the other group to do a similar act), relying on elaborate costumes, special lighting and effects, and extremely large props including "the Mothership", which would arrive and land on stage, all of what this band is generally known for. This live set would vary in length (on average of 3 to 5 hours long) and at high volume.

November–December[]

  • November 18 – Former Tower of Power lead singer Rick Stevens and another person are found guilty on two counts of murder.
  • November 23
    • Thin Lizzy are forced to cancel their U.S. tour when guitarist Brian Robertson injures his hand in a bar fight.
    • Jerry Lee Lewis is arrested after showing up drunk outside Graceland at 3 a.m., waving a pistol and loudly demanding to see Elvis Presley. Presley denied his request.
  • November 25 – The Band gives its last public performance; Martin Scorsese is on hand to film it.
  • November 26 – The Sex Pistols' debut single "Anarchy in the U.K." is released by EMI.
  • December 1 – In the UK, the Sex Pistols cause a national outcry after swearing on Thames Television's Today show.
  • December 2 – The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's "Superstars of the Year" award.
  • December 3
    • A Pink Floyd album cover shoot in South London goes awry when a large inflatable pig balloon being used for the shoot breaks free of its moorings and drifts out of sight.
    • Bob Marley and several others are injured when gunmen burst into his home in Kingston, Jamaica and open fire.
  • December 8
  • December 12 – Ace Frehley is shocked on stage during a Kiss concert in Lakeland, Florida after touching an ungrounded metal railing. The incident inspires the song "Shock Me".
  • December 31 – The fifth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Donna Summer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Four Seasons, and KC and the Sunshine Band.

Also in 1976[]

  • The last practitioner of the rekuhkara form of throat-singing dies, in Hokkaido, Japan.
  • Tenor Franco Corelli retires from the stage at the age of 55.
  • Cheryl Byron performs rapso in calypso tents for the first time, beginning the popularization of rapso.
  • Peter Brown's solo career begins.
  • Peter Tosh's solo career begins.
  • Bunny Wailer's solo career begins.
  • Leif Garrett's solo career begins.
  • .38 Special's musical career begins.
  • Y&T (Yesterday & Today)'s musical career begins.
  • Sergio Franchi becomes TV spokesman for Chrysler Corporation's Plymouth "Volare" and media spokesman for Hills Brothers coffee.
  • Steve Martin signs a contract with Warner Bros.
  • Eddie Money signs a contract with CBS.
  • "Ten Percent", by Double Exposure, becomes the first 12-inch single commercially available to the public (as opposed to DJ-only promotional copies).
  • The Chinese Music Society of North America is founded.
  • Gabin Dabiré embarks on a tour of Italy.

Bands formed[]

Bands reformed[]

  • The Pirates

Bands disbanded[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1976.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart entries
1 ABBA Dancing Queen 1976 Sweden UK 1 – Aug 1976, US BB 1 – Jan 1977, Netherlands 1 – Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 1 – Aug 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Norway 1 – Aug 1976, Éire 1 – Sep 1976, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Apr 1977, POP 1 of 1977, US BB 2 of 1977, Germany 2 – Aug 1976, Party 2 of 2007, US CashBox 3 of 1977, Switzerland 3 – Aug 1976, Australia 3 of 1976, Austria 4 – Sep 1976, RYM 4 of 1976, Canada 6 – Jan 1977, South Africa 10 of 1976, Europe 14 of the 1970s, OzNet 31, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1976, Italy 65 of 1976, Scrobulate 82 of pop, Germany 99 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 122, RIAA 148, Rolling Stone 171, Belgium 224 of all time, WXPN 847
2 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 1976 United Kingdom UK 1 – Dec 1991, Canada 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1975, Éire 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Oct 1976, Europe 1 of the 1970s, RYM 1 of 1975, US BB 2 of 1992, Australia 2 of 1976, Virgin 2, France 3 – Nov 1975, Belgium 3 of all time, Switzerland 4 – Feb 1976, Norway 4 – Jan 1976, Poland 4 of all time, TOTP 5, POP 5 of 1992, OzNet 6, 8 in 2FM list, Scrobulate 9 of rock, Germany 10 – Jan 1976, Austria 14 – Feb 1992, TheQ 16, Sweden (alt) 18 – Feb 1976, US CashBox 22 of 1992, US BB 33 of 1976, Acclaimed 63, WXPN 90, Rolling Stone 163
3 Chicago If You Leave Me Now 1976 United States UK 1 – Oct 1976, US BB 1 – Aug 1976, Canada 1 – Sep 1976, Netherlands 1 – Oct 1976, Éire 1 – Dec 1976, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1977, Sweden (alt) 2 – Nov 1976, France 3 – Oct 1976, Austria 3 – Jan 1977, Switzerland 3 – Jan 1977, Germany 3 – Jan 1977, Norway 4 – Nov 1976, Australia 10 of 1977, South Africa 11 of 1977, US CashBox 14 of 1976, POP 18 of 1976, Italy 25 of 1977, RYM 31 of 1976, Europe 41 of the 1970s, Germany 168 of the 1970s, OzNet 449
4 ABBA Fernando 1976 Sweden UK 1 – Mar 1976, Netherlands 1 – Mar 1976, Austria 1 – Apr 1976, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 of 1976, Germany 1 – Mar 1976, Australia 1 for 14 weeks Nov 1976, Sweden (alt) 2 – Apr 1976, Norway 2 – Apr 1976, South Africa 5 of 1976, Canada 7 – Sep 1976, Global 7 (10 M sold) – 1976, France 10 – Apr 1976, US BB 13 – Sep 1976, Germany 15 of the 1970s, Italy 23 of 1976, Scrobulate 33 of Swedish, POP 35 of 1976, RYM 36 of 1976
5 Elton John Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart 1976 United Kingdom UK 1 – Jul 1976, US BB 1 – Jul 1976, Canada 1 – Jun 1976, France 1 – Aug 1976, Éire 1 – Aug 1976, Australia 1 for 1 weeks Apr 1977, Netherlands 2 – Aug 1976, Sweden (alt) 3 – Sep 1976, South Africa 3 of 1976, Switzerland 4 – Sep 1976, US CashBox 5 of 1976, Norway 5 – Aug 1976, Australia 5 of 1976, Germany 5 – Sep 1976, Austria 8 – Oct 1976, Italy 25 of 1976, RYM 50 of 1976, Germany 313 of the 1970s, OzNet 522

Chronological table of US and UK number one hit singles[]

US number one singles and artist
(weeks at number one) 		UK number one singles and artist
(weeks at number one)
"Saturday Night" – Bay City Rollers (1)
"Convoy" – C. W. McCall (1)
"I Write the Songs" – Barry Manilow (1)
"Theme from Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)" – Diana Ross (1)
"Love Rollercoaster" – Ohio Players (1)
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" – Paul Simon (3)
"Theme from S.W.A.T." – Rhythm Heritage (1)
"Love Machine" – The Miracles (1)
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) – The Four Seasons (3)
"Disco Lady" – Johnnie Taylor (4)
"Let Your Love Flow" – The Bellamy Brothers (1)
"Welcome Back" – John Sebastian (1)
"Boogie Fever" – The Sylvers (1)
"Silly Love Songs" – Paul McCartney & Wings (5)
"Love Hangover" – Diana Ross (2)
"Afternoon Delight" – Starland Vocal Band (2)
"Kiss and Say Goodbye" – The Manhattans (2)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee (4)
"You Should Be Dancing" – Bee Gees (1)
"(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" – KC and the Sunshine Band (1)
"Play That Funky Music" – Wild Cherry (3)
"A Fifth of Beethoven" – Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (1)
"Disco Duck" – Rick Dees & His Cast Of Idiots (1)
"If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago (2)
"Rock'n Me" – Steve Miller Band (1)
"Tonight's The Night" – Rod Stewart (7 weeks 1976 + 1 week 1977), best seller of the year 		"Bohemian Rhapsody" – Queen (5 weeks 1975 + 4 weeks 1976)
"Mamma Mia" – ABBA (2)
"Forever and Ever" – Slik (1)
"December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)" – The Four Seasons (2)
"I Love to Love (But My Baby Loves to Dance)" – Tina Charles (3)
"Save Your Kisses for Me" – Brotherhood of Man (6), best seller of the year
"Fernando" – ABBA (4)
"No Charge" – J. J. Barrie (1)
"Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) " – The Wurzels (2)
"You to Me Are Everything" – The Real Thing (3)
"Forever and Ever" – Demis Roussos (1)
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" – Elton John & Kiki Dee (6)
"Dancing Queen" – ABBA (6)
"Mississippi" – Pussycat (4)
"If You Leave Me Now" – Chicago (3)
"Under the Moon of Love" – Showaddywaddy (3)
"When a Child is Born" – Johnny Mathis (1 week 1976 + 2 weeks 1977)

Singles released[]

  1. Epitaph King Crimson
  2. (Don't Fear) The Reaper Blue Öyster Cult
  3. Station to Station David Bowie
  4. Radioactivity Kraftwerk
  5. Roadrunner The Modern Lovers
  6. Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones
  7. Gloria Patti Smith Group
  8. Anarchy in the U.K. Sex Pistols
  9. New Rose The Damned
  10. Shake Some Action Flamin' Groovies
  11. Final Solution Pere Ubu
  12. Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac
  13. Year of the Cat Al Stewart
  14. I Wish Stevie Wonder
  15. Suffragette City David Bowie
  16. Chase the Devil Max Romeo
  17. (I'm) Stranded The Saints
  18. Helter Skelter The Beatles
  19. Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) Fleetwood Mac
  20. Dancing Queen ABBA
  21. Got to Get You Into My Life The Beatles
  22. Entangled Genesis
  23. Livin' Thing Electric Light Orchestra
  24. Pissing in a River Patti Smith
  25. The Boys Are Back in Town Thin Lizzy
  26. Police and Thief Junior Murvin
  27. Politicians in My Eyes Death
  28. White Rabbit Jefferson Airplane
  29. Kid Charlemagne Steely Dan
  30. More Than a Feeling Boston
  31. X Offender Blondie
  32. Stay David Bowie
  33. Europa Santana
  34. Love Hangover Diana Ross
  35. Ripples Genesis
  36. TVC 15 David Bowie
  37. The Rubberband Man The Spinners
  38. I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend Ramones
  39. Crazy on You Heart
  40. The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Gordon Lightfoot
  41. Somebody to Love Queen

Albums released[]

  1. Station to Station David Bowie
  2. Songs in the Key of Life Stevie Wonder
  3. Ramones Ramones
  4. Rising Rainbow
  5. The Modern Lovers The Modern Lovers
  6. Sad Wings of Destiny Judas Priest
  7. Desire Bob Dylan
  8. Jailbreak Thin Lizzy
  9. 2112 Rush
  10. Still Life Van der Graaf Generator
  11. One More from the Road Lynyrd Skynyrd
  12. África Brasil Jorge Ben
  13. Small Change Tom Waits
  14. Live at Carnegie Hall Renaissance
  15. El jardín de los presents Invisible
  16. Moonmadness Camel
  17. Estudando o samba Tom Zé
  18. Hejira Joni Mitchell
  19. A Trick of the Tail Genesis
  20. The Royal Scam Steely Dan
  21. Oxygène Jean-Michel Jarre
  22. Waylon Live Waylon Jennings
  23. Cartola Cartola
  24. Alucinação Belchior
  25. Calling Card Rory Gallagher
  26. I Want You Marvin Gaye
  27. Boston Boston
  28. Trenchtown Mix Up The Gladiators
  29. War ina Babylon Max Romeo and The Upsetters
  30. Radio Ethiopia Patti Smith
  31. Picchio dal Pozzo Picchio dal Pozzo
  32. A New World Record Electric Light Orchestra
  33. Robin Trower Live Robin Trower
  34. Super Ape The Upsetters
  35. Pangaea (Live) Miles Davis
  36. The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse Duke Ellington
  37. Il Casanova di Federico Fellini Nino Rota
  38. Taxi Driver Bernard Herrmann
  39. It's Your World (Live) Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson
  40. Tashi Plays Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time Tashi
  41. Symphony No. 7 Wiener Philharmoniker/Carlos Kleiber
  42. Rocks Aerosmith
  43. Warren Zevon Warren Zevon
  44. Satta Masa Gana The Abyssinians
  45. The Omen Jerry Goldsmith
  46. Concerts (Live) Henry Cow
  47. All the World's a Stage (Live) Rush
  48. Beware of the Dog [Live] Hound Dog Taylor & The Houserockers
  49. Right Time Mighty Diamonds
  50. Leftoverture Kansas
  51. Scenery Ryo Fukui
  52. Meus caros amigos Chico Buarque
  53. 'Live' Bullet Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
  54. Johnny the Fox Thin Lizzy
  55. Stupidity Dr. Feelgood
  56. Sowiesoso Cluster
  57. L'Homme à tête de chou Serge Gainsbourg
  58. 801 Live 801
  59. Have Moicy! Michael Hurley, The Unholy Modal Rounders, Jeffrey Fredericks & The Clamtones
  60. Üdü Ẁüdü Magma
  61. Moondawn Klaus Schulze
  62. Geraes Milton Nascimento
  63. Jaco Pastorius Jaco Pastorius
  64. Shake Some Action Flamin' Groovies
  65. Kate & Anna McGarrigle Kate & Anna McGarrigle
  66. Polonaises Maurizio Pollini
  67. Celeste Celeste
  68. Tales of Mystery and Imagination The Alan Parsons Project
  69. Nova Steve Reid
  70. Blackheart Man Bunny Wailer
  71. Blow Your Face Out The J. Geils Band
  72. Stratosfear Tangerine Dream
  73. Rastaman Vibration Bob Marley and the Wailers
  74. Troubadour J. J. Cale
  75. Shakti With John McLaughlin (Live) Shakti and John McLaughlin
  76. No Heavy Petting UFO
  77. Jimmy Bell's Still in Town 15-60-75 The Numbers Band
  78. Los delirios del Mariscal Crucis
  79. A Day at the Races Queen
  80. Selda Selda
  81. Sommerabend Novalis
  82. Live at Montreux Sun Ra & His Arkestra
  83. Letzte Tage – Letzte Nächte Popol Vuh
  84. La gatta Cenerentola Compagnia il Cerchio, Roberto De Simone & Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare
  85. Captured Live! Johnny Winter
  86. Mother Earth's Plantasia Mort Garson
  87. Year of the Cat Al Stewart
  88. Music From the Film "Aguirre" Popol Vuh
  89. Dawn Eloy
  90. Bright Size Life Pat Metheny
  91. Unorthodox Behaviour Brand X
  92. Music from the Penguin Café Penguin Cafe Orchestra
  93. Almoraima Paco de Lucía
  94. L'Heptade Harmonium
  95. Wired Jeff Beck
  96. Wind & Wuthering Genesis
  97. Howlin' Wind Graham Parker and The Rumour
  98. Andy Irvine & Paul Brady Andy Irvine & Paul Brady
  99. No Rest for the Wicked Truth and Janey
  100. This Is Marijata Marijata
  101. Strumming Music Charlemagne Palestine
  102. Romantic Warrior Return to Forever
  103. Black Market Weather Report
  104. Living Legend Art Pepper
  105. Pamięć SBB
  106. The Song Remains the Same [Live] Led Zeppelin
  107. Virgin Killer Scorpions
  108. Ragnarök Ragnarök
  109. Seed of Memory Terry Reid
  110. La Düsseldorf La Düsseldorf
  111. Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band
  112. Carrie Pino Donaggio
  113. Szobel Hermann Szobel
  114. Crucis Crucis
  115. Gnu High Kenny Wheeler
  116. Wings over America [Live] Wings
  117. Stadaconé Sloche
  118. Live at Home Jane
  119. Night Moves Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band
  120. World Record Van der Graaf Generator
  121. Viva! Roxy Music Roxy Music
  122. In the Falling Dark Bruce Cockburn
  123. Rocky Bill Conti
  124. Jonathan Richman & the Modern Lovers Jonathan Richman and The Modern Lovers
  125. Balladyna Tomasz Stańko
  126. Zoot Allures Zappa
  127. Coses nostres Iceberg
  128. Almanach Malicorne
  129. The Third Reich 'n Roll The Residents
  130. The Paul Desmond Quartet Live The Paul Desmond Quartet
  131. Heat Treatment Graham Parker and The Rumour
  132. Oheň až požár Jazz Celula
  133. Ship to Shore Nigel Mazlyn Jones
  134. Sarabande The Philharmonia Hungarica/Eberhard Schoener/Paul Karass/Jon Lord/Mark Nauseef/Andy Summers/Pete York
  135. Dreptul de a visa Progresiv TM
  136. Point Blank Point Blank
  137. Via Paolo Fabbri 43 Francesco Guccini
  138. Legalize It Peter Tosh
  139. Dreamboat Annie Heart
  140. Sincerely Dwight Twilley Band
  141. Greatest Stories Live Harry Chapin
  142. Parallel World Far East Family Band
  143. Prayer of Peace Leroy Brown
  144. Maravilhas contemporâneas Luiz Melodia
  145. Stonewall Stonewall
  146. Relatively Clean Rivers Relatively Clean Rivers
  147. Herb Dub - Collie Dub King Tubby
  148. The Wild Tchoupitoulas The Wild Tchoupitoulas
  149. Birthday Extra Ball
  150. Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap AC/DC
  151. Fire, Water, Earth & Air Jane
  152. King Tubby's Prophesy of Dub King Tubby & Yabby You
  153. Viva Boma Cos
  154. Et après... Mémoriance
  155. Inget nytt under solen Kaipa
  156. Intención Atila
  157. La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros
  158. Jammy Smears Ivor Cutler
  159. Give Us a Wink Sweet
  160. Kaleidoscope of Rainbows Neil Ardley
  161. The Roaring Silence Manfred Mann's Earth Band
  162. Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band
  163. Maledetti (Maudits) Area
  164. Right Place, Wrong Time Otis Rush
  165. Go ... Live From Paris Stomu Yamashta's Go
  166. Kalakuta Show Fela & Africa 70
  167. Chicken Skin Music Ry Cooder
  168. Old Hag You Have Killed Me The Bothy Band
  169. Corte Dei Miracoli Corte Dei Miracoli
  170. Bicentennial N***** Richard Pryor
  171. Alas Alas
  172. Water Babies Miles Davis
  173. Vericuetos Gualberto
  174. The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein Parliament
  175. Cueille le jour Carpe Diem
  176. Arrival ABBA
  177. The Book of Invasions: A Celtic Symphony Horslips
  178. 1900 Ennio Morricone
  179. Roller Goblin
  180. Joan Armatrading Joan Armatrading
  181. Et Cetera Et Cetera
  182. Blondie Blondie
  183. Land of the Midnight Sun Al Di Meola
  184. Troubadour Dorothy Carter
  185. Cosmos Sun Ra
  186. Obsession Bernard Herrmann
  187. Vivo! (Live) Alceu Valença
  188. Presence Led Zeppelin
  189. Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers
  190. Lumière / Suite Troileana Astor Piazzolla
  191. Moğollar Moğollar
  192. Stretchin' Out in Bootsy's Rubber Band Bootsy's Rubber Band
  193. Inside the Shadow Anonymous
  194. Transparencias M.I.A. (Músicos Independientes Asociados)
  195. Watercourse Way Shadowfax
  196. For You the Old Women Mirthrandir
  197. Longhaired Redneck David Allan Coe
  198. Agents of Fortune Blue Öyster Cult
  199. The Hermit John Renbourn
  200. Albedo 0.39 Vangelis
  201. Fantasy of Horses Rainbow Theatre
  202. Long Journey Michael Hurley
  203. Made in Europe (Live) Deep Purple
  204. Afro-Cuban Jazz Moods Dizzy Gillespie & Machito
  205. Yellow Fields Eberhard Weber
  206. Bugsy Malone Paul Williams
  207. Colombia Colly Jah Lion
  208. Second Thoughts Split Enz
  209. How Dare You! 10cc
  210. Contre-courant Opus-5
  211. School Days Stanley Clarke
  212. Starz Starz
  213. Marc'h Gouez Kristen Noguès
  214. Birth / Speed / Merging The Pyramids
  215. Rhythmatism Steve Reid
  216. Late Night Movies, All Night Brainstorms Doctors of Madness
  217. Macula Transfer Edgar Froese
  218. Ikoyi Blindness Fela Anikulapo Kuti & Africa 70
  219. Static Disposal Debris'
  220. Modern Pentathlon Laboratorium
  221. Midnight Son Son Seals
  222. In the Region of the Summer Stars The Enid
  223. Focal Point McCoy Tyner
  224. Japanese Girl Akiko Yano
  225. Olias of Sunhillow Jon Anderson
  226. My Spanish Heart Chick Corea
  227. Voci Luciano Basso
  228. Mountainscapes Barre Phillips
  229. Alla fiera dell'est Angelo Branduardi
  230. Destroyer Kiss
  231. Musical Massage Leon Ware
  232. A.F.T. Automatic Fine Tuning
  233. Come in un'ultima cena Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
  234. Ho visto anche degli zingari felici Claudio Lolli
  235. Straight to the Krankenhaus Secret Oyster
  236. Modern Music Be-Bop Deluxe
  237. Hardcore Jollies Funkadelic
  238. Feeling Lightshine
  239. The Hapless Child and Other Inscrutable Stories Michael Mantler
  240. Rock Group Asiko Rock Group
  241. Pacific Overtures [1976 Original Broadway Cast] Stephen Sondheim
  242. Sunburst Finish Be-Bop Deluxe
  243. Voices and Instruments Jan Steele / John Cage
  244. Turnstiles Billy Joel
  245. It's a Good Night for Singin' Jerry Jeff Walker
  246. Pollen Pollen
  247. 500 Miles High at Montreux [Live] Flora Purim
  248. The Planets Tomita
  249. Le petit violon de Mr. Grégoire Mona Lisa
  250. Silk Degrees Boz Scaggs
  251. Imaginary Voyage Jean-Luc Ponty
  252. Night Lights Elliott Murphy
  253. Blue Breeze Livin' Blues
  254. Milton Milton Nascimento
  255. Natty Cultural Dread Big Youth
  256. Up Side Down Sandra With Fela & Africa 70
  257. Private Eyes Tommy Bolin
  258. Benzaiten Osamu Kitajima
  259. Tem que acontecer Sérgio Sampaio
  260. Gimme Back My Bullets Lynyrd Skynyrd
  261. In Living Black and White [Live] Kevin Coyne
  262. Falso brilhante Elis Regina
  263. Time Robber Omega
  264. Unlawful Noise Haazz & Company
  265. Japan: Traditional Vocal & Instrumental Music Ensemble Nipponia
  266. Osorezan/Dō no Kenbai Geinoh Yamashirogumi
  267. Kolinda Kolinda
  268. Snorungarnas symfoni Gregory Allan Fitzpatrick & Samla Mammas Manna
  269. Let's Stick Together Bryan Ferry
  270. Jezebel Justin Hines and The Dominoes
  271. Symphonic Pictures Schicke, Führs & Fröhling
  272. Live at Marble Arch Graham Parker
  273. Coisas do arco da velha Banda Do Casaco
  274. Symphonie pour le jour où brûleront les cités Art Zoyd 3
  275. Spirit Earth, Wind & Fire
  276. L Steve Hillage
  277. Hotel California Eagles
  278. Agneta Nilsson Heldon
  279. Aurora Jean-Luc Ponty
  280. The Best of Two Worlds Stan Getz featuring João Gilberto
  281. Vurulduk Ey Halkim Unutma Bizi Selda
  282. The Strands of the Future Pulsar
  283. Música Urbana Música Urbana
  284. Logan's Run Jerry Goldsmith
  285. The Pretender Jackson Browne
  286. Frob Frob
  287. Phos Socrates
  288. Improvisation Sep. 1975 Toshi Ichiyanagi, Michael Ranta & Takehisa Kosugi
  289. Marcus Marcus
  290. Fly With the Wind McCoy Tyner
  291. Total Explosion Syl Johnson
  292. Airs and Graces June Tabor
  293. Mondo Deco The Quick


Published popular music[]

  • "Always and Forever"     w.m. Rod Temperton
  • "Dancing Queen"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
  • "Devil Woman"     w.m. Terry Britten & Christine Authors
  • "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
  • "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" w.m. Richard Leigh
  • "Empty Tables"     w. Johnny Mercer m. Jimmy Van Heusen
  • "Evergreen"     w. Paul Williams m. Barbra Streisand
  • "Fernando"     w.m. Benny Andersson, Stig Anderson & Björn Ulvaeus
  • "Gonna Fly Now" (aka "Theme From Rocky")      w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Bill Conti
  • "I Never Do Anything Twice" aka "The Madam's Song" w.m. Stephen Sondheim. Introduced by Régine in the film The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
  • "Isn't She Lovely?"     w.m. Stevie Wonder
  • "Like A Sad Song"     w.m. John Denver
  • "A Little Bit More"     w.m. Bobby Gosh
  • "Making Our Dreams Come True" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Charles Fox, from the TV series Laverne and Shirley
  • "Money, Money, Money"     w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus
  • "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word"     w.m.Elton John
  • "Welcome Back" w.m. John Sebastian. Theme song from the television series Welcome Back Kotter

Other notable songs[]

  • "Ballade pour Adeline" m. Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint
  • "Djambo, Djambo" w.m. Peter Reber
  • "El Pasadiscos" w.m. Diego Verdaguer
  • "Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Mein" w. Sahir Ludhianvi m. Khayyam

Births[]

  • January 8 – Jenny Lewis, vocalist (Rilo Kiley)
  • January 16 – Stuart Fletcher (The Seahorses)
  • January 18 – Damien Leith, Australian singer/songwriter
  • January 20 – Sid Wilson (Slipknot)
  • January 21 – Emma Bunton, British singer (Spice Girls)
  • January 23 – Tony Lucca, American singer-songwriter, producer and actor
  • January 29 – Chris Castle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • February 4 – Cam'ron, rapper
  • February 13 – Leslie Feist (Broken Social Scene)
  • February 15
    • Brandon Boyd (Incubus)
    • Ronnie Vannucci, Jr. (The Killers)
  • February 28 – Ja Rule, American rapper
  • March 8 – Gareth Coombes, British singer (Supergrass)
  • March 16 – Blu Cantrell, singer
  • March 17 – Stephen Gately, Irish singer (Boyzone) (d. 2009)
  • March 20 – Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
  • March 26 – Dave Keuning (The Killers)
  • April 2 – Lucy Diakovska, German-Bulgarian pop singer
  • April 10 – Jan Werner Danielsen, Norwegian singer (d. 2006)
  • April 18 – Sean Maguire, British actor and singer
  • April 29 – Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and record producer
  • May 8
    • Martha Wainwright, singer-songwriter, daughter of Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle
    • Ian "H" Watkins, British singer (Steps)
  • May 10 – Udo Mechels, Belgian singer
  • May 14 – Hunter Burgan (AFI)
  • May 17 – Kandi Burruss (Xscape)
  • May 22 – Daniel Erlandsson, Swedish drummer (Arch Enemy)
  • May 29 – Dave Buckner (Papa Roach)
  • June 2
    • Tim Rice-Oxley, British musician (Keane)
    • Adrian Olivares (Menudo)
  • June 6 – Emilie-Claire Barlow, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress
  • June 7 – Necro (Ron Braunstein), American rapper and record producer
  • June 11 – Tai Anderson, American rock bassist (Third Day)
  • June 13
    • Jason "J" Brown, English rock musician (5ive)
    • Kym Marsh, English singer (Hear'Say)
  • June 15
    • Gary Lightbody, Northern Irish rock musician and songwriter (Snow Patrol)
    • Dryden Mitchell (Alien Ant Farm)
  • June 18 – Blake Shelton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • June 20 – Jerome Fontamillas, American singer and guitarist (Switchfoot, Mortal and Fold Zandura)
  • June 21 – Mike Einziger (Incubus)
  • June 22 – Gordon Moakes (Bloc Party)
  • June 23 – Joe Becker, American guitarist and composer
  • June 26 – Paul Phillips, guitarist (Puddle of Mudd)
  • June 27 – Leigh Nash, American singer (Sixpence None the Richer)
  • July 1
    • Justin Lo, Hong Kong singer and actor
    • Plies, American rapper
  • July 3 – Shane Lynch, Irish singer (Boyzone)
  • July 5
    • Bizarre, African American rapper
    • Mike DeWolf, American rock musician (Taproot)
  • July 8 – David Kennedy, American guitarist and songwriter (Angels & Airwaves, Box Car Racer, Hazen Street and Over My Dead Body)
  • July 10 – Elijah Blue Allman, American musician, son of Cher and Greg Allman
  • July 12 – Tracie Spencer, American singer-songwriter and actress
  • July 16 – Chiara Zeffirelli, crossover soprano
  • July 20 – Andrew Stockdale, Australian rock singer/guitarist (Wolfmother)
  • July 22 – Kokia, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • August 8
    • JC Chasez, American singer (*NSYNC)
    • Drew Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees)
  • August 11
  • August 12
    • Mikko Lindström, Finnish rock guitarist
    • Wednesday 13, American rock lead singer (Murderdolls, FDQ)
    • Lina Rafn, Danish singer
  • August 13 – Roddy Woomble, Scottish musician
  • August 14 – Maya Nasri, Lebanese actress and singer
  • August 18 – Alex Katunich, (Incubus)
  • September 12 – Bizzy Bone, American rapper, member of Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
  • September 16
    • Tina Barrett, British singer (S Club 7)
    • Elīna Garanča, operatic soprano
  • October 6 – Barbie Shu, Taiwanese actress and singer
  • October 7 – Taylor Hicks, American singer
  • October 19 – Omar Gooding, rapper
  • October 20 – Tom Wisniewski (MxPx)
  • October 22 – Jon Foreman, American rock singer/guitarist (Switchfoot)
  • November 2 – Mike Leon Grosch, German singer
  • November 11 – Jesse F. Keeler (Death from Above 1979)
  • November 12 – Tevin Campbell, singer-songwriter
  • November 13 – Shagrath, Dimmu Borgir
  • November 16 – Mario Barravecchia, Italian singer
  • November 18 – Shagrath, Norwegian black metal musician (Dimmu Borgir)
  • November 19 – Jun Shibata, Japanese singer and songwriter
  • December 4 – Amie Comeaux, American country music singer (d. 1997)
  • December 12 – Dan Hawkins, British rock guitarist (The Darkness)
  • December 18 – Red Café (Jermaine Denny), rapper
  • December 23 – Amjad Sabri, Qawwali singer (murdered 2016)
  • December 25
    • Tuomas Holopainen, Finnish metal keyboardist (Nightwish)
    • Armin van Buuren, Dutch music producer and DJ
  • date unknown
    • Philip Howard, pianist and composer
    • John Collura (The Ataris)
    • Patrick Riley (The Ataris)

Deaths[]

  • January 8 – George Baker, singer, 90
  • January 10 – Howlin' Wolf, blues musician, 65
  • January 16 – Vasco Campagnano, operatic tenor, 65
  • January 18 – Friedrich Hollaender, composer, 79
  • January 23 – Paul Robeson, singer, 77
  • January 25 – Chris Kenner, American singer-songwriter, 46 (heart attack)
  • January 29 – Jesse Fuller, blues musician, 79
  • January 30 – Mance Lipscomb, blues musician, 80
  • January 31 – Evert Taube, composer and singer, 85
  • February 5 – Rudy Pompilli, saxophone player and 20-year member of Bill Haley & His Comets, 50 (lung cancer)
  • February 6 – Vince Guaraldi, jazz musician and pianist, 47
  • February 9 – Percy Faith, bandleader and composer, 67
  • February 12 – Sal Mineo, actor and singer, 37 (murdered)
  • February 13 – Lily Pons, coloratura soprano, 77
  • February 22 – Florence Ballard, The Supremes, 32 (coronary thrombosis)
  • February 25 – Tarquinia Tarquini, operatic soprano, 93
  • March 14 – Busby Berkeley, musical director and choreographer, 80
  • March 19 – Paul Kossoff, guitarist, (Free), 25 (cerebral and pulmonary oedema)
  • March 25 – Maria Zamboni, operatic soprano, 80
  • March 26 – Duster Bennett, blues musician, 29 (car accident)
  • April 8 – Phil Ochs, protest singer, 35 (suicide)
  • April 14 – Erna Ellmenreich, operatic soprano, 90
  • April 25 – Alexander Brailowsky, pianist, 80
  • May 12 – Rudolf Kempe, conductor, 65
  • May 14 – Keith Relf, vocalist (The Yardbirds), 35 (cardiac arrest due to electrocution)
  • May 15 – David Munrow, early music performer, 33 (suicide)
  • May 21 – Harold Blair, operatic tenor, 51
  • May 26 – Maggie Teyte, operatic soprano, 88
  • June 6 – Elisabeth Rethberg, operatic soprano, 81
  • June 25 – Johnny Mercer, singer and songwriter, 66
  • June 28
    • Malcolm Lockyer, film composer and conductor, 52
    • Yakov Zak, pianist and music teacher, 62
  • August 2 – Cecilia (singer), Spanish singer-songwriter, 27 (road accident)
  • August 6 – Gregor Piatigorsky, Russian cellist, 73
  • August 24 – Michael Head, composer, 76
  • August 26 – Lotte Lehmann, opera singer, 88
  • August 27 – Mukesh, Indian singer, 53 (heart attack)
  • August 29 – Jimmy Reed, US blues musician, 50
  • September 26 – L.C. Robinson, US blues musician, 61
  • October 3 – Victoria Spivey, US singer, pianist and composer, 69
  • October 11
    • Connee Boswell, US singer, member of the Boswell Sisters, 68
    • Alfredo Bracchi, Italian lyricist, 78
    • Werner Haas, pianist, 45 (car accident)
  • October 21 – Jean Berveiller, organist and composer, 73
  • November 12 – Walter Piston, composer, 82
  • December 4
    • Benjamin Britten, composer, 63
    • Tommy Bolin, guitarist, 25 (drug-induced suffocation)
  • December 6 – Raymond Hanson, composer, 63
  • December 28 – Freddie King, blues musician, 42
  • Date Unknown – Patrick Kelly, Irish folk fiddler

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

  • Grammy Awards of 1976

Country Music Association Awards[]

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Eurovision Song Contest[]

References[]

  1. ↑ John Lennon Playboy interview, 1980
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