1971 in music
See also:
1970 in music,
other events of 1971,
1972 in music, 1970s in music and the list of 'years in music'
Events
- February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
- February 16 - Alan David Pasaro , the Hell's Angel who was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit against The Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary film Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing.
- March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, Live at the Fillmore East.
- March 16 - The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970 are presented.
- December 7 - The Montreux Casino in Montreux, Switzerland, catches fire and burns during a performance by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention when a fan fires a flare gun into its rafters. The band Deep Purple, who were due to begin recording at the casino the next day, watched the scene from their hotel across Lake Geneva, and later immortalized the events in their song, "Smoke on the Water".
- Lancelot Layne 's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.
- The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premeires on television
- Elton John's musical career begins
- ABBA's musical career begins
- The New York Dolls' musical career begins
- Donna Summer's musical career begins
- Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical career begins
- Roxy Music's musical career begins
- Jesus Christ Superstar is performed for the first time
- Michael Jackson's solo career begins
- Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career
- The Crystals reunite
- Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille
Albums released
Top hits
Published popular music
Births
- January 8 - Karen Poole,Alisha's Attic
- January 11 - Mary J. Blige
- January 11 - Tom Rowlands , Chemical Brothers
- January 17 - Kid Rock
- January 18 - Jonathan Davis, Korn
- January 25 - China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner )
- February 1 - Ron Welty of The Offspring
- February 2 - Michelle Gayle, singer
- February 2 - Ben Mize , Counting Crows
- February 23 - Jeff Beres , Sister Hazel
- February 26 - Erykah Badu
- March 4 - Feargal Lawler , The Cranberries
- March 5 - John Frusciante, Red Hot Chili Peppers
- April 17 - Selena Quintanilla
- April 20 - Mikey Welsh, Weezer
- May 4 - Mike Dirnt, Green Day
- May 30 - Patrick Dahlheimer , Live
- June 9 - Paul McGuigan, Oasis
- June 18 - Nathan Morris , Boyz II Men
- June 21 - Betty Boo
- July 17 - DJ Minutemix , P.M. Dawn
- July 17 - Ed Kowalczyk, Live
- July 23 - Alison Krauss
- September 6 - Dolores O'Riordan, The Cranberries
- September 24 - Marty Cintron , No Mercy
- October 2 - Tiffany
- October 10 - Evgeny Kissin, pianist
- December 24 - Ricky Martin
- December 25 - Noel Hogan , The Cranberries
- John Dolmayan, System of a Down
- Derrick Plourde , The Ataris
- June 16- Tupac Shakur,Rapper
Deaths
Awards
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