See also: 1973 in music, other events of 1974, 1975 in music and the list of 'years in music'.

Table of contents

1 Events 2 Albums released 3 Top hits on record 4 Published popular music 5 Musical theater 6 Musical films 7 Births 8 Deaths 9 Awards 9.1 Grammy Awards 9.2 Country Music Association Awards 9.3 Eurovision Song Contest

Events

• February 10 - record producer Phil Spector is badly injured in a car accident. Details of the accident are kept secret.
• February 12 - New York's legendary rock club, The Bottom Line opens in Greenwich Village
• February 14 - The Captain & Tennille are married in Virginia City, Nevada
• February 18 - Yes sells out the first of two nights at Madison Square Garden, without a bit of advertising for the show.
• February 20 - Cher files for divorce from her husband of 10 years, Sonny Bono
• March 12 - John Lennon is involved in an altercation with a photographer outside the Troubador club in Los Angeles, California. Lennon and friend Harry Nilsson had been heckling comedian Tommy Smothers and were forced to leave the club
• April 6 - 200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake and Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas and the Eagles.
• April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, is found dead in her Hollywood, California apartment from an apparent heroin overdose.
• August 7 - Peter Wolf, lead singer of the J. Geils Band marries actress Faye Dunaway
• Patti Smith releases her debut recording, which many consider to be the first punk rock single, "Hey Joe"
• Lord Shorty's Endless Vibrations is the first soca LP and the first major soca hit worldwide
• Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis and begins solo career
• Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is performed for the first time
• Rover Thomas claims to have been visited in a dream by a deceased friend near Warmun, Australia and receives the Krill Krill song cycle
• Dino Martin, singer and son of Dean Martin, is arrested on suspicion of possession and sale of two machine guns.
• Journey signs to Columbia Records
• Talking Heads forms
• Japan forms
• Firefall forms
• Daniel Amos forms out of the remnants of Jubal's Last Band.
• The Ramones form

Albums released

• Get Your Wings - Aerosmith
• Radio City - Big Star
• Late For The Sky - Jackson Browne
• VII - Chicago
• 461 Ocean Boulevard - Eric Clapton
• Paradise and Lunch - Ry Cooder
• Burn - Deep Purple
• Stormbringer - Deep Purple
• Planet Waves - Bob Dylan
• Before the Flood - Bob Dylan (Live with the Band)
• If You Love Me, Let Me Now - Olivia Newton-John
• Caribou - Elton John
• On the Border - The Eagles
• Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends...Ladies and Gentlemen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
• Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno
• Heroes Are Hard to Find - Fleetwood Mac
• Headhunters - Herbie Hancock
• Caught Up and Still Caught Up - Millie Jackson
• War Child - Jethro Tull
• Caribou - Elton John
• Red - King Crimson
• Court & Spark - Joni Mitchell
• Walls and Bridges - John Lennon
• Natty Dread - Bob Marley and the Wailers
• Good Old Boys - Randy Newman
• Rocka Rolla - Judas Priest
• Feats Don't Fail Me Now - Little Feat
• Up For The Down Stroke - Parliament
• Band on the Run - Paul McCartney & Wings
• Heart Like a Wheel - Linda Ronstadt
• I Got a Name - Jim Croce
• Not Fragile - Bachman Turner Overdrive
• Pretzel Logic - Steely Dan
• Cyan - Three Dog Night
• It's Too Late to Stop Now - Van Morrison
• Endless Way - Kazumi Watanabe
• Odds & Sods - The Who
• fulfillingness' First Finale - Stevie Wonder

Top hits on record

• "Waterloo" - Abba
• "Piano Man" - Billy Joel
• "Cat's In The Cradle" - Harry Chapin
• "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" - Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel
• "Beach Baby" - First Class
• "Until You Come Back to Me" - Aretha Franklin
• "The Joker" - Steve Miller Band
• "The Ocean" - Led Zeppelin
• "Bennie and the Jets" - Elton John
• "Living For The City " - Stevie Wonder
• "Band On The Run" - Paul McCartney & Wings
• "I Shot The Sheriff" - Eric Clapton
• "Whatever Gets You Through The Night" - John Lennon
• "Love's Theme" - Love Unlimited Orchestra
• "Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone
• "Sweet Hone Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd
• "Dancing Machine" - Jackson 5
• "Seasons in the Sun" - Terry Jacks
• "Come and Get Your Love" - Redbone
• "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad
• "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
• "Sunshine on My Shoulders" - John Denver
• "T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)" - MFSB & the 3 Degrees
• "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics
• "When Will I See You Again" - Three Degrees
• "Show and Tell" - Al Wilson

Published popular music

• "I Honestly Love You" w.m. Peter Allen & Jeff Barry
• "I've Got The Music In Me"     w.m. Bias Boshell
• "Midnight At The Oasis"     w.m. David Nichtern

Musical theater

• Candide     Broadway revival
• Gypsy     Broadway revival
• Hans Christian Andersen     London production
• Lorelei     Broadway production
• Mack & Mabel     Broadway production
• The Magic Show     off-Broadway production
• Over Here     Broadway production
• West Side Story     London revival

Musical films

• Huckleberry Finn
• Lost in the Stars
• Mame
• Phantom of the Paradise
• That's Entertainment
• Son of Dracula

Births

• February 11 - D'Angelo
• February 13 - Robbie Williams
• April 14 - Da Brat
• May 23 - Jewel
• June 1 - Alanis Morissette
• September 19 - Jimmy Fallon, comedian & musician
• October 18 - Peter Svenson, The Cardigans

Deaths

• March 28 - Arthur Big Boy Crudup, stroke
• April 25 - Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, heroine overdose

Awards

Grammy Awards

• Grammy Awards of 1974

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

• Eurovision Song Contest 1974