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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1971.

Specific locations

1971 in British music
1971 in Norwegian music

Specific genres

1971 in country music
1971 in heavy metal music
1971 in jazz

Events

February 1 – After months of feuding in the press, Ginger Baker and Elvin Jones hold a "drum battle" at The Lyceum.
February 3 – Davy Jones announces he is leaving the Monkees.
February 8 – Bob Dylan's hour-long documentary film, Eat the Document, is premièred at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour.
February 16 – Alan Passaro of the Hells Angels, who was acquitted on January 19 of the killing 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.
February 19 – Queen performs their first public concert in London.
March 1 – The line-up for Queen is completed when bassist John Deacon joins the band.
March 4 – The Rolling Stones open their UK tour in Newcastle upon Tyne, intended as a "farewell" to the UK prior to the band's relocation to France as "tax exiles".
March 5 – Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, sees the first live performance of Led Zeppelin's iconic song "Stairway to Heaven".
March 6 – The Soul to Soul concert takes place in Accra, Ghana, headlined by Wilson Pickett.
March 12–13 – The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, At Fillmore East.
March 16 – The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970, are presented. The ceremonies are broadcast on live television for the first time. Simon & Garfunkel win Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year for their final album Bridge over Troubled Water and its title track. The Carpenters win Best New Artist.
April 3 – The 16th Eurovision Song Contest, held in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin, is won by Monaco with the song "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" sung by Séverine.
April 6 – The Rolling Stones hold a party in Cannes to officially announce their new contract with Atlantic and the launch of Rolling Stones Records.
April 8 – A bomb explodes at a CBC band gig in Saigon killing 2.
April 19 – Gil Scott Heron records the first rap song, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised in RCA Studioe in New York.
May 1 – Bill Withers releases seminal first album Just As I Am.
May 12 – Mick Jagger marries Bianca de Macías in Saint-Tropez, France, in a Roman Catholic ceremony. Among the wedding guests are the remaining Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Eric Clapton and Stephen Stills.
June – Rafael Kubelík becomes music director of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, at the invitation of Göran Gentele, the new general manager.^[1]
June 1 – Elvis Presley's birthplace, a two-room shack in Tupelo, Mississippi, is opened to the public as a tourist attraction.
June 6 – John Lennon and Yoko Ono join Frank Zappa on stage at the Fillmore East for an encore jam. The performance would be released the following year on the Some Time in New York City album.
June 8 – Carole King gives her first live concert, at Carnegie Hall.
June 20-24 – The first Glastonbury Festival to take place at the summer solstice is held in South West England. Performers include David Bowie, Traffic, Fairport Convention, Quintessence and Hawkwind.
June 21 – The Celebration of Life Festival finally gets underway- three and a half days late- at Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. Pink Floyd, The Beach Boys, Miles Davis and B. B. King are among the performers.
June 24 – The Celebration of Life Festival is closed down by authorities after promoters Stephen Kapelow and Ken Lind fail to provide enough supplies of food, medical and sanitary facilities. Only nine of twenty-seven advertised performers showed up, and about 150 festival-goers were arrested.
June 27 – Promoter Bill Graham closes the Fillmore East in New York City with a final concert featuring The Allman Brothers Band, The Beach Boys and Mountain. Patrons are given commemorative posters at the door and find red roses on their seats.
July 3 – Jim Morrison is found dead in a bath tub in Paris, France, aged 27. Alain Ronay would claim, years later, that he assisted Morrison's lover, Pamela Courson, in covering up the circumstances.
July 4 – The Fillmore West is closed in San Francisco with a final show featuring Santana, Creedence Clearwater Revival and The Grateful Dead.
July 9 – Grand Funk Railroad becomes only the second band (after the Beatles) to perform a sold-out concert at Shea Stadium breaking The Beatles record of selling out the venue.
August 1
- The Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden, New York, starring George Harrison, Ravi Shankar, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan and Leon Russell; also featuring Billy Preston, Eric Clapton, Jesse Ed Davis and Badfinger.
- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour premieres on CBS.
August 14 – The Who release their fifth studio album Who's Next, reaching Number One in both the UK and the US.
August 31 – John Lennon leaves Britain for New York City and will never return.
September 11 – The Jackson 5ive, a Saturday morning cartoon series based on the popular Motown group The Jackson 5, premieres on ABC.
September 11-12 – The Avandaro rock festival takes place in Valle de Bravo (Mexico) with an estimated attendance of 300,000.
October 5 – Black Sabbath perform the first set of their Whisky a Go Go performance in all-white tuxedos.
October 29 – The Allman Brothers Band's guitarist Duane Allman dies in a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia after colliding with a truck.
October 31 – Pink Floyd release their sixth studio album Meddle. The album is considered a turning point, moving away from their psychedelic sound to a more progressive tone. It peaked at No. 3 on the UK Albums Chart.
November 6 – Cher earns her first solo number one hit in US (Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves) staying atop for two consecutive weeks. Eventually the song was certified gold.
November 8 – Led Zeppelin release officially untitled fourth studio album, which would become the biggest-selling album of the year (1972), the band's biggest-selling album, and the fourth best-selling album of all time.
December 1 – Belgian singing duo Nicole & Hugo are married at Wemmel.
December 4 – 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. Members of 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".
December 10 – Frank Zappa breaks his leg after being pushed off the stage by a deranged fan at The Rainbow in London.
December 31 – Bob Dylan makes a surprise appearance for the encore of The Band's New Year's Eve concert at the Academy of Music, joining the group for four songs including "Like a Rolling Stone".
Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music.
Ann Wilson joins Heart, which moves to Vancouver, British Columbia.
Kenny Rogers and The First Edition issued their Greatest Hits album, which will sell over 4 million copies worldwide by the end of the decade. They also star in their own TV series Rollin' on the River which runs until 1974.
Brad Whitford replaces Ray Tabano on rhythm guitar in Aerosmith
Elton John has first international hit with "Your Song".
Donna Summer begins her recording career under her real name of Donna Gaines.
Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a highly successful solo career.
Rick Wakeman joins Yes.
Conrad Schnitzler leaves Kluster, which dissolves.
The Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille.
The American Musical Instrument Society is founded.

Bands formed

See Musical groups established in 1971

Bands reformed

The Crystals

Bands disbanded

Booker T. & the M.G.'s
Derek and the Dominos
The Haunted
The Monkees

Albums released

January

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Coal Miner's Daughter	Loretta Lynn	-
7	Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old)	Elvis Presley	^[2]
11	Chicago III	Chicago	–
11	Pearl	Janis Joplin	–
13	Deliverin'	Poco	Live
15	Hooker 'n Heat	John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat	–
–	Dust	Dust	-
	Greatest Hits	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition	Compilation
	Jerry Butler Sings Assorted Sounds	Jerry Butler	–
	Little Feat	Little Feat	–
	Melting Pot	Booker T & the MG's	–
	Nantucket Sleighride	Mountain	–
	Salisbury	Uriah Heep	–
	Sister Kate	Kate Taylor	–
	Straight Life	Freddie Hubbard	–
	There Must Be More to Love Than This	Jerry Lee Lewis	–
	You're Not Alone	Dion	–
	ZZ Top's First Album	ZZ Top	–

February

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes	The 5th Dimension	–
1	if 2	If	–
2	The Point!	Harry Nilsson	–
3	Love Story	Andy Williams	–
5	Once Again	Barclay James Harvest	–
9	Carly Simon	Carly Simon	–
10	Church of Anthrax	John Cale and Terry Riley	–
	Tapestry	Carole King	–
	Love Story	Johnny Mathis	–
15	The Golden Streets of Glory	Dolly Parton	-
19	The Yes Album	Yes	–
22	If I Could Only Remember My Name	David Crosby	–
24	One Way... or Another	Cactus	–
24	Jack Johnson	Miles Davis	–
26	Straight, Clean and Simple	Anne Murray	–
–	Album II	Loudon Wainwright III	–
	Crazy Horse	Crazy Horse	–
	Fourth	Soft Machine	–
	The Hawk	Ronnie Hawkins	–
	Jack-Knife Gypsy	Paul Siebel	–
	James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine	James Taylor	–
	Journey in Satchidananda	Alice Coltrane	-
	Live at the Sex Machine	Kool & the Gang	Live
	Long Player	Faces	–
	Mary	Mary Travers	–
	The Polite Force	Egg	–
	Ring of Hands	Argent	–
	Rita Coolidge	Rita Coolidge	–
	Stoney End	Barbra Streisand	–
	The Taker/Tulsa	Waylon Jennings	–
	Up to Date	The Partridge Family	-

March

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Search and Nearness	The Rascals	–
5	The Cry of Love	Jimi Hendrix	Compilation
	Friends	Elton John	Soundtrack
	Bryter Layter	Nick Drake	^[3]
	Stone Age	the Rolling Stones	Compilation
9	Love It to Death	Alice Cooper	Straight Records; re-issued on Warner Bros. June '71
15	La Biblia	Vox Dei	–
16	Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon	James Taylor	–
19	Aqualung	Jethro Tull	–
	Songs of Love and Hate	Leonard Cohen	–
	Wildlife	Mott the Hoople	–
22	You'll Never Walk Alone	Elvis Presley	Compilation
24	Histoire de Melody Nelson	Serge Gainsbourg	–
26	Percy	The Kinks	Soundtrack
–	Al Green Gets Next to You	Al Green	–
	Alpha Centauri	Tangerine Dream	-
	Back to the Roots	John Mayall	–
	Black Oak Arkansas	Black Oak Arkansas	Debut
	Dave Mason & Cass Elliot	Dave Mason & Cass Elliot	–
	Earth, Wind & Fire	Earth, Wind & Fire	Debut
	Electronically Tested	Mungo Jerry	–
	A Message to the People	Buddy Miles	–
	Moments	Boz Scaggs	–
	Motel Shot	Delaney & Bonnie	–
	Please to See the King	Steeleye Span	–
	Present Company	Janis Ian	–
	Rat On!	Swamp Dogg	–
	Rock On	Humble Pie	–
	She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina	Buffy St. Marie	–
	Split	The Groundhogs	-
	Tanz der Lemminge	Amon Düül II	–
	Teenage Head	Flamin' Groovies	–
	With Friends and Neighbors	Alex Taylor	–

April

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
2	Donny Hathaway	Donny Hathaway	–
5	Satori	Flower Travellin' Band	–
6	Poems, Prayers & Promises	John Denver	–
7	4 Way Street	Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young	Live
8	Givin' It Back	The Isley Brothers	–
	In the Land of Grey and Pink	Caravan	–
	Overdog	Keef Hartley	–
12	Joshua	Dolly Parton	-
	Maybe Tomorrow	The Jackson 5	–
	Where I'm Coming From	Stevie Wonder	–
15	Survival	Grand Funk Railroad	–
19	L.A. Woman	The Doors	–
22	Hag	Merle Haggard	–
22	Sky's the Limit	The Temptations	–
23	Sticky Fingers	the Rolling Stones	–
30	The Doobie Brothers	The Doobie Brothers	–
	Thin Lizzy	Thin Lizzy	–
	Smiling Men with Bad Reputations	Mike Heron	–
–	17-11-70	Elton John	Live
	All by Myself	Eddie Kendricks	–
	The Best of The Guess Who	The Guess Who	-
	Bloodrock 3	Bloodrock	–
	Bring Me Home	Mother Earth	–
	Broken Barricades	Procol Harum	–
	Chase	Chase	–
	Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian	John Sebastian	Live
	City of Gold	Pearls Before Swine	–
	Elegy	The Nice	Live
	Extraction	Gary Wright	–
	Good Taste Is Timeless	The Holy Modal Rounders	–
	Here Comes the Sun	Nina Simone	-
	How Much More Can She Stand	Conway Twitty	–
	Mirror Man	Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band	Recorded 1967
	Oh! Pleasant Hope	Blue Cheer	–
	Survival of the Fittest Live	Amboy Dukes	Live
	Thirds	James Gang	–
	Volcanic Action of My Soul	Ray Charles	-
	War	War	–
	When You're Hot, You're Hot	Jerry Reed	–

May

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Leon Russell and the Shelter People	Leon Russell	–
5	Peaceful World	The Rascals	–
10	I Don't Know How to Love Him	Helen Reddy	–
12	Weather Report	Weather Report	–
14	Carpenters	Carpenters	–
14	Relics	Pink Floyd	Compilation
17	Ram	Paul and Linda McCartney	US; released in UK May 28
19	Aretha Live at Fillmore West	Aretha Franklin	Live
21	What's Going On	Marvin Gaye	–
21	Rory Gallagher	Rory Gallagher	Solo Debut^[4]
28	Songs for Beginners	Graham Nash	–
28	Every Picture Tells a Story	Rod Stewart	–
–	And So: On	Jimmy Webb	–
	Another Dimension	Bo Diddley	–
	Contact	Freda Payne	–
	Curtis/Live!	Curtis Mayfield	Live
	Edgar Broughton Band	Edgar Broughton Band	–
	5th	Lee Michaels	–
	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds	–
	If You Saw Thro' My Eyes	Ian Matthews	–
	Joy to the World	Hoyt Axton	–
	Just as I Am	Bill Withers	–
	Live Johnny Winter And	Johnny Winter	Live
	Man in Black	Johnny Cash	–
	Smash Your Head Against the Wall	John Entwistle	–
	Something Else	Shirley Bassey	–
	Stormcock	Roy Harper	–
	Summer Side of Life	Gordon Lightfoot	–
	Thembi	Pharoah Sanders	-
	We Sure Can Love Each Other	Tammy Wynette	–
	Winwood	Steve Winwood	Compilation

June

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
4	Tarkus	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	–
15	The Staple Swingers	The Staple Singers	-
15	Zero Time	Tonto's Expanding Head Band	-
16	Golden Bisquits	Three Dog Night	Compilation
16	Love Letters from Elvis	Elvis Presley	–
21	Ruby	Buck Owens	–
22	Blue	Joni Mitchell	–
23	Byrdmaniax	The Byrds	–
24	Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren	Todd Rundgren	–
25	Indelibly Stamped	Supertramp	–
30	Stephen Stills 2	Stephen Stills	–
–	Aerial Pandemonium Ballet	Harry Nilsson	–
	Angel Delight	Fairport Convention	–
	Ash Ra Tempel	Ash Ra Tempel	-
	Blood, Sweat & Tears 4	Blood, Sweat & Tears	–
	Homemade	The Osmonds	–
	First Pull Up, Then Pull Down	Hot Tuna	–
	The Flying Burrito Brothers	The Flying Burrito Brothers	–
	Grin	Grin	–
	Historic Dead	Grateful Dead	Live 1966
	It Ain't Easy	Long John Baldry	–
	Link Wray	Link Wray	–
	Mick Abrahams	Mick Abrahams	–
	New York City (You're a Woman)	Al Kooper	–
	One World	Rare Earth	–
	Randy Newman Live	Randy Newman	Live
	San Francisco Dues	Chuck Berry	–
	Sing Children Sing	Lesley Duncan	–
	Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song	Melvin Van Peebles	Soundtrack
	Touch	The Supremes	–
	Touching Home	Jerry Lee Lewis	–
	What You Hear Is What You Get	Ike & Tina Turner	Live
	Toussaint	Allen Toussaint	–

July

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	C'mon Everybody	Elvis Presley	Compilation
1	Push Push	Herbie Mann	Album
2	Daddy Who? Daddy Cool	Daddy Cool
6	At Fillmore East	The Allman Brothers Band	Live
	High Time	MC5	–
	Surrender	Diana Ross	–
	Booker T. & Priscilla	Booker T & Priscilla Coolidge	–
12	Maggot Brain	Funkadelic	–
16	Acquiring the Taste	Gentle Giant	–
17	Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing	New Birth	-
23	Every Good Boy Deserves Favour	The Moody Blues	–
26	The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions	Howlin' Wolf	–
–	Budgie	Budgie	Debut
	Armchair Boogie	Michael Hurley & Pals	–
	Blessed Are...	Joan Baez	–
	Charity Ball	Fanny	–
	Fireball	Deep Purple	US
	Fool's Mate	Peter Hammill	–
	(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People	The Chi-Lites	–
	From the Witchwood	Strawbs	–
	Happy Birthday, Ruthy Baby	McGuinness Flint	–
	Harmony Row	Jack Bruce	–
	How Come the Sun	Tom Paxton	–
	In the Garden	Gypsy	–
	The Last Time I Saw Her	Glen Campbell	–
	Lovejoy	Albert King	–
	Ride the Wind	The Youngbloods	–
	Shaft	Isaac Hayes	Soundtrack
	The Silver Tongued Devil and I	Kris Kristofferson	-
	So Long, Bannatyne	The Guess Who	–
	Sha Na Na	Sha Na Na	–
	Stop Your Motor	The Association	–

August

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Best of the Wailers	Bob Marley and the Wailers	–
2	Who's Next	The Who	US ^[5]
2	Fillmore East – June 1971	The Mothers of Invention	Live
6	Master of Reality	Black Sabbath	^[6]
11	You've Got a Friend	Johnny Mathis	–
27	One Dozen Roses	Smokey Robinson & The Miracles	–
30	Surf's Up	The Beach Boys	–
30	Live!	Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker	–
31	The Sun, Moon & Herbs	Dr. John	–
–	Barbra Joan Streisand	Barbra Streisand	–
	Cedartown, Georgia	Waylon Jennings	–
	Experience	Jimi Hendrix	-
	Freedom Flight	Shuggie Otis	–
	Himself	Gilbert O'Sullivan	–
	Hot Pants	James Brown	–
	How Hard It Is	Big Brother and the Holding Company	-
	I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving	Conway Twitty	–
	In Hearing of Atomic Rooster	Atomic Rooster	–
	If 3	If	–
	My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me	Dallas Frazier	–
	New Riders of the Purple Sage	New Riders of the Purple Sage	–
	Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus	Nigel Olsson	–
	Ronnie Milsap	Ronnie Milsap	–
	Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin'	Butterfield Blues Band	–
	Sound Magazine	The Partridge Family	-
	A Space in Time	Ten Years After	–
	Tago Mago	Can	–
	Van Ronk	Dave Van Ronk	–
	White Light	Gene Clark	aka Gene Clark
	You've Got a Friend	Andy Williams	–

September

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Future Games	Fleetwood Mac	–
3	20 Granite Creek	Moby Grape	–
5	From the Inside	Poco	–
8	Labelle	Labelle	–
9	Aretha's Greatest Hits	Aretha Franklin	Compilation
9	Imagine	John Lennon	US; released in UK Oct 8
10	Welcome to the Canteen	Traffic	Live
10	Second Album	Curved Air	–
15	Cahoots	The Band	–
	Communication	Bobby Womack	–
	Judee Sill	Judee Sill	–
17	Colosseum Live	Colosseum	Live
20	Fly	Yoko Ono	–
24	Electric Warrior	T.Rex	–
24	Grateful Dead	Grateful Dead	Live
29	Goin' Back to Indiana	The Jackson 5	–
30	Harmony	Three Dog Night	–
30	Ko-ko Joe	Jerry Reed	–
–	Aereo-Plain	John Hartford	–
	April Wine	April Wine	–
	Bark	Jefferson Airplane	–
	Buddy Miles Live	Buddy Miles	Live
	Charlie Daniels	Charlie Daniels	–
	Closer to the Ground	Joy of Cooking	–
	The Four of Us	John Sebastian	–
	Free Live!	Free	Live
	Greatest Hits, Vol. 2	Johnny Cash	Compilation
	Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves	Cher	–
	Halfnelson	Halfnelson	Debut under original name
	James Gang Live in Concert	James Gang	Live
	Look at Yourself	Uriah Heep	US; released Oct. '71 in UK
	The North Star Grassman and the Ravens	Sandy Denny	–
	Pilgrimage	Wishbone Ash	–
	Rock Love	Steve Miller Band	–
	Santana	Santana	aka Santana III
	Seven Tears	Golden Earring	–
	Street Corner Talking	Savoy Brown	–
	Talk It Over in the Morning	Anne Murray	–
	The Time to Live is Now	Buzzy Linhart	–
	Trafalgar	Bee Gees	–
	Transition	Kenny Rogers and The First Edition	–

October

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Teaser and the Firecat	Cat Stevens	–
1	Would You Take Another Chance on Me?	Jerry Lee Lewis	–
4	200 Motels	Frank Zappa	Soundtrack
	Coat of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	–
	Rudy the Fifth	Ricky Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band	–
	Twins	Ornette Coleman	–
8	Distant Light	The Hollies	UK
	In Search of Space	Hawkwind	–
	Message from the Country	The Move	–
18	Other Voices	The Doors	–
18	Restrictions	Cactus	–
20	Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas	Elvis Presley	Christmas
25	Chicago at Carnegie Hall	Chicago	Live
25	Rough and Ready	The Jeff Beck Group	–
29	Fearless	Family	–
–	American Pie	Don McLean	–
	Bloodrock U.S.A.	Bloodrock	–
	Brand New Morning	Bob Seger	–
	Camembert Electrique	Gong	-
	Country Anthem	Hoyt Axton	–
	5'll Getcha Ten	Cowboy	-
	Focus II (Moving Waves)	Focus	–
	Fog on the Tyne	Lindisfarne	–
	Frisco Mabel Joy	Mickey Newbury	–
	Gather Me	Melanie	–
	Greatest Hits, Volume Two	B.J. Thomas	Compilation
	Growers of Mushroom	Leaf Hound	–
	Illusion	Renaissance	–
	Jesse Frederick	Jesse Frederick	–
	John Prine	John Prine	–
	The King of Rock and Roll	Little Richard	–
	Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air	Incredible String Band	–
	Live at PJ's	Kool & the Gang	–
	The Marblehead Messenger	Seatrain	–
	Memories	John Mayall	–
	The Morning After	The J. Geils Band	–
	No Roses	Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band	–
	Rainbow Bridge	Jimi Hendrix	Soundtrack
	Reflection	Pentangle	–
	R.E.O. Speedwagon	REO Speedwagon	–
	Roots	Curtis Mayfield	–
	Rotten to the Core	Crabby Appleton	–
	Stoney & Meatloaf	Stoney & Meat Loaf	–
	To You with Love, Donny	Donny Osmond	–
	Tupelo Honey	Van Morrison	–
	UFO 2: Flying	UFO	–
	War War War	Country Joe McDonald	–

November

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Cold Spring Harbor	Billy Joel	–
	There's a Riot Goin' On	Sly & the Family Stone	–
	Footprint	Gary Wright	–
	Hooteroll?	Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia	–
	Rock Messiah	David Axelrod	–
3	The Inner Mounting Flame	Mahavishnu Orchestra	–
5	Meddle	Pink Floyd	UK^[7]
	Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories	Barclay James Harvest	–
	Madman Across the Water	Elton John	–
6	The Stylistics	The Stylistics	–
8	I Wrote a Simple Song	Billy Preston	–
8	Led Zeppelin IV	Led Zeppelin	–
9	Killer	Alice Cooper	–
11	Nilsson Schmilsson	Harry Nilsson	–
12	Fragile	Yes	UK
	Nursery Cryme	Genesis	–
	Pawn Hearts	Van der Graaf Generator	–
	Nazareth	Nazareth	Debut
15	Asylum Choir II	Leon Russell and Marc Benno	–
15	E Pluribus Funk	Grand Funk Railroad	–
17	Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II	Bob Dylan	Compilation + new and unreleased material
	Farther Along	The Byrds	–
	Gonna Take a Miracle	Laura Nyro	–
	Live-Evil	Miles Davis	–
	A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse	Faces	–
24	Muswell Hillbillies	The Kinks	–
26	Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be	Sweet	Debut
–	Aerie	John Denver	–
	All Day Music	War	–
	Anne Murray / Glen Campbell	Anne Murray and Glen Campbell	–
	Anticipation	Carly Simon	–
	"Babbacombe" Lee	Fairport Convention	–
	Beautiful Lies You Could Live In	Pearls Before Swine	–
	Black Moses	Isaac Hayes	–
	Bless the Weather	John Martyn	–
	Bonnie Raitt	Bonnie Raitt	–
	Brain Capers	Mott the Hoople	–
	Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime	It's a Beautiful Day	–
	Coming From Reality	Sixto Rodriguez	–
	Deuce	Rory Gallagher	–
	Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In?	Man	-
	Dog of Two Head	Status Quo	–
	Flowers of Evil	Mountain	–
	For Ladies Only	Steppenwolf	–
	Good and Dusty	The Youngbloods	–
	If Not for You	Olivia Newton-John	–
	Jonathan Edwards	Jonathan Edwards	–
	Journey to the Centre of the Eye	Nektar	-
	Kazemachi Roman	Happy End	–
	Lay it All Out	Barry Mann	–
	Liv	Livingston Taylor	–
	Living	Judy Collins	–
	The Lonesome Picker Rides Again	John Stewart	–
	Lost in the Ozone	Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen	–
	The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Traffic	–
	Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy	The Who	Compilation
	The Need of Love	Earth, Wind & Fire	–
	Nice Feelin'	Rita Coolidge	–
	'Nuff Said	Ike & Tina Turner	–
	One Year	Colin Blunstone	Debut
	A Partridge Family Christmas Card	The Partridge Family	-
	People Like Us	The Mamas & the Papas	–
	Performance Rockin' the Fillmore	Humble Pie	Live
	Pictures at an Exhibition	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	–
	Quicksilver	Quicksilver Messenger Service	–
	Quiet Fire	Roberta Flack	–
	Sanctuary	Dion	–
	Shake Off the Demon	Brewer & Shipley	–
	Sittin' In	Loggins and Messina	Debut
	Sunfighter	Paul Kantner and Grace Slick	–
	There's Gotta Be a Change	Albert Collins	–
	Whatevershebringswesing	Kevin Ayers	–
	Year of Sunday	Seals and Crofts

December

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
3	Islands	King Crimson	–
	The Electric Light Orchestra	Electric Light Orchestra	Debut
	Wild Life	Wings	–
9	Greatest Hits	The Jackson 5	Compilation
13	Straight Up	Badfinger	US
17	Hunky Dory	David Bowie	–
20	The Concert for Bangladesh	George Harrison and Friends	Live
20	Hot Rocks 1964–1971	the Rolling Stones	Compilation
–	The Best of Top of the Pops '71	Top of the Poppers	Compilation
	Astral Taxi	Tin Tin	-
	Black Unity	Pharoah Sanders	-
	Boz Scaggs & Band	Boz Scaggs	–
	Don't Knock My Love	Wilson Pickett	–
	Dynamite!	The Supremes and the Four Tops	–
	Guilty!	Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon	–
	Message from a Drum	Redbone	–
	Music	Carole King	–
	Papa John Creach	Papa John Creach	–
	Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again	Steeleye Span	–

Release date unknown

2 + 2 + 1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One – Ponderosa Twins Plus One
20 Granite Creek – Moby Grape
34 Hours – Skid Row
Afrique – Count Basie
Afro Roots – Mongo Santamaria
Alarm Clock – Richie Havens
All for the Love of Sunshine – Hank Williams, Jr.
The American Dream – Emitt Rhodes
America – John Fahey
Anne Briggs – Anne Briggs
Another Cycle – Jimmy Cliff
Assagai – Assagai
The Baby Huey Story: The Living Legend – Baby Huey
Back to the Roots – Ramsey Lewis
(A Ballad of) A Peaceful Man – Gravy Train
Bang – Bang
Barefoot Boy – Larry Coryell
B.B. King in London – B. B. King
A Better Road – Steel River
Beyond the Blue Horizon – George Benson
The Bill Evans Album – Bill Evans
Bird on a Wire – Tim Hardin
Black Rhythm Revolution! – Idris Muhammad
Black Seeds – The Main Ingredient
Blackstone Legacy – Woody Shaw
Black Widow – Black Widow
Blue Memphis – Memphis Slim
Blue Mitchell – Blue Mitchell
Boogie Woogie – Memphis Slim
Born with the Blues – Memphis Slim
The Brand New Z.Z. Hill – Z.Z. Hill
Brave Belt – Brave Belt
Breakout – Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Candida – The Lawrence Welk Orchestra
Can I Have My Money Back? – Gerry Rafferty
Captain Buckles – David "Fathead" Newman
Chequered! – Chubby Checker
Christian of the World – Tommy James
Closer to the Ground – Joy of Cooking
Clube da Esquina – Milton Nascimento
Cluster – Cluster
Collage – Le Orme
Constant Throb – John Klemmer
Davy Jones – Davy Jones
Danny O'Keefe – Danny O'Keefe
Detroit – Mitch Ryder
The Dionne Warwicke Story – Dionne Warwick
Do Me Right – The Detroit Emeralds
The Donny Osmond Album – Donny Osmond Released June 5
Double Back – Happy and Artie Traum
Doug Kershaw – Doug Kershaw
Earth Song, Ocean Song – Mary Hopkin
Edgar Winter's White Trash – Edgar Winter
El derecho de vivir en paz – Víctor Jara
Eloy – Eloy
Eruption – Kluster
Escalator over the Hill – Carla Bley & Paul Haines
Every Little Bit Soul – Rosetta Hightower
Exposed – Valerie Simpson
Fame and Price, Price and Fame: Together! – Alan Price and Georgie Fame
The Family – Mashmakhan
Faust – Faust
Fela's London Scene – Fela Kuti
Fire Eater – Rusty Bryant
First Light – Freddie Hubbard
First Utterance – Comus
Flute-In – Bobbi Humphrey
Fog on the Tyne – Lindisfarne
Fraser & DeBolt – Fraser & DeBolt
Freeflight – Ahmad Jamal
From the Witchwood – Strawbs
Funk, Inc. – Funk, Inc.
The Fuzz – The Fuzz
Fuzzy Duck – Fuzzy Duck
Gemini Suite – Jon Lord
Genesis – Elvin Jones
Getting Ready – Freddie King
Gila – Gila
God Bless the Child – Kenny Burrell
Goin' Down Highway 51 – John Lee Hooker
Going East – Billy Paul
The Good Book – Melanie
Good Taste Is Timeless – The Holy Modal Rounders
Groove Grease – Jimmy McGriff
The Gypsy – Mr. Fox
H.M.S. Donovan – Donovan
Halfnelson – Sparks – as Halfnelson
Happy Just to Be Like I Am – Taj Mahal
Have a Nice Day – Count Basie
Headless Heroes of the Apocalypse – Gene McDaniels
High on a Hilltop – Merle Haggard
Hightower – Rosetta Hightower
High Winds, White Sky – Bruce Cockburn
The Hills of Indiana – Lonnie Mack
Hold Your Fire – Patto
Home is in My Head – Jackie Lomax
Homemade – The Osmonds
The House on the Hill – Audience
Houston Express – Houston Person
Ian & Sylvia – Ian & Sylvia
I Am What I Am – Ruth Copeland
Illusion – Renaissance
In God We Trust – Don Nix
In My Own Time – Karen Dalton
In Search of a Song – Tom T. Hall
Isle of View – Jimmie Spheeris
I've Got a Right to Cry – Hank Williams, Jr.
Jade Warrior – Jade Warrior
Joe South – Joe South
Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis Sing Hank Williams – Johnny Cash & Jerry Lee Lewis
Joy of Cooking – Joy of Cooking
Landfall – Martin Carthy
The Land of Many Churches – Merle Haggard
Larry Coryell at the Village Gate – Larry Coryell
Lazarus – The Blues Project
Lazarus – Lazarus
Live – UFO – Live
Live at Fillmore West – King Curtis
Live at Topanga Corral – Canned Heat
Live in Cook County Jail – B. B. King
Live in Seattle – John Coltrane
Live Yardbirds: Featuring Jimmy Page – The Yardbirds
Lift Every Voice and Sing – Max Roach
Living by the Days – Don Nix
Losers Weepers – Etta James
Mad Man Blues – John Lee Hooker
Madura – Madura
Mama's Big Ones – Cass Elliot
Mama Wailer – Lonnie Smith
The Man, The World, His Music – Johnny Cash
Manna – Bread
Mark-Almond – Mark-Almond
Message from a Drum – Redbone
Mirror – Emitt Rhodes
Mogul Thrash – Mogul Thrash
Morning, Noon & the Nite-Liters – The Nite-Liters
Mr. Big Stuff – Jean Knight
Mudlark – Leo Kottke
Mwandishi – Herbie Hancock
Na Poi – Fela Kuti
Natural Black Inventions: Root Strata – Rahsaan Roland Kirk
Nevada Fighter – Michael Nesmith
Never Never Land – Pink Fairies
New World in the Morning – Roger Whittaker
1969 – Julie Driscoll
Oblivion Express – Brian Auger
Odyssey of Iska – Wayne Shorter
Oh What a Feeling – Crowbar
One Fine Morning – Lighthouse
Open & Close – Fela Kuti
Osibisa – Osibisa
Operation – Birth Control
Pass the Plate – The Crusaders
Peace and Rhythm – Idris Muhammad
Peculiar Friends – Ten Wheel Drive
Pepper's Pow Wow – Jim Pepper
Peter Allen – Peter Allen
Petula '71 – Petula Clark
The Philosophy of the Spiritual – Richard Davis
Piano Improvisations Vol. 1 – Chick Corea
Pictures of Infinity – Sun Ra
Pieces of a Man – Gil Scott-Heron
Pins in It – The Human Instinct
Purdie Good! – Bernard Purdie
Put Your Hand in the Hand – Ocean
Rainbow Race – Pete Seeger
Rare Earth in Concert – Rare Earth
Released – Jade Warrior
The Real Thing – Taj Mahal
The Return of the Magnificent Seven – The Supremes and Four Tops
The Return of Doug Saldaña – Sir Douglas Quintet
Reunion Blues – Oscar Peterson and Milt Jackson
Rock Around the Country – Bill Haley & His Comets
Rosa dos Ventos – Maria Bethânia
St. Radigunds – Spirogyra
Sam, Hard and Heavy – Sam Samudio
Salt Song – Stanley Turrentine
Second Movement – Eddie Harris and Les McCann
Second Opinion – Marvin, Welch & Farrar
Sergio Franchi – Sergio Franchi (Metromedia album)
Set Us Free – Reuben Wilson
Shades of Green – Grant Green
Sho Is Funky Down Here – James Brown
Signals – Mal Waldron
Sinatra & Company – Frank Sinatra
Sing a Sad Song – Merle Haggard
Sing Me a Song of Songmy – Freddie Hubbard
Sir Lord Baltimore – Sir Lord Baltimore
Smackwater Jack – Quincy Jones
Someday We'll Look Back – Merle Haggard
The Song of My Life – Petula Clark
The Song of Singing – Chick Corea
Songs – Jackie DeShannon
Songs from Wasties Orchard – Magna Carta
So the Seeds are Growing – Joe South
Soul Revolution Part II – Bob Marley and the Wailers
Soulful Tapestry – Honey Cone
Source Point – John Hammond
Southern Delight – Barefoot Jerry
Spark Plug – Melvin Sparks
Stackridge – Stackridge
Stand by Me (Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get) – Bernard Purdie
Stand By Your Man – Candi Staton
Stoneground – Stoneground
Stones – Neil Diamond
Summer Side of Life – Gordon Lightfoot
Sun Ship – John Coltrane (recorded 1965)
Super Bad – James Brown
Sweathog – Sweathog
Sweet Replies – Honey Cone
Synergy – Glass Harp
Takin' My Time – Charlie Musselwhite
Tears of Joy – Don Ellis
They Call Me Muddy Waters – Muddy Waters
Things We Like – Jack Bruce
Third Album – Shocking Blue
Third World War – Third World War
This Is Madness – The Last Poets
Thoughts of Movin' On – Lighthouse
Through the Eyes of a Horn – Jim Horn
Tibetan Bells – Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings
Tightly Knit – Climax Blues Band
Today – Petula Clark
Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady – Tom Jones
Tony Joe White – Tony Joe White
Travelin' Lady – Rosalie Sorrels
Tucky Buzzard – Tucky Buzzard
The Undisputed Truth – The Undisputed Truth
Une vie – Dalida
Visions – Grant Green
Watcha Gonna Do – Denny Doherty
Wa-Tu-Wa-Zui (Beautiful People) – Charles Kynard
Western Man – Mose Allison
What's Going On – Johnny "Hammond" Smith
Where's the Money? – Dan Hicks and his Hot Licks (Live)
Why Black Man Dey Suffer – Fela Kuti
Willie Nelson and Family – Willie Nelson
Woodstock Two – Various
Words and Music – Benny Hill
Woyaya – Osibisa
Yesterday's Wine – Willie Nelson
You Don't Have to Be in the Army – Mungo Jerry
You're Not Alone – Dion DiMucci
You're So Beautiful – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
Your Daily Gift – The Savage Rose
You Well-Meaning Brought Me Here – Ralph McTell
Zawinul – Joe Zawinul
Zwei-Osterei – Kluster

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1971.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	George Harrison	My Sweet Lord	1970	UK	UK 1 – Jan 1971, US BB 1 – Dec 1970, Canada 1 – Nov 1970, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1970, France 1 – Mar 1971, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1971, Norway 1 – Feb 1971, Germany 1 – Jan 1971, Éire 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1971, Australia Goset 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 2 of 1971, RYM 3 of 1970, Italy 4 of 1971, Virgin 5, Poland 7 – Feb 2002, DDD 11 of 1970, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1970, Germany 40 of the 1970s, US CashBox 70 of 1971, Europe 93 of the 1970s, OzNet 170, WXPN 339, Rolling Stone 454, TheQ 484, Acclaimed 604
2	John Lennon	Imagine	1971	UK	UK 1 – Dec 1980, Éire 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Dec 1971, Virgin 1, OzNet 1, Switzerland 2 – Nov 1971, DDD 2 of 1971, WXPN 2, US BB 3 – Oct 1971, Canada 3 – Sep 1971, Norway 3 – Feb 1972, Italy 3 of 1972, Rolling Stone 3, RYM 4 of 1971, Netherlands 5 – Nov 1971, France 5 – Nov 1971, South Africa 5 of 1972, POP 5 of 1971, Austria 6 – Mar 1981, Europe 8 of the 1970s, TheQ 9, US BB 10 of 1971, Belgium 11 of all time, Germany 12 – Jan 1981, TOTP 16, Poland 17 of all time, Sweden (alt) 19 – Dec 1975, Australia 19 of 1972, Acclaimed 21, RIAA 30, Scrobulate 33 of classic rock, 86 in 2FM list
3	Rod Stewart	Maggie May	1971	UK	UK 1 – Sep 1971, US BB 1 – Aug 1971, Canada 1 – Aug 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks May 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1971, Peel list 1 of 1970, Netherlands 3 – Oct 1971, RYM 3 of 1971, Switzerland 5 – Dec 1971, DDD 5 of 1971, US BB 6 of 1971, France 10 – Nov 1971, POP 10 of 1971, Australia 13 of 1971, Germany 17 – Jan 1972, US CashBox 23 of 1971, TheQ 37, Virgin 53, Acclaimed 80, Rolling Stone 130, OzNet 149, RIAA 194, WXPN 218
4	Lynn Anderson	Rose Garden	1970	US	Canada 1 – Dec 1970, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1971, Norway 1 – Mar 1971, Germany 1 – Mar 1971, Éire 1 – Mar 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Oct 1971, Netherlands 2 – Jan 1971, France 2 – Apr 1971, Australia Goset 2 – Feb 1971, UK 3 – Feb 1971, US BB 3 – Dec 1970, US CashBox 6 of 1971, Germany 50 of the 1970s, DDD 57 of 1970, RYM 75 of 1970, Acclaimed 1217
5	The Rolling Stones	Brown Sugar	1971	UK	US BB 1 – May 1971, Canada 1 – May 1971, Netherlands 1 – May 1971, Switzerland 1 – May 1971, UK 2 – Apr 1971, US BB 3 of 1971, POP 3 of 1971, Norway 4 – May 1971, Germany 5 – May 1971, Australia Goset 5 – Jun 1971, DDD 8 of 1971, France 9 – Apr 1971, RYM 11 of 1971, Virgin 21, US CashBox 38 of 1971, TheQ 82, Scrobulate 89 of classic rock, Acclaimed 137, Germany 249 of the 1970s, WXPN 274, OzNet 412, Rolling Stone 490

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Elton John in 1971

Song title	Artist(s)	Release date(s)	US	UK	Highest chart position	Other Chart Performance(s)
"Ain't No Sunshine"	Bill Withers	July 1971	3	n/a	3 (United States)	See chart performance entry
"All Day Music"	War	July 1971	35	n/a	35 (United States)	18 (U.S. Billboard Best Selling Soul Singles)
"All I Ever Need Is You"	Sonny & Cher	October 1971	7	8	5 (Canada)	See chart performance entry
"American Pie"	Don McLean	October 1971	1	2	1 (Australia, Canada, United States, New Zealand)	See chart performance entry
"Another Day"	Paul McCartney	February 1971	5	2	1 (Australia, Ireland, Spain)	See chart performance entry

Other Chart hit singles

"Baby I'm-a Want You" – Bread (#5 CAN)
"Baby Jump" – Mungo Jerry (#1 UK)
"Back Street Luv" – Curved Air
"Bangla Desh" – George Harrison
"Banks of the Ohio" – Olivia Newton-John
"Banner Man" – Blue Mink
"Beginnings" – Chicago (#7 US) (#8 CAN)
"Behind Blue Eyes" – The Who
"Birds of a Feather" – The Raiders
"Black & White" – Greyhound
"Black Dog" – Led Zeppelin
"Black Magic Woman" – Santana (#4 CAN)
"Black Skin Blue Eyed Boys" – The Equals
"Blue Money" – Van Morrison
"Brand New Key" – Melanie (#1 CAN)
"Brandy" – Scott English
"Bridge over Troubled Water" – Aretha Franklin (#8 CAN)
"Bridget the Midget (The Queen of the Blues)" – Ray Stevens
"Bring the Boys Home" – Freda Payne
"Brown Sugar/Bitch/Let It Rock" – the Rolling Stones (#1 CAN)
"Butterfly" – Danyel Gérard
"Cherish" – David Cassidy
"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" – Daddy Dewdrop
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Middle of the Road
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" – Mac and Katie Kissoon (Lally Stott's original was dubbed into French)
"Co-Co" – The Sweet
"Colour My World" – Chicago (#7 US)
"Come Back Again" – Daddy Cool (# 3 Australia)
"(Come 'Round Here) I'm the One You Need" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
"Country Road" – James Taylor
"Cousin Norman" – Marmalade
"Coz I Luv You" – Slade
"Crazy Love" – Helen Reddy
"Cried Like a Baby" – Bobby Sherman
"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" – Daniel Boone
"Day After Day" – Badfinger
"Desiderata" – Les Crane
"Did You Ever...?" – Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood
"Do You Know What I Mean" – Lee Michaels
"DOA" – Bloodrock
"Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted" – The Partridge Family
"Do Me Right" – The Detroit Emeralds
"Don't Knock My Love, Part 1" – Wilson Pickett
"Don't Let It Die" – Hurricane Smith
"Don't Let the Green Grass Fool You" – Wilson Pickett
"Don't Pull Your Love" – Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
"Double Barrel" – Dave and Ansell Collins
"Draggin' the Line" – Tommy James
"The Drum" – Bobby Sherman
"Eagle Rock"– Daddy Cool (#1 Australia)
"Ernie" – Walter Matthau
"Ernie (The Fastest Milkman in the West)" – Benny Hill
"Everybody's Everything" – Santana
"Everything's Tuesday" – Chairmen of the Board
"Family Affair" – Sly & the Family Stone (#1 US)
"Fly Little White Dove Fly" – The Bells
"Flying Machine" – Cliff Richard
"For All We Know" – The Carpenters
"Forget Me Not" – Martha and the Vandellas
"Friends" – Elton John
"Funky Nassau" – The Beginning of the End
"Get Down and Get With It" – Slade
"Get It On" – Chase
"Get It On" – T. Rex
"Get Up, Get Into It, Get Involved Pt. 1" – James Brown
"Girls Are Out to Get You" – The Fascinations
"Girls in the City" – The Esquires
"Go Away Little Girl" – Donny Osmond
"Got to Be There" – Michael Jackson
"Grandad" – Clive Dunn
"Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves" – Cher (#1 US)
"Hallelujah" – Sweathog
"The Harder I Try (The Bluer I Get)" – The Free Movement
"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Have You Seen Her" – The Chi-Lites
"He's Gonna Step On You Again" – John Kongos
"Heaven Must Have Sent You" – The Elgins
"Help Me Make It Through the Night" – Sammi Smith
"Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" – The Fortunes (#15 US)
"Here Comes the Sun" – Richie Havens
"Hey Big Brother" – Rare Earth
"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" – The Tams
"Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox" – James Taylor
"Hey Tonight" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Hot Love" – T. Rex
"Hot Pants (She Got to Use What She Got to Get Just What She Wants)" – James Brown
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" – Bee Gees
"I Am...I Said" – Neil Diamond
"I Believe (In Love)" – Hot Chocolate
"I Did What I Did for Maria" – Tony Christie
"I Don't Blame You at All" – Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" – Helen Reddy
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" from the original studio cast recording of Jesus Christ Superstar – Yvonne Elliman
"I Don't Want to Do Wrong" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
"I Hear You Knocking" – Dave Edmunds (#4 US)
"I Just Can't Help Believing" – Elvis Presley
"I Just Can't Help Believing" – Sacha Distel (Dubbed)
"I Just Want to Celebrate" – Rare Earth (#7 US)
"I Love You for All Seasons" – The Fuzz
"I Say a Little Prayer" – Anne Murray and Glen Campbell
"I Will Return" – Springwater
"I Woke Up In Love This Morning" – The Partridge Family (#13 US)
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" – The New Seekers
"I'd Love to Change the World" – Ten Years After
"I'll Be Gone" – Spectrum (#1 Australia)
"I'll Meet You Halfway" – The Partridge Family
"I'm a Greedy Man, Part 1" – James Brown
"I'm Eighteen" – Alice Cooper (#21 US)
"I'm Gonna Run Away From You" – Tami Lynn
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" – Rod Stewart
"I'm Still Waiting" – Diana Ross
"I've Found Someone of My Own" – The Free Movement
"If" – Bread
"If I Were Your Woman" – Gladys Knight & the Pips
"If Not For You" – Olivia Newton-John
"If You Could Read My Mind" – Gordon Lightfoot
"If You Really Love Me" – Stevie Wonder
"Imagine" – John Lennon
"In My Own Time" – Family
"Indian Reservation" – Paul Revere & the Raiders
"Indiana Wants Me" – R. Dean Taylor
"Inner City Blues (Makes Me Wanna Holler)" – Marvin Gaye
"Iron Man" – Black Sabbath
"Is This the Way to Amarillo" – Tony Christie
"It Don't Come Easy" – Ringo Starr
"It's Impossible" – Perry Como
"It's The Same Old Song" – The Weathermen
"It's Too Late" – Carole King
"It Takes Time" – Anne Murray
"Jack in the Box" – Clodagh Rodgers
"Jeepster" – T. Rex
"Johnny Reggae" – The Piglets
"Joy to the World" – Three Dog Night (#1 US)
"Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" – The Temptations
"K- Jee" – The Nite- Liters, see (New Birth)
"Knock Three Times" – Tony Orlando and Dawn
"L.A. International Airport" – Susan Raye
"L.A. Woman" – The Doors
"Lady Rose" – Mungo Jerry
"Legend In Your Own Time" – Carly Simon
"Let Your Yeah Be Yeah" – The Pioneers
"Levon" – Elton John
"Liar" – Three Dog Night
"Light Sings" – The 5th Dimension
"Like an Open Door" – The Fuzz
"Locomotive Breath" – Jethro Tull
"Lonely Days" – Bee Gees
"Look Wot You Dun" – Slade
"Love Her Madly" – The Doors
"Love Means (You Never Have To Say You’re Sorry)" – Sounds of Sunshine
"Love the One You're With" – The Isley Brothers
"Love the One You're With" – Stephen Stills
"Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes" – The 5th Dimension
"Maggie May" – Rod Stewart
"Malt and Barley Blues" – McGuinness Flint
"Make It with You" – Sacha Distel (dubbed)
"Mama's Pearl" – The Jackson 5
"Marianne" – Stephen Stills
"Me and Bobby McGee" – Janis Joplin
"Me and My Arrow" – Harry Nilsson
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" – Lobo
"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" – Marvin Gaye
"Mighty Clouds of Joy" – B. J. Thomas
"Mr. Big Stuff" – Jean Knight
"Mr. Bojangles" – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
"Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G minor K550 1st movement (Allegro molto)" – Waldo de los Ríos
"My Brother Jake" – Free
"My Sweet Lord" – George Harrison (#1 US)
"Nathan Jones" – The Supremes
"Never Can Say Goodbye" – The Jackson 5
"Never Ending Song of Love" – The New Seekers
"The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" – Joan Baez
"No Matter What" – Badfinger
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" – Three Dog Night
"Once You Understand" – Think
"One Bad Apple" – The Osmonds
"One Less Bell to Answer" – The 5th Dimension
"One Man Band" – Three Dog Night
"One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)" – Honey Cone
"One Tin Soldier" – Coven
"One Toke Over the Line" – Brewer & Shipley
"Only You Know and I Know" – Delaney and Bonnie
"Oye Como Va" – Santana
"Paint It Black" – Eric Burdon & War
"Pay to the Piper" – Chairmen of the Board
"Peace Train" – Cat Stevens
"The Pied Piper" – Bob and Marcia
"Power to the People" – John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
"Proud Mary" – Ike & Tina Turner
"The Pushbike Song" – The Mixtures
"Put Your Hand in the Hand" – Ocean
"Rain Dance" – The Guess Who
"Rainy Days and Mondays" – The Carpenters
"Remember Me" – Diana Ross
"Resurrection Shuffle" – Ashton, Gardner and Dyke
"Ride a White Swan" – T. Rex
"Riders on the Storm" – The Doors
"Right on the Tip of My Tongue" – Brenda & the Tabulations
"River Deep – Mountain High" – The Supremes and Four Tops
"Rock and Roll" – Led Zeppelin
"Rock Steady" – Aretha Franklin
"Rose Garden" – Lynn Anderson
"Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" – The Newbeats
"She Didn't Do Magic" – Lobo
"She's a Lady" – Tom Jones
"She's Not Just Another Woman" – 8th Day
"Signs" – Five Man Electrical Band
"Silvery Rain" – Cliff Richard
"Simple Game" – Four Tops
"Sing a Song of Freedom" – Cliff Richard
"Sing High, Sing Low" – Anne Murray
"Smiling Faces Sometimes" – Undisputed Truth
"So Far Away" – Carole King
"Softly Whispering I Love You" – The Congregation
"Soldier Blue" – Buffy Sainte-Marie
"Soley, Soley" – Middle of the Road
"Something Old, Something New" – The Fantastics
"Something Tells Me (Something's Gonna Happen Tonight)" – Cilla Black
"Sooner or Later" – The Grass Roots
"Soul Power Pt. 1" – James Brown
"Spanish Harlem" – Aretha Franklin
"Stay Awhile" – The Bells (#1 Canada)
"Stay With Me" – The Faces
"Stairway to Heaven" – Led Zeppelin
"Stick Up" – Honey Cone
"Stoned Love" – The Supremes
"Stoney End" – Barbra Streisand
"Stop, Look, Listen" – The Stylistics
"The Story In Your Eyes" – The Moody Blues
"A Stranger in My Place" – Anne Murray
"Strange Kind of Woman" – Deep Purple
"Sugar, Sugar" – Sakkarin
"Sultana" – Titanic
"Theme from Summer of '42 (The Summer Knows)" – Peter Nero
"Sunny Honey Girl" – Cliff Richard
"Superstar" – The Carpenters
""Superstar" (from Jesus Christ Superstar) – Murray Head
"Superstar (Remember How You Got Where You Are)" – The Temptations
"Surrender" – Diana Ross
"Sweet and Innocent" – Donny Osmond
"Sweet City Woman" – The Stampeders
"Sweet Hitch-Hiker" – Creedence Clearwater Revival
"Sweet Mary" – Wadsworth Mansion
"Take Me Home Country Roads" – John Denver and Fat City
"Talk It Over in the Morning" – Anne Murray
"Tap Turns on the Water" – C.C.S.
"Temptation Eyes" – The Grass Roots
"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" – Carly Simon
"Theme from Shaft" – Isaac Hayes
"They Can't Take Away Our Music" – Eric Burdon & War
"Thin Line Between Love and Hate" – The Persuaders
"Timothy" – The Buoys
"Till" – Tom Jones
"Tiny Dancer" – Elton John
"Tired of Being Alone" – Al Green
"Toast and Marmalade for Tea" – Tin Tin
"Tokoloshe Man" – John Kongos
"Trapped By a Thing Called Love" – Denise LaSalle
"Treat Her Like a Lady" – Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
"Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum" – Middle of the Road
"Two Divided by Love" – The Grass Roots
"Un Banc, un arbre, une rue" – Séverine
"Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" – Paul and Linda McCartney
"Walkin'" – C.C.S.
"Want Ads" – Honey Cone
"Watching Scotty Grow" – Bobby Goldsboro
"We Can Work It Out" – Stevie Wonder
"Wear This Ring (with Love)" – The Detroit Emeralds
"What Am I Living For" – Ray Charles
"What Are You Doing Sunday" – Dawn
"Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get" – The Dramatics
"What's Going On" – Marvin Gaye
"What Is Life" – George Harrison
"When You're Hot, You're Hot" – Jerry Reed
"(Where Do I Begin?) Love Story" – Andy Williams; also Henry Mancini
"White Lies, Blue Eyes" – Bullet
"Wild Horses" – the Rolling Stones
"Wild Night" – Van Morrison
"Wild World" – Cat Stevens
"The Witch Queen of New Orleans" – Redbone
"Who put the Lights Out" – Dana
"Won't Get Fooled Again" – The Who
"Yo-Yo" – The Osmonds
"You Are Everything" – The Stylistics
"You Can Close Your Eyes" – James Taylor
"Your Move" – Yes
"Your Love (Means Everything to Me)" – Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
"Your Song" – Elton John
"You're All I Need to Get By" – Aretha Franklin
"You've Got a Friend" – James Taylor
"You've Got to Crawl (Before You Walk)" – 8th Day

Notable singles

Song title	Artist(s)	Release date(s)	Other Chart Performance(s)
"Eagle Rock"	Daddy Cool	May 1971	1 (Australia) – 17 (New Zealand)
"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" b/w "Home Is Where the Hatred Is"	Gil Scott-Heron with Pretty Purdie and the Playboys	April 1971	n/a
"Under My Wheels"	Alice Cooper	September 1971	59 (US Billboard Hot 100) – 66 (UK Singles Chart)

Other Notable singles

"Come Back Again" – Daddy Cool
"Spoon" b/w "Shikaku Maru Ten" – Can

Published popular music

"The Age of Not Believing" – w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"Always on My Mind" – w.m. Johnny Christopher, Mark James and Wayne Carson Thompson
"American Pie" – w.m. Don McLean
"And I Love You So" – w.m. Don McLean
"And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda – w.m. Eric Bogle (written)
"Baby I'm-a Want You" – w.m. David Gates
"Been on a Train" – w.m. Laura Nyro
"Ben" – w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf
"The Candy Man" – w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
"Day By Day" – w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz
"Eagle Rock" – w.m. Ross Wilson
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" w.m. Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb
"I Am Woman" – w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton
"I Don't Know How to Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber. Introduced by Yvonne Elliman in the musical Jesus Christ Superstar
"I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" – w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway
"I'm Still Here" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Imagine w.m. John Lennon
"Kiss an Angel Good Morning" – w.m. Ben Peters
"Knock Three Times" – w.m. Irwin Levine
"The Last Farewell" – w.m. Roger Whittaker & Ron A. Webster
"Losing My Mind" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Maggie May" w.m. Rod Stewart and Martin Quittenton
"Pure Imagination" – w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
"Riders on the Storm" – w.m. The Doors
"Stairway to Heaven" – w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page
"Substitutiary Locomotion" – w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"The Summer Knows" – w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film Summer of '42
"Those Were the Days" w. Lee Adams, m. Charles Strouse, from the TV series All in the Family
"Too Many Mornings" – w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Avec le Temps" – Dalida
"Mamy Blue" – Dalida
"Queen of the Hours" w.m. Jeff Lynne, Roy Wood

Classical music

Premieres

Composer	Composition	Date	Location	Performers
Ligeti, György	Concert românesc	August 21, 1971	Fish Creek, US	Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra – Johnson^[8]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Sternklang	June 5, 1971	Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany	Collegium Vocale Köln, Gentle Fire, Smalley, Souster, Vetter – Stockhausen^[9]
Stockhausen, Karlheinz	Trans	October 16, 1971	Donaueschingen, Germany	SWF Sinfonie-Orchester – Bour^[10]

Compositions

Malcolm Arnold – Viola Concerto with small orchestra
Gavin Bryars – Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Elliott Carter – String Quartet No. 3
George Crumb
- Lux Aeterna for soprano, bass flute/soprano recorder, sitar, and percussion (two players)
- Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale) for electric flute, electric cello, and amplified piano
Mario Davidovsky – Chacona for violin, cello, and piano
Morton Feldman – Rothko Chapel
Lorenzo Ferrero – Primavera che non vi rincresca
Jørgen Jersild – Three Danish Romances
Mauricio Kagel – Staatstheater
Ladislav Kupkovič – Klanginvasion auf Bonn
Helmut Lachenmann – Gran Torso for string quartets
Jean Langlais – Concerto for Organ no 3 "Reaction"
Luigi Nono – Ein Gespenst geht um in der Welt
Arvo Pärt – Symphony No. 3
Steve Reich – Drumming
Aulis Sallinen – Symphony No.1
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
Karlheinz Stockhausen
- Sternklang
- Trans
Iannis Xenakis
- Antikhthon, ballet for orchestra
- Aroura, for string ensemble of 12 players
- Charisma, for clarinet and cello
- Mikka, for violin
- Persépolis, 8-track tape music

Opera

Alberto Ginastera – Beatrix Cenci, Opera Society of Washington in Washington, D.C., September 10
Hans Werner Henze – Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer, Deutsche Oper Berlin, September
Lee Hoiby – Summer and Smoke
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Yerma, Santa Fe Opera, Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 12

Jazz

Musical theater

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death – Off-Broadway production
Follies (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production ran for 522 performances
Godspell (Stephen Schwartz) – Broadway, London, and Off-Broadway productions; 572 performances on Broadway, 2,600 total NYC performances
Jalta, Jalta (Alfi Kabiljo and Milan Grgić) – premièred in Zagreb
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) – Broadway production opened at the Mark Hellinger Theatre and ran for 711 performances
Lolita, My Love (John Barry and Alan Jay Lerner) – closed in pre-Broadway tryout
Prettybelle – starring Angela Lansbury, closed in pre-Broadway tryout
No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) – Broadway revival
On the Town – Broadway revival
Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II) – London revival
To Live Another Summer, To Pass Another Winter – Broadway production of Jewish revue; opened at the Helen Hayes Theatre on October 21 and transferred to the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on January 10, 1972, for a total run of 173 performances.
Two Gentlemen of Verona – Broadway production opened at the St. James Theatre and ran for 614 performances

Musical films

200 Motels (American-British surrealist musical film)
Aquellos años locos (Argentine musical film)
Arriba Juventud (Argentine musical film)
Bedknobs and Broomsticks Directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Angela Lansbury and David Tomlinson
Bumbarash (Soviet musical film)
Chervona Ruta (Soviet Ukrainian musical film)
Fiddler on the Roof
Haathi Mere Saathi (Hindi musical film)
Journey Back to Oz (animated feature)
Out of the Darkness (Thai science fiction musical film)
Raga, documentary about the life and work of Ravi Shankar
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Births

January 1 – Chris Potter, American saxophonist and composer
January 2 – Taye Diggs, American actor and singer
January 6 – Irwin Thomas, American-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
January 7 – Jeremy Renner, American actor and singer
January 8 – Karen Poole English singer-songwriter (Alisha's Attic, Kylie Minogue, Sugababes)
January 9
- Angie Martinez, American rapper and radio talk host
- MF Doom, British-American rapper and record producer (died 2020)
January 11
- Mary J. Blige, American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and actress
- Tom Rowlands (The Chemical Brothers)
- Stuart Davis, lyricist
January 13 – Lee Agnew (Nazareth)
January 17 –
- Kid Rock, American singer
- Lil Jon, American rapper, producer and actor
January 18 – Jonathan Davis (KoЯn)
January 19 – John Wozniak, American singer and songwriter (Marcy Playground)
January 20
- Gary Barlow, British singer-songwriter (Take That)
- Questlove, American musician, composer, producer, photographer and author
January 21 – Tweet, American singer
January 22 – Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, indigenous Australian ethnic singer and musician (died 2017)
January 25 – China Kantner (Daughter of Grace Slick and Paul Kantner)
January 28 – Anthony Hamilton, American singer
February 1 – Ron Welty (The Offspring)
February 2
- Michelle Gayle, British singer
- Ben Mize (Counting Crows)
February 3 – Christian Liljegren, Swedish singer-songwriter (Narnia, Audiovision and Divinefire)
Hyun Jin-young, South Korean singer, rapper and dancer
February 5 – Sara Evans, American singer
February 11 - Park So-hyun, South Korean actress
February 13 – Sonia, English pop singer
February 15 – Daniel Powter, Canadian musician, singer and songwriter
February 16
- Amanda Holden, British actress and singer
- Steven Houghton, British actor and singer
February 17 - Jackie McKeown, English guitarist and lead singer (The Yummy Fur)
February 18 – Merritt Gant, American guitarist (Overkill)
February 19 – Gil Shaham, violinist
February 22 – Lea Salonga, Filipina singer and Broadway Actress
February 26
- Erykah Badu, American singer-songwriter, record producer, disc jockey, activist and actress
- Max Martin, Pop music writer and producer (NSYNC, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry)
February 27 – Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
March 1
- Alex Konrad, German DJ and producer (Baracuda)
- Thomas Adès, English classical composer, pianist and conductor
March 2 – Method Man, American rapper
March 4 – Fergal Lawler Irish drummer (The Cranberries)
March 6 – Betty Boo, English singer-songwriter and artist
March 9 – C-Murder, American rapper
March 11 – Erin O'Donnell, American Christian musician
March 18 - Jeong Jun-ha, South Korean comedian and entertainer
March 21 – John Hendy, British singer (East 17)
March 23 - Kim Min-jong, South Korean actor and singer
March 26
- Francis Lawrence, American music video director, photographer, director and producer
- Jay Sean, English singer, songwriter and record producer
March 29 – Attila Csihar, Hungarian vocalist (Mayhem)
March 31 – Ewan McGregor, Scottish actor and singer
April 2 – Zeebra, Japanese rapper
April 3 – Wes Berggren, American musician
April 4 – Josh Todd, American rock singer (Buckcherry)
April 10 – Yoo Young-jin, South Korean singer-songwriter and producer
April 11 – Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
April 16 – Selena (Quintanilla), American Tejano singer (killed 1995)
April 20 – Mikey Welsh, American alternative rock bassist and painter (Weezer) (died 2011)
April 24
- Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitar player and singer (Evil Superstars, Deus)
- Alejandro Fernández, Mexican singer
April 29
- Siniša Vuco, Croatian musician
- Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV)
May 3 – Damon Dash, record label executive
May 6 – Chris Shiflett, American rock musician (Foo Fighters)
May 9 – Paul McGuigan British bassist (Oasis)
May 16 – Rachel Goswell, English singer-songwriter and musician (Slowdive)
Simon Katz, English musician (Jamiroquai)
May 17 – Vernie Bennett, British singer (Eternal)
May 22
- MC Eith, American rapper
- Raimund Marasigan, drummer (Eraserheads)
May 27 – Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American rapper and songwriter TLC (died 2002)
May 30
- Patrick Dahlheimer, Live
- Idina Menzel, American actress and singer
May 31 – Adam Walton, British DJ
June 1 – Mario Cimarro, Cuban actor and singer
June 5 – Mark Wahlberg, American rapper and actor
June 9 – Erika Miklósa, Hungarian coloratura soprano
June 14 – Pritam, Indian singer, composer, instrumentalist
June 15 – Bif Naked, singer
June 16 – Tupac Shakur, American rapper, poet and actor (died 1996)
June 17 – Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer
June 18 – Nathan Morris American singer (Boyz II Men)
June 20 – Jeordie White, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, A Perfect Circle, Goon Moon and The Desert Sessions)
June 21 – Anette Olzon, Swedish singer-songwriter (Nightwish, Alyson Avenue)
June 27 – DJ Screw, rapper (died 2000)
June 29 – Matthew Good, Canadian musician
July 1
- Jarobi White, American hip hop artist (A Tribe Called Quest)
- Missy Elliott, American singer
July 4 – Andy Creeggan, Canadian guitarist and pianist (Barenaked Ladies and The Brothers Creeggan)
July 11 – Leisha Hailey, American musician and actress
July 12 – MC Breed, American rapper (died 2008)
July 13
- Jason Reece, American guitarist and drummer (...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead and A Roman Scandal)
July 16 – Ed Kowalczyk, Live
July 17 – DJ Minutemix, P.M. Dawn
July 20 – DJ Screw, American hip hop deejay (died 2000)
July 21 – Charlotte Gainsbourg, French actress and singer-songwriter
July 23
- Alison Krauss, American bluegrass-folk singer and musician
- Scott Krippayne, American Christian musician
- Dalvin DeGrate, American rapper (Jodeci)
July 30 – Calogero, singer
July 31 – John Lowery, American guitarist
August 3 – DJ Spinderella, American rapper (Salt-N-Pepa)
August 4 – Yo-Yo, rapper
August 7 – Rachel York, American actress and singer
August 12 – Phil Western, Canadian musician
August 17
- Anthony Kearns, Irish tenor
- Ed Motta, Brazilian soul and jazz musician
August 18 – Aphex Twin, Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ
August 20 – Fred Durst, American singer (Limp Bizkit)
August 21 – Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy)
August 23 – Bone Crusher, American rapper
August 25 – Joby Talbot, English-born composer
August 26 – Thalía, Mexican actress and singer
August 27 – Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
August 28 – Neil Ekberg, drummer (Black Market Baby, Tesco Vee's Hate Police)
August 30 – Lars Frederiksen (Rancid)
September 1 – DJ Cocoa Chanelle, djer
September 6 – Dolores O'Riordan, Irish rock vocalist (The Cranberries) (died 2018)
September 8 – Vico C, American rapper and record producer
September 11 – Richard Ashcroft, British singer and songwriter
September 13 - Stella McCartney, English fashion designer daughter of Paul McCartney
September 18 – Anna Netrebko, operatic soprano
September 19 – D-Flame, hip-hop and reggae performer
September 21 – Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor, singer and dancer
Jimmy Constable, English pop singer (911)
September 22 – Chesney Hawkes, English pop singer
September 24 – Marty Cintron American singer (No Mercy)
September 28 – A. J. Croce, singer-songwriter and son of Jim Croce
October 2
- Tiffany, American singer, songwriter, actress and teen icon
- Jim Root, guitarist for Slipknot
- LeShaun, American rapper
October 3
- Kevin Richardson American singer (Backstreet Boys)
- Black Thought, American rapper, MC and record producer (The Roots)
October 4 – Brian Transeau, American disc jockey
October 10 – Evgeny Kissin, Russian pianist
October 11 – MC Lyte, American rapper
October 17
- Chris Kirkpatrick, American singer NSYNC
- Derrick Plourde (The Ataris) (died 2005)
October 20
- Dannii Minogue, Australian singer
- Snoop Dogg, American rapper
October 21 - Jade Jagger, English jewellery designer and model daughter of Mick Jagger
October 25
- Athena Chu, Hong Kong actress and singer
- Midori Gotō, Japanese violinist
October 26 – Anthony Rapp, American singer and actor
October 30 – John Alford, British singer and actor
November 5
- Jonny Greenwood, British musician, songwriter and composer
- Edmond Leung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and producer
November 6 – Joey Beltram, DJ and record producer
November 8 – Tech N9ne, American rapper
November 10 – Big Pun, American rapper and songwriter
November 12 – Tom Shear, American musician and producer
November 13 – Buddy Zabala, bassist (Eraserheads)
November 16
- Annely Peebo, operatic mezzo-soprano
- Justine Clarke, Australian actress, singer, author and television host.
November 18 – Özlem Tekin, Turkish singer
December 9 – Geoff Barrow, English music producer, composer and DJ (Portishead)
December 16 – Michael McCary, American singer (Boyz II Men)
December 20 – Roger J. Beaujard, American musician
December 24 – Ricky Martin, Puerto Rican singer
December 25
- Dido, English singer
- Noel Hogan Irish guitarist (The Cranberries)
December 26 – Jared Leto, American musician and actor (Thirty Seconds To Mars)
December 31 – Marcus Adoro, lead guitarist (Eraserheads)
Date unknown – Simon O'Neill, New Zealand opera singer

Deaths

Louis Armstrong died on July 6

Guitarist Duane Allman died on October 29

January 19 – Harry Shields, American musician (born 1899)
January 24 – Therese Wiet, Austrian operetta singer (born 1885)
February 1 – Harry Roy, British bandleader (born 1900)
February 7 – Dock Boggs, banjo player (born 1898)
March 6 – Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor (born 1921)
March 17 – Piero Coppola, Italian conductor, pianist and composer, 82
March 21 – Nan Wynn, US singer (born 1915)
March 26 – Harold McNair, saxophonist and flute player (born 1931) (lung cancer)
March 30 – Harold Craxton, pianist and composer, 85
March 31 – Karl King, composer and bandleader (born 1891)
April 6 – Igor Stravinsky, composer (born 1882)
April 17 – Carmen Lombardo, US singer, composer and saxophonist, 67
May 2 – Edith Day, US actress, singer and dancer (born 1896)
May 30 – Marcel Dupré, organist and composer (born 1886)
June 11 – Ambrose, English bandleader and violinist (born 1896)
June 18 – Libby Holman, US singer and actress (born 1906)
June 26 – Inia Te Wiata, New Zealand Māori bass-baritone opera singer, 56 (cancer)
July 3 – Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors, 27 (heart failure, disputed)
July 6 – Louis Armstrong, US jazz pioneer, 69 (heart attack)
July 24 – Alan Rawsthorne, British composer, 66
July 25 – Leroy Robertson, American composer, 74
August 9 – Leslie Kong, Jamaican record producer (born 1933)
August 13 – King Curtis, jazz and blues musician (born 1934) (murdered)
August 15 – Edythe Baker, boogie-woogie pianist, 71
August 17 – Tab Smith, saxophonist, 62
August 25 – Ted Lewis, singer and bandleader, 81
August 27 – Lil Hardin Armstrong, wife and musical collaborator of Louis Armstrong, 73
September 13 – George Lambert, operatic baritone and voice teacher, 70
October 2 – Bola de Nieve, Cuban singer, pianist, and songwriter, 60
October 3 – Seán Ó Riada, composer and bandleader, 40 (cirrhosis of liver)
October 12 – Gene Vincent, singer, 36 (stomach ulcer)
October 13 – Benito Canónico, Venezuelan composer, 77
October 24 – Carl Ruggles, composer, 95
October 29 – Duane Allman of The Allman Brothers Band, 24 (motorcycle accident)
November 4 – Ann Pennington, American actress & dancer, 77
November 18 – Junior Parker, blues musician, 39 (brain tumour)
November 22 – Zez Confrey, popular composer and pianist, 76
December 8 – Marie Collier, operatic soprano, 44 (death from a fall)
December 21 – Charlie Fuqua, vocalist (The Ink Spots)
December 28 – Max Steiner, composer, 83
date unknown – Marie-Anne Asselin, operatic mezzo-soprano and voice teacher

Awards

Grammy Awards

Grammy Awards of 1971

Country Music Association Awards

Entertainer of the Year: Charley Pride
Top Male Vocalist: Charley Pride
Top Female Vocalist: Lynn Anderson
Top Vocal Group: Osborne Brothers
Top Instrumental Group: Danny Davis & the Nashville Brass
Top Vocal Duo: Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton
Single of the Year: "Help Me Make It Through The Night" – Sammi Smith
Song of the Year: "Easy Loving" – Freddie Hart
Album of the Year: I Won't Mention It Again – Ray Price
Musician of the Year: Jerry Reed

Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1971
- Séverine (of Monaco) for "Un banc, un arbre, une rue"

References

↑ "Music Man for the Met". Time. June 21, 1971. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.
↑ "1970s discography".
↑ Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered for a While, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
↑ "Rory Gallagher official site".
↑ "RIAA certifications".
↑ "Great Rock discography". p. 68.
↑ Povey 2007, p. 150.
↑ "Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
↑ Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 185. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-571-17146-X (pbk).
↑ Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Trans für Orchester (1971)", in his Texte zur Musik 4, edited by Christoph von Blumröder (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 181. ISBN 3-7701-1078-1.

Works cited

Povey, Glenn (2007), Echoes, Mind Head Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9554624-0-5, archived from the original on April 13, 2021, retrieved September 24, 2016

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[1] "Music Man for the Met". Time. June 21, 1971. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007.

[2] "1970s discography".

[Drake,_Gabrielle_2014-3] Drake, Gabrielle, Nick Drake: Remembered for a While, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.

[4] "Rory Gallagher official site".

[5] "RIAA certifications".

[6] "Great Rock discography". p. 68.

[FOOTNOTEPovey2007150-7] Povey 2007, p. 150.

[8] "Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

[9] Michael Kurtz, Stockhausen: A Biography, translated by Richard Toop (London and Boston: Faber and Faber, 1992): 185. ISBN 0-571-14323-7 (cloth) ISBN 0-571-17146-X (pbk).

[10] Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Trans für Orchester (1971)", in his Texte zur Musik 4, edited by Christoph von Blumröder (Cologne: DuMont Buchverlag, 1978): 181. ISBN 3-7701-1078-1.

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