1973 in British music
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This is a summary of 1973 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
Contents
Events
- date unknown - The Royal Northern College of Music is established by the merger of the Northern School of Music (established 1920) and the Royal Manchester College of Music (established 1893)
- 9 January – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour.
- 18 January – The Rolling Stones' benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000
- 14 February – David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.
- 1 March - Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon, which goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time.
- 8 March – Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.
- 14 March - The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England.
- 7 April – Cliff Richard takes part in the 18th Eurovision Song Contest. He finishes in 3rd place with the song "Power to All Our Friends".
- 4 May - 29 July – Led Zeppelin embarks on a tour of the United States, during which they set the record for highest attendance for a concert, 56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The record was previously held by The Beatles. Performances for the movie The Song Remains the Same are also filmed.
- 12 May - David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
- 25 May – Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin label.
- May - Benjamin Britten has surgery to replace a failing heart valve.[1]
- 4 June - Ronnie Lane plays his last show with Faces at the Edmonton Sundown in London. Lane had informed the band three weeks earlier that he was quitting.
- 16 June - Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, receives its première at Snape Maltings.
- 30 June - Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple.
- 3 July – David Bowie 'retires' his stage persona Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the Hammersmith Odeon at the end of his British tour.
- 4 July – Slade drummer Don Powell is critically injured in a car crash in Wolverhampton; his 20-year-old girlfriend is killed.
- 13 July - Queen releases their debut album.
- 15 July - Ray Davies of The Kinks makes an emotional outburst during a performance at White City Stadium, announcing he is quitting the group. He later withdraws the statement.
- 20 August - The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival.
- 20 October – Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House.
- November - Karl Jenkins is among the participants in a live-in-the-studio performance of Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells for the BBC.[2]
- 20 November - The Who open their Quadrophenia US tour with a concert at San Francisco's Cow Palace, but drummer Keith Moon passes out and has to be carried off the stage. Nineteen-year-old fan Scot Halpin is selected from the audience to finish the show; Halpin would later be awarded Rolling Stone magazine's "Pick-Up Player of the Year Award" for his historic performance.[3]
- date unknown - The Taverner Consort and Players are founded by Andrew Parrott.[4]
Number Ones
Singles
- 6 January - "Long Haired Lover from Liverpool" - Little Jimmy Osmond (3 weeks)
- 27 January - "Block Buster!" - Sweet (5 weeks)
- 3 March - "Cum On Feel the Noize" - Slade (4 weeks)
- 31 March - "The Twelfth of Never" - Donny Osmond (1 week)
- 7 April - "Get Down" - Gilbert O'Sullivan (2 weeks)
- 21 April - "Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn (4 weeks)
- 19 May - "See My Baby Jive" - Wizzard (4 weeks)
- 16 June - "Can the Can" - Suzi Quatro (1 week)
- 23 June - "Rubber Bullets" - 10cc (1 week)
- 30 June - "Skweeze Me Pleeze Me" - Slade (3 weeks)
- 21 July - "Welcome Home" - Peters and Lee (1 week)
- 28 July - "I'm the Leader of the Gang (I Am)" - Gary Glitter (4 weeks)
- 25 August - "Young Love / "A Million to One" - Donny Osmond (4 weeks)
- 22 September - "Angel Fingers" - Wizzard (1 week)
- 29 September - "Eye Level" - Simon Park Orchestra (4 weeks)
- 27 October - "Daydreamer / The Puppy Song" - David Cassidy (3 weeks)
- 17 November - "I Love You Love Me Love" - Gary Glitter (4 weeks)
- 15 December - "Merry Xmas Everybody" - Slade (3 weeks)
Albums
- 6 January - 20 All Time Hits of the 50s - Various Artists (1 week)
- 13 January - Slayed? - Slade (1 week)
- 20 January - Back to Front - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1 week)
- 27 January - Slayed? - Slade (2 weeks)
- 10 February - Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player - Elton John (6 weeks)
- 24 March - Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper (1 week)
- 31 March - 20 Flashback Greats of the Sixties - Various Artists (2 weeks)
- 14 April - Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin (2 weeks)
- 28 April - Ooh-La-La - The Faces (1 week)
- 5 May - Aladdin Sane - David Bowie (5 weeks)
- 9 June - Pure Gold - Various Artists (3 weeks)
- 30 June - That'll Be the Day - Soundtrack (7 weeks)
- 18 August - We Can Make It - Peters and Lee (2 weeks)
- 1 September - Sing It Again Rod - Rod Stewart (3 weeks)
- 22 September - Goat's Head Soup - The Rolling Stones (2 weeks)
- 6 October - Sladest - Slade (3 weeks)
- 27 October - Hello! - Status Quo (1 week)
- 3 November - Pin Ups - David Bowie (5 weeks)
- 8 December - Stranded - Roxy Music (1 week)
- 15 December - Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes - David Cassidy (1 week)
- 22 December - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (2 weeks)
Year-end charts
Between 2 January and 6 December 1973.
Best-selling singles
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Classical music: new works
- Malcolm Arnold - Symphony No. 7
- Jeffrey Lewis - Aurora
- William Mathias - Missa Brevis
- Nicholas Maw - Life Studies
- Patric Standford - Christus Requiem
- Michael Tippett - Piano Sonata No. 3[9]
- Grace Williams - Ave Maris Stella
Opera
Film and Incidental music
- John Barry - A Doll's House, starring Claire Bloom, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Richardson and Denholm Elliott.
- Richard Rodney Bennett - Lady Caroline Lamb directed by Robert Bolt, starring Sarah Miles.
- Albert Elms - Love Thy Neighbour.
- Paul Ferris - The Creeping Flesh directed by Freddie Francis, starring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee.
Musical theatre
- 13 May - Cyrano, with book and lyrics by Anthony Burgess and music by Michael J. Lewis, opens at the Palace Theatre, London, starring Christopher Plummer; it runs for 49 performances.
Musical films
- Jesus Christ Superstar, a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera, directed by Norman Jewison
Births
- 22 March - Beverley Knight, soul singer
- 14 May
- Sinéad O'Carroll, Irish singer (B*Witched)
- Natalie Appleton, vocalist (All Saints)
- 21 May - Noel Fielding, comedian and musician
- 23 May - Nikki Yeoh, jazz pianist
- 19 July - Martin Powell, keyboard player and songwriter (Cradle of Filth, My Dying Bride, Cryptal Darkness, and Anathema)
- 23 July - Fran Healy, singer-songwriter (Travis)
- 6 August - Donna Lewis, singer
- 17 September - Amy Black, operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2009)
- 27 September - Lee Brennan, singer (911)
- 29 September - Alfie Boe, operatic tenor
- 10 November – Jacqui Abbott, vocalist (The Beautiful South)
Deaths
- 3 February - Edward Lockspeiser, musicologist, composer and radio broadcaster, 67
- 26 March - Noël Coward, composer and dramatist, 73
- 18 April - Ronald Center, composer, 60
- 24 May - Sid Phillips, jazz clarinetist, bandleader, and arranger, 65
- 8 June - Tubby Hayes, jazz musician, 38 (during heart surgery)[10]
- 9 August – Donald Peers, singer, 66
- 16 August - Astra Desmond, contralto, 80
- 6 September - Sir William Henry Harris, composer, 90
- 22 October - David Franklin, opera singer and broadcaster, 65
- 27 October - Norman Allin, operatic bass, 88
- 26 November - John Rostill, bassist and composer, 31 (electrocuted by faulty guitar equipment)[11]
- 6 December - Frederic Curzon, composer and conductor, 74
- date unknown - Harry Dexter, music critic and composer of light music, 63
References
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- ↑ Brett, Philip, et al. "Britten, Benjamin", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 12 May 2013 (subscription required)
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- ↑ Taverner Consort official website. Accessed 26 April 2014
- ↑ ChartArchive Number One singles(Link redirected to OCC website)
- ↑ ChartArchive - Number One Albums(Link redirected to OCC website)
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- ↑ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 Jan 1935
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