Events in Music
- Jan 20 Tamla Records releases Marvin Gaye's single "What's Going On" about police brutality, from the album of the same name
- Mar 5 "Stairway to Heaven" by Led Zeppelin first played live at Ulster Hall, Belfast by Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Bonham and John Paul Jones
- Apr 4 Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater, NYC; runs for 524 performances, then most expensive Broadway musical at the time
- Jun 17 Carole King's album "Tapestry" goes to #1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks
- Aug 1 George Harrison's benefit concerts for Bangladesh (2 shows) take place at Madison Square Garden, NYC; performers include Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Ravi Shankar, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, and Leon Russell
- Oct 8 John Lennon releases his megahit single "Imagine"
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Music Awards in 1971
- Mar 16 13th Grammy Awards: "Bridge Over Troubled Water", Carpenters win
- Mar 22 6th Academy of Country Music Awards: Merle Haggard and Lynn Anderson win
- Apr 3 16th Eurovision Song Contest: Severine for Monaco wins singing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" in Dublin
- Oct 10 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
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- May 12 Rolling Stone rocker Mick Jagger (27) weds actress and model Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias (31) at St Tropez Town Hall, France
- Jul 6 Swedish pop singer-songwriter Bjorn Ulvaeus (26) weds fellow Swedish singer-songwriter Agnetha Faltskog (21), prior to forming half of ABBA; divorce in 1980
- Jul 19 "The Who" lead singer Roger Daltrey (27) weds British model Heather Taylor (24)
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