1971 in Music

• Jan 3 "President's Daughter" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 72 performances

• Jan 9 "Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen" closes at Majestic NYC after 19 performances
• Jan 10 "Light, Lively & Yiddish" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 87 performances
• Jan 12 "Soon" opens at Ritz Theater NYC for 3 performances
• Jan 13 "Soon" closes at Ritz Theater NYC after 3 performances
• Jan 15 "Ari" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 19 performances

• Jan 19 "No, No Nanette" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 861 performances

• Jan 30 "Ari" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 19 performances
• Jan 31 "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison hits #1 on UK pop chart

• Feb 23 George Harrison is fined & his driving license is suspended for 1 year
• Feb 25 "Oh! Calcutta!" moves to Belasco Theater in NYC for 1,316 performances
• Mar 3 South African Broadcasting Corp lifts its ban on the Beatles

• Mar 16 13th Grammy Awards: Bridge over Troubled Water, Carpenters win

• Apr 3 16th Eurovision Song Contest: Severine for Monaco wins singing "Un banc, un arbre, une rue" in Dublin
• Apr 4 Stephen Sondheim's "Follies" opens at Winter Garden Theater NYC for 524 performances, then most expensive broadway musical
• Apr 15 "70, Girls, 70" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 35 performances
• Apr 20 Barbra Streisand records "We've Only Just Begun"
• May 1 Rolling Stones release "Brown Sugar"
• May 5 "Earl of Ruston" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 5 performances
• May 8 "Earl of Ruston" closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 5 performances
• May 15 "70, Girls, 70" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 35 performances
• May 16 Benjamin Britten's opera "Owen Wingrave" premieres in Aldwych, London


• May 17 Stephen Schwartz' musical "Godspell" premieres off-Broadway
• May 28 Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
• May 29 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61
• May 30 36 hospitalized during Grateful Dead concert; drunk LSD apple juice

• Jun 6 John Lennon and Yoko Ono unannounced appearance at Fillmore East in NYC
• Jun 9 Paul McCartney's album "Ram" goes gold
• Jun 17 Carole King's album "Tapestry" goes to No. 1 on US album charts and stays there for 15 weeks
• Jun 21 50,000 attend Celebration of Life, rock concert, McCrea Louisiana

• Jun 26 "Man of La Mancha" closes at ANTA Wash Sq Theater NYC after 2329 performances
• Jun 27 "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown" closes at Golden NYC after 31 performances
• Jun 27 Bill Graham's New York rock venue Fillmore East closes down, to be succeeded by Fillmore West in San Francisco

• Jul 30 George Harrison releases "Bangladesh"
• Aug 1 George Harrison's concert for Bangladesh takes place in NYC
• Aug 3 Paul McCartney announces formation of his group Wings

• Sep 1 Rolling Stones sue manager Allen Klein
• Sep 3 John Lennon leaves UK for NYC, never to return
• Sep 9 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on Dick Cavett Show (ABC-TV)
• Sep 9 John Lennon releases his "Imagine" album
• Sep 11 "2 by 2" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 343 performances
• Sep 28 NY Times reports growing interest of white youth in black gospel music
• Oct 8 John Lennon releases his megahit "Imagine"
• Oct 10 5th Country Music Association Award: Charlie Pride wins
• Oct 10 Fenholt & Webber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" premieres in NYC
• Oct 12 "Jesus Christ Superstar" opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 711 performances
• Oct 14 John Lennon and Yoko Ono appear on "Dick Cavett Show"
• Oct 20 "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death" opens at Barrymore for 325 per
• Oct 21 "To Live Another Summer" opens at Helen Hayes NYC for 173 performances
• Oct 28 John Lennon and Yoko Ono record "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in NYC
• Oct 31 "On the Town" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 65 performances
• Nov 2 "Great Harp" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 7 performances
• Nov 6 "Great Harp" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 7 performances
• Nov 22 "Only Fools Are Sad" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 144 performances
• Nov 28 "Me Nobody Knows" closes at Helen Hayes Theater NYC after 587 performances
• Dec 1 Galt MacDermot and John Guare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" opens at St James Theater NYC for 613 performances
• Dec 1 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in US
• Dec 7 Wings release their 1st album "Wild Life"
• Dec 19 "Inner City" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 97 performances

Birthdays 1 - 100 of 138

• Jan 6 Gary Wiseman, American punk-rock drummer, born in Tyler, Texas

• Jan 16 Josh Evans, actor (Ricochett, The Doors)
• Jan 17 Kid Rock [Robert James Ritchie], American rapper, songwriter, musician and actor (Devil Without a Cause), born in Romeo, Michigan
• Jan 17 Leonardo Ciampa, Italian-American musician
• Jan 18 Jonathan Davis, American singer (Korn), born in Bakersfield, California
• Jan 19 John Wozniak, American singer & songwriter (Marcy Playground)
• Jan 20 Gary Barlow, English singer (Take That), born in Frodsham, United Kingdom
• Jan 20 Questlove [Ahmir Thompson], American DJ, producer and music journalist (The Roots), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jan 23 Marc Nelson, American singer & songwriter, born in Sydney, Australia
• Jan 25 Ana Ortiz, American actress & singer, born in Manhattan, New York
• Feb 1 Ron Welty, American musician, born in Long Beach, California
• Feb 5 Sara Evans, American singer, born in Boonville, Missouri
• Feb 8 William "Will" Turpin, American musician (Collective Soul) and producer (Gooey Music), born in Fairbanks, Alaska
• Feb 13 Sonia [Evans], British singer, born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
• Feb 14 Noriko Sakai, Japanese singer, born in Fukuoka, Japan
• Feb 17 Martyn Bennett, Canadian composer (d. 2005)
• Feb 19 Gil Shaham, Israeli-American violinist
• Feb 21 Randy Blythe, American musician, born in Richmond, Virginia
• Feb 22 Lea Salonga, Filipina singer & actress (Miss Siagon), born in Manila, Phillipines
• Feb 26 Erykah Badu [Erica Abi Wright], American singer-songwriter, born in Dallas, Texas
• Feb 26 Max Martin, Swedish composer & producer, born in Stenhamra, Sweden
• Feb 26 Hélène Ségara, French singer, born in Six-Fours-les-Plages, France
• Feb 27 Rozonda "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC), born in Atlanta, Georgia
• Feb 28 Junya Nakano, Japanese composer
• Mar 5 Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (Bloodhound Gang)
• Mar 9 Diego Torres, Argentine singer (Un Mundo Diferente), born in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Mar 29 Ryan Lambert, American performer (Kids Incorporated) lead singer (Elephone), born in Cleveland, Ohio

• Apr 13 Valensia, Dutch composer and singer, born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Apr 16 Selena [Quintanilla-Pérez], Mexican-American singer-songwriter known as the Queen of Tejano music (Grammy-1994), born in Lake Jackson, Texas (d. 1995)
• Apr 16 Max Beesley, English musician and actor, born in Burnage, Lancashire
• Apr 20 Tina Cousins, English singer (Mysterious Times), born in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
• Apr 24 Mauro Pawlowski, Belgian guitarist and singer, born in Koersel, Belgium
• Apr 26 Jay DeMarcus, American bassist (Rascal Flatts), born in Columbus, Ohio
• May 3 Josey Scott, American singer (Saliva), born in Memphis, Tennessee
• May 5 David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (d. 2005)
• May 6 Chris Shiflett, Guitarist for Foo Fighters
• May 7 Horgh, (Reidar Horghagen) Norwegian drummer (Immortal/Hypocrisy)
• May 8 Chris Wolf, actor/musician (Guys Next Door)
• May 9 Paul McGuigan, English bassist (Oasis)
• May 14 Raphael Wiggins, rapper (Lifelines), born in Oakland, California
• May 16 Rachel Goswell, English singer and songwriter (Slowdive, Mojave 3)
• May 27 Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, American singer (TLC) (d. 2002)

• Jun 1 Roldán González, Cuban singer (Orishas)
• Jun 4 Shoji Meguro, Japanese guitarist and video game music composer (Persona), born in Tokyo, Japan

• Jun 9 Rick Renstrom, American guitarist
• Jun 10 Joel Hailey, American singer
• Jun 12 Peter Beets, Dutch jazz pianist (New York Trio), born in The Hague, Netherlands
• Jun 15 Bif Naked, Canadian musician

• Jun 17 Paulina Rubio, Mexican singer, model and businesswoman (La Chica Dorada), born in Mexico City, Mexico
• Jun 18 Nathan Morris, [Alex Vanderpool], rapper (Boyz II Men), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Jun 20 Jeordie White, American musician (Marilyn Manson)
• Jun 21 Anette Olzon, Swedish singer
• Jun 29 Matthew Good, Canadian musician (Matthew Good Band), born in Burnaby, British Columbia

• Jul 4 Andy Creeggan, Canadian musician, born in Scarborough, Canada
• Jul 9 Bobby Leslie, TV rocker (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
• Jul 11 Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her)
• Jul 14 Marie-Chantal Toupin, French Canadian singer
• Jul 15 Danijela, Croatian singer
• Jul 16 Ed Kowalczyk, American singer (Live), born in York, Pennsylvania
• Jul 19 Urs Bühler, Swiss tenor (Il Divo), born in Willisau, Lucerne, Switzerland
• Jul 19 Russell Allen, American rock vocalist (Symphony X; Trans-Siberian Orchestra), born in Long Beach, California

• Jul 23 Dalvin DeGrate, American singer, born in Hampton, Virginia
• Jul 23 Christopher Lee [Lee Meng Soon], Malaysian actor, singer and model (Show Hand), born in Malacca, Malaysia
• Jul 24 John Partridge, English singer
• Jul 25 Roger Creager, American country music singer and songwriter, born in Corpus Christi, Texas
• Jul 28 Stephen Lynch, American musician
• Jul 29 Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer songwriter
• Jul 31 John Lowery, American guitarist (The Devil Knows My Name), born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan
• Aug 5 Evil Jared Hasselhoff, American musician (The Bloodhound Gang)
• Aug 10 Stephan Groth, Norwegian musician
• Aug 17 Uhm Jung-hwa, South Korean singer and actress
• Aug 18 Richard D. James, Irish-born musician (Aphex Twin), born in Limerick, Ireland
• Aug 20 Brad Avery, American musician (former guitarist for Third Day)
• Aug 21 Liam Howlett, British musician (The Prodigy), born in Braintree, Essex, England
• Aug 21 Matthew Noonan, American Concert Organist

• Aug 27 Julian Cheung, Hong Kong actor and singer
• Aug 30 Lars Frederiksen, American guitarist (Rancid and UK Subs)
• Sep 1 Yoshitaka Hirota, Japanese composer
• Sep 1 Lââm [Lamiah], French singer, born in Paris
• Sep 2 Katt [Micah Sierra] Williams, American comedian, actor, rapper, born in Cincinnati, Ohio
• Sep 6 Kathy Wolfgramm, American rocker (Jets), born in San Diego, California
• Sep 6 Dolores O’Riordan, Irish musician and singer-songwriter (The Cranberries, Zombie, Linger), born in Ballybricken, County Limerick, Ireland (d. 2018)
• Sep 11 Richard Ashcroft, British singer (The Verve), born in Wigan, Lancashire, England
• Sep 13 Stella Nina McCartney, English fashion designer and daughter of Paul & Linda McCartney, born in Lambeth, London
• Sep 13 Manabu Namiki, Japanese video game composer, born in Funabashi, Japan
• Sep 14 Jeff Loomis, American guitarist (Nevermore), born in Appleton, Wisconsin
• Sep 14 Andre Matos, Brazilian singer and musician (Symfonia), born in São Paulo, Brazil
• Sep 15 Ben Wallers, English musician and songwriter (Country Teasers)
• Sep 18 Anna Netrebko, Russian opera singer, born in Krasnodar, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
• Sep 20 Masashi Hamauzu, Japanese composer, born in Munich, West Germany
• Sep 21 Alfonso Ribeiro, American actor/pianist (Alfonso-Silver Spoons), born in NYC, New York

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• Jul 19 "The Who" lead singer Roger Daltrey (27) weds model Heather Taylor

• Jan 8 Adriano Lualdi, composer, dies at 85
• Jan 9 Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
• Jan 13 Robert Still, English composer, dies at 60
• Jan 14 Ethel Glenn Hier, American composer, dies at 82
• Jan 19 Harry Shields, American musician (b. 1899)
• Feb 15 Marian Viktorovich Koval, composer, dies at 63
• Feb 21 Adolph Weiss, American composer, dies at 79
• Feb 22 Rudolf Mauersberger, composer, dies at 82
• Feb 26 Josef Berg, Czech composer, dies at 43
• Mar 6 Thurston Dart, English harpsichordist and conductor, dies at 49
• Mar 9 Jean-Pierre Guézec, French composer (Colorful Architectures), dies of a heart attack at 36
• Mar 10 Mabel Wheeler Daniels, American composer (Deep Forest, The Desolate City), dies at 92
• Mar 13 Piero Coppola, Italian composer, dies at 82
• Mar 23 Armin Loos, German-born American composer, dies at 67
• Mar 28 Felix Wolfes, composer, dies at 78

• Apr 12 Wynton Kelly, American jazz pianist (b. 1931)
• Apr 17 Roberto Lupi, composer, dies at 62
• Apr 17 Carmen Lombardo, Canadian musician, dies at 67
• Apr 18 Masao Oki, Japanese composer (Symphony No.5 Atomic Bomb), dies at 69
• Apr 25 Max Drischner, composer, dies at 80
• May 10 Mihail Jora, Romanian composer, dies at 79
• May 10 Shukichi Mitsukuri, composer, dies at 75
• May 13 Valerian Mikhaylovich Bogdanov-Berezovsky, Russian composer, dies 67
• May 19 Bernard Wagenaar, Dutch-American composer (3 Songs for Chinese), dies at 76
• May 25 Mark Brunswick, composer, dies at 69
• May 29 Max Trapp, German composer, dies at 83
• May 30 Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer, dies at 85
• Jun 6 Arnold Elston, composer, dies at 63
• Jun 9 Harold Lloyd Jr, American actor, singer and son of famous silent film actor Harold Lloyd sr (Frankenstein's Daughter), dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 40
• Jun 23 Walter Schulthess, Swiss composer, dies at 76
• Jun 26 Guillermo Uribe Holguin, composer, dies at 91
• Jun 26 Inia Te Wiata, opera singer, dies
• Jun 26 Juan Manen, composer, dies at 88
• Jul 2 Edward Ballantine, American composer and music professor, dies at 84

• Jul 4 Don McPherson, American R&B singer (The Main Ingredient) dies of leukemia at 29

• Jul 8 Charlie Shavers, American jazz trumpet player, dies at 50
• Jul 17 Cliff Edwards "Ukulele Ike", American singer (54th Street Revue, When You Wish Upon a Star), dies at 76
• Jul 24 Alan Rawsthorne, composer, dies at 66
• Jul 25 Leroy Robertson, composer, dies at 74
• Jul 27 Bernhard Paumgartner, Austrian conductor/composer, dies at 83
• Aug 5 Josef Stanislav, composer, dies at 74
• Aug 13 King Curtis [Curtis Ousley], American musician, bandleader and saxophonist (Memphis Soul Stew), murdered at 37
• Aug 23 Gisela Hernandez Gonzalo, composer, dies at 58
• Aug 25 Ted Lewis [Theodore Leopold Friedman], American entertainer, bandleader and musician (Is Everybody Happy?), dies of lung failure at 81
• Aug 26 Francesco Santoliquido, Italian composer, dies at 88
• Sep 3 Dave Street [Patrick Devlin], American actor and singer (Moonrise, I Surrender Dear, Broadway Open House), dies of cancer at 53
• Sep 22 Yvonne St Clair, dancer, dies at 57
• Oct 2 Bola de Nieve [Ignacio Jacinto Villa Fernández], Cuban singer, pianist and songwriter, dies at 60
• Oct 3 Seán Ó Riada, Irish composer, dies at 40
• Oct 8 Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman, composer, dies at 79
• Oct 12 Gene Vincent, rocker, dies of bleeding ulcers at 36
• Oct 24 Carl Ruggles, American composer (Evocations), dies at 95
• Oct 24 Fernand Quinet, Belgian composer/conductor (Guerre), dies at 73
• Oct 28 Yves de La Casiniere, composer, dies at 74
• Oct 29 Duane Allman, rock guitarist, dies in a motorcycle accident at 24
• Oct 30 Osvald Chlubna, composer, dies at 78
• Nov 18 [Herman] Junior Parker, American blues singer and musician (Mystery Train), dies during brain operation at 39
• Nov 27 Jakabs Medins, composer, dies at 86
• Nov 27 Joe Guyon, American NFL halfback (Canton, Cleveland, Oorang, Rock I, etc), dies at 79
• Nov 29 Heinz Tiessen, German composer, dies at 84
• Dec 6 Hugo Godron, Dutch composer, dies at 71
• Dec 23 Carlo Jachino, composer, dies at 84
• Dec 25 Byron Arnold, American composer, dies at 70
• Dec 28 Max Steiner, Austrian composer (Gone With the Wind), dies at 83
• Dec 30 Jan Mul, Dutch composer, dies at 60

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