Music timeline
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The Bee Gees release Trafalgar
Trafalgar is the Bee Gees' ninth album (seventh internationally), released in September 1971. The album was a moderate hit in the United States,... Read more
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Deep Purple release Fireball
Fireball is an album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II... Read more
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"American Pie" is released
"American Pie" is a folk rock song by singer-songwriter Don McLean. Recorded and released on the American Pie album in 1971, the single was a... Read more
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Elvis Presley releases Elvis Sings The Wonderful World of Christmas
Elvis Sings The Wonderful World Of Christmas is a 1971 album by Elvis Presley, and Elvis' second Christmas album. The album was released in October... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases Meddle
Meddle is the fifth studio album by Pink Floyd. It was released in October 1971, and is often considered to be the album which best demonstrates... Read more
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Alice Cooper releases Killer
Killer is the fourth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1971. Cooper said in the liner notes of Fistful of Alice and In the Studio with... Read more
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Led Zeppelin's fourth album is released
The untitled fourth album by English rock band Led Zeppelin was released on 8 November 1971. It has no official title printed anywhere on the... Read more
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David Bowie releases Hunky Dory
Hunky Dory is the fourth album by English singer-songwriter David Bowie, released by RCA Records in 1971. It was Bowie's first release through RCA,... Read more
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Michael Jackson's first solo hit “Ben” reaches No. 1
"Ben" is a number-one hit song recorded by the teenaged Michael Jackson for the Motown label in 1972. The song, the theme of a 1972 film of the... Read more
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Funkadelic releases America Eats Its Young
America Eats Its Young is the fourth album (a double album) by Funkadelic, released in 1972. This was the first album to include the whole of the... Read more
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Blue Öyster Cult releases their self-titled debut album
Blue Öyster Cult is the eponymous debut album by hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult, released in January 1972 (see 1972 in music). The album featured... Read more
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Elvis Presley releases Elvis Now
Elvis Now is a gold-selling Elvis Presley album from 1972. Despite the "now" in the title, the tracks on this album were recorded anywhere from... Read more
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Deep Purple release Machine Head
Machine Head is the sixth studio album released by English rock band Deep Purple. It was recorded through December 1971 in Montreux, Switzerland,... Read more
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Elvis Presley releases He Touched Me
He Touched Me was a 1972 gospel music album by Elvis Presley which sold over 1 million copies in the US alone and earned Presley his second of... Read more
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Stephen Marley is born
Stephen Robert Nesta "Raggamuffin" Marley (born April 20, 1972 in Wilmington, Delaware) is a Jamaican American musician and the son of reggae... Read more
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Rohan Marley is born
Rohan Anthony Marley (born 1972) is the son of late reggae artist Bob Marley and Janet Hunt. He is a member of the Rastafari movement. Marley... Read more
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Alice Cooper releases School's Out
School's Out is the fifth studio album by Alice Cooper, released in 1972. The album's title track has remained a staple song in Alice Cooper's live... Read more
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Pink Floyd releases Obscured by Clouds
Obscured by Clouds is a rock album by Pink Floyd based on their soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, by Barbet Schroeder. Some copies of the... Read more
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David Bowie releases The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (often shortened to Ziggy Stardust or simply Ziggy) is a 1972 concept album by... Read more
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The Eagles release their self-titled debut album
Eagles is the debut album by the rock band of the same name, released in 1972.The album was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Glyn... Read more
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The Bee Gees release To Whom It May Concern
To Whom It May Concern is the Bee Gees' tenth studio album (eighth internationally), released in October 1972. It was the follow-up , and continued... Read more
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Deep Purple release Made in Japan
Made in Japan is a double live album by English rock band Deep Purple, recorded during their first tour of Japan in August 1972. It was originally... Read more
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The Bee Gees release Life in a Tin Can
Life in a Tin Can is the Bee Gees' eleventh studio album (ninth worldwide), released in January 1973. The Bee Gees moved their base of operations... Read more
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AC/DC is formed
AC/DC are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1973 by brothers Malcolm and Angus Young. Although the band are commonly classified as hard... Read more
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Funkadelic releases Cosmic Slop
Cosmic Slop is a the fifth studio album by Funkadelic, released in 1973 on Westbound Records. While it has been favorably reevaluated by critics... Read more