1973 in British music
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| Best-selling singles | |
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This is a summary of 1973 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.
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
Notes:
- ↑ Reached number 1 in 1969
Best-selling albums
| No. | Title | Artist |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | That'll Be the Day | Original Soundtrack |
| 2 | Aladdin Sane | Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie |
| 3 | Greatest Hits | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 4 | Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player | John, EltonElton John |
| 5 | We Can Make It | Peters and Lee |
| 6 | 1967–1970 | Beatles, TheThe Beatles |
| 7 | The Dark Side of the Moon | Pink Floyd |
| 8 | Back to Front | O'Sullivan, GilbertGilbert O'Sullivan |
| 9 | Hunky Dory | Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie |
| 10 | 1962–1966 | Beatles, TheThe Beatles |
| 11 | And I Love You So | Como, PerryPerry Como |
| 12 | The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars | Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie |
| 13 | Now & Then | Carpenters, TheThe Carpenters |
| 14 | Pin Ups | Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie |
| 15 | Bridge over Troubled Water | Simon & Garfunkel |
| 16 | Sing It Again Rod | Stewart, RodRod Stewart |
| 17 | A Clockwork Orange | Original Soundtrack |
| 18 | Billion Dollar Babies | Alice Cooper |
| 19 | 20 Flash Back Greats of the Sixties | Various Artists |
| 20 | 20 Power Hits | Various Artists |
| 21 | Goats Head Soup | Rolling Stones, TheThe Rolling Stones |
| 22 | Slayed? | Slade |
| 23 | 40 Fantastic Hits from the 50's and 60's | Various Artists |
| 24 | For Your Pleasure | Roxy Music |
| 25 | No Secrets | Simon, CarlyCarly Simon |
| 26 | Sladest | Slade |
| 27 | Moving Waves | Focus |
| 28 | Pure Gold on EMI | Various Artists |
| 29 | Piledriver | Status Quo |
| 30 | Rock Me Baby | Cassidy, DavidDavid Cassidy |
| 31 | Touch Me | Glitter, GaryGary Glitter |
| 32 | Portrait of Donny | Osmond, DonnyDonny Osmond |
| 33 | Houses of the Holy | Led Zeppelin |
| 34 | World of Your 100 Best Tunes | Various Artists |
| 35 | There Goes Rhymin' Simon | Simon, PaulPaul Simon |
| 36 | Jim Reeves' Golden Records | Reeves, JimJim Reeves |
| 37 | Close to You | Carpenters, TheThe Carpenters |
| 38 | The Strauss Family | London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Cyril Ornadel |
| 39 | Hello! | Status Quo |
| 40 | Singalongamax Volume 3 | Bygraves, MaxMax Bygraves |
| 41 | Transformer | Reed, LouLou Reed |
| 42 | 24 Golden Greats of the 60's | Various Artists |
| 43 | Good Vibrations | Various Artists |
| 44 | Space Oddity | Bowie, DavidDavid Bowie |
| 45 | Alone Together | Osmond, DonnyDonny Osmond |
| 46 | I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter | O'Sullivan, GilbertGilbert O'Sullivan |
| 47 | Sing Along with Max | Bygraves, MaxMax Bygraves |
| 48 | All Time Classics | London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ezra Rachlin |
| 49 | Talking Book | Wonder, StevieStevie Wonder |
| 50 | Too Young | Osmond, DonnyDonny Osmond |
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
- ↑ Brett, Philip, et al. "Britten, Benjamin", Grove Music Online, Oxford Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 12 May 2013 (subscription required)
- ↑ "SECOND HOUSE: TUBULAR BELLS – MIKE OLDFIELD". Memorable TV. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ↑ Private Memorial. "Making Everlasting Memories, worldwide memorialization, establish a living family history". Mem.com. Retrieved 2013-08-14.
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ "Top Selling Singles for 1973". Sounds (London, England: Spotlight Publications): 4. 5 January 1974.
- ↑ "Top 50 Albums Jan 1 to Dec 7 1973". BPI Year Book 1976 (1st ed.). London, England: Parkway Publications. 1976. p. 210. ISBN 0-906154-00-6.
- ↑ Tippett, Michael, and Bowen, Meirion (ed.) (1995). Tippett on Music. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-816542-0. p 122
- ↑ GRO Register of Deaths: JUN 1973 5b 1627 HAMMERSMITH, DoB = 30 Jan 1935
- ↑ Tobler, John (1992). NME Rock 'N' Roll Years (1st ed.). London: Reed International Books Ltd. p. 256. CN 5585.
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