Forty Significant Events in Music of 1973





  1. CBGB opens in NYC
  2. The Who open their US tour at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. Keith Moon passes out and has to be carried off stage. 19-year old fan Scot Halpin is chosen from the crowd by Bill Graham to fill in. Graham knew Halpin from Bay Area rock bands The Sponges, Funhouse, Folklore, SnakeDoctor and Plank Road.
  3. Summer Jam at Watkins Glen sets world record for largest festival attendance at 600,000 and featured a Grateful Dead soundcheck that lasted two full sets, followed by performances by The Band and The Allman Brothers.
  4. Cheap Trick forms.
  5. The Doors breakup.
  6. Elvis Presley broadcasts the first ever globally televised entertainment event Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite to over 40 countries.
  7. King Biscuit Flower Hour radio program airs its first show, featuring the young, unknown Bruce Springsteen.
  8. Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon
  9. Led Zeppelin breaks The Beatles record for highest attendance with 56,800 in Tampa, FL.
  10. David Bowie "retires" Ziggy Stardust in front of a shocked audience at the end of his British tour.
  11. KISS play their first show.
  12. Ray Davies surprises his band mates when he announces on stage that he is quitting The Kinks. He later recants the statement.
  13. The Sting opens, reviving interest in the ragtime music of Scott Joplin.
  14. The movie Deliverance popularizes Dueling Banjos.
  15. A fan bites Lou Reed’s ass during a concert in Buffalo, New York.
  16. Jim Croce dies in a plane crash.
  17. The band Television forms.
  18. Heart forms.
  19. Journey forms in the city by The Bay.
  20. KC and the Sunshine Band forms.
  21. Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession.
  22. Jerry Garcia is arrested for speeding and LSD possession.
  23. AC/DC plays its first live show on New Years Eve in Sydney, Australia.
  24. Bachman Turner Overdrive forms, starts taking care of business.
  25. Bad Company forms, feels like making love.
  26. The Byrds breakup.
  27. Cabaret Voltaire forms.
  28. US Immigration cancels John Lennon's visa extension five days after granting it.
  29. The Everly Brothers breakup, mothers weep.
  30. Klatuu forms, mothers weep.
  31. Kronos Quartet forms.
  32. Los Lobos forms.
  33. Pablo Cruise forms.
  34. The Pointer Sisters form.
  35. Quiet Riot forms, shocked that they aren't AC/DC.
  36. Sweet Honey in the Rock forms.
  37. The Tubes form.
  38. Ultravox forms.
  39. The Joffrey Ballet opens Deuce Coupe Ballet set to The Beach Boys’ music.
  40. John Lennon and Yoko Ono form a new country called Nutopia with no laws or boundaries, whose national anthem is silence.
Posted by Kyle Monhollen

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