1971 in music

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List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1971.

Events

Bands formed

Bands reformed

Bands disbanded

Albums released

January

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old) Elvis Presley -
3 McDonald and Giles Ian McDonald and Michael Giles -
11 Chicago III Chicago -
Pearl Janis Joplin -
13 Deliverin' Poco Live
15 Hooker 'n Heat John Lee Hooker and Canned Heat -
16 ZZ Top's First Album ZZ Top -
- Extraction Gary Wright -
Greatest Hits Kenny Rogers and The First Edition Compilation
If You Saw Thro' My Eyes Ian Matthews -
Jerry Butler Sings Assorted Sounds Jerry Butler -
Little Feat Little Feat -
Melting Pot Booker T & the MG's -
Nantucket Sleighride Mountain -
The Point! Harry Nilsson -
Salisbury Uriah Heep US
Sister Kate Kate Taylor -
Straight Life Freddie Hubbard -
There Must Be More to Love Than This Jerry Lee Lewis -
You're Not Alone Dion -

February

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes The 5th Dimension -
3 Love Story Andy Williams -
5 Once Again Barclay James Harvest -
6 Little Fauss and Big Halsy Johnny Cash Soundtrack
10 Church of Anthrax John Cale and Terry Riley -
Tapestry Carole King -
15 Bridge Over Troubled Water Buck Owens -
19 The Yes Album Yes -
22 If I Could Only Remember My Name David Crosby -
24 One Way... or Another Cactus -
26 Straight, Clean and Simple Anne Murray -
28 Fourth Soft Machine -
- Crazy Horse Crazy Horse -
Earth, Wind & Fire Earth, Wind & Fire -
The Hawk Ronnie Hawkins -
Jack Johnson Miles Davis -
Jack-Knife Gypsy Paul Siebel -
James Taylor and the Original Flying Machine James Taylor -
Live at the Sex Machine Kool & the Gang Live
Long Player Faces -
Love Story Johnny Mathis -
Mary Mary Travers -
The Polite Force Egg -
Ring of Hands Argent -
Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge -
Stoney End Barbra Streisand -
Tago Mago Can -
The Taker/Tulsa Waylon Jennings -

March

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Search and Nearness The Rascals -
5 Friends Elton John Soundtrack
6 Stone Age The Rolling Stones Compilation
8 Love It to Death Alice Cooper Straight Records; re-issued on Warner Bros. Feb. '71
16 Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon James Taylor -
19 Aqualung Jethro Tull -
Songs of Love and Hate Leonard Cohen -
22 You'll Never Walk Alone Elvis Presley Compilation
26 Percy The Kinks Soundtrack
- Back to the Roots John Mayall -
Black Oak Arkansas Black Oak Arkansas -
Carly Simon Carly Simon Released February 9
The Cry of Love Jimi Hendrix -
Dave Mason & Cass Elliot Dave Mason & Cass Elliot -
Electronically Tested Mungo Jerry -
Histoire de Melody Nelson Serge Gainsbourg -
A Message to the People Buddy Miles -
Moments Boz Scaggs -
Motel Shot Delaney & Bonnie -
Please to See the King Steeleye Span -
Present Company Janis Ian -
Rat On! Swamp Dogg -
Rock On Humble Pie -
She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina Buffy St. Marie -
Tanz der Lemminge Amon Düül II -
Wildlife Mott the Hoople -
With Friends and Neighbors Alex Taylor -

April

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Donny Hathaway Donny Hathaway -
6 Poems, Prayers & Promises John Denver -
7 4 Way Street Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live
8 Givin' It Back The Isley Brothers -
In the Land of Grey and Pink Caravan -
Overdog Keef Hartley -
9 17-11-70 Elton John Live
12 Maybe Tomorrow The Jackson 5 -
Where I'm Coming From Stevie Wonder -
19 L.A. Woman The Doors -
22 Hag Merle Haggard -
Sky's the Limit The Temptations -
23 Sticky Fingers The Rolling Stones -
30 Smiling Men with Bad Reputations Mike Heron -
Thin Lizzy Thin Lizzy -
- Bloodrock 3 Bloodrock -
Bring Me Home Mother Earth -
Broken Barricades Procol Harum -
Chase Chase -
Cheapo Cheapo Productions Presents Real Live John Sebastian John Sebastian Live
City of Gold Pearls Before Swine -
The Doobie Brothers The Doobie Brothers -
Elegy The Nice Live
Good Taste Is Timeless The Holy Modal Rounders -
How Much More Can She Stand Conway Twitty -
Mirror Man Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Recorded 1967
Oh! Pleasant Hope Blue Cheer -
Survival Grand Funk Railroad -
Survival of the Fittest Live Amboy Dukes Live
Teenage Head Flamin' Groovies -
Thirds James Gang -
War War -
When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed -

May

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Leon Russell and the Shelter People Leon Russell -
5 Peaceful World The Rascals -
12 Weather Report Weather Report -
14 Carpenters Carpenters -
Relics Pink Floyd Compilation
17 Ram Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney US; released in UK May 28
19 Aretha Live at Fillmore West Aretha Franklin Live
21 What's Going On Marvin Gaye -
23 Rory Gallagher Rory Gallagher -
28 Songs for Beginners Graham Nash -
- And So: On Jimmy Webb -
Another Dimension Bo Diddley -
Contact Freda Payne -
Curtis/Live! Curtis Mayfield Live
Edgar Broughton Band Edgar Broughton Band -
Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart -
5th Lee Michaels -
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds -
Joy to the World Hoyt Axton -
Just as I Am Bill Withers -
Live Johnny Winter And Johnny Winter Live
Man in Black Johnny Cash -
Smash Your Head Against the Wall John Entwistle -
Something Else Shirley Bassey -
Summer Side of Life Gordon Lightfoot -
We Sure Can Love Each Other Tammy Wynette -
Winwood Steve Winwood Compilation

June

Day Album Artist Notes
14 Tarkus Emerson, Lake & Palmer -
16 Golden Bisquits Three Dog Night Compilation
Love Letters from Elvis Elvis Presley -
19 Homemade The Osmonds -
21 Ruby Buck Owens -
22 Blue Joni Mitchell -
23 Byrdmaniax The Byrds -
24 Runt. The Ballad of Todd Rundgren Todd Rundgren -
25 Indelibly Stamped Supertramp -
30 Stephen Stills 2 Stephen Stills -
- Aerial Pandemonium Ballet Harry Nilsson -
Angel Delight Fairport Convention -
Blood, Sweat & Tears 4 Blood, Sweat & Tears -
Budgie Budgie -
First Pull Up, Then Pull Down Hot Tuna -
The Flying Burrito Brothers The Flying Burrito Brothers -
Grin Grin -
Historic Dead Grateful Dead Live 1966
It Ain't Easy Long John Baldry -
Link Wray Link Wray -
Live at Carnegie Hall/What You Hear is What You Get Ike & Tina Turner Live
Mick Abrahams Mick Abrahams -
New York City (You're a Woman) Al Kooper -
One World Rare Earth -
Randy Newman Live Randy Newman Live
San Francisco Dues Chuck Berry -
Sing Children Sing Lesley Duncan -
Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song Melvin Van Peebles Soundtrack
Touch The Supremes -
Touching Home Jerry Lee Lewis -

July

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Push Push Herbie Mann -
6 At Fillmore East The Allman Brothers Band Live
High Time MC5 -
Surrender Diana Ross -
12 Maggot Brain Funkadelic -
16 Acquiring the Taste Gentle Giant -
21 Master of Reality Black Sabbath -
23 Every Good Boy Deserves Favour The Moody Blues -
- Armchair Boogie Michael Hurley & Pals -
Blessed Are... Joan Baez -
Booker T. & Priscilla Booker T & Priscilla Coolidge -
Charity Ball Fanny -
C'mon Everybody Elvis Presley Compilation
Fireball Deep Purple -
Fool's Mate Peter Hammill -
(For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People The Chi-Lites -
Happy Birthday, Ruthy Baby McGuinness Flint -
Harmony Row Jack Bruce -
How Come the Sun Tom Paxton -
I Don't Know How to Love Him Helen Reddy -
In the Garden Gypsy -
The Last Time I Saw Her Glen Campbell -
Lovejoy Albert King -
Ride the Wind The Youngbloods -
Shaft Isaac Hayes Soundtrack
So Long, Bannatyne The Guess Who -
Sha Na Na Sha Na Na -

August

Day Album Artist Notes
2 Fillmore East – June 1971 The Mothers of Invention Live
14 Al Green Gets Next to You Al Green -
The Inner Mounting Flame Mahavishnu Orchestra -
Who's Next The Who -
27 One Dozen Roses Smokey Robinson & The Miracles -
30 Surf's Up The Beach Boys -
31 The Sun, Moon & Herbs Dr. John -
- Barbra Joan Streisand Barbra Streisand -
Freedom Flight Shuggie Otis -
Himself Gilbert O'Sullivan -
I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving Conway Twitty -
If 3 If -
In Hearing of Atomic Rooster Atomic Rooster -
The London Howlin' Wolf Sessions Howlin' Wolf -
My Baby Packed Up My Mind and Left Me Dallas Frazier -
New Riders of the Purple Sage New Riders of the Purple Sage -
Nigel Olsson's Drum Orchestra and Chorus Nigel Olsson -
Ronnie Milsap Ronnie Milsap -
A Space in Time Ten Years After -
Sometimes I Just Feel Like Smilin' Butterfield Blues Band -
Van Ronk Dave Van Ronk -
White Light Gene Clark aka Gene Clark
You've Got a Friend Johnny Mathis -

September

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Future Games Fleetwood Mac -
5 From the Inside Poco -
8 Labelle Labelle -
9 Aretha's Greatest Hits Aretha Franklin Compilation
Imagine John Lennon US; released in UK Oct. 8
Second Album Curved Air -
15 Cahoots The Band -
Judee Sill Judee Sill -
17 Colosseum Live Colosseum Live
20 Fly Yoko Ono -
24 Electric Warrior T.Rex -
29 Goin' Back to Indiana The Jackson 5 -
30 Harmony Three Dog Night -
- Aereo-Plain John Hartford -
April Wine April Wine -
Bark Jefferson Airplane -
Buddy Miles Live Buddy Miles Live
Charlie Daniels Charlie Daniels -
Closer to the Ground Joy of Cooking -
The Four of Us John Sebastian -
Free Live! Free Live
Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 Johnny Cash Compilation
Gypsys, Tramps & Thieves Cher -
James Gang Live in Concert James Gang Live
Ko-ko Joe Jerry Reed -
Look at Yourself Uriah Heep US; released Oct. '71 in UK
The North Star Grassman and the Ravens Sandy Denny -
Pilgrimage Wishbone Ash -
Rock Love Steve Miller Band -
Santana Santana aka Santana III
Seven Tears Golden Earring -
Street Corner Talking Savoy Brown -
Talk It Over in the Morning Anne Murray -
The Time to Live is Now Buzzy Linhart -
Trafalgar Bee Gees -
Transition Kenny Rogers and The First Edition -
Welcome to the Canteen Traffic Live

October

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Teaser and the Firecat Cat Stevens -
Would You Take Another Chance On Me? Jerry Lee Lewis -
2 Coat of Many Colors Dolly Parton -
The Morning After The J. Geils Band -
4 200 Motels Frank Zappa Soundtrack
Twins Ornette Coleman -
8 Distant Light The Hollies UK
In Search of Space Hawkwind -
Message from the Country The Move -
18 Other Voices The Doors -
Restrictions Cactus -
20 Elvis sings The Wonderful World of Christmas Elvis Presley Christmas
24 American Pie Don McLean -
Grateful Dead Grateful Dead Live
25 Chicago at Carnegie Hall Chicago Live
Rough and Ready The Jeff Beck Group -
29 Fearless Family -
30 Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy The Who Compilation
Meddle Pink Floyd -
- Bloodrock U.S.A. Bloodrock -
Country Anthem Hoyt Axton -
Fog on the Tyne Lindisfarne -
Frisco Mabel Joy Mickey Newbury -
Gather Me Melanie -
Greatest Hits, Volume Two B.J. Thomas Compilation
Focus II (Moving Waves) Focus -
Jesse Frederick Jesse Frederick -
The King of Rock and Roll Little Richard -
Liquid Acrobat as Regards the Air Incredible String Band -
Live at PJ's Kool & the Gang -
The Marblehead Messenger Seatrain -
Memories John Mayall -
No Roses Shirley Collins and the Albion Country Band -
Pawn Hearts Van der Graaf Generator -
Rainbow Bridge Jimi Hendrix Soundtrack
Reflection Pentangle -
R.E.O. Speedwagon REO Speedwagon -
Roots Curtis Mayfield -
Rotten to the Core Crabby Appleton -
Stoney & Meatloaf Stoney & Meat Loaf -
To You, With Love Donny Osmond -
Tupelo Honey Van Morrison -
UFO 2: Flying UFO -
War War War Country Joe McDonald -

November

Day Album Artist Notes
1 Cold Spring Harbor Billy Joel -
Hooteroll? Howard Wales and Jerry Garcia -
Rock Messiah David Axelrod -
5 Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories Barclay James Harvest -
Madman Across the Water Elton John -
6 The Stylistics The Stylistics -
8 I Wrote a Simple Song Billy Preston -
Led Zeppelin IV Led Zeppelin aka Led Zeppelin IV
12 Nursery Cryme Genesis -
15 Asylum Choir II Leon Russell and Marc Benno -
17 Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II Bob Dylan Compilation + new and unreleased material
Farther Along The Byrds -
Gonna Take a Miracle Laura Nyro -
Live-Evil Miles Davis -
A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse Faces -
20 Kazemachi Roman Happy End -
There's a Riot Goin' On Sly & the Family Stone -
24 Muswell Hillbillies The Kinks -
26 Fragile Yes -
27 Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be Sweet -
Killer Alice Cooper -
28 Deuce Rory Gallagher -
- Aerie John Denver -
All Day Music War -
Anne Murray / Glen Campbell Anne Murray and Glen Campbell -
Anticipation Carly Simon -
"Babbacombe" Lee Fairport Convention -
Beautiful Lies You Could Live In Pearls Before Swine -
Black Moses Isaac Hayes -
Bless the Weather John Martyn -
Bonnie Raitt Bonnie Raitt -
Brain Capers Mott the Hoople -
Choice Quality Stuff/Anytime It's a Beautiful Day -
Do You Like It Here Now, Are You Settling In? Man -
Dog of Two Head Status Quo -
E Pluribus Funk Grand Funk Railroad -
Flowers of Evil Mountain -
For Ladies Only Steppenwolf -
Good and Dusty The Youngbloods -
If Not for You Olivia Newton-John -
Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards -
Lay it All Out Barry Mann -
Liv Livingston Taylor -
Living Judy Collins -
The Lonesome Picker Rides Again John Stewart -
Lost in the Ozone Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen -
The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys Traffic -
Nazareth Nazareth -
The Need of Love Earth, Wind & Fire -
Nice Feelin' Rita Coolidge -
Nilsson Schmilsson Harry Nilsson -
'Nuff Said Ike & Tina Turner -
People Like Us The Mamas & the Papas -
Performance Rockin' the Fillmore Humble Pie Live
Pictures at an Exhibition Emerson, Lake & Palmer -
Quicksilver Quicksilver Messenger Service -
Quiet Fire Roberta Flack -
Rudy the Fifth Ricky Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band -
Sanctuary Dion -
Shake Off the Demon Brewer & Shipley -
Sunfighter Paul Kantner and Grace Slick -
There's Gotta Be a Change Albert Collins -
Whatevershebringswesing Kevin Ayers -
Year of Sunday Seals and Crofts -

December

Day Album Artist Notes
3 Islands King Crimson -
7 Wild Life Wings -
13 Straight Up Badfinger -
17 Hunky Dory David Bowie -
20 The Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and Friends Live
Hot Rocks 1964–1971 The Rolling Stones Compilation
27 Greatest Hits The Jackson 5 Compilation
29 America America -
- The Best of Top of the Pops '71 Top of the Poppers Compilation
Boz Scaggs & Band Boz Scaggs -
Don't Knock My Love Wilson Pickett -
Dynamite! The Supremes and The Four Tops -
The Electric Light Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra -
Guilty! Eric Burdon & Jimmy Witherspoon -
Message from a Drum Redbone -
Music Carole King -
Papa John Creach Papa John Creach -
Ten Man Mop, or Mr. Reservoir Butler Rides Again Steeleye Span -

Release Date Unknown

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1971.

# Artist Title Year Country Chart Entries
1 George Harrison My Sweet Lord 1971 United Kingdom UK 1 – Jan 1971, US BB 1 – Dec 1970, Canada 1 – Nov 1970, Netherlands 1 – Dec 1970, France 1 – Mar 1971, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1971, Norway 1 – Feb 1971, Germany 1 – Jan 1971, Éire 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 1 for 8 weeks Jul 1971, Australia Goset 1 – Jan 1971, Australia 2 of 1971, RYM 3 of 1970, Italy 4 of 1971, Virgin 5, Poland 7 – Feb 2002, DDD 11 of 1970, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1970, Germany 40 of the 1970s, US CashBox 70 of 1971, Europe 93 of the 1970s, OzNet 170, WXPN 339, Rolling Stone 454, TheQ 484, Acclaimed 604
2 John Lennon Imagine 1971 United Kingdom UK 1 – Dec 1980, Éire 1 – Dec 1975, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jul 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Dec 1971, Virgin 1, OzNet 1, Switzerland 2 – Nov 1971, DDD 2 of 1971, WXPN 2, US BB 3 – Oct 1971, Canada 3 – Sep 1971, Norway 3 – Feb 1972, Italy 3 of 1972, Rolling Stone 3, RYM 4 of 1971, Netherlands 5 – Nov 1971, France 5 – Nov 1971, South Africa 5 of 1972, POP 5 of 1971, Austria 6 – Mar 1981, Europe 8 of the 1970s, TheQ 9, US BB 10 of 1971, Belgium 11 of all time, Germany 12 – Jan 1981, TOTP 16, Poland 17 of all time, Sweden (alt) 19 – Dec 1975, Australia 19 of 1972, Acclaimed 21, RIAA 30, Scrobulate 33 of classic rock, 86 in 2FM list
3 Rod Stewart Maggie May 1971 United Kingdom UK 1 – Sep 1971, US BB 1 – Aug 1971, Canada 1 – Aug 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks May 1972, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1971, Peel list 1 of 1970, Netherlands 3 – Oct 1971, RYM 3 of 1971, Switzerland 5 – Dec 1971, DDD 5 of 1971, US BB 6 of 1971, France 10 – Nov 1971, POP 10 of 1971, Australia 13 of 1971, Germany 17 – Jan 1972, US CashBox 23 of 1971, TheQ 37, Virgin 53, Acclaimed 80, Rolling Stone 130, OzNet 149, RIAA 194, WXPN 218
4 Lynn Anderson Rose Garden 1971 United States Canada 1 – Dec 1970, Switzerland 1 – Mar 1971, Norway 1 – Mar 1971, Germany 1 – Mar 1971, Éire 1 – Mar 1971, Australia 1 for 4 weeks Oct 1971, Netherlands 2 – Jan 1971, France 2 – Apr 1971, Australia Goset 2 – Feb 1971, UK 3 – Feb 1971, US BB 3 – Dec 1970, US CashBox 6 of 1971, Germany 50 of the 1970s, DDD 57 of 1970, RYM 75 of 1970, Acclaimed 1217
5 The Rolling Stones Brown Sugar 1971 United Kingdom US BB 1 – May 1971, Canada 1 – May 1971, Netherlands 1 – May 1971, Switzerland 1 – May 1971, UK 2 – Apr 1971, US BB 3 of 1971, POP 3 of 1971, Norway 4 – May 1971, Germany 5 – May 1971, Australia Goset 5 – Jun 1971, DDD 8 of 1971, France 9 – Apr 1971, RYM 11 of 1971, Virgin 21, US CashBox 38 of 1971, TheQ 82, Scrobulate 89 of classic rock, Acclaimed 137, Germany 249 of the 1970s, WXPN 274, OzNet 412, Rolling Stone 490

Other hit singles

Elton John in 1971.

Published popular music

Classical music

Premieres

Sortable table
Composer Composition Date Location Performers
Ligeti, György Concert românesc 1971-08-21 United States Fish Creek Peninsula Music Festival Orchestra – Johnson[2]

Compositions

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Louis Armstrong died on July 6
Guitarist Duane Allman died on October 29

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

References

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