1973 in music

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1973 in music

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Events[]

January–April[]

• 8 January – British Rail authorities restrict Pipe Major Gordon Speirs to playing his bagpipes just one minute in every fifteen on Liverpool Street station, London, on grounds that his playing (part of a holiday campaign by the Scottish Tourist Board) "interferes with station business".^[1]
• 9 January – Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug conviction, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to perform in Japan during their forthcoming tour.
• 14 January
  • Elvis Presley's Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite television special is broadcast in over 40 countries around the world. (41 counting Der schwarze Kanal on Fernsehen Der DDR)
  • Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession at his Marin County home.
• 18 January – The Rolling Stones' benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000. On December 22, 1972, an earthquake destroyed Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.
• 20 January – Mike Curb serves as master of ceremonies and chairman of the Nixon Youth Inaugural Concert in Washington, DC. The events performers include Solomon Burke, Tommy Roe, Jimmy Osmond, Ray Stevens, The Sylvers, Don Costa Orchestra, Laurie Lee Schaefer, The Mike Curb Congregation, The Mob and Curb himself.
• 21 January – The Rolling Stones open their Pacific tour of Hawaii, Australia and New Zealand in Honolulu, Hawaii.
• 30 January – Kiss perform their first concert, at the Coventry Club in Queens.
• 2 February – The Midnight Special makes its début as a regular series on NBC. Helen Reddy is the featured artist.
• 14 February – David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden.
• 18 February – The King Biscuit Flower Hour is first broadcast with performances by Blood, Sweat & Tears, The Mahavishnu Orchestra, and new artist Bruce Springsteen.
• 1 March
  • Leonard Bernstein conducts Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto for the first time in his career, with soloist Isaac Stern and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • The Joffrey Ballet's Deuce Coupe Ballet opens. The ballet is set entirely to music by The Beach Boys.
  • Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon, which goes on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time. The album debuts on the Billboard 200 on March 17, reaches number 1 on April 28, and eventually logs the all-time record of 741 weeks on that chart.
• 3 March – The 15th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Nashville, hosted by Andy Williams. The Concert for Bangladesh by George Harrison & Friends wins Album of the Year, while Roberta Flack's version of "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" wins both Record of the Year and Song of the Year. America win Best New Artist.
• 5 March – Jimi Hendrix's former personal manager, Michael Jeffery, is killed in a plane crash. Jeffery was travelling from Majorca to England. All passengers on board the plane were killed.
• 6 March – The New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels John Lennon's visa extension five days after granting it.
• 7 March – The director of talent acquisition at Columbia Records, John H. Hammond, suffers a non-fatal heart attack following a performance by one of his most recent finds, Bruce Springsteen.
• 8 March – Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.^[2]
• 14 March – The singers Stephen Stills and Véronique Sanson are married near Guildford, England.
• 24 March – Lou Reed is bitten on the buttocks by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York.
• 2 April – Capitol Records releases two collections of The Beatles' greatest hits, and The Beatles 1967–1970 (commonly referred to as the "Red Album" and the "Blue Album", respectively).
• 7 April – In Luxembourg, the 18th Eurovision Song Contest is won by Luxembourg for the second consecutive year, this time with "Tu te reconnaîtras", sung by Anne-Marie David. Spain finish in second place with "Eres Tú", sung by Mocedades; the United Kingdom finish third with Cliff Richard singing "Power to All Our Friends". The top three placed songs become international hits.
• 8 April – Opening of the first La Rochelle Festival of Contemporary Music, under the direction of Claude Samuel. Featured composers include Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis
• 13 April – The Wailers's fifth studio album, Catch a Fire, is released by Island Records. Becoming one of the biggest albums of the reggae genre, it established the Wailers and Bob Marley.
• 15 April – Tenth Royan Festival of International Contemporary Art begins, including concerts featuring music by Jean Barraqué and Horațiu Rădulescu, amongst others.
• 16 April – Paul McCartney's first solo television special, James Paul McCartney, airs on ABC. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.
• 18 April – Violinist Jascha Heifetz deposits parts from his prized Guarnerius violin in the newly poured wet concrete of the foundation for the new Virginia Ramo Hall of Music, under construction at the University of Southern California, in order to ensure the building will be "in tune", and to bring luck.

May–August[]

• 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.
• 9 May – Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by The Rolling Stones' January 18 benefit concert for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake.
• 12 May – David Bowie is the first rock artist to perform at Earls Court Exhibition Centre.
• 13 May – Daniel Barenboim collapses with a gastric upset during a concert at the Brighton Festival, but later recovers sufficiently to be driven home.
• 23 May – Don Robey sells Duke Records, Peacock Records and to ABC Dunhill Records.
• 25 May – Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells becomes the first release on Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin label.
• 1 June – Robert Wyatt is crippled after falling three storeys from a London apartment block after leaving a party. During his six-month stay in hospital, he wrote the material for his solo album Rock Bottom. He would continue his musical career from a wheelchair.
• 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.
• 15 June – The first Istanbul International Music Festival opens.
• 16 June – Benjamin Britten's opera Death in Venice, receives its première at Snape Maltings.
• 29 June – The Scorpions play their first gig with Uli Roth at a festival in Vechta. Roth was originally intended as a temporary replacement for Michael Schenker, who had just been snapped up by earlier in the month.
• 30 June – Ian Gillan quits Deep Purple.
• 1 July – Slade play a sell-out Earls Court in London after two number one singles this year.
• 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. With his life in danger, the band's future is left in the balance. Powell recovers after surgery, and is able to join the band ten weeks later in New York, to record "Merry Xmas Everybody".
• 13 July
  • The Everly Brothers break up.
  • 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 recants the statement.
• 28 July – Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival is attended by 600,000, who see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead.
• 30 July – Soviet officials grant permission for Gennadi Rozhdestvensky to accept a three-year appointment as chief conductor of the Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, the first time a Soviet orchestra conductor has been allowed to take up such a position outside of the Eastern Bloc.^[3]
• 6 August – Stevie Wonder is seriously injured in a car accident outside Durham, North Carolina, spending the next four days in a coma.
• 11 August – DJ Kool Herc originates the hip hop genre in New York City.^[4]
• 20 August – The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British orchestra to take part in the Salzburg Festival.
• 25 August – The Allman Brothers nearly suffer another tragedy when Butch Trucks crashes his car near Macon, Georgia, not far from where Duane Allman was killed two years earlier. Trucks survives with only a broken leg.

September–December[]

• 1 September – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Vienna, Austria.
• 8 September – Elton John performs at the Hollywood Bowl.
• 20 September – Jim Croce, Maury Muehleisen and four others die in a plane crash in Louisiana.
• 22 September – Benita Valente makes her debut with the Metropolitan Opera, singing Pamina in The Magic Flute.
• 23 September – The Roxy Theatre opens in West Hollywood, California.
• 27 September – Don Kirshner's Rock Concert premieres on syndicated television with a performance by The Rolling Stones.
• 29 September – Jan Akkerman from the Netherlands was chosen 'Best Guitarist in The World' by the readers of the UK magazine, Melody Maker.
• 6 October – Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band become the national brass-band champions of Great Britain by defeating 18 other bands at the Albert Hall in London.^[5]
• 12 October – Genesis releases their 5th studio album Selling England by the Pound, one of their most critically acclaimed albums
• 13 October – Family play their last concert at De Montfort Hall at Leicester Polytechnic (now De Montfort University) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local Holiday Inn after the show ends in a good-natured melée, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool.
• 17 October – The 1973 oil crisis begins, causing shortages of the vinyl needed to manufacture records. A number of new albums are either delayed or only available in limited quantities until after the holiday season.
• 19 October – The Who release Quadrophenia, one of their most critically acclaimed albums.
• 20 October – Queen Elizabeth opens Sydney Opera House.
• 23 October – Luis Alberto Spinetta presents the album Artaud, considered to be his magnum opus, at the Astral theatre on Avenida Corrientes.^[6]
• 1 November – Kiss becomes the first act signed to Neil Bogart's new label, Casablanca Records.
• 5 November
  • Cellist Jacqueline du Pré is forced to retire because she has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.^[7]
  • Two friends of the recently deceased Gram Parsons hand themselves in to police and confess to having carried out an impromptu cremation of the singer's body at the Joshua Tree National Monument.^[8]
• 7 November – Harold Holt Ltd., agent for Jacqueline du Pré, deny newspaper reports that she will never perform again, while at the same time confirming she has been diagnosed with "a mild case of multiple sclerosis" and has no definite plans for future performances.^[9]
• 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. Pete Townsend asks for a volunteer from the audience to replace Moon and gets one; nineteen-year-old fan Scot Halpin, who finishes the show. Halpin says backstage after the show: "I really admire their stamina; I only played three numbers, and I was dead!"
• December – Paul Pena produces his second album, New Train, but due to a dispute with Albert Grossman of Bearsville Records the album was never released. The album was finally released on Hybrid Recordings in 2000.
• 3 December – CBGB music club opens in Manhattan.
• 15 December – Jermaine Jackson marries Hazel Gordy, daughter of Motown Records executive Berry Gordy.
• 25 December – Universal Pictures releases The Sting, reviving interest in the ragtime music of Scott Joplin.
• 31 December
  • Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young perform under the name AC/DC at the former Sydney nightclub 'Chequers' for their New Year's Eve party.
  • The second annual New Year's Rockin' Eve airs on NBC, with performances by Tower of Power, Billy Preston and The Pointer Sisters.

Unknown dates[]

• Musica Antiqua Köln formed.
• Royal Manchester College of Music and the Northern School of Music merge to create the Royal Northern College of Music.
• The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival is launched, with Pablo Casals as its president.
• U.F.O. signs a contract with Chrysalis Records.
• Approximate date – Salsa music originates in New York City.

Bands formed[]

• See Musical groups established in 1973

Bands disbanded[]

• See Musical groups disestablished in 1973

Albums released[]

January[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Precious Lord: New Recordings of the Great Songs of Thomas A. Dorsey	Various Artists	-
5	Aerosmith	Aerosmith	-
	Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.	Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band	-
8	Approximately Infinite Universe	Yoko Ono	-
	Holland	The Beach Boys	-
13	Who Do We Think We Are	Deep Purple	-
15	Any Old Wind That Blows	Johnny Cash	-
19	Life in a Tin Can	Bee Gees	-
23	The Six Wives of Henry VIII	Rick Wakeman	-
25	Dixie Chicken	Little Feat	-
	The Great Lost Kinks Album	The Kinks	Compilation of unreleased material
26	Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player	Elton John	-
28	Tanx	T. Rex	-
-	Artificial Paradise	The Guess Who	-
	Back in '72	Bob Seger	-
	GP	Gram Parsons	-
	Heartbreaker	Free	-
	In Concert	Derek and the Dominos	Live 1970
	Let Me Touch Your Mind	Ike & Tina Turner	-
	Naked Songs	Al Kooper	-
	Separate Ways	Elvis Presley	Compilation
	True Stories and Other Dreams	Judy Collins	-
	We the People	Ellen McIlwaine	-

February[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Tyranny and Mutation	Blue Öyster Cult	-
	Billion Dollar Babies	Alice Cooper	-
4	Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite	Elvis Presley	Live
7	Raw Power	The Stooges	-
18	Blueprint	Rory Gallagher	-
21	Masterpiece	The Temptations	-
22	Amabutho	Ladysmith Black Mambazo	-
25	In the Right Place	Dr. John	-
28	Camel	Camel	Debut
-	All Out	Grin	-
	Back Up Against the Wall	Atlanta Rhythm Section	-
	The Best of Mountain	Mountain	Compilation
	Black Caesar	James Brown	Soundtrack
	Cameo	Dusty Springfield	-
	David Ruffin	David Ruffin	-
	Heaven Help the Child	Mickey Newbury	-
	Rosie	Fairport Convention	-
	Shoot Out at the Fantasy Factory	Traffic	-
	Solid Air	John Martyn	-

March[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	The Dark Side of the Moon	Pink Floyd	US; released in UK March 24
	Paris 1919	John Cale	-
	A Wizard, a True Star	Todd Rundgren	-
2	ELO 2/Electric Light Orchestra II	Electric Light Orchestra	-
	The Captain and Me	The Doobie Brothers	-
6	Closing Time	Tom Waits	-
7	Byrds	The Byrds	-
9	The New Age	Canned Heat	-
23	For Your Pleasure	Roxy Music	-
	Larks' Tongues in Aspic	King Crimson	-
26	Beck, Bogert & Appice	Beck, Bogert & Appice	-
	Ring Ring	ABBA	-
27	I've Got So Much to Give	Barry White	-
28	Houses of the Holy	Led Zeppelin	-
	My Tennessee Mountain Home	Dolly Parton	-
29	Skywriter	The Jackson 5	-
	Birds of Fire	Mahavishnu Orchestra	-
30	Sextant	Herbie Hancock	-
31	Ooh La La	Faces	-
-	After You, Pride's Not Hard to Swallow	Hank Williams, Jr.	-
	Atem	Tangerine Dream	-
	Cosmic Wheels	Donovan	-
	Grand Hotel	Procol Harum	-
	Heart Food	Judee Sill	-
	In Deep	Argent	-
	A Letter to Myself	The Chi-Lites	-
	Lonesome, On'ry and Mean	Waylon Jennings	-
	Losin' Streak	Ray Stevens	-
	My Feet Are Smiling	Leo Kottke	Live
	Neither One of Us	Gladys Knight & the Pips	-
	Penguin	Fleetwood Mac	-
	Raunch 'N' Roll Live	Black Oak Arkansas	Live
	Rock and Roll	Foghat	aka Rock and Roll
	Still Alive and Well	Johnny Winter	-
	Sylvester and the Hot Band	Sylvester	-
	Where Are You Now, My Son?	Joan Baez	-

April[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Live Songs	Leonard Cohen	Live
2	1962-1966	The Beatles	Compilation
	1967-1970	The Beatles	Compilation
12	Bloodshot	The J. Geils Band	-
13	Aladdin Sane	David Bowie	-
	Catch a Fire	Bob Marley & The Wailers	-
	Music & Me	Michael Jackson	-
17	Desperado	Eagles	-
18	Renaissance	The Miracles	-
20	Daltrey	Roger Daltrey	-
23	Down the Road	Manassas	-
30	Red Rose Speedway	Paul McCartney and Wings	-
-	Bittersweet White Light	Cher	-
	The Blue Ridge Rangers	John Fogerty	-
	Call Me	Al Green	-
	Danny's Song	Anne Murray	Studio and live
	Diamond Girl	Seals and Crofts	-
	Eat It	Humble Pie	Double LP; three sides studio, one side live
	The Gospel Road	Johnny Cash	Soundtrack
	Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys	Arlo Guthrie	-
	The Marshall Tucker Band	The Marshall Tucker Band	-
	Ma	Rare Earth	-
	Melanie at Carnegie Hall	Melanie	Live
	No Ruinous Feud	Incredible String Band	-
	Parcel of Rogues	Steeleye Span	-
	Spinners	The Spinners	-
	Thirty Seconds Over Winterland	Jefferson Airplane	Live
	Uriah Heep Live	Uriah Heep	Live
	What's Your Mama's Name	Tanya Tucker	-
	Zarathustra	Museo Rosenbach	-

May[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
5	There Goes Rhymin' Simon	Paul Simon	-
11	Space Ritual	Hawkwind	Live
	Wishbone Four	Wishbone Ash	-
16	Now & Then	Carpenters	-
17	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	-
18	History of The Byrds	The Byrds	Compilation
	Yessongs	Yes	Live
25	Flying Teapot	Gong	-
	Tubular Bells	Mike Oldfield	-
30	Les Granges Brûlées	Jean Michel Jarre	-
	Living in the Material World	George Harrison	-
-	Any Day Now	Scott Walker	-
	Bananamour	Kevin Ayers	-
	Country Casanova	Commander Cody	-
	Eddie Kendricks	Eddie Kendricks	-
	Head to the Sky	Earth, Wind & Fire	-
	Honey in the Rock	Charlie Daniels	-
	I Knew Jesus (Before He Was a Star)	Glen Campbell	-
	Oora	Edgar Broughton Band	-
	The Pointer Sisters	Pointer Sisters	-
	Razamanaz	Nazareth	-
	Rigor Mortis Sets In	John Entwistle	-
	Tower of Power	Tower of Power	-
	You Broke My Heart So I Busted Your Jaw	Spooky Tooth	-

June[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Touch Me	Gary Glitter	-
8	Facts of Life	Bobby Womack	-
15	Messin'	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	-
18	Extension of a Man	Donny Hathaway	-
	The Smoker You Drink, the Player You Get	Joe Walsh	-
19	Smokey	Smokey Robinson	-
22	Touch Me in the Morning	Diana Ross	-
25	Chicago VI	Chicago	-
	Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky)	Aretha Franklin	-
30	Fresh	Sly & the Family Stone	-
-	10	The Guess Who	-
	Crossword Puzzle	The Partridge Family	-
	Fantasy	Carole King	-
	Farewell Andromeda	John Denver	-
	Jesus Christ Superstar	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	A Little Touch of Schmilsson in the Night	Harry Nilsson and Gordon Jenkins	-
	Never Turn Your Back on a Friend	Budgie	-
	The Plan	The Osmonds	-
	Roger McGuinn	Roger McGuinn	-
	Shotgun Willie	Willie Nelson	-
	A White Sport Coat and a Pink Crustacean	Jimmy Buffett	-

July[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Life and Times	Jim Croce	-
6	A Passion Play	Jethro Tull	-
7	Barry Manilow	Barry Manilow	-
9	Cosmic Slop	Funkadelic	-
12	Elvis	Elvis Presley	-
13	History of the Grateful Dead, Volume One (Bear's Choice)	Grateful Dead	Live 1970
	Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid	Bob Dylan	Soundtrack
	Queen	Queen	-
15	We're an American Band	Grand Funk Railroad	-
18	Rufus	Rufus	-
20	Genesis Live	Genesis	Live
	Love Devotion Surrender	Carlos Santana and John McLaughlin	-
	Mott	Mott the Hoople	-
25	Foreigner	Cat Stevens	-
26	Tres Hombres	ZZ Top	-
27	New York Dolls	New York Dolls	-
-	10cc	10cc	-
	African Herbsman	The Wailers	Compilation
	Berlin	Lou Reed	-
	Countdown to Ecstasy	Steely Dan	-
	Honky Tonk Heroes	Waylon Jennings	-
	Janis Joplin's Greatest Hits	Janis Joplin	Compilation
	Moontan	Golden Earring	-
	The Morning After	Maureen McGovern	-
	Styx II	Styx	-
	The Sweet	Sweet	US-only compilation and debut
	Whatever Turns You On	West, Bruce and Laing	-

August[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Killing Me Softly	Roberta Flack	-
3	Innervisions	Stevie Wonder	-
7	3 + 3	The Isley Brothers	-
	Pressure Cookin'	Labelle	-
10	Sing It Again Rod	Rod Stewart	Compilation
13	(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)	Lynyrd Skynyrd	-
23	Body Talk	George Benson	-
28	Let's Get It On	Marvin Gaye	-
31	Goats Head Soup	The Rolling Stones	-
-	41 Original Hits from the Soundtrack of American Graffiti	Various Artists	Soundtrack
	Bio	Chuck Berry	-
	Boulders	Roy Wood	-
	Brothers and Sisters	The Allman Brothers Band	-
	Chi-Lites	The Chi-Lites	-
	Deliver the Word	War	-
	Future Days	Can	-
	Hard Nose the Highway	Van Morrison	-
	Legend	Henry Cow	-
	Live at Montezuma Hall	Mickey Newbury	Live
	Maria Muldaur	Maria Muldaur	-
	No Sweat	Blood, Sweat & Tears	-
	Unlucky Boy	Chicken Shack	-
	Valley Hi	Ian Matthews	-
	Volcanic Rock	Buffalo	-
	Yeah!	Brownsville Station	-

September[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Bang	James Gang	-
	I'm a Writer, Not a Fighter	Gilbert O'Sullivan	-
3	Johnny Cash and His Woman	Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash	-
	Sweet Freedom	Uriah Heep	-
7	Over-Nite Sensation	Frank Zappa	-
10	Eric Clapton's Rainbow Concert	Eric Clapton	Live
	Side 3	Raspberries	-
11	Angel Clare	Art Garfunkel	-
	The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle	Bruce Springsteen	-
12	G.I.T.: Get It Together	The Jackson 5	-
14	Bubbling Over	Dolly Parton	-
15	Crazy Eyes	Poco	-
21	Everybody Likes Some Kind of Music	Billy Preston	-
	Faust IV	Faust	-
	In a Glass House	Gentle Giant	-
	Vagabonds of the Western World	Thin Lizzy	-
22	Paper Roses	Marie Osmond	-
23	High on the Hog	Black Oak Arkansas	-
24	Milestones	Roy Orbison	-
	Super Fly T.N.T.	Osibisa	Soundtrack
28	Hello!	Status Quo	-
	Sladest	Slade	Compilation
-	Back into the Future	Man	Live
	Don't Call Me Mama Anymore	Cass Elliot	Live
	Ecstasy	Ohio Players
	From the Depths of My Soul	Marlena Shaw	-
	Full Moon	Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge	-
	It's Only a Movie	Family	-
	Live! The World of Ike & Tina	Ike & Tina Turner	Live
	Nice 'n' Greasy	Atomic Rooster	-
	Show Your Hand	Average White Band	-
	Ten Years Are Gone	John Mayall	-
	Where My Heart Is	Ronnie Milsap	-
	Wild and Peaceful	Kool & the Gang	-

October[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Raised on Rock	Elvis Presley	-
	Spectrum	Billy Cobham	-
	Don't Cry Now	Linda Ronstadt	-
2	Stone Gon'	Barry White	-
5	For Girls Who Grow Plump in the Night	Caravan	-
	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John	-
	These Foolish Things	Bryan Ferry	-
9	Cyan	Three Dog Night	-
	Imagination	Gladys Knight & the Pips	-
10	Ashes Are Burning	Renaissance	-
13	Selling England by the Pound	Genesis	-
14	Jackie Jackson	Jackie Jackson	-
15	Moondog Matinee	The Band	-
	Mystery to Me	Fleetwood Mac	-
	Time Fades Away	Neil Young	Live
	Wake of the Flood	Grateful Dead	-
16	Live in Europe	Creedence Clearwater Revival	Live
17	Montrose	Montrose	-
19	Burnin'	Bob Marley & The Wailers	-
	Hat Trick	America	-
	The Joker	Steve Miller Band	-
	Pin Ups	David Bowie	Covers album
	Quadrophenia	The Who	-
20	Frampton's Camel	Peter Frampton	-
26	Diana & Marvin	Diana Ross and Marvin Gaye	-
	Head Hunters	Herbie Hancock	-
27	Half-Breed	Cher	-
29	It's Like You Never Left	Dave Mason	-
-	The Adventures of Panama Red	New Riders of the Purple Sage	-
	All American Boy	Rick Derringer	-
	At the Rainbow	Focus	Live
	Bodacious DF	Bodacious DF	-
	Bulletin Board	The Partridge Family	-
	Cyborg	Klaus Schulze	-
	Dreams Are Nuthin' More Than Wishes	David Cassidy	-
	For Everyman	Jackson Browne	-
	Full Sail	Loggins and Messina	-
	Gone Crazy	Grin	-
	Inside Out	John Martyn	-
	I Remember Hank Williams	Glen Campbell	-
	Laid Back	Gregg Allman	-
	Marjory Razorblade	Kevin Coyne	-
	Mine	Dolly Parton	Compilation
	Nine	Fairport Convention	-
	Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back	Frank Sinatra	-
	On the Road	Traffic	Live
	Playin' Favorites	Don McLean	-
	Please Don't Ever Change	Brinsley Schwarz	-
	Ralf und Florian	Kraftwerk	-
	Suzi Quatro	Suzi Quatro	-
	Sweet Revenge	John Prine	-
	Takin' My Time	Bonnie Raitt	-
	You've Got It Bad Girl	Quincy Jones	-

November[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	Rockin' with Curly Leads	The Shadows	-
	Stranded	Roxy Music	-
2	Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments	Barbra Streisand	-
	On the Road to Freedom	Alvin Lee	-
	Ringo	Ringo Starr	-
3	Abandoned Luncheonette	Hall & Oates	-
9	Loud 'n' Proud	Nazareth	UK
	Piano Man	Billy Joel	-
	Welcome	Santana	-
10	Ship Ahoy	The O'Jays	-
11	Tattoo	Rory Gallagher	-
16	Bette Midler	Bette Midler	-
	Mind Games	John Lennon	-
	Preservation Act 1	The Kinks	-
19	The Beach Boys in Concert	The Beach Boys	Live
	Brain Salad Surgery	Emerson, Lake & Palmer	-
	Dylan	Bob Dylan	Outtakes recorded 1969–'70
20	Muscle of Love	Alice Cooper	-
23	Feeling the Space	Yoko Ono	-
26	Ass	Badfinger	-
30	Solar Fire	Manfred Mann's Earth Band	-
-	Bedside Manners Are Extra	Greenslade	-
	Between Nothingness and Eternity	Mahavishnu Orchestra	Live
	Electric Jewels	April Wine	-
	Friends and Legends	Michael Stanley	-
	The Human Menagerie	Cockney Rebel	-
	John Denver's Greatest Hits	John Denver	Compilation
	Ladies Invited	The J. Geils Band	-
	(No Pussyfooting)	Robert Fripp and Brian Eno	-
	Nutbush City Limits (album)	Ike & Tina Turner	-
	On the Third Day	Electric Light Orchestra	-
	Quiet Places	Buffy Sainte-Marie	-
	Stretch	Scott Walker	-
	Viva Terlingua	Jerry Jeff Walker	Live
	Witness	Spooky Tooth	-
	Wovoka	Redbone	-

December[]

Day	Album	Artist	Notes
1	I Got a Name	Jim Croce	Posthumous
	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath	Black Sabbath	-
	Short Stories	Harry Chapin	-
5	Band on the Run	Paul McCartney & Wings	-
6	Last Time I Saw Him	Diana Ross	-
	Livin' for You	Al Green	-
7	1990	The Temptations	-
	Angel's Egg	Gong	-
	Tales from Topographic Oceans	Yes	Double album
22	Comin' Atcha	Madeline Bell	-
-	Another Lonely Song	Tammy Wynette	-
	Bachman–Turner Overdrive II	Bachman–Turner Overdrive	-
	Essence to Essence	Donovan	-
	Live Dates	Wishbone Ash	Live
	The Ozark Mountain Daredevils	Ozark Mountain Daredevils	-
	The Payback	James Brown	-
	Ridin' the Storm Out	REO Speedwagon	-
	Virtuoso	Joe Pass	-

Release date unknown[]

Biggest hit singles[]

The following songs achieved the highest chart positions in the charts of 1973.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Country	Chart entries
1	The Rolling Stones	Angie	1973		US BB 1 – Sep 1973, Canada 1 – Sep 1973, Netherlands 1 – Sep 1973, France 1 – Sep 1973, Switzerland 1 – Sep 1973, Norway 1 – Oct 1973, Australia 1 for 5 weeks Jun 1974, Australia Goset 1 – Oct 1973, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Germany 4 – Jan 1974, Belgium 4 of all time, UK 5 – Sep 1973, Italy 6 of 1974, Austria 8 – Oct 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, RYM 27 of 1973, Poland 43 of all time, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, US CashBox 69 of 1973, OzNet 71, Germany 190 of the 1970s, WXPN 571, Acclaimed 1093
2	Tony Orlando & Dawn	Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree	1973		UK 1 – Mar 1973, US BB 1 – Mar 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 – Mar 1973, Netherlands 1 – Apr 1973, Norway 1 – May 1973, Australia 1 of 1973, Éire 1 – Apr 1973, Australia 1 for 7 weeks Dec 1973, Australia Goset 1 – May 1973, Austria 2 – Jun 1973, France 3 – Apr 1973, Germany 10 – Jun 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, TOTP 14, Global 33 (5 M sold) – 1973, POP 36 of 1973, DDD 88 of 1973
3	Sweet	The Ballroom Blitz	1973 1975 (us)		Canada 1 – Aug 1975, France 1 – Oct 1973, Éire 1 – Sep 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Nov 1973, UK 2 – Sep 1973, Norway 2 – Oct 1973, Switzerland 3 – Sep 1973, Germany 3 – Jan 1974, Netherlands 4 – Sep 1973, US BB 5 – Aug 1975, Austria 5 – Nov 1973, Australia 9 of 1974, Scrobulate 9 of glam rock, US BB 11 of 1975, RYM 15 of 1973, POP 30 of 1975, US CashBox 46 of 1975, DDD 51 of 1973, Germany 137 of the 1970s, TheQ 188, OzNet 217, Acclaimed 2373
4	Elton John	Crocodile Rock	1972		US BB 1 – Dec 1972, Canada 1 – Dec 1972, Switzerland 1 – Jan 1973, Italy 1 of 1973, Australia Goset 2 – Jan 1973, Norway 3 – Feb 1973, US CashBox 4 of 1973, Germany 4 – Jan 1973, UK 5 – Nov 1972, Australia 5 of 1973, Austria 6 – Feb 1973, France 9 – Dec 1972, POP 9 of 1973, Netherlands 12 – Dec 1972, OzNet 12, US BB 16 of 1973, RYM 26 of 1972, DDD 27 of 1972, Germany 223 of the 1970s, Acclaimed 2325
5	Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song	1973		US BB 1 – Feb 1973, Canada 1 – Feb 1973, Australia 1 for 2 weeks Nov 1973, Australia Goset 1 – Mar 1973, Grammy in 1973, Netherlands 3 – Feb 1973, Norway 4 – Aug 1973, France 5 – Apr 1973, UK 6 – Feb 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Austria 19 – Dec 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, RYM 25 of 1973, Switzerland 32 – Oct 1996, RIAA 101, Rolling Stone 360, Acclaimed 631, OzNet 863

Other selected singles[]

Published popular music[]

• "And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean
• "Candle in the Wind" w. Bernie Taupin m. Elton John
• "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" w.m. Jim Croce
• "I've Got to Use My Imagination"      w.m. Gerry Goffin & Barry Goldberg
• "Last Song" w.m. Lawrence Wayne Evoy
• "Liaisons" w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music
• "Midnight Train to Georgia"     w.m. Jim Weatherly
• "Misdemeanor" w.m. Foster Sylvers
• "Nadia's Theme" m. Barry DeVorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr., from the TV soap opera The Young and the Restless
• "(Say Has Anybody Seen) My Sweet Gypsy Rose"     w.m. Irwin Levine & L. Russell Brown
• "Piano Man" w.m. Billy Joel
• "Send in the Clowns"     w.m. Stephen Sondheim from the musical A Little Night Music
• "Stuck in the Middle with You"     w.m. Joe Egan & Gerry Rafferty
• "There Used To Be A Ballpark" w.m. Joe Raposo
• "Top of the World" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter
• "The Way We Were" w. Alan and Marilyn Bergman m. Marvin Hamlisch from the film The Way We Were
• "WOLD (song)" – Harry Chapin
• "Yesterday Once More" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter

Other notable songs (world)[]

• "Desert Of Passion" – The Peanuts (Japan)
• "Fusil Contra Fusil" – Silvio Rodríguez (Cuba)
• "Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye" – Demis Roussos (Europe-wide)
• "I Love You Because" – Michel Polnareff (France)
• "J'ai un probleme" – Sylvie Vartan (France)
• "Mistero" – Gigliola Cinquetti (Italy)

Classical music[]

• Jean Absil – Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3
• William Alwyn – Fantasy Sonata for flute and harp
• Malcolm Arnold – Symphony No. 7
• Günter Bialas – Trois Moments Musicaux, for piano
• Luciano Berio
  • Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra
  • Still, for orchestra
  • Linea for Two Pianos, Marimba and Vibraphone
• John Cage
  • Etcetera, for small orchestra, tape and, optionally, three conductors
  • Exercise, for an orchestra of soloists (based on Etcetera)
• Carlos Chávez
  • Estudio a Rubinstein, for piano
  • Paisajes mexicanos, for orchestra
  • Partita, for timpani
  • Sonante, for orchestra
• Gloria Coates – Music on Open Strings (Symphony No. 1)
• George Crumb – Makrokosmos, Volume II for amplified piano
• Morton Feldman
  • String Quartet and Orchestra
  • For Frank O'Hara, for flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, and cello
  • Voices and Cello, for 2 female voices and cello
• Alberto Ginastera – String Quartet No. 3
• Lou Harrison – Organ Concerto with Percussion
• Anthony Iannaccone – Rituals
• Ben Johnston
  • "I'm Goin' Away", for SATB choir
  • String Quartet No. 3, "Vergings"
  • String Quartet No. 4, "Ascent" ("Amazing Grace")
• Paul Lansky – Mild und leise (computer music)
• Bruno Maderna – Oboe Concerto No. 3^[10]
• Frank Martin – Requiem
• Donald Martino – Notturno, for piccolo/flute/alto flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, violin, viola, 'cello, piano, and percussion (awarded the 1974 Pulitzer Prize in Music)
• Akira Miyoshi – Nocturne
• Luigi Nono – Canto per il Vietnam
• Carl Orff – De temporum fine comoedia
• Arvo Pärt – Ukuaru valss
• Walter Piston – Three Counterpoints, for violin, viola, and cello
• Henri Pousseur – Vue sur les Jardins interdits, for saxophone quartet
• Dmitri Shostakovich – Six Poems of Marina Tsvetaeva, Op. 143
• Eduard Tubin – Symphony No. 10

Opera[]

• Robert Beadell – Napoleon (2 February, University of Nebraska, Lincoln)
• Nikolai Korndorf – Feast in the Time of Plague

Jazz[]

Musical theater[]

• Gigi (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) – Broadway production (adaptation of the film version)
• Grease – London production
• Gypsy (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) – London production opened at the Piccadilly Theatre on May 29 starring Angela Lansbury, Barrie Ingham and Zan Charisse
• Irene – Broadway revival
• The King and I (Rodgers & Hammerstein) – London revival
• A Little Night Music (Stephen Sondheim) – Broadway production opened at the Shubert Theatre and ran for 601 performances
• No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) – London revival
• The Pajama Game (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) – Broadway revival
• Pippin – London production
• Raisin – Broadway production opened at the 46th Street Theatre and ran for 847 performances
• The Rocky Horror Show (Richard O'Brien) – London production
• Seesaw – Broadway production opened at the Uris Theatre on March 18 and ran for 296 performances
• Treasure Island London production opened at the Mermaid Theatre on December 17. Starred Bernard Miles, Jonathan Scott Taylor and Spike Milligan.
• Two Gentleman of Verona – London production

Musical films[]

• Allá en el Norte
• Andrea
• Dnestrovskiye melodii
• Charlotte's Web
• Godspell
• Jaal
• Jesus Christ Superstar
• Lost Horizon
• Maria d'Oro und Bello Blue
• Robin Hood
• Tom Sawyer

Births[]

• 1 January – Magnus Sahlgren, Swedish guitarist and linguist
• 9 January – Sean Paul, Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist
• 12 January
  • Hande Yener, Turkish singer
  • Matt Wong (Reel Big Fish)
• 13 January – Juan Diego Flórez, Peruvian operatic tenor
• 2 February – Latino, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 21 February – Justin Sane, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter
• 22 February
  • Gustavo Assis-Brasil, Brazilian guitarist
  • Scott Phillips, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (Creed), (Alter Bridge), (Projected)
• 24 February – Chris Fehn, American rock percussionist (Slipknot)
• 26 February – André Tanneberger, German DJ
• 27 February – Peter Andre, English-born Australian singer, songwriter, businessman, and television personality. (Katie Price)
• 1 March – Ryan Peake, Canadian rock musician (Nickelback)
• 10 March – Dan Swanö, Swedish musician
• 17 March – Caroline Corr, Irish drummer (The Corrs)
• 25 March – Anders Fridén, Swedish vocalist
• 3 April
  • Marija Gluvakov, pianist
  • Andreas Carlsson, Swedish music producer, composer, and pop songwriter.
• 4 April – Kelly Price, soul singer
• 5 April - Pharrell Williams, American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer. (The Neptunes, N.E.R.D, Chad Hugo)
• 16 April – Akon, American singer, songwriter, businessman, record producer, and actor
• 29 April – Mike Hogan, Irish bassist (The Cranberries)
• 2 May – Justin Burnett, film score composer
• 5 May – Casino Versus Japan, electronic musician
• 13 May – Eric Lewis, jazz pianist
• 14 May
  • Natalie Appleton, Canadian singer-songwriter and actress, (All Saints)
  • Shanice, American singer
• 17 May – Joshua Homme, American guitarist and vocalist of Queens of the Stone Age
• 21 May – Noel Fielding, English comedian, writer, actor, artist, musician, and television presenter.
• 23 May – Jacopo Gianninoto, Italian musician
• 26 May – Magdalena Kožená, Czech mezzo-soprano
• 1 June – Heidi Klum, German businesswoman, singer, television producer-personality, model, actress, author, and fashion designer
• 9 June – Jana Sýkorová, Czech operatic contralto
• 10 June
  • Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress
  • Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper
• 13 June – Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, American singer (SWV)
• 17 June – Krayzie Bone, American rapper and producer (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 19 June – Jörg Widmann, German clarinetist and composer
• 20 June – Chino Moreno, American singer-songwriter (Deftones, Team Sleep, and Crosses)
• 23 June – Marie N, Latvian Eurovision-winning singer
• 26 June – Gretchen Wilson, American singer
• 4 July – Gackt, Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor.
• 5 July
  • Joe, American R&B singer
  • Bengt Lagerberg, Swedish drummer (The Cardigans)
  • Róisín Murphy, Irish singer-songwriter and record producer
• 11 July – Andrew Bird, American violinist, singer, and songwriter
• 15 July – Buju Banton, Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae musician
• 17 July – Tony Dovolani, Albanian-American dancer and actor
• 22 July
  • Aleksey Igudesman, Russian violinist, composer, conductor, and actor
  • Daniel Jones, English-Australian guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Savage Garden)
  • Petey Pablo, American rapper and actor
  • Rufus Wainwright, American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer
• 23 July – Fran Healy, British singer (Travis)
• 25 July – Dani Filth, Israeli-born musician (Cradle of Filth)
• 29 July
  • Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
  • Amy S. Foster, Canadian singer-songwriter and author
• 7 August – Zane Lowe, New Zealand born radio presenter, DJ, TV presenter, and record producer
• 8 August – Scott Stapp, American singer (Creed)
• 9 August – Meg Okura, American jazz violinist, Erhu player, and composer
• 13 August – Gregory Vajda, Hungarian clarinetist, conductor, and composer
• 22 August
  • Beenie Man, Jamaican reggae/dancehall artist
  • Howie Dorough, American singer (Backstreet Boys)
• 24 August – Grey DeLisle-Griffin, American singer and voice actress
• 1 September – J.D. Fortune, Canadian rock singer (INXS)
• 3 September
  • Jennifer Paige, American singer and songwriter
• 5 September – Rose McGowan, American actress, model, singer, and author
• 12 September – Dorota Miśkiewicz, Polish singer, songwriter, composer, and violinist
• 14 September – Nas, American rapper
• 17 September – Amy Black, British operatic mezzo-soprano (died 2009)
• 18 September – Ami Onuki, Japanese singer and musician PUFFY
• 22 September
  • Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
  • Martin Owen, (BBC Symphony Orchestra)
• 26 September – Julienne Davis, American actress/model/singer
• 29 September
  • Alfie Boe, operatic tenor
  • Rie Eto, Japanese singer
• 2 October
  • Proof, American rapper and member of D12 (d. 2006)
  • Lene Nystrøm, Norwegian singer (Aqua)
  • LaTocha Scott, American singer
  • Verka Serduchka, Ukrainian pop star
• 8 October – Terry Balsamo, American guitarist, songwriter
• 9 October – Jen Cloher, Australian singer/songwriter/musician
• 24 October – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter.
• 3 November
  • Sticky Fingaz, American rapper (onyx)
  • Mick Thomson, guitarist of Slipknot
• 9 November – Nick Lachey, American singer (98 Degrees)
• 10 November – Jacqui Abbott, English singer (The Beautiful South)
• 11 November – Jason White, American rock musician (Green Day)
• 12 November - Mayte Garcia, American actress, singer, author, and dancer
• 28 November – Jade Puget, (AFI)
• 4 December – Kate Rusby, English folk singer-songwriter
• 8 December – Corey Taylor, American musician, singer, songwriter, actor, and author (Slipknot)
• 7 December – Chantelle Barry, Australian singer-songwriter and actress
• 9 December – Bárbara Padilla, Mexican-American operatic soprano.
• 11 December – Mos Def, rapper
• 17 December – Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic)
• 27 December – Kristoffer Zegers, Dutch composer
• 29 December – Pimp C, American rapper (d. 2007)
• Undated – Xian Zhang. Chinese-born orchestral conductor

Deaths[]

• 16 January – Clara Ward, gospel singer, 48 (stroke)
• 23 January – Kid Ory, jazz trombonist and bandleader, 86
• 3 February – Andy Razaf, composer, poet and lyricist, 77
• 5 February - Kathleen Riddick, British conductor
• 7 February – Pixinguinha, choro composer and woodwind player, 75
• 19 February
  • Joseph Szigeti, violinist, 80
  • Leon Washington, jazz saxophonist, 63 (leukemia)
• 28 February – Terig Tucci, Argentine composer, violinist, pianist and mandolinist, 75
• 5 March – Michael Jeffery, Jimi Hendrix's personal manager
• 8 March – Ron Pigpen McKernan, musician and songwriter (Grateful Dead), 27 (stomach hemorrhage)
• 19 March – Lauritz Melchior, Wagnerian tenor, 82
• 26 March
  • Safford Cape, American composer and musicologist, 66
  • Noël Coward, composer and dramatist, 73
• 28 March – Gertrude Johnson, coloratura soprano, 78
• 18 April – Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist, 79
• 9 May – Mark Wessel, pianist and composer, 79
• 21 May – Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader, 61
• 27 May – Ilona Kabos, Hungarian-British pianist and teacher, 79
• 4 June – Murry Wilson, musician and record producer, 55
• 8 June – Tubby Hayes, jazz musician, 38 (during heart surgery)
• 2 July – Betty Grable, US actress and singer, 56 (lung cancer)
• 3 July – Karel Ančerl, conductor, 65
• 6 July – Otto Klemperer, conductor, 88
• 11 July – Alexander Mosolov, Russian composer, 72
• 15 July – Clarence White, guitarist (The Byrds), 29 (road accident)
• 2 August – Rosetta Pampanini, operatic soprano, 76
• 4 August – Eddie Condon, jazz banjoist and guitarist, 67
• 6 August – Memphis Minnie, blues singer and guitarist, 76
• 16 August – Astra Desmond, operatic contralto, 80
• 17 August
  • Jean Barraqué, French classical composer, 45
  • Paul Williams, baritone singer and co-founder of the Motown group, The Temptations, 34 (suicide by gunshot)
• 19 August – Brew Moore, jazz saxophonist, 49 (fell downstairs)
• 1 September – Graziella Pareto, operatic soprano, 84
• 6 September – Sir William Henry Harris, organist and composer, 90
• 10 September – Allan Gray, composer, 71
• 11 September – Martha Angelici, operatic soprano, 66
• 16 September – Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer, 40 (murdered)
• 17 September– Hugo Winterhalter, US conductor and arranger, 53
• 19 September – Gram Parsons, guitarist/vocalist, 26 (drug overdose)^[11]
• 20 September
  • Jim Croce, 30, singer-songwriter and
  • Maury Muehleisen, 24, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter (plane crash)^[12]
  • Ben Webster, jazz saxophonist, 64
• 9 October – Sister Rosetta Tharpe, gospel singer, 58
• 16 October
  • Gene Krupa, drummer, 64
  • Jorge Peña Hen, composer, 45
• 22 October – Pablo Casals, cellist, 95
• 27 October – Norman Allin, English singer, 88
• 10 November
  • Zeke Zettner (The Stooges), 25 (heroin overdose)
  • David "Stringbean" Akeman, country banjo player and comedian, 57 (murdered)
• 18 November – Alois Hába, composer, 80
• 23 November – De De Pierce, jazz trumpeter, 69
• 26 November – Edith Mason, operatic soprano, 81
• 27 November – Frank Christian, jazz trumpeter, 85
• 13 December – Fanny Heldy, operatic soprano, 85
• 20 December – Bobby Darin, American singer and actor, 37 (heart failure)
• 31 December – Emile Christian, jazz trombonist, 78
• date unknown – Cäwdät Fäyzi, Tatar composer and folklorist

Awards[]

Grammy Awards[]

• Grammy Awards of 1973

Country Music Association Awards[]

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Eurovision Song Contest[]

• Eurovision Song Contest 1973

References[]

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