1973 IN MUSIC

''See also:''
1970s in music.

Contents

Events

January-February

March-April

May-July

August-September-October

December

Unknown Dates

Albums released

Biggest hit singles

Other Top hits on record

Published popular music

Classical music

Opera

Musical theater

Musical films

Births

Deaths

Awards

Grammy Awards

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

Events

January-February

★ January 9 - Mick Jagger's request for a Japanese visa is rejected on account of a 1969 drug bust, putting an abrupt end to The Rolling Stones' plans to tour the Orient.

★ January 13 - Aerosmith make their debut by releasing Aerosmith (album)

★ January 14 - Elvis Presley's ''Aloha From Hawaii'' television special is seen around the world by more than 1 billion viewers

★ January 14 - Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh is arrested for drug possession in California.

★ January 18 - The Rolling Stones benefit concert for Nicaraguan earthquake victims raises over $350,000. (Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the total in May). On December 22, 1972, an earthquake destroyed Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.

★ January 30 - Kiss performs their first concert, at the Coventary Club in Queens.

★ February 14 - David Bowie collapses from exhaustion after a performance at New York's Madison Square Garden

March-April

★ March 1 - The New York Joffrey Ballet's ''Deuce Coupe Ballet'' opens. The ballet is set entirely around music by The Beach Boys.

★ March 5 - 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.

★ March 6 - The New York Office of the US Immigration Department cancels John Lennon's visa extension, after it having been granted five days earlier.

★ March 7 - 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.

★ March 8 - Paul McCartney is fined $240 after pleading guilty to charges of growing marijuana outside his Scottish farm.

★ March 24 - Lou Reed is bitten by a fan during a concert in Buffalo, New York.

★ March 25 - Pink Floyd releases the landmark album Dark Side of the Moon.

★ April 3 - Capitol Records releases two collections of The Beatles' greatest hits, ''The Beatles 1962-1966'' and ''The Beatles 1967-1970'' (commonly referred to as the "Red Album" and the "Blue Album", respectively).

★ April 16 - Paul McCartney's first television special, ''James Paul McCartney'' airs. The special includes performances by McCartney and Wings.

★ Opening of CBGB's

May-July

★ May 4th- July 29th - Led Zeppelin embarks on a highly lucrative tour of the United States. During the tour they set the record for highest attendance for a concert,56,800, at the Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida. A record previously held by The Beatles. Performances for the movie The Song Remains the Same are also filmed.

★ May 9 - Mick Jagger adds $150,000 of his own money to the $350,000 raised by The Rolling Stones' January 18th benefit concert for the victims of the Nicaraguan earthquake.

★ May 25 - Mike Oldfield releases ''Tubular Bells'', the first release on Richard Branson's newly launched Virgin label.

★ film The Sting revives interest in the ragtime music of Scott Joplin

★ June 13 - death of Russian composer German Okunev

★ July 1 - Slade play a sell-out Earls Court In London after two number one singles that year.

★ July 3 - 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.

★ July 28 - Summer Jam at Watkins Glen rock festival attended by 600,000 to see The Allman Brothers Band, The Band, and the Grateful Dead.

August-September-October

★ October 13 - Family play their last concert at DeMontfort Hall at Leicester Polytechnic (now DeMontfort University) before splitting up for good. A farewell party at a local Holiday Inn after the show ends in a good-natured melee, with people jumping in or pushed into the motel pool.

★ October 19 - The Who release Quadrophenia.

★ October 20 - Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House.

December

★ 31st (New Year's Eve) Brothers Malcolm and Angus Young perform at the former Sydney nightclub 'Chequers' for their New Year's Eve party. They do so under the name 'AC/DC'

Unknown Dates

★ 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.

★ Television forms

★ Journey forms

★ Kiss forms

★ Michael Schenker left Scorpions to join U.F.O..He was replaced temporarily by Uli Roth.

★ U.F.O. signs a contract with Chrysalis Records.

★ The Ronettes break up, and Ronnie Bennett begins a solo career

★ The London Symphony Orchestra becomes the first British Orchestra to be invited to take part in the Salzburg Festival.

★ The Open Mind disbands.

★ Australian pop/rock band Tin Tin disbands.

★ Scorpions disbanded briefly before re-emerging with Dawn Road (Uli Roth's band).

★ The Everly Brothers break up.

Albums released

★ ''3+3'' - Isley Brothers

★ ''A Passion Play'' - Jethro Tull

★ ''A Wizard, A True Star'' - Todd Rundgren

★ ''Aerosmith'' - Aerosmith

★ ''African Herbsman'' - Bob Marley and the Wailers

★ ''Aladdin Sane'' - David Bowie

★ ''Aloha from Hawaii Via Satellite'' - Elvis Presley

★ ''Angel Clare'' - Art Garfunkel

★ ''Angel's Egg'' - Gong

★ ''Ass'' - Badfinger

★ ''Band On The Run'' - Paul McCartney and Wings

★ ''Berlin'' - Lou Reed

★ ''Billion Dollar Babies'' - Alice Cooper

★ ''Birds of Fire'' - Mahavishnu Orchestra

★ ''Boulders - Roy Wood

★ ''Brain Salad Surgery'' - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

★ ''Brothers and Sisters'' - The Allman Brothers Band

★ ''Burnin''' - Bob Marley & the Wailers

★ ''Canto Por Travesura'' - Víctor Jara

★ ''Call Me'' - Al Green—

★ ''Catch a Fire'' - Bob Marley & the Wailers

★ ''Closing Time'' - Tom Waits

★ ''Cosmic Slop''-Funkadelic

★ ''Cosmic Wheels'' - Donovan

★ ''Countdown to Ecstasy'' - Steely Dan

★ ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' - Pink Floyd

★ ''Desperado'' -Eagles

★ ''Dion & The Belmonts Reunion'' - Dion DiMucci & the Belmonts

★ ''Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player'' - Elton John

★ ''Double Diamond'' - If

★ ''Dueling Banjos'' - Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandel

★ ''ELO 2'' - Electric Light Orchestra

★ ''Essence to Essence'' - Donovan

★ ''Felona e Sorona'' - Le Orme

★ ''Flying Teapot'' - Gong

★ ''For Everyman'' - Jackson Browne

★ ''For Your Pleasure'' - Roxy Music

★ ''Fresh'' - Sly & the Family Stone

★ ''Future Days'' - Can (band)

★ ''Goats Head Soup'' - Rolling Stones

★ ''Goodbye Yellow Brick Road'' - Elton John

★ ''GP'' - Gram Parsons

★ ''Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.'' - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band (debut)

★ ''Hard Nose the Highway'' - Van Morrison

★ ''Hello!'' - Status Quo

★ ''Head Hunters'' - Herbie Hancock

★ ''Holland'' - The Beach Boys

★ ''Houses of the Holy'' - Led Zeppelin

★ ''The Human Menagerie'' - Cockney Rebel

★ ''Innervisions'' - Stevie Wonder

★ ''Inside'' - Eloy''

★ ''It's Only a Movie'' - Family

★ ''Julien'' - Dalida

★ ''Just Rock and Roll'' - Bill Haley & His Comets

★ ''Killing Me Softly'' - Roberta Flack

★ ''Komm auf meine Insel'' - Die Flippers

★ ''Kracker Brand'' - Kracker

★ ''Larks Tongues in Aspic'' - King Crimson

★ ''Let's Get It On'' - Marvin Gaye

★ ''Life in a Tin Can'' - The Bee Gees

★ '' - Donovan

★ ''Living In The Material World'' - George Harrison

★ ''Long Hard Climb'' - Helen Reddy

★ ''Lucy & Carly - The Simon Sisters Sing For Children'' - The Simon Sisters

★ ''Mama Was a Rock and Roll Singer Papa Used to Write All Her Songs'' - Sonny & Cher

★ ''Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh'' - Magma

★ ''Mind Games'' - John Lennon

★ ''Muscle of Love'' - Alice Cooper

★ ''Never Turn Your Back On a Friend'' - Budgie

★ ''New York Dolls'' - New York Dolls

★ '' - Ella Fitzgerald

★ ''Now and Then'' - Carpenters

★ ''Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back'' - Frank Sinatra

★ ''On the Third Day'' - Electric Light Orchestra

★ ''Over-Nite Sensation'' - Frank Zappa

★ ''Paris 1919'' - John Cale

★ ''Pin Ups'' - David Bowie

★ ''Pipedream'' - Alan Hull

★ ''Pronounced Leh-Nerd Skin-Nerd'' - Lynyrd Skynyrd

★ ''Quadrophenia'' - The Who

★ ''Queen'' - Queen (debut)

★ ''Ragas'' - Ravi Shankar

★ ''Rainbow'' - McGuinness Flint

★ ''Raw Power'' - The Stooges

★ ''Red Rose Speedway'' - Paul McCartney and Wings

★ ''Ring Ring'' - ABBA

★ ''Roll On Ruby'' - Lindisfarne

★ ''Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'' - Black Sabbath

★ ''Selling England by the Pound'' - Genesis

★ ''Sings In Italian For You'' - Dalida

★ ''Smokes'' - Lynyrd Skynyrd

★ ''Stranded'' - Roxy Music

★ ''Take Love Easy'' - Ella Fitzgerald

★ ''Tales from Topographic Oceans'' - Yes

★ ''Touch Me'' - Gary Glitter

★ ''Yessongs'' - Yes

★ ''The Captain and Me'' - The Doobie Brothers

★ ''The End'' - Nico

★ ''The Faust Tapes'' - Faust (band)

★ ''The Harder They Come'' - Original Soundtrack

★ ''The Morning After'' - Maureen McGovern

★ ''The Original Tap Dancing Kid'' - Jimmie Spheeris

★ ''The Six Wives of Henry VIII'' - Rick Wakeman

★ ''The Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle'' - Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band

★ ''There Goes Rhymin' Simon'' - Paul Simon

★ ''They Only Come Out At Night'' - Edgar Winter Group

★ ''Tres Hombres'' - ZZ Top

★ ''Tubular Bells'' - Mike Oldfield

★ '' Expolsive Hits '73 - Various Artists

★ ''Welcome'' - Santana

★ ''Where Are You Now, My Son?'' - Joan Baez

★ ''Whirlwind Tongues'' - Bloodrock

★ ''Who Do We Think We Are'' - Deep Purple

★ ''Wishbone Four'' - Wishbone Ash

★ ''Wizzard Brew'' - Wizzard

★ ''Time Fades Away'' - Neil Young

Biggest hit singles

The following singles achieved the highest chart positions in 1973.

#	Artist	Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Tony Orlando & Dawn	Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'round the Old Oak Tree	1973	UK 1 - Mar 1973, US BB 1 - Mar 1973, US BB 11 of 1973, US CashBox 1 of 1973, Canada 1 - Mar 1973, Holland 1 - Apr 1973, Australia 01 of 1973, Germany 10 - Jun 1973, Éire 1 - Apr 1973, South Africa 10 of 1973, TOTP 14, DDD 88 of 1973, POP 36 of 1973
2	The Rolling Stones	Angie	1973	UK 5 - Sep 1973, US BB 1 - Sep 1973, US CashBox 69 of 1973, Canada 1 - Sep 1973, Holland 1 - Sep 1973, Australia 19 of 1973, Germany 190 of the 1970s, Germany 04 - Jan 1974, Europe 3 of the 1970s, Belgium 4 of all time, RYM 27 of 1973, DDD 11 of 1973, Scrobulate 51 of ballad, Acclaimed 1093
3	Deep Purple	Smoke On the Water	1973	UK 21 - Apr 1977, US BB 4 - Jun 1973, US BB 33 of 1973, US CashBox 52 of 1973, Canada 5 - Jun 1973, Holland 12 - Aug 1973, Germany 31 - Sep 1973, Europe 46 of the 1970s, Belgium 72 of all time, Rolling Stone 426, RYM 12 of 1973, DDD 3 of 1972, POP 51 of 1973, Scrobulate 88 of rock, Acclaimed 524
4	Marvin Gaye	Let's Get it On	1973	UK 31 - Sep 1973, US BB 1 - Jul 1973, US BB 1 of 1973, US CashBox 11 of 1973, Canada 13 - Aug 1973, Rolling Stone 167, RYM 36 of 1973, DDD 2 of 1973, POP 1 of 1973, Scrobulate 9 of soul, Acclaimed 302, Party 47 of 2007
5	Roberta Flack	Killing Me Softly With His Song	1973	UK 6 - Feb 1973, US BB 1 - Feb 1973, US CashBox 21 of 1973, Canada 1 - Feb 1973, Holland 3 - Feb 1973, Australia 17 of 1973, Grammy in 1973, Rolling Stone 360, RYM 25 of 1973, DDD 8 of 1973, RIAA 101, Acclaimed 631

Other Top hits on record

★ "" - The Who

★ "All the Way from Memphis" - Mott the Hoople

★ "Alright Alright Alright" - Mungo Jerry

★ "American Tune" - Paul Simon

★ "Angel Fingers" - Wizzard

★ "Angie " - The Rolling Stones

★ "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce

★ "Ballroom Blitz" - The Sweet

★ "Billion Dollar Babies" - Alice Cooper

★ "Blockbuster!" - The Sweet

★ "Cassandra" - Sherbet

★ "The Cisco Kid" - War

★ "Cum on Feel the Noize" - Slade

★ "Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy

★ "Do You Wanna Dance" - Barry Blue

★ "Do You Wanna Touch Me" - Gary Glitter

★ "Don't You Know It's Magic" - Johnny Farnham

★ "D'yer Mak'er" - Led Zeppelin

★ "Elected" - Alice Cooper

★ "The Entertainer" by Scott Joplin

★ "Frankenstein" - Edgar Winter Group

★ "Gaye" - Clifford T. Ward

★ "Get Down" - Gilbert O'Sullivan

★ "Get Up Stand Up" - Bob Marley and the Wailers

★ "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" - Elton John

★ "Heartbeat, It's a Lovebeat" - DeFranco Family

★ "Helen Wheels" - Paul McCartney and Wings

★ "Hellraiser" - The Sweet

★ "Hello, Hooray" - Alice Cooper

★ "Hello, It's Me" - Todd Rundgren

★ "Hello, Hello, I'm Back Again" - Gary Glitter

★ "Higher Ground" - Stevie Wonder

★ "Hocus Pocus" - Focus

★ "I Am Pegasus" - Ross Ryan

★ "I Love You Love Me Love" - Gary Glitter

★ "I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" - Wizzard

★ "I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock And Roll Band)" - The Moody Blues

★ "I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)" - Gary Glitter

★ "If You Don't Know Me By Now" - Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes

★ "Jolene" - Dolly Parton

★ "Keep On Truckin' " - Eddie Kendricks

★ "Killing Me Softly with His Song" - Roberta Flack

★ "Kodachrome" - Paul Simon

★ "Lamplight" - David Essex

★ "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye

★ "Life On Mars" - David Bowie

★ "Little Saint Nick" - The Beach Boys

★ "Live and Let Die" - Paul McCartney and Wings

★ "Looking For A Kiss" - New York Dolls

★ "Love Isn't Easy (But It Sure Is Hard Enough)" - ABBA

★ "Love Train" - The O'Jays

★ "Loves Me Like a Rock" - Paul Simon (with The Dixie Hummingbirds)

★ "Me and Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul

★ "Merry Xmas Everybody" - Slade

★ "Money" - Pink Floyd

★ "The Morning After" - Maureen McGovern

★ "My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings

★ "No More Mr. Nice Guy" - Alice Cooper

★ "Nutbush City Limits - Ike and Tina Turner

★ "Over the Hills and Far Away" - Led Zeppelin

★ "Photograph" - Ringo Starr

★ "Playground in My Mind" - Clint Holmes

★ "Radar Love" - Golden Earring

★ "Ramblin' Man" - Allman Brothers Band

★ "Relay" - The Who

★ "Roll Over Beethoven" - Electric Light Orchestra

★ "Rubber Bullets" - 10cc

★ "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" - Elton John

★ "See My Baby Jive" - Wizzard

★ "Sing" - Carpenters

★ "Smoke on the Water" - Deep Purple

★ "Sylvia" - Focus

★ "So Much Love (In My Heart)" - Mr George

★ "Sorrow" - David Bowie

★ "Superstition" - Stevie Wonder

★ "Step Into Christmas" - Elton John

★ "Suzie Darlin'" - Barry Crocker

★ "Take Me to the Mardi Gras" - Paul Simon

★ "Tie a Yellow Ribbon around the Old Oak Tree" - Tony Orlando & Dawn

★ "The Dean And I" - 10cc

★ "Top of the World" - Carpenters

★ "Touch Me in the Morning" - Diana Ross

★ "Wherewithal" - Clifford T. Ward

★ "Whisky In The Jar" - Thin Lizzy

★ "Why Me" - Kris Kristofferson

★ "Will It Go Around in Circles" - Billy Preston

★ "Yesterday Once More" - Carpenters

★ "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" - Stevie Wonder

★ "You Can't Get Always Get What You Want" - The Rolling Stones

★ "You Don't Own Me" - Ormsby Brothers

★ "Your Mama Don't Dance" - Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina

★ "My Coo-Ca-Choo" - Alvin Stardust

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

★ "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 Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Marvin Hamlisch from the film ''The Way We Were''

★ "Yesterday Once More" w.m. John Bettis & Richard Carpenter

★ "Il venait d'avoir 18 ans" - Dalida

★ "Je suis malade" - Dalida

★ "Paroles... Paroles..." - Dalida & Alain Delon

★ "Pour ne pas vivre seul" - Dalida

★ "Vado Via" - Dalida

Classical music

★ Jean Absil - ''Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3''

★ William Alwyn - ''Fantasy Sonata'' for flute and harp

★ Gloria Coates - ''Music on Open Strings (Symphony no. 1)''

★ George Crumb - ''Makrokosmos, Volume II'' for amplified piano

★ Alberto Ginastera - ''String Quartet no. 3''

★ Lou Harrison - ''Organ Concerto with Percussion''

★ Anthony Iannaccone - ''Rituals''

★ Frank Martin - ''Requiem''

★ Luigi Nono - ''Canto per il Vietnam''

★ Carl Orff - ''De Temporum Fine Comoedia''

Opera

★ de la Figo - ''Bronski eu Lot''

★ Nikolai Korndorf - ''Feast in the Time of Plague''

Musical theater

★ ''Gigi'' (Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe) - Broadway production

★ ''Grease''     London production

★ '' (Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim) - London production

★ ''Hard to be a Jew''     Broadway production

★ ''Irene''     Broadway revival

★ ''Here Comes the Groom''     Broadway production

★ ''The King and I'' (Rodgers & Hammerstein) - London revival

★ ''A Little Night Music'' (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production

★ ''No, No, Nanette'' (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) - London revival

★ ''The Pajama Game'' (Richard Adler and Jerry Ross) - Broadway revival

★ ''Pinocchio''     Broadway production

★ ''Pippin''     London production

★ ''Raisin''     Broadway production

★ ''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

★ ''Two Gentlemen from Verona''     London production

Musical films

★ ''Godspell (Movie)''

★ ''Jesus Christ Superstar (Film)''

★ ''Lost Horizon'' (w. Hal David m. Burt Bacharach) released March 14

★ ''Robin Hood'' animated feature released November 8

★ ''Tom Sawyer''

Births

★ January 1 - DJ Shadow, DJ

★ January 10 - Aerle Taree, Arrested Development

★ January 12 - Matt Wong, Reel Big Fish

★ March 17 - Caroline Corr, drummer

★ April 4 - Kelly Price

★ April 29 - Mike Hogan, The Cranberries

★ May 2 - Justin Burnett, film score composer

★ May 5 - Casino Versus Japan, electronic musician

★ May 14

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★ Natalie Appleton, singer

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★ Shanice, singer

★ May 17 - Joshua Homme, guitarist and vocalist for Queens of the Stone Age

★ June 9 - Wes Scantlin, Puddle of Mudd

★ June 10 - Faith Evans

★ June 23 - Marie N, Eurovision-winning singer

★ July 4 - Gackt, singer, songwriter, and musician

★ July 5 - Bengt Lagerberg, The Cardigans

★ July 11 - Andrew Bird, singer-songwriter

★ July 25 - Ladybug, Digable Planets

★ July 29 - Wanya Morris, Boyz II Men

★ September 17 - Anastacia, singer

★ September 23 - Jermaine Dupri, record producer

★ October 26 - Taylor Snow, bassist for Aero

★ November 3 - Mick Thomson, guitarist for Slipknot

★ November 28 - Jade Puget (AFI)

★ December 8 - Corey Taylor, vocalist for Slipknot

★ December 11 - Mos Def, rapper

Deaths

★ January 16 - Clara Ward, gospel singer

★ January 23 - Kid Ory

★ February 19 - Joseph Szigeti, violinist

★ March 5 - Michael Jeffery, Jimi Hendrix's personal manager

★ March 8 - Ron Pigpen McKernan, Grateful Dead, stomach hemorrhage

★ March 26 - Noel Coward, composer

★ April 18 - Willie 'The Lion' Smith, US jazz pianist

★ May 21 - Vaughn Monroe, US singer and bandleader

★ July 3 - Betty Grable, US actress and singer

★ July 3 - Karel Ančerl, conductor

★ July 6 - Otto Klemperer, conductor

★ July 14 - Clarence White, guitarist The Byrds

★ August 17 - Jean Barraqué, French classical composer

★ September 6 - William Henry Harris, organist and composer

★ September 16 - Víctor Jara, Chilean folk singer is murdered

★ September 17 - Hugo Winterhalter, US conductor and arranger

★ September 19 - Gram Parsons, guitarist/vocalist

★ September 20 - Jim Croce, singer

★ October 16

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★ Gene Krupa, drummer

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★ Jorge Peña Hen, composer

★ October 22 - Pablo Casals, cellist

★ November 11 - David "Stringbean" Akeman, US country musician

★ November 18 - Alois Hába, composer

★ November 27 - Frank Christian

★ December 20 - Bobby Darin, singer

★ December 31 - Emile Christian

Awards

Grammy Awards

★ Grammy Awards of 1973

Country Music Association Awards

Eurovision Song Contest

★ Eurovision Song Contest 1973