List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1970. American soul singer Wilson Pickett with Pino Presti (1970)

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1970 in British music This is a summary of 1970 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. Events *4 January – The Who drummer Keith Moon fatally runs over his chauffeur with his Bentley while trying to escape a mob outside a ...

1970 in Norwegian music The following is a list of notable events and releases of the year 1970 in Norwegian music. Events May * 13 – The 18th Bergen International Festival started in Bergen, Norway (May 13 – 27). June * The 7th Kongsberg Jazz Festival started ...

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1970 in country music This is a list of notable events in country music that took place in the year 1970. Events * April 13 - Marty Robbins is awarded Artist of the Decade for the 1960s by the Academy of Country Music * September — '' That Good Ole Nashville Music ...

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1970 in jazz This is a timeline documenting events of Jazz in the year 1970. Events June * 17 – The 4th Montreux Jazz Festival started in Montreux, Switzerland (June 17 – 22). July * 10 ** Lee Morgan records '' Live at the Lighthouse'' (July 10 – 12 ...

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January 3 Events Pre-1600 *AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. * 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (ex ...

– Ex-

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frontman

Syd Barrett Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and musician who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd in 1965. Barrett was their original frontman and primary songwriter, becoming known for his ...

releases his first solo album '' The Madcap Laughs''. *

January 4 Events Pre-1600 *46 BC – Julius Caesar fights Titus Labienus in the Battle of Ruspina. * 871 – Battle of Reading: Æthelred of Wessex and his brother Alfred are defeated by a Danish invasion army. 1601–1900 *1649 – Engli ...

– The Who drummer

Keith Moon Keith John Moon (23 August 19467 September 1978) was an English drummer for the rock band the Who. He was noted for his unique style of playing and his eccentric, often self-destructive behaviour and addiction to drugs and alcohol. Moon grew ...

fatally runs over his chauffeur with his

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trying to escape a mob outside a pub. The death is later ruled an accident. *

January 7 Events Pre-1600 *49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. * 1325 – Alfonso IV ...

– Max Yasgur, owner of the Bethel, New York farm where the 1969 Woodstock Festival was held, is sued for $35,000 in property damages by neighboring farmers. *

January 9 Events Pre-1600 * 681 – Twelfth Council of Toledo: King Erwig of the Visigoths initiates a council in which he implements diverse measures against the Jews in Spain. *1127 – Jin–Song Wars: Invading Jurchen soldiers from the J ...

– Led Zeppelin performs at The Royal Albert Hall. John Bonham plays a fifteen-minute rendition of "Moby Dick". *

January 14 Events Pre-1600 *1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Fundamenta ...

– Diana Ross and the Supremes perform for the last time together at the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas. *

January 16 Events Pre-1600 * 27 BC – Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus is granted the title Augustus by the Roman Senate, marking the beginning of the Roman Empire. * 378 – General Siyaj K'ak' conquers Tikal, enlarging the domain of King Spear ...

– John Lennon's London art gallery exhibit of lithographs, Bag One, is shut down by

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for displaying "erotic lithographs". * January 24 – James "Shep" Sheppard, of The Heartbeats and Shep and the Limelites, is found murdered in his car on the

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Expressway. * January 26 –

Simon & Garfunkel Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel. They were one of the best-selling music groups of the 1960s, and their biggest hits—including the electric remix of " ...

release their final album together, '' Bridge Over Troubled Water''. The title track and album stay #1 on the

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charts for six weeks and go on to win a record six Grammys at the

13th Grammy Awards The 13th Annual Grammy Awards were held on 16 March 1971, on ABC, and marked the ceremony's first live telecast. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1970. The ceremony was hosted for the first time by Andy Williams. Award ...

, including "Record of the Year", "Song of the Year", and "Album of the Year." In Britain it tops the album chart at regular intervals over the next two years, and becomes the best-selling album in Britain during the 1970s. *

January 27 Events Pre-1600 * 98 – Trajan succeeds his adoptive father Nerva as Roman emperor; under his rule the Roman Empire will reach its maximum extent. * 945 – The co-emperors Stephen and Constantine are overthrown and forced to becom ...

– Miles Davis makes the final recordings for his experimental album '' Circle in the Round'', featuring sitar and tabla. * January 28 – The newly formed Band of Gypsies breaks up when guitarist

Jimi Hendrix James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942September 18, 1970) was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Although his mainstream career spanned only four years, he is widely regarded as one of the most ...

walks out after playing just two songs, telling the audience "I'm sorry we just can't get it together". *

February 11 Events Pre-1600 *660 BC – Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu. * 55 – The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman empire, on the eve of his coming ...

– The film '' The Magic Christian'', starring Peter Sellers and

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, is premiered in New York City. The film's soundtrack album, including Badfinger's " Come and Get It" (written and produced by Paul McCartney), is released on Apple Records. *

February 13 Events Pre-1600 * 962 – Emperor Otto I and Pope John XII co-sign the ''Diploma Ottonianum'', recognizing John as ruler of Rome. *1322 – The central tower of Ely Cathedral falls on the night of 12th–13th. *1462 – The ...

– English band Black Sabbath release their self titled debut album in the U.K., credited as the first major album in the heavy metal genre. *

February 14 Events Pre-1600 * 748 – Abbasid Revolution: The Hashimi rebels under Abu Muslim Khorasani take Merv, capital of the Umayyad province Khorasan, marking the consolidation of the Abbasid revolt. * 842 – Charles the Bald and Louis ...

– The Who records ''Live At Leeds'' in Yorkshire, England. The

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plays an equally historic concert on the same date at the Fillmore East, New York City. *

February 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1370 – Northern Crusades: Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights meet in the Battle of Rudau. * 1411 – Following the successful campaigns during the Ottoman Interregnum, Musa Çelebi, one of the sons of ...

–

Joni Mitchell Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...

announces that she is retiring from live performances, following her show at London's

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. She would be back performing concerts within a year. *

February 23 Events Pre-1600 * 303 – Roman emperor Diocletian orders the destruction of the Christian church in Nicomedia, beginning eight years of Diocletianic Persecution. * 532 – Byzantine emperor Justinian I lays the foundation stone of a ...

–

appears on the television show '' Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In''. *

February 27 Events Pre-1600 * 380 – Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity. * 425 – The University of Constantinople ...

–

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is fined $1,000 for using profanity during a concert in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. *

February 28 Events Pre-1600 *202 BC – Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty. * 870 – The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes. *1525 – Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on ...

– Elvis Presley performed at the Houston Astrodome. The King of Rock and Roll broke previous attendance records with a crowd of 36,299 - which was 10,000 more than the previous record. *

– Led Zeppelin perform in Copenhagen under the pseudonym The Nobs, to avoid a threatened lawsuit by Count

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, descendant of airship designer Ferdinand von Zeppelin. * March 4 –

Janis Joplin Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer and musician. One of the most successful and widely known Rock music, rock stars of her era, she was noted for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage ...

is fined $200 for using obscene language during a concert performance in Tampa, Florida. * March 6 –

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leader and suspected murderer

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releases an album titled '' Lie: The Love and Terror Cult'' to help finance his defense. *

March 7 Events Pre-1600 * 161 – Marcus Aurelius and L. Commodus (who changes his name to Lucius Verus) become joint emperors of Rome on the death of Antoninus Pius. * 1138 – Konrad III von Hohenstaufen was elected king of Germany at Cob ...

– Mountain, one of the many bands credited as having influence in the development of

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, releases ''

Climbing! ''Climbing!'' (also known as ''Mountain Climbing!'') is the debut studio album by American hard rock band Mountain, released in 1970 by Windfall Records. Background In 1969, Leslie West recorded his debut solo album, titled ''Mountain'', wit ...

'', their debut album. * March 11 – The

12th Annual Grammy Awards The 12th Annual Grammy Awards were held on March 11, 1970. They recognized accomplishments of musicians for the year 1969. Award winners *Record of the Year **Bones Howe (producer) & The 5th Dimension for " Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" * Album o ...

are presented in Chicago, Los Angeles,

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and Atlanta. Blood, Sweat & Tears' self-titled album wins

Album of the Year Album of the Year, often abbreviated to AOTY, may refer to: Awards * ARIA Award for Album of the Year, Australia * Brit Award for British Album of the Year, UK * Grammy Award for Album of the Year, US * Juno Award for Album of the Year, CA * Lati ...

, The 5th Dimension's "

Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In "Medley: Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In (The Flesh Failures)" (commonly called "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", "The Age of Aquarius" or "Let the Sunshine In") is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical ''Hair'' by James Rado and Gerome R ...

" wins Record of the Year and Joe South's " Games People Play" wins

Song of the Year Song of the Year may refer to: * Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year * Dove Award for Song of the Year * Golden Melody Award for Song of the Year * Grammis Song of the Year * Grammy Award for Song of the Year * Latin Grammy Awa ...

. Crosby, Stills & Nash win Best New Artist. * March 15 – West German pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka features 5½ hours' daily live performances of the music of Karlheinz Stockhausen (to September 13). * March 19 – David Bowie marries model Angela Barnett. *

March 21 Events Pre-1600 * 537 – Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the ''Vivarium'', by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas an ...

– In Amsterdam, Dana wins the 15th annual

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for Ireland with the song All Kinds of Everything. She is elected to the European Parliament some 29 years later. *

March 25 Events Pre-1600 * 421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto. * 708 – Pope Constantine becomes the 88th pope. He would be the last pope to vi ...

– José José gives a masterful performance of the song "

El Triste "El Triste" ("''The Sad One''") is a song written by Mexican composer Roberto Cantoral. It was performed for the first time on March 15, 1970, at the "Latin Song Festival II" (predecessor of the OTI Festival) by the Mexican singer José José. ...

" at the "Latin Song Festival II", predecessor of the OTI Festival. * March 26 – Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul and Mary) pleads guilty to "taking immoral liberties" with a 14-year-old girl in Washington, D.C., on August 31, 1969. * April 2 – The London Magistrate's Court hears arguments on John Lennon's indecency summons for his exhibition of erotic lithographs during his art exhibit on January 16. * April 3 – Minneapolis nightclub the Depot opens, eventually renamed to First Avenue. * April 10 – Paul McCartney publicly announces that he has left The Beatles in a press release, written in mock-interview style, that is included in promotional copies of his first solo album and headlined in the '' Daily Mirror'' newspaper in the United Kingdom. * April 14 – Michael Nesmith announces he has left The Monkees. * April 17 –

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performs at the White House at the invitation of President

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. * April 20 – Paul McCartney's first solo album, '' McCartney'', is released. * April 24 – Grace Slick of

is invited to a tea party at the White House by Tricia Nixon, daughter of U.S. President Richard Nixon. Slick arrives at the party with

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, who is on trial for conspiring to riot at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The pair planned to spike Nixon's tea cup with a heavy dose of LSD. Slick is recognized (although Hoffman is not) and told to leave because she is on the FBI list. * May 4 –

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, 32, becomes the youngest composer ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. *

May 8 Events Pre-1600 * 453 BC – Spring and Autumn period: The house of Zhao defeats the house of Zhi, ending the Battle of Jinyang, a military conflict between the elite families of the State of Jin. * 413 – Emperor Honorius signs a ...

– The Beatles' last LP, '' Let It Be'', is released. *

May 16 Events Pre-1600 * 946 – Emperor Suzaku abdicates the throne in favor of his brother Murakami who becomes the 62nd emperor of Japan. *1204 – Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. * 1364 ...

** Randy Bachman leaves the Guess Who to start up

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. ** The Who release '' Live at Leeds'' which is their first

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. Since its initial reception, ''Live at Leeds'' has been cited by several music critics as the best live rock recording of all time. * May 20 – The Beatles' film '' Let It Be'' premières in London and Liverpool. None of the four band members are present at either screening. * May 23–24 –

make their first British appearance at Hollywood Festival, Newcastle-under-Lyme, on a bill also featuring Black Sabbath,

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, and José Feliciano. Everyone is completely upstaged by the previously unknown Mungo Jerry, whose debut single " In the Summertime" becomes the best-selling hit of the year. *June – Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe receives the MBE in the

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. * June 3 – The Kinks singer Ray Davies makes a 6000-mile round trip from New York to London and back- interrupting the band's American tour- to re-record one word on their latest single " Lola". In order to get any airplay in Great Britain he has to change the word " Coca-Cola" to a more subtle "cherry cola". * June 7 – The Who play two shows of

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, at the New York Metropolitan Opera House. * June 13 **" The Long and Winding Road" becomes the Beatles' last U.S. Number 1 song, though it is never released as a single in Britain. ** The Stooges play at the Cincinnati Pop Festival, Midsummer Rock. * July 4 – The music countdown show ''

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'' debuts. * July 17 – The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Nixon and his guest The Prince of Wales. At Pat Nixon's request, they do not play their breakthrough hit " American Woman" due to the song's supposed anti-American lyrics. * July 26 – Guitarist Jimi Hendrix plays at his hometown of Seattle at Sicks Stadium where, under the influence of drugs, he starts verbally abusing members of the audience. * August 3 – Janis Joplin makes her final TV appearance, on the '' Dick Cavett Show''. * August 26–30 – The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 takes place on East Afton Farm off the coast of England. Some 600,000 people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include The Moody Blues,

, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, Leonard Cohen, Miles Davis,

Richie Havens Richard Pierce Havens (January 21, 1941 – April 22, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul (both of which he frequently covered), and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style ...

, John Sebastian, Joan Baez, Ten Years After, Emerson, Lake & Palmer and Jethro Tull. * August 30 – The Rolling Stones open their European tour in Malmö, Sweden. * September 6 – During his final European tour, guitarist Jimi Hendrix is greeted by booing and jeering by German fans as a result of his late appearance on stage and incoherent stage performance. Bassist Billy Cox quits the tour and returns to the United States. *

September 17 Events Pre-1600 * 1111 – Highest Galician nobility led by Pedro Fróilaz de Traba and the bishop Diego Gelmírez crown Alfonso VII as "King of Galicia". * 1176 – The Battle of Myriokephalon is the last attempt by the Byzantine Empi ...

–

makes his last appearance, with Eric Burdon & War jamming at Ronnie Scotts Club in London. Hendrix, aged 27, dies the following day from a

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overdose at his London hotel. * October 4 –

is found dead in her bedroom in the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood. She died from a

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overdose, at the age of 27. * October 10 – Newly independent

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adopts '' God Bless Fiji'' as its national anthem. * October 30 – Jim Morrison of The Doors, found guilty of indecent exposure and profanity because of his behavior during a March 1, 1969, concert, is sentenced to eight months of hard labor and a $500 fine. *

November 9 Events Pre-1600 * 694 – At the Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Egica, a king of the Visigoths of Hispania, accuses Jews of aiding Muslims, sentencing all Jews to slavery. * 1277 – The Treaty of Aberconwy, a humiliating settlement f ...

– The

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studio double album '' Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs'', the only album by Derek and the Dominos, is released, initially in the United States, the first presentation of the classic title track, " Layla", by English guitarist

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and American drummer Jim Gordon. * November 12 – After Yehudi Menuhin accepts honorary citizenship from Switzerland, he receives a letter from the United States State Department telling him that both he and his son will lose their US citizenship as a result. * November 20 – The Kinks singer Ray Davies flies to a London studio to re-record one word in a new Kinks single for the second time in 1970. This time, he has to change a line in " Apeman"- "The air pollution is a-foggin' up my eyes" which sounds too much like "a-fuckin'". * November 23 – The Electric Factory concert venue in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania' closes its doors. * December 8 – John Lennon conducts a lengthy and intensely candid interview with

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of '' Rolling Stone'' magazine. He discusses his new solo album and the influence of primal therapy on its creation, as well as his personal traumas dating back to childhood. He also makes many revelations about his time in The Beatles, including his account of the group's breakup. * December 12 – The Doors play their final concert with singer Jim Morrison at The Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana. After the concert The Doors decide that they will not play live anymore due to Morrison's unpredictable live persona. * December 31 ** The Beatles officially and finally split up after 10 years.

Bands formed

*''See Musical groups established in 1970''

Bands disbanded

* The Beatles break up permanently. * The Nice disband. * Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band split, with reunions in 1972, 1988, and 2006. *

– both members of the duo go on to solo careers, although they have reunited and performed together numerous times since breaking up. * The Turtles (reform in 1983) *

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Many members would leave and new members formed 'Dave Clark & Friends' which lasted until 1973. *''See also Musical groups disestablished in 1970''

Albums released

In 1970, 4,000 albums and 5,700 singles were released in the US.

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3 Shades of Blue ''3 Shades of Blue'' is the final album recorded as leader by American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges featuring performances recorded in 1970 with vocalist Leon Thomas and composer/arranger Oliver Nelson and first released on the Flying Dutchman ...

'' - Johnny Hodges * ''

4 Compositions for Sextet ''4 Compositions for Sextet'' is an album by English free-jazz drummer Tony Oxley, which was recorded in 1970 and released on CBS. The album, the second of a trilogy that Oxley recorded for major labels, features the same band with whom he recor ...

'' – Tony Oxley * ''

Affenstunde ''Affenstunde'' ("Hour of the Monkey") is the first album by German band Popol Vuh. Originally released in 1970 in Germany by Liberty Records, it has been reissued several times by various international labels. The 2004 German SPV edition feature ...

'' - Popol Vuh * '' Afternoon of a Georgia Faun'' - Marion Brown * '' Again'' – Oliver * '' Alive!'' - Grant Green * '' Andy Williams' Greatest Hits'' –

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* '' The Andy Williams Show'' –

* '' The Awakening'' -

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* '' Back Home'' – Chuck Berry * '' Band of Gold'' - Freda Payne * ''

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'' – Lee Michaels * '' The Big O'' –

Roy Orbison Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. His music was described by critics as ...

* '' Black Gold'' – Nina Simone * ''

Black on Black! ''Black on Black!'' is the third album by jazz organist Sonny Phillips, which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.

'' - Sonny Phillips * '' Bless Her Heart...I Love Her'' - Hank Locklin * '' Both Sides Now'' - Willie Nelson * ''Bright Sun Is Shining'' – Barry Melton * '' Bruce Cockburn'' - Bruce Cockburn * '' The Candlestickmaker'' - Ron Elliott * '' Canned Heat '70 Concert Live in Europe - Canned Heat * ''

Canto libre ''Canto libre'' is the fifth studio album by Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, released in 1970 by Odeon. In this album, he had the support of Inti-Illimani and Patricio Castillo. Background and recording In 1969, he had released ''Pongo ...

'' – Víctor Jara * '' Christine Perfect'' - Christine McVie * '' Come On Down!'' -

Eddie Harris Eddie Harris (October 20, 1934 – November 5, 1996) was an American jazz musician, best known for playing tenor saxophone and for introducing the electrically amplified saxophone. He was also fluent on the electric piano and organ. His best-k ...

* '' Consciousness!'' - Eric Kloss * '' Consummation'' -

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Copperfields ''Copperfields'' is the fifth album by American band the Dillards. Further distancing themselves from traditional bluegrass music, the album draws from bluegrass, rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid ...

'' – The Dillards * '' Country and West'' - Dottie West * ''

Cowboy in Sweden ''Cowboy in Sweden'' is the soundtrack album to the 1970 television special of the same name starring Lee Hazlewood, released in 1970. In 2016, the album was reissued by Light in the Attic Records with additional bonus tracks. Critical reception ...

'' – Lee Hazlewood * ''

Demon's Dance ''Demon's Dance'' is an album by American saxophonist Jackie McLean recorded in 1967 for Blue Note, but not released until 1970.Jackie McLean * '' Doris Troy'' - Doris Troy * '' Down to Earth'' –

Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffet ...

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Lonnie Smith Lonnie Smith may refer to: * Lonnie Smith (baseball) (born 1955), American baseball player * Lonnie Smith (boxer) (born 1962), American boxer * Lonnie Smith (organist) (1942–2021), American organist * Lonnie Liston Smith (born 1940), American jaz ...

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Earth Rot ''Earth Rot'' is an album by David Axelrod that released in 1970. The album was recorded with a choir singing from the Book of Isaiah and "Song of the Earth Spirit", a Navajo myth, and an orchestra that included Earl Palmer, and Ernie Watts. T ...

'' - David Axelrod * '' East Bay Grease'' - Tower of Power * '' Eastwood Rides Again'' - The Upsetters * '' Ebony Woman'' - Billy Paul * '' Elastic Rock'' - Nucleus * ''

Electric Byrd ''Electric Byrd'' is a jazz fusion album by Donald Byrd released by the Blue Note label in 1970.Huey, S. Allmusic Review: ''Electric Byrd''accessed 07 June 2010 Reception The Allmusic review by Steve Huey awarded the album 4 stars and stated, ...

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Donald Byrd Donaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (December 9, 1932 – February 4, 2013) was an American jazz and rhythm & blues trumpeter and vocalist. A sideman for many other jazz musicians of his generation, Byrd was one of the few hard bop m ...

* '' The Electric Lucifer'' - Bruce Haack * ''

'' – José José * '' Emitt Rhodes'' – Emitt Rhodes * ''

Empty Rooms ''Empty Rooms'' is a studio album by English blues musician John Mayall, released in March 1970 on Polydor. It is a follow-up to the live album '' The Turning Point'', released earlier in the year with the same musicians: Jon Mark on acous ...

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John Mayall John Mayall, OBE (born 29 November 1933) is an English blues singer, musician and songwriter, whose musical career spans over sixty years. In the 1960s, he was the founder of John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, a band that has counted among it ...

* '' Entrance'' – Edgar Winter * '' Everything I Play Is Funky'' - Lou Donaldson * ''

Fancy Fancy may refer to: Places * Fancy, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, a settlement * Fancy River, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Music Albums * ''Fancy'' (Bobbie Gentry album), 1970 * ''Fancy'' (Idiot Flesh album), 1997 * ''Fancy'' (video ...

'' - Bobbie Gentry * ''

Fancy Free Fancy Free may refer to: Music * Fancy Free (Donald Byrd album), ''Fancy Free'' (Donald Byrd album) (1969) * Fancy Free (Richard Davis album), ''Fancy Free'' (Richard Davis album) (1977) * Fancy Free (The Oak Ridge Boys album), ''Fancy Free'' (Th ...

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Fanny Fanny may refer to: Given name * Fanny (name), a feminine given name or a nickname, often for Frances In slang * A term for the vulva, in Britain and many other parts of the English-speaking world * A term for the buttocks, in the United States ...

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Fat Mattress II ''Fat Mattress II'' is the second studio album by English folk rock band Fat Mattress Fat Mattress were an England, English folk rock band that formed in Folkestone in 1968. Founded by guitarist and vocalist Noel Redding, during his time as ...

'' - Fat Mattress * '' Five Bridges'' - The Nice * '' Flamingo'' - Flamin' Groovies * '' Flat Baroque and Berserk'' –

Roy Harper Roy Harper may refer to: * Roy Harper (character), DC Comics character *Roy Harper (footballer) (born 1929), Australian footballer *Roy Harper (referee) (died 1969), English football referee * Roy Harper (singer) (born 1941), English musician * Roy ...

* '' Fools'' – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition * ''

Focus Plays Focus ''Focus Plays Focus'' is the first studio album by Dutch rock band Focus, released in September 1970 on Imperial Records. It is the only album recorded by the group's original line-up consisting of organist and vocalist Thijs van Leer, bassist M ...

'' – Focus * ''

Friend's Friend's Friend ''Friend's Friend's Friend'' is the second album by the British art rock band Audience, released in 1970. It was originally intended to be produced by Shel Talmy; however, the band didn't warm to his approach and they opted to produce it themsel ...

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Audience An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or ...

* '' Glass Harp'' - Glass Harp * '' Golden Earring'' - Golden Earring * '' Good-byes and Butterflies'' – Five Man Electrical Band * '' Good Vibes'' - The Natural Four * '' Gravy Train'' - Gravy Train * '' Greatest Hits'' -

Phil Ochs Philip David Ochs (; December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American songwriter and protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer). Ochs was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, political activism, often alliterative lyrics, and ...

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Green Is Beautiful ''Green Is Beautiful'' is an album by American jazz guitarist Grant Green featuring performances recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note label.

'' - Grant Green * ''

A Groovy Situation ''A Groovy Situation'' is the fourth album by American organist Reuben Wilson recorded in 1970 and released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label.

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Reuben Wilson Reuben Wilson (born April 9, 1935) is a jazz organist. He performs soul jazz and acid jazz, and is best known for his title track "Got to Get Your Own". He was born in Mounds, Oklahoma and his family moved to Pasadena when he was 5. He played in ...

* '' Gula Matari'' – Quincy Jones * '' Gypsy'' - Gypsy * ''

Here Comes Shuggie Otis ''Here Comes Shuggie Otis '' is the first album by Shuggie Otis. It was released in 1970 on Epic Records. Track listing Personnel Musicians *Shuggie Otis – lead and backing vocals, guitar, piano, harpsichord, organ, celesta * Johnny Otis ...

'' - Shuggie Otis * '' Here It 'Tis'' - Johnny "Hammond" Smith * ''

Hey America "Hey America" is a Christmas song recorded by James Brown. It appeared on his 1970 Christmas album of the same name. It was released as a single that failed to make the charts in the United States, but reached #47 on the UK Singles Chart in 197 ...

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James Brown James Joseph Brown (May 3, 1933 – December 25, 2006) was an American singer, dancer, musician, record producer and bandleader. The central progenitor of funk music and a major figure of 20th century music, he is often referred to by the honor ...

* '' High Tide'' - High Tide * ''

Honey Come Back Honey Come Back may refer to: * "Honey Come Back" (song), a song by Glen Campbell * ''Honey Come Back'' (album), an album by Patti Page {{dab ...

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Patti Page Clara Ann Fowler (November 8, 1927 – January 1, 2013), known professionally as Patti Page, was an American singer and actress. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female ar ...

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Honey, Wheat and Laughter ''Honey, Wheat and Laughter'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer Anne Murray issued in 1970 on Capitol Records. ''Honey, Wheat and Laughter'' contained work by, among others, James Taylor and Gene MacLellan. The album was released only ...

'' – Anne Murray * ''

It'll All Work Out in Boomland ''It'll All Work Out in Boomland'' is the debut album by British progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingd ...

'' - T2 * '' I Am the Blues'' -

Willie Dixon William James Dixon (July 1, 1915January 29, 1992) was an American blues musician, vocalist, songwriter, arranger and record producer. He was proficient in playing both the upright bass and the guitar, and sang with a distinctive voice, but he ...

* '' I'll Never Fall in Love Again'' -

Dionne Warwick Marie Dionne Warwick (; born December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host. Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on ''Billboards Hot 100 pop singles cha ...

* '' In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969'' – Ricky Nelson * ''

Intensified ''Intensified'' is an album by Desmond Dekker & the Aces released in 1970. Track listing All tracks composed by Desmond Dekker; except where indicated #" It Mek" (Dekker, Leslie Kong Leslie Kong (20 December 1933 – 9 August 1971) was an inf ...

'' – Desmond Dekker & the Aces * '' Iron Mountain Depot'' - John Hartford * '' Joe Farrell Quartet'' - Joe Farrell * ''

The Jumpin' Blues ''The Jumpin' Blues'' is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1970 and released on the Prestige label.

'' - Dexter Gordon * '' King Kong: Jean-Luc Ponty Plays the Music of Frank Zappa'' - Jean-Luc Ponty * ''

King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II ''King of the Delta Blues Singers, Vol. II'' is a compilation album by American blues musician Robert Johnson, released in 1970 by Columbia Records. In 2003, the album was ranked number 424 on ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's list of the 500 greate ...

'' – Robert Johnson * '' Klopfzeichen'' – Kluster * '' The Last Poets'' - The Last Poets * ''

Laying My Burdens Down ''Laying My Burdens Down'' is the 11th studio album by country singer Willie Nelson, released in the autumn of 1970. Background ''Laying My Burdens Down'' was Nelson’s second RCA release of 1970 and fourth in two years, but the formula remained ...

'' - Willie Nelson * ''

Liberation Music Orchestra Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

'' - Charlie Haden * '' Legal'' – Gal Costa * ''

Lie Back and Enjoy It ''Lie Back and Enjoy It'' is the second album by British-American blues rock group Juicy Lucy, released in 1970. Although several members of the band had been replaced since the release of their first album, most notably singer Ray Owen and lead ...

'' – Juicy Lucy * ''

Live on Blueberry Hill ''Live on Blueberry Hill'' (also known as ''Blueberry Hill'') is a bootleg recording of English rock group Led Zeppelin's performance at the Los Angeles Forum on September 4, 1970, which took place during their summer 1970 North American Tour ...

'' - Led Zeppelin * '' Lorca'' - Tim Buckley * ''

Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em ''Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em'' is a compilation album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on June 8, 1970, by Decca Records. The album is composed of five previously released recordings and six ne ...

'' – Loretta Lynn * '' Loudon Wainwright III'' – Loudon Wainwright III * ''

Love Country Style ''Love Country Style'' is a studio album by Ray Charles, released in June 1970 on Charles' Tangerine Records label. Track listing LP side A: # "If You Were Mine" ( Jimmy Lewis) – 3:47 # " Ring of Fire" ( June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore) � ...

'' - Ray Charles * ''

Lucifer's Friend Lucifer's Friend was a German rock band, formed in Hamburg in 1970 by guitarist Peter Hesslein, singer John Lawton, bassist Dieter Horns, keyboardist Peter Hecht, and drummer Joachim Reitenbach. The group was an early practitioner of heavy m ...

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* '' Magma'' - Magma * '' Magnetic South'' - Michael Nesmith * '' Manal'' – Manal * '' Manfred Mann Chapter Three Volume Two'' - Manfred Mann Chapter Three * ''

Marrying Maiden ''Marrying Maiden'' is the second studio album by San Francisco psychedelic band It's a Beautiful Day, released in 1970 on Columbia Records. Founding member Linda LaFlamme was replaced by keyboardist Fred Webb on this project. Grateful Dead guit ...

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It's a Beautiful Day It's a Beautiful Day is an American band formed in San Francisco, California, in 1967, featuring vocalist Pattie Santos along with violinist David LaFlamme and his wife, Linda LaFlamme, on keyboards. David LaFlamme, who as a youth had once p ...

* '' Mashmakhan'' - Mashmakhan * ''

Masterpiece A masterpiece, ''magnum opus'' (), or ''chef-d’œuvre'' (; ; ) in modern use is a creation that has been given much critical praise, especially one that is considered the greatest work of a person's career or a work of outstanding creativity, ...

'' - The Masters Apprentices * '' May Blitz'' - May Blitz * '' Me & Jerry'' - Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed * '' Melody Fair'' - Lulu * ''

Mona - The Carnivorous Circus Mona may refer to: People *Mona (name), a female given name, nickname and surname *Mona (Angolan footballer) (born 1997) *Mona, ring name of American wrestler Nora Greenwald Museums *Museum of Nebraska Art, Kearney, Nebraska, US *Museum of Neon ...

'' - Mick Farren * '' Moog Indigo'' - Jean-Jacques Perrey * ''

Morning Way ''Morning Way'' is a 1970 album by Trader Horne. It was released by Pye Records in 1970. The album was the only release by Trader Horne and sold limited numbers at the time. The album was re-released on CD in 2008 by Esoteric Records. Through t ...

'' - Trader Horne * ''

Mountains A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ...

'' - Steamhammer * '' Muscle Shoals Nitty Gritty'' - Herbie Mann * '' Music Inspire by Lord of the Rings'' -

Bo Hansson Bo Hansson (10 April 1943 – 23 April 2010) was a Swedish musician best known for his four instrumental progressive rock studio albums released throughout the 1970s. Early life and musical career Hansson spent his early life in a remote vil ...

* '' Natural Resources'' -

Martha and the Vandellas Martha and the Vandellas (known from 1967 to 1972 as Martha Reeves & The Vandellas) were an American vocal girl group formed in Detroit in 1957. The group achieved fame in the 1960s with Motown. An act founded by friends Annette Beard, Rosalind ...

* '' The New Birth'' - New Birth * '' New Routes'' - Lulu * '' Nicely Out of Tune'' -

Lindisfarne Lindisfarne, also called Holy Island, is a tidal island off the northeast coast of England, which constitutes the civil parish of Holy Island in Northumberland. Holy Island has a recorded history from the 6th century AD; it was an important ...

* ''No BS'' - Brownsville Station * '' Now I'm a Woman'' - Nancy Wilson * ''

Only for the Lonely ''Only for the Lonely'' is the second solo studio by American rhythm and blues and gospel singer Mavis Staples. It was released on October 12, 1970, by Volt Records. Critical reception In the ''Billboard'' issue dated October 24, 1970, a review ...

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Mavis Staples Mavis Staples (born July 10, 1939) is an American rhythm and blues and gospel singer, actress, and civil rights activist. She rose to fame as a member of her family's band The Staple Singers (she is the last surviving member of that band). Durin ...

* '' Open Road'' –

Donovan Donovan Phillips Leitch (born 10 May 1946), known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world mus ...

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Parallelograms In Euclidean geometry, a parallelogram is a simple (non- self-intersecting) quadrilateral with two pairs of parallel sides. The opposite or facing sides of a parallelogram are of equal length and the opposite angles of a parallelogram are of equa ...

'' - Linda Perhacs * ''

The Partridge Family Album ''The Partridge Family Album'' is the first of eight studio albums by The Partridge Family. The LP was released in October 1970, a month after the debut of the ABC-TV musical sitcom ''The Partridge Family'' starring Shirley Jones and featuring ...

'' – The Partridge Family * ''

Patto Patto were an English rock band, formed in London in 1970. Founded by vocalist Mike Patto, their lineup was taken from Timebox, consisting of vocalist Patto, guitarist and vibraphone player Ollie Halsall, bassist Clive Griffiths and dru ...

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* '' Perry Como in Person at the International Hotel, Las Vegas'' –

Perry Como Pierino Ronald "Perry" Como (; May 18, 1912 – May 12, 2001) was an Italian-American singer, actor and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century, he recorded exclusively for RCA Victor for 44 years, after signing ...

* '' Pretty Things'' - Lou Donaldson * '' Primordial Lovers'' - Essra Mohawk * '' Ptah, the El Daoud'' - Alice Coltrane * '' Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head'' –

* '' Raw Sienna'' - Savoy Brown * ''

Real Friends Real Friends may refer to: *Real Friends (band) Real Friends is an American pop punk band from Tinley Park, Illinois. To date, the band has released seven EPs and three studio albums. Previously signed to Fearless Records, the band is currentl ...

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The Friends of Distinction The Friends of Distinction were an American vocal group founded by Harry Elston and Floyd Butler, best known for their late 1960s hits, " Grazing in the Grass", " Love or Let Me Be Lonely", and " Going in Circles". Career The Friends of Distinc ...

* '' Red Clay'' -

Freddie Hubbard Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter. He played bebop, hard bop, and post-bop styles from the early 1960s onwards. His unmistakable and influential tone contributed to new perspectives fo ...

* '' Revolution'' – The Dubliners * '' The Return of The Marvelettes'' - The Marvelettes * ''

Rick Sings Nelson ''Rick Sings Nelson'' is the nineteenth studio album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band. It was the first album on which Nelson wrote every song. The album debuted on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 17 of that ye ...

'' – Ricky Nelson * '' Right On'' – Wilson Pickett * '' The Road to Ruin'' - John Martyn and

Beverley Martyn Beverley Martyn (born Beverley Kutner 24 March 1947) is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist. At various times, Martyn has worked with John Martyn, Levon Helm, Jimmy Page, Dave Pegg, Richard Thompson, John Renbourn, Ralph McTell, Davy ...

* '' Rock Festival'' – The Youngbloods * '' Rose Garden'' –

Lynn Anderson Lynn Renée Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden," was a number one hit in the United States and internationally. She charte ...

* '' Runt'' - Todd Rundgren * '' The Rubaiyat of Dorothy Ashby'' - Dorothy Ashby * ''

Sacrifice Sacrifice is the offering of material possessions or the lives of animals or humans to a deity as an act of propitiation or worship. Evidence of ritual animal sacrifice has been seen at least since ancient Hebrews and Greeks, and possibly exi ...

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Black Widow Black widow may refer to: Spiders * Black widow spider, a common name for some species of spiders in the genus ''Latrodectus'' American species * ''Latrodectus apicalis'', the Galapagos black widow * ''Latrodectus curacaviensis'', the South Amer ...

* '' Seatrain'' – Seatrain * '' Small Talk at 125th and Lenox'' –

Gil Scott-Heron Gilbert Scott-Heron (April 1, 1949 – May 27, 2011) was an American Jazz poetry, jazz poet, singer, musician, and author, known primarily for his work as a spoken-word performer in the 1970s and 1980s. His collaborative efforts with musician ...

– Live * ''

Snowbird Snowbird is a common name for the dark-eyed junco (''Junco hyemalis''). Snowbird may also refer to: Places * Snowbird, Utah, an unincorporated area and associated ski resort * Snowbird Lake, a lake in the Northwest Territories, Canada *Snowbi ...

'' – Anne Murray * ''

Something's Burning ''Something's Burning'' is the fifth album by Kenny Rogers & The First Edition, released in 1970. Singles Only one single was issued from the album, the title song " Something's Burning" with "Momma's Waiting" on the flip side. It was a worldw ...

'' – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition * ''

Soul Liberation ''Soul Liberation'' is an album by jazz saxophonist Rusty Bryant recorded for the Prestige label in 1970.Rusty Bryant Royal Gordon "Rusty" Bryant (November 25, 1929 – March 25, 1991) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist. Biography Bryant was born in Huntington, West Virginia, and grew up in Columbus, Ohio, becoming a fixture of the local jazz scene ...

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Spaces Spaces may refer to: * Google Spaces (app), a cross-platform application for group messaging and sharing * Windows Live Spaces, the next generation of MSN Spaces * Spaces (software), a virtual desktop manager implemented in Mac OS X Leopard * Spac ...

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Larry Coryell Larry Coryell (born Lorenz Albert Van DeLinder III; April 2, 1943 – February 19, 2017) was an American jazz guitarist. Early life Larry Coryell was born in Galveston, Texas, United States. He never knew his biological father, a musician. He w ...

* '' Stone Flute'' - Herbie Mann * ''

Stoned Guitar ''Stoned Guitar'' is the second album by New Zealand blues-rock band The Human Instinct. It was released in 1970. The cover features an adaptation of a painting by New Plymouth artist Michael Smither, "Two Rock Pools". "Black Sally" was a cov ...

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The Human Instinct The Human Instinct are a New Zealand blues rock band that has been active since the late 1960s. The band currently consists of Maurice Greer (lead vocals and stand-up drummer), Phil Pritchard (guitar), Joel Haines (guitar) and Tony Baird (bass) ...

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Stonehenge Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury. It consists of an outer ring of vertical sarsen standing stones, each around high, wide, and weighing around 25 tons, topped by connectin ...

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Stormbringer! ''Stormbringer!'' is a 1970 album released by John and Beverley Martyn. It has no connection to Michael Moorcock's 1965 Elric novel of the same name. John Martyn wrote six of the ten songs and Beverley four. The album was recorded under the d ...

'' - John Martyn and

* '' Subway to the Country'' - David Ackles * '' Sugarloaf'' – Sugarloaf * ''

Take Me to Tomorrow ''Take Me to Tomorrow'' is the second studio album by American singer-songwriter John Denver. It was released in May 1970. Track listing Personnel Musicians *John Denver – electric and acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, vocals, arrange ...

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John Denver Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), known professionally as John Denver, was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, activist, and humanitarian whose greatest commercial success was as a solo singe ...

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Tammy's Touch ''Tammy's Touch'' is a studio album by American country artist, Tammy Wynette. It was released on April 27, 1970 via Epic Records and contained 11 tracks. The album's material centered around themes of heartbreak and romance. Many of the album's so ...

'' - Tammy Wynette * '' Tap Root Manuscript'' –

Neil Diamond Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adul ...

* '' Tarkio'' - Brewer & Shipley * '' Tell It All Brother'' – Kenny Rogers and The First Edition * '' Them Changes'' - Buddy Miles * ''

Things Ain't What They Used to Be (And You Better Believe It) ''Things Ain't What They Used to Be'' is a 1970 studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald - the final album that Fitzgerald recorded on the Reprise Records label. The album was re-issued on CD with alternative artwork in 1989. It w ...

'' – Ella Fitzgerald * ''

Things We Like ''Things We Like'' is an instrumental jazz album by Scottish musician Jack Bruce. The album was Bruce's second solo album to be released (in late 1970 in the U.K.; early 1971 in the U.S.) but first to be recorded, in August 1968, while he was ...

'' - Jack Bruce * '' Think Pink'' - Twink * '' Tide'' – Antonio Carlos Jobim * '' The Time Is Near'' - Keef Hartley * '' Tin Tin'' - Tin Tin * '' To Bonnie from Delaney'' - Delaney & Bonnie * '' Toe Fat'' - Toe Fat * ''Tommy James'' - Tommy James * '' Ton-Ton Macoute!'' - Johnny Jenkins * ''

Tony Joe ''Tony Joe'' was the third studio album released by Tony Joe White. It was released on Monument Records and contained the singles "High Sheriff of Calhoun Parrish" and "Save Your Sugar For Me". It was recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville and ...

'' – Tony Joe White * '' Trapeze'' – Trapeze * '' Transition'' - John Coltrane * '' A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)'' – Merle Haggard * ''

Turn It Over ''Turn It Over'' is the second album by the American jazz fusion group the Tony Williams Lifetime, released in 1970 via Polydor Records. It was rereleased by Verve Records in 1997, as part of ''Spectrum: The Anthology''. Williams is again joined b ...

'' - The Tony Williams Lifetime * '' USA Union'' –

* '' The Use of Ashes'' -

Pearls Before Swine A pearl is a hard, glistening object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as fossil conulariids. Just like the shell of a mollusk, a pearl is composed of calcium carb ...

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Very Dionne ''Very Dionne'' is the fourteenth studio album by American singer Dionne Warwick, released in 1970 on the Scepter label. It was produced by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. It would be her final album recorded with Scepter before signing with Wa ...

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* '' Warpig'' – Warpig * '' We Went to Different Schools Together'' – the Jaggerz * '' Whales & Nightingales'' -

Judy Collins Judith Marjorie Collins (born May 1, 1939) is an American singer-songwriter and musician with a career spanning seven decades. An Academy Award-nominated documentary director and a Grammy Award-winning recording artist, she is known for her ec ...

* ''The Whispers'' - The Whispers * '' Willard'' -

John Stewart John Stewart may refer to: Business * John Aikman Stewart (1822–1926), American banker * John Killough Stewart (1867–1938), businessman and philanthropist in Queensland, Australia * John K. Stewart (1870–1916), American entrepreneur and inve ...

* '' Wilson Pickett in Philadelphia'' - Wilson Pickett * '' Yeti'' – Amon Düül II

Biggest hit singles

The following songs achieved the highes
chart positions
in the charts of 1970. "Chart Entries" provides select national weekly results, year end results, decade end results and all-time lists.

Top 40 Chart hit singles

Other Chart hit singles

Notable singles

Other Notable singles

*"Shoe Salesman" b/w "Return Of The Spiders" - Alice Cooper

Published popular songs

* " An American Trilogy" medley written & arranged by Mickey Newbury * " Bein' Green" w.m. Joe Raposo, from the TV series '' Sesame Street'' * " Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" w.m. John C. Fogerty * "I Love youuuuuu" w.m. Jeff Moss, from the TV series '' Sesame Street'' * " If Not For You" w.m. Bob Dylan * "Kentucky Rain" w.m.

Eddie Rabbitt Edward Thomas Rabbitt (November 27, 1941 – May 7, 1998) was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" ...

& Dick Heard * "The Ladies Who Lunch" w.m.

Stephen Sondheim Stephen Joshua Sondheim (; March 22, 1930November 26, 2021) was an American composer and lyricist. One of the most important figures in twentieth-century musical theater, Sondheim is credited for having "reinvented the American musical" with sho ...

. Introduced by Elaine Stritch in the musical ''

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''. * " Lookin' out My Back Door" w.m. John C. Fogerty * "People in Your Neighborhood" w.m. Jeff Moss, from the TV series '' Sesame Street'' * "Rubber Duckie" w.m. Jeff Moss, from the TV series '' Sesame Street'' * " Teach Your Children" w.m. Graham Nash * "

(They Long to Be) Close to You "(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The best-known version is that recorded by American duo the Carpenters for their second studio album '' Close to You'' (1970) and produced by Jack Daugherty. Rele ...

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Burt Bacharach Burt Freeman Bacharach ( ; born May 12, 1928) is an American composer, songwriter, record producer and pianist who composed hundreds of pop songs from the late 1950s through the 1980s, many in collaboration with lyricist Hal David. A six-time Gra ...

* " Who'll Stop the Rain" w.m. John C. Fogerty * " Where Do I Begin" (

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Carl Sigman Carl Sigman (September 24, 1909 – September 26, 2000) was an American songwriter. Early life Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York to a Jewish-American family, Sigman graduated from law school and passed his bar exams to practice in ...

, m. Francis Lai

Classical music

* Sir Arthur Bliss – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra *

George Crumb George Henry Crumb Jr. (24 October 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an American composer of avant-garde contemporary classical music. Early in his life he rejected the widespread modernist usage of serialism, developing a highly personal musical ...

** ''Ancient Voices of Children'' for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, oboe, mandolin, harp, amplified piano (and toy piano), and percussion (three players) ** ''Black Angels (Images I)'' for electric string quartet * Mario Davidovsky – ''

Synchronisms No. 6 ''Synchronisms'' is a series of twelve musical compositions for solo or ensemble live instruments and pre-recorded tape composed by Mario Davidovsky at the Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center, the first dating from 1963. Davidovsky explains ...

'' for piano and electronic sound * Charles Dodge – ''Earth's Magnetic Field'' * Henri Dutilleux – ''Figures de résonances'' for two pianos * Morton Feldman **''Madame Press Died Last Week at Ninety'' **''The Viola in My Life'' 1, 2 and 3 * Luc Ferrari – ''Presque rien No. 1 "Le Lever du jour au bord de la mer"'' * Miloslav Kabeláč – Symphony No. 8 "Antiphonies" * György Ligeti – ''Continuum'' * Witold Lutosławski – Concerto for Cello and Orchestra *

Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist who was one of the major composers of the 20th century. His music is rhythmically complex; harmonically ...

– '' La Fauvette des Jardins'' *

Allan Pettersson Gustaf Allan Pettersson (19 September 1911 – 20 June 1980) was a Swedish composer and violist. He is considered one of the 20th century's most important Swedish composers, he was described as one of the last great symphonists, ...

– Symphony No. 9 *

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– Piano Sonata No. 1 * Karlheinz Stockhausen **'' Expo'' for three players with short-wave radios, and sound projectionist **'' Mantra'' for two pianos and live electronics **'' Pole'' for two players with short-wave radios, and sound projectionist

Opera

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– ''Macbeth''

Jazz

Musical theater

* ''

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'', London production * '' Applause'' (book: Betty Comden & Adolph Green, lyrics: Lee Adams, music: Charles Strouse) – Broadway production opened at the Palace Theater and ran for 896 performances * '' The Boy Friend'' ( Sandy Wilson) – Broadway revival * '' Cabaret'' ( Kander and Ebb) – Vienna production * ''

'' (

) – Broadway production opened at the

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and ran for 705 performances * '' Dames at Sea'', Broadway revival * '' Georgy'', Broadway production opened at the Winter Garden Theater and ran for four performances * '' Golden Bat'' Off-Broadway production opened at the Sheridan Square Playhouse on July 21 and ran for 152 performances * '' The Great Waltz'', London production * ''

Look to the Lilies ''Look to the Lilies'' was a short-lived Broadway musical with a book by Leonard Spigelgass, lyrics by Sammy Cahn, and music by Jule Styne. Based on both the 1962 novel and film versions of '' Lilies of the Field'', it tells the story of a group ...

'' (

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and Sammy Cahn) – Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre and ran for 25 performances * '' The Me Nobody Knows'', started as an off-Broadway production, then moved to Broadway, where it ran for 378 performances * '' Minnie's Boys'', Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 80 performances * '' Purlie'', Broadway production opened at The Broadway Theatre and ran for 688 performances * '' The Rothschilds'' (book: Sherman Yellen, lyrics: Sheldon Harnick, music: Jerry Bock), Broadway production opened at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on October 19 and ran for 507 performances. Starring Hal Linden, Jill Clayburgh and

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. * '' Two by Two'', Broadway production opened at the Imperial Theatre and ran for 351 performances

Musical films

* '' The Aristocats'', animated feature film with the voices of Phil Harris, Eva Gabor, Thurl Ravenscroft, Hermione Baddeley and Sterling Holloway * '' Darling Lili'', starring

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, Rock Hudson, Lance Percival and Jeremy Kemp * '' Dastak'', Hindi film starring Sanjeev Kumar * '' Johny Mera Naam'', Hindi film starring Dev Anand and

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* '' Let It Be'', a documentary film featuring The Beatles * '' On a Clear Day You Can See Forever'' starring Barbra Streisand, Yves Montand and Bob Newhart * ''

Peau d'Âne ''Donkey Skin'' (french: Peau d'âne; also known in English as ''Once Upon a Time'' and ''The Magic Donkey'') is a 1970 French musical fantasy comedy film directed by Jacques Demy, based on ''Donkeyskin'', a fairy tale by Charles Perrault about a k ...

'', starring Catherine Deneuve and

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, with music by Michel Legrand * '' Scrooge'', starring

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, Kenneth More,

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and Anton Rodgers * '' Song of Norway'', starring Toralv Maurstad, Florence Henderson and Harry Secombe. * '' Woodstock'', a documentary film featuring

, The Who,

, Canned Heat and others

Births

*January – Frank Mullen, American rock singer (

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) *

January 2 Events Pre-1600 * 69 – The Roman legions in Germania Superior refuse to swear loyalty to Galba. They rebel and proclaim Vitellius as emperor. * 366 – The Alemanni cross the frozen Rhine in large numbers, invading the Roman Empi ...

** Eric Whitacre, composer ** Karen Kamensek, orchestra conductor *

** Carl Bell, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ** Lara Fabian, Canadian-Belgian singer ** Mia X, rapper ** Alex Staropoli, Italian keyboard player and songwriter * January 12 ** Zack de la Rocha ( Rage Against the Machine) ** Raekwon, rapper * January 18 – DJ Quik, rapper and record producer *

January 20 Events Pre-1600 * 250 – Pope Fabian is martyred during the Decian persecution. * 649 – King Chindasuinth, at the urging of bishop Braulio of Zaragoza, crowns his son Recceswinth as co-ruler of the Visigothic Kingdom. * 1156 &ndas ...

– Edwin McCain, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * January 23 – Brendan O'Connor, Irish singer and television host * January 26 – Kirk Franklin, gospel singer *

– Mark Trojanowski ( Sister Hazel) * January 31 ** Minnie Driver, English singer-songwriter and actress ** Danny Michel, Canadian singer-songwriter and producer * February 18 ** Susan Egan, American actress and singer ** Raine Maida, Canadian musician and beat poet *

February 26 Events Pre-1600 *747 BC – According to Ptolemy, the epoch (origin) of the Nabonassar Era began at noon on this date. Historians use this to establish the modern BC chronology for dating historic events. * 364 – Valentinian I is p ...

– Linda Brava, Finnish violinist *

– Daniel Handler, accordionist and arranger ( The Magnetic Fields) * March 1 – Jason V Brock, American author, filmmaker, artist, scholar and musician *

March 5 Events Pre-1600 * 363 – Roman emperor Julian leaves Antioch with an army of 90,000 to attack the Sasanian Empire, in a campaign which would bring about his own death. * 1046 – Nasir Khusraw begins the seven-year Middle Eastern ...

– John Frusciante, American guitarist, singer, producer and composer ( Red Hot Chili Peppers) *

–

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, Georgian classical violinist and writer * March 9 ** La India, salsa singer ** Shannon Leto, American drummer and songwriter ( Thirty Seconds to Mars) *

March 12 Events Pre-1600 * 538 – Vitiges, king of the Ostrogoths ends his siege of Rome and retreats to Ravenna, leaving the city to the victorious Byzantine general, Belisarius. * 1088 – Election of Urban II as the 159th Pope of the Cat ...

– Roy Khan, Norwegian singer-songwriter * March 17 – Gene Ween, guitarist and vocalist (Ween) *March 18 – Queen Latifah, American rapper, singer and actress *

– Jaya (singer), Jaya, Filipino singer and television personality *March 24 – Sharon Corr, Irish musician *

– Teri Moïse, American singer *March 27 **Brendan Hill, drummer (Blues Traveler) *April 4 – Sean Kelly (Canadian musician), Sean Kelly, Canadian guitarist *April 5 – Miho Hatori, Japanese singer and songwriter (Cibo Matto) *April 6 – Joe Gittleman, guitarist (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones) * April 10 ** Mike Mushok, guitarist (Staind) ** Q-Tip (musician), Q-Tip, rapper *April 11 – Delroy Pearson, British singer (Five Star) *April 12 – Nick Hexum, American singer and guitarist *April 13 **Eduardo Capetillo, Mexican actor and singer **Seagram (rapper), Seagram, American rapper (d. 1996) * April 14 – Shizuka Kudo, Japanese singer and actress * April 17 – Redman (rapper), Redman, rapper *April 18 – Greg Eklund, American rock drummer (Everclear (band), Everclear) *April 19 – Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri, Luis Miguel, Mexican singer * April 20 ** Phife Dawg, rapper ** Sarantuya, Mongolian soprano *April 22 – Regine Velasquez, Filipino singer, actress, model and record producer *April 26 – Tionne "T-Boz" Watkins, singer and songwriter TLC (band), TLC *May 1 – Sacha Perry, American jazz pianist and composer * May 4 – Gregg Alexander, American singer, songwriter and producer (New Radicals) *May 5 – Driss El Maloumi, Moroccan oud player and composer *May 9 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper *May 10 **Perry Blake, Irish singer-songwriter **Craig Mack, American rapper (d. 2018) *May 15 – Attrell Cordes (P.M. Dawn) *May 17 – Jordan Knight, American singer (New Kids on the Block) *May 18 – Billy Howerdel, guitarist, songwriter and producer (A Perfect Circle) *June 2 – B-Real, rapper (Cypress Hill) * June 3 – Peter Tägtgren, Swedish musician (Hypocrisy (band), Hypocrisy) *June 6 – James Shaffer, musician *June 8 – Seu Jorge, Brazilian pop samba singer=songwriter *June 10 – Mike Doughty, American singer * June 13 ** Cheryl "Coko" Clemons, American singer ** Rivers Cuomo, American singer, guitarist and songwriter (Weezer) *June 15 – Claus Norreen, Danish musician and record producer (Aqua (band), Aqua) *June 17 – Sasha Sokol, Mexican singer *June 19 **MJ Hibbett, English singer-songwriter **Brian Welch, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Korn and Love and Death (band), Love and Death) *June 20 – Jason Robert Brown, American playwright and composer *June 21 **Eric Reed (musician), Eric Reed, American pianist and composer (Black Note) **Pete Rock, American rapper and producer (Pete Rock & CL Smooth) *June 22 – Steven Page, Canadian singer and songwriter (Barenaked Ladies) *June 23 ** Christian Meier, Peruvian actor and singer ** Yann Tiersen, Breton musician *June 24 ** Glenn Medeiros, American singer ** Andres Raag, Estonian actor and singer *June 25 – Roope Latvala, Finnish guitarist * July 4 – Christian Giesler, American bass player (Kreator) *July 6 – Harald Nævdal (Demonaz Doom Occulta), Norwegian musician *July 8 – Beck, American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist *July 10 **Gary LeVox, American singer **Jason Orange, British singer (Take That) *July 12 – Juba Kalamka, American rapper (Deep Dickollective) *July 14 – Thomas Lauderdale, American pianist (Pink Martini) *July 15 – Chi Cheng (musician), American rock bassist *July 18 – Gruff Rhys, Welsh musician, composer, producer, filmmaker and author * July 26 – Joan As Police Woman (Joan Wasser), American singer-songwriter * August 3 – Itamar Golan, Israeli pianist *August 11 – Andy Bell (musician), Andy Bell, British bassist, guitarist, singer-songwriter, and producer *August 19 – Fat Joe, Joseph Cartagena (Fat Joe), American rapper *August 23 – River Phoenix, American actor and singer of Aleka's Attic (d. 1993) *August 24 – Kristyn Robyn Osborn, American country singer (SHeDAISY) *August 28 – Sherrié Austin, Australian actress and singer * August 30 – Guang Liang, Malaysian singer *August 31 ** Debbie Gibson, American singer-songwriter ** Epic Mazur, American vocalist, rapper, and record producer *September 4 – Daisy Dee, Dutch singer *September 5 – Liam Lynch (musician), Liam Lynch, songwriter and music video director * September 6 ** Cheyne Coates, Australian EDM-pop singer-songwriter and producer (Madison Avenue) ** Kim English, American electronica, soul, gospel, and house music singer (d. 2019) *September 7 – Chad Sexton, drummer (311 (band), 311) *September 8 ** Benny Ibarra, Mexican singer ** Neko Case, American singer-songwriter (K D LANG, case/lang/veirs, The New Pornographers) *September 10 **Jeff Marx, American Broadway composer **Ménélik, French rapper *September 14 – Craig Montoya, bassist (Everclear (band), Everclear) *September 15 – Jukka Jokikokko, Finnish musician and studio engineer *September 19 – Takanori Nishikawa, singer and actor (T.M. Revolution) *September 23 – Ani DiFranco, American singer, multi-instrumentalist, poet, songwriter, feminist icon and businesswoman *October 5 – South Park Mexican, Chiacno rapper *October 6 – Amy Jo Johnson, American actress and singer *October 13 – Paul Potts, British tenor *October 15 ** Eric Benét, American singer ** Ginuwine, American singer, songwriter, dancer and actor. *October 21 – Tony Mortimer, British singer (East 17) *October 24 – Jarkko Martikainen, Finnish rock musician *October 27 – Adrian Erlandsson, Swedish drummer *October 31 – Linn Berggren, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) *November 2 – Ely Buendia, Filipino rock lead singer and rhythm guitarist (The Eraserheads) *November 7 – Neil Hannon, Northern Irish musician (The Divine Comedy (band), The Divine Comedy) *

**Susan Tedeschi, American musician and singer **Scarface (rapper), Scarface, American rapper * November 12 – Sarah Harmer, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist *November 15 – Jack Ingram, American singer-songwriter and guitarist *December 1 – Jonathan Coulton, American folk rock singer-songwriter *December 2 **Sergei Krylov (violinist), Sergei Krylov, violinist **Treach, American rapper (Naughty by Nature) *December 5 - Michel'le, African-American singer *December 6 – Ulf Ekberg, Swedish musician (Ace of Base) *December 9 – Kara DioGuardi, American singer-songwriter, producer, television judge, musician, record producer, music publisher, A&R executive, composer and TV personality *December 14 – Beth Orton, British singer-songwriter *December 16 – Benjamin Kowalewicz, Canadian musician *December 18 **DMX (rapper), DMX, American rapper **Cowboy Troy, American singer and rapper *December 24 – Will Oldham, American musician *December 29 – Aled Jones, Welsh boy soprano, later baritone * ''date unknown'' – Ralph Farris, American violist, violinist, composer, arranger, producer and conductor (Ethel (string quartet), ETHEL)

Deaths

*January 5 – Roberto Gerhard, composer, 73 *

– Jani Christou, composer, 44 (car accident) *January 17 ** Simon Kovar, bassoonist ** Billy Stewart, scat singer, 32 (car accident) *January 25 – Jane Bathori, opera singer, 92 * January 31 – Slim Harpo, blues musician, 46 (heart attack) *February 1 – Blaž Arnič, composer, 69 (car crash) *February 12 **Ishmon Bracey, blues musician, 69 **Nick Pantas, guitarist (Elf (band), Elf) (car accident) **André Souris, composer and writer, 70 *February 19 – Pavel Ludikar, operatic bass, 87 *February 20 – Albert Wolff (conductor), Albert Wolff, conductor, 86 * March 1 – Lucille Hegamin, blues singer, 75 *March 16 – Tammi Terrell, singer, 24 (brain tumor) *April 12 – Kerstin Thorborg, operatic contralto, 73 * April 20 – Shakeel Badayuni, songwriter, 53 (diabetes-related) *April 21 – Earl Hooker, blues musician, 41 (tuberculosis) *April 23 – Adeline Genée, ballerina * April 24 – Otis Spann, blues musician, 40 (liver cancer) *April 26 – Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque entertainer, 59 (cancer) *May 11 – Johnny Hodges, jazz musician, 62 (heart attack) *May 14 – Jack Fina, pianist and bandleader, 56 (heart attack) *May 22 – John Waterhouse (violinist), John Waterhouse, Canadian violinist, conductor, and music educator, 92 * May 23 – Nydia Westman, actress and singer *June – Calvin Boze, trumpeter and bandleader *June 11 – Earl Grant, pianist and singer, 39 (car accident) *June 16 **Heino Eller, composer and music teacher **Lonnie Johnson (musician), Lonnie Johnson, blues and jazz musician *July 7 – Charles Tobias, US songwriter and singer *July 12 – L. Wolfe Gilbert, Russian-born US songwriter *July 13 – Roger Edens, composer and arranger, 64 *July 14 – Luis Mariano, singer and actor * July 17 – Stanley Wilson (musician), Stanley Wilson, conductor, arranger and film composer, 54 (heart attack) *July 23 – Leith Stevens, composer, 60 (heart attack) *July 29 – Sir John Barbirolli, conductor and cellist, 70 (heart attack) *July 29 – Jonel Perlea, Romanian conductor, 69 *July 30 – George Szell, conductor and composer, 73 (cancer) *July 31 – Booker Ervin, jazz musician, 39 (kidney failure) *August 10 – Bernd Alois Zimmermann, German composer, 52 (suicide) *September 2 **Mercedes Llopart, operatic soprano, 75 **Kees van Baaren, composer and music teacher, 63 *September 3 – Alan Wilson (musician), Alan Wilson, singer of Canned Heat, 27 (drug overdose) *September 18 **

, guitarist and singer, 27 (pulmonary aspiration) ** Maxwell Davis, saxophonist, 54 *September 25 – Yefim Golyshev, Ukrainian violinist, painter and composer, 73 *October 2 – Bo Linde, Swedish composer, 37 * October 4 **

, singer, 27 (heroin overdose) **George Frederick McKay, composer, 71 *October 13 – Julia Culp, operatic soprano ("the Dutch nightingale"), 90 *October 22 ** Pauline Donalda, operatic soprano, 88 ** Samson François, pianist, 46 *October 28 – Baby Huey (singer), Baby Huey, singer, 26 (heart attack) *October 31 – Arvid Andersen, violinist, conductor and composer *November 6 – Agustín Lara, composer, 73 *November 7 – Eddie Peabody, banjo player, 68 *November 19 – Maria Yudina, pianist, 71 *November 25 – Albert Ayler, saxophonist and composer, 34 *December 19 – Giulia Recli, composer and writer, 80 *December 23 – Mimi Benzell, operatic soprano, 46 (cancer) * December 31 ** Ray Henderson, songwriter, 74 ** Cyril Scott, composer, 91 * ''date unknown'' **Efisio Melis, folk musician **Rokneddin Mokhtari, Iranian violinist

Awards

Grammy Awards

* Grammy Awards of 1970

Eurovision Song Contest

* Eurovision Song Contest 1970

References

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