1971 in music

Events

February 8 - Bob Dylan's hour long documentary film, Eat the Document, premieres at New York's Academy of Music. The film includes footage from Dylan's 1966 UK tour
February 16 - Alan David Pasaro, the Hell's Angel who was tried and acquitted for the stabbing death of Meredith Hunter at the Altamont Speedway in 1969, files a lawsuit againt the Rolling Stones for invasion of privacy because the documentary, Gimme Shelter showed the stabbing
Lancelot Layne's "Blown Away" is the beginning of rapso music
March 13 - The Allman Brothers Band records its live album, Live at the Fillmore East.
March 16 - The 13th Grammy Awards, honoring musical accomplishments of 1970 are presented.
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour premeires on television
Elton John's musical career begins
ABBA's musical career begins
The New York Dolls' musical career begins
Donna Summer's musical career begins
Stevie Ray Vaughan's musical career begins
Roxy Music's musicial career begins
Jesus Christ Superstar is performed for the first time
Michael Jackson's solo career begins
Rick Springfield leaves Zoot for a solo career
The Crystals reunite
Beach Boys musician Daryl Dragon and singer Toni Tennille meet and begin to perform together as Captain & Tennille

"Baby Jump" - Mungo Jerry
"Double Barrel" - Dave & Ansil Collins
"Hot Love" - T. Rex
"Imagine" - John Lennon
"It's Too Late" - Carole King
"Never Can Say Goodbye" - The Jackson Five
"Proud Mary" - Ike & Tina Turner
"What's Going On" - Marvin Gaye
"Peace Train" - Cat Stevens
"Maggie Mae" - Rod Stewart
"Grandad" - Clive Dunn
"Knock Three Times" - Dawn
"Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" - Middle of the Road
"Get It On" - T. Rex
"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
"I'm Still Waiting" - Diana Ross
"Hey Girl Don't Bother Me" - The Tams
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
"Got to Be There" - Michael Jackson
"Family Affair" - Sly & the Family Stone
"Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart" - The Bee Gees
"One Less Bell to Answer" - Fifth Dimension
"Coz I Love You" - Slade
"Black Magic Woman" - Santana
"Brown Sugar" - The Rolling Stones
"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders
"Draggin' the Line" - Tommy James
"My Sweet Lord" - George Harrison
"Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves" - Cher
"Treat Her Like a Lady" - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
"Ernie" - Bennie Hill
"Maggie Mae" - Rod Stewart
"Joy to the World" - Three Dog Night
"It Don't Come Easy" - Ringo Starr
- First hit by Ringo Starr, the last member of the Beatles to have a solo hit
"Black Dog" - Led Zeppelin
"I Woke Up in Love This Morning" - The Partridge Family

"The Age of Not Believing" w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"American Pie" w.m. Don McLean
"And I Love You So" w.m. Don McLean
"Baby I'm A-Want You" w.m. David Gates
"Been On A Train" w.m. Laura Nyro
"Ben" w. Don Black m. Walter Scharf
"Brown Earth" w.m. Laura Nyro
"The Candy Man" w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
"Day By Day" w. John Michael Tebelak m. Stephen Schwartz
"Eagle Rock" w.m. Ross Wilson
"I Am Woman" w. Helen Reddy m. Ray Burton
"I Don't Know How To Love Him" w. Tim Rice m. Andrew Lloyd Webber
"I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing" w.m. B. Backer, B. Davis, R. Cook & R. Greenaway
"I'm Still Here" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
"Kiss An Angel Good Morning" w.m. Ben Peters
"Knock Three Times" w.m. Irwin Levine
"Losing My Mind" w.m. Stephen Sondheim
Pure Imagination w.m. Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, from the film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
"Riders On The Storm" w.m. The Doors
"Stairway to Heaven" w. Robert Plant m. Jimmy Page
Substitutiary Locomotion w.m. Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman, from the film Bedknobs and Broomsticks
"The Summer Knows" w. Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman m. Michel Legrand from the film Summer Of Forty-Two
"Too Many Mornings" w.m. Stephen Sondheim

Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death Broadway production
Follies (Stephen Sondheim) - Broadway production
Godspell (Stephen Schwartz) - Broadway and London productions
Golden Bat Broadway production
Jesus Christ Superstar (Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice) - Broadway production
Meeow! Broadway production
No, No, Nanette (Irving Caesar, Otto Harbach, Vincent Youmans) - Broadway revival
On The Town Broadway revival
Show Boat (Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II - London revival
To Live Another Summer Broadway production
Two Gentlemen Of Verona Broadway production