Timeline of Musical Events - 1970s

1970s

• 1979 in music - Death of Richard Rodgers, Charles Mingus; Birth of Norah Jones; Sony Walkman goes on sale; The Clash - London Calling, Pink Floyd's The Wall, Michael Jackson's Off the Wall, death of Sid Vicious. Official birth of Rap music with rap group Sugarhill Gang's release of "Rapper's Delight".
• 1978 in music - The Who release Who Are You, Blondie release Parallel Lines, Death of Keith Moon, Arrival of Prince, Arrival of Dire Straits, Van Halen release Van Halen (album)
• 1977 in music - Sex Pistols release Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols; Death of Elvis Presley, Bing Crosby, Marc Bolan; Fleetwood Mac releases Rumours; Bee Gees - Saturday Night Fever; Lynyrd Skynyrd Convair 240 plane crash; Steve Hackett leaves Genesis.
• 1976 in music - Death of Paul Robeson, Phil Ochs, Howlin' Wolf; The Eagles release Hotel California, The Ramones release their debut self-titled album; The Band has a final concert called The Last Waltz
• 1975 in music - Death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Tim Buckley; Bob Dylan begins Rolling Thunder Revue; Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run; Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks; Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti; Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic; Patti Smith – Horses; Release of Donna Summer's Love to Love You Baby; Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis.
• 1974 in music - Death of Duke Ellington, Nick Drake; Release of Genesis's The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
• 1973 in music - Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon, Death of Bobby Darin, Gram Parsons; Birth of Ferry Corsten; The Who's Quadrophenia Released; Buffalo, Volcanic Rock
• 1972 in music - Birth of The Notorious B.I.G., The Rolling Stones - Exile on Main St. Birth of Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20, Rob Thomas) Birth of Eminem
• 1971 in music - Birth of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg; Death of Igor Stravinsky, Duane Allman, Louis Armstrong, Jim Morrison, Carl Ruggles; Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV, Marvin Gaye - What's Going On, The Who's Who's Next released, Joni Mitchell - Blue (Joni Mitchell album). Birth of Queen
• 1970 in music - Birth of Mariah Carey. The Beatles disband; Death of Jimi Hendrix, Death of Janis Joplin; John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band; Diana Ross departs from The Supremes; Black Sabbath releases debut album, George Harrison's All things must pass.