1974-4

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight

Richard and Linda Thompson

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1974
4/5 Fri
Van Halen play their first gig on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood at Gazzarri's.
4/6 Sat
"200,000 music fans attend The California Jam rock festival. Artists performing at the event include Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Black Oak Arkansas, and the Eagles."
4/6 Sat
"Swedish group ABBA wins the 19th Eurovision Song Contest in The Dome, Brighton, England, with the song ""Waterloo"", kickstarting their stellar international career."
4/14 Sun
"Ladies and Gentlemen: The Rolling Stones, a concert movie filmed during the band's 1972 North American Tour, premieres at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York."
4/16 Tue
"Queen play their first North American concert, opening for Mott the Hoople in Denver, Colorado."
4/25 Thu
"Pam Morrison, Jim Morrison's widow, is found dead in her Hollywood apartment from an apparent heroin overdose."
5/7 Tue
"Led Zeppelin announces their new record label, Swan Song Records, with a lavish party at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York."
5/25 Sat
"Twenty years after it was recorded, ""Rock Around the Clock"" by Bill Haley and His Comets returns to the Billboard Top 40, after it gains renewed popularity from its use in the film American Graffiti and the TV series Happy Days."
5/28 Tue
"Experimental orchestra, the Portsmouth Sinfonia, plays a concert at the Royal Albert Hall, with its regular conductor John Farley. The performers included Michael Nyman and Brian Eno.[1]"
6/5 Wed
"Patti Smith records ""Hey Joe"", her debut single which arguably becomes the first punk rock single when released in August."
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