Events in Music for Year 1973

Months in Year 1973: January February March April May July August September October November

Events 1 - 23 of 23

Jan 14th - Grateful Dead bass player, Phil Lesh, busted on drugs in Calif

Jan 14th - Tap dancer Roy Castle measured at 1440 taps/min on BBC TV

Feb 2nd - "Midnight Special" rock music show debuts on NBC-TV

Feb 3rd - Dr Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 & peaks at #6

Feb 13th - Musical "El Grande de Coca-Cola," premieres in NYC

Feb 25th - "Little Night Music" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 601 performances

Feb 25th - Steven Sondheim's musical "Little Night Music," premieres in NYC

Mar 1st - Robert Joffrey Dance Company opens

Mar 4th - 15th Grammy Awards: 1st Time Ever I Saw Your Face, America

Mar 25th - 27th Tony Awards: That Championship Season & Little Night Music win

Mar 27th - Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) stopped for speeding & LSD possession

Apr 26th - "2 Gentlemen of Verona," musical opens in London

May 26th - Beatles' "Beatles 1967-1970," album goes #1

Jul 29th - $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from NY Hilton

Aug 18th - Gene Krupa, drummer, plays for final time with Benny Goodman Quartet

Aug 19th - Pirate World Music Radio (Holland) closes down after 10 years

Aug 25th - Butch Trucks drummer of Allman Brothers, breaks leg in a car crash

Aug 25th - Guitarist Henry McCullough quits Wings

Sep 22nd - "Little Night Music" opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway

Oct 15th - 7th Country Music Association Award: Roy Clark wins

Oct 18th - Judd Woldon & Robert Brittens musical "Raisin," premieres in NYC

Queen Elizabeth II

Oct 20th - Queen Elizabeth II opens Sydney Opera House

Nov 2nd - "Barbra Streisand ...and Other Musical Instruments" airs on CBS TV