It was the year 1975! Here are a few music related items of interest that occurred. The filmed version of The Who’s Tommy premieres in London (the film features the band as well as cameos by Tina Turner, Eric Clapton, Arthur Brown and Elton John). Billy Preston and Janis Ian are the first musical guests on the debut episode of Saturday Night Live. The Sex Pistols play their first concert at St. Martin’s School of Art and the first issue of Punk magazine is released. Kiss play the homecoming dance of a high school in Cadillac, Michigan. John Lennon wins his battle to stay in the United States. Peter Gabriel leaves the band Genesis but Steve Harris forms the band Iron Maiden so, yeah… that seems about fair trade. And the following bands release their debut albums in the year 1975: Ted Nugent, The Tubes, Journey, Patti Smith, The Dictators, and AC/DC (in their native Australia anyway). Now check out the playlist for some other musical highlights from the year 1975:
Aerosmith – “Sweet Emotion” – Toys In The Attic
The Who – “Slip Kid” – The Who By Numbers
Bad Company – “Good Lovin’ Gone Bad” – Straight Shooter
Dr. Feelgood – “Keep It Out Of Sight” – Down By The Jetty
AC/DC – “Soul Stripper” – High Voltage (Australian Release)
ZZ Top – “Heard It On The X” – Fandango
Rory Gallagher – “I Take What I Want” – Against The Grain
Steely Dan – “Black Friday” – Katy Lied
Lynyrd Skynyrd – “Saturday Night Special” – Nuthin’ Fancy
The Outlaws – “Green Grass & High Tides” – The Outlaws
Electric Light Orchestra – “Fire On High” – Face The Music
Fleetwood Mac – “Monday Morning” – Fleetwood Mac
Patti Smith – “Free Money” – Horses
Alice Cooper – “Department Of Youth” – Welcome To My Nightmare
Queen – “’39” – A Night At The Opera
Ted Nugent – “Stranglehold” – Ted Nugent
Bob Seger – “Katmandu” – Beautiful Loser
Foghat – “Fool For The City” – Fool For The City
The Dictators – “I Got You Babe” – Go Girl Crazy
David Bowie – “Young Americans” – Young Americans
Supertramp – “Lady” – Crisis? What Crisis?
Roxy Music – “Love Is The Drug” – Siren
The Tubes – “White Punks On Dope” – The Tubes
Journey – “Mystery Mountain” – Journey
Armageddon – “Paths And Planes And Future Gains” – Armageddon
Black Sabbath – “Hole In The Sky” – Sabotage
Rainbow – “Man On The Silver Mountain” – Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Scorpions – “Dark Lady” – In Trance
Paul Simon – “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” – Still Crazy After All These Years
America – “Sister Golden Hair” – Hearts
James Taylor – “Mexico” – Gorilla
Bob Dylan – “Tangled Up In Blue” – Blood On The Tracks
Pink Floyd – “Have A Cigar” – Wish You Were Here
Heart – “Crazy On You” – Dreamboat Annie
Led Zeppelin – “Trampled Under Foot” – Physical Graffiti
Rush – “Anthem” – Fly By Night
Bruce Springsteen – “Jungleland” – Born To Run
Bruce Springsteen – “Born To Run” – Born To Run