Musikkåret 1971



Hendelser

 19. februar – Queen har sin første opptreden i London
 8. juni – Carole King har sin første opptreden i Carnegie Hall, London

 1. august – The Concert for Bangladesh

 Sølvguttene vinner korkonkurransen BBC: Let the People's Sing

 De 19. Festspillene i Bergen

 Den 8. Kongsberg Jazzfestival

 Den 12. Moldejazz

 Den 1. Kalvøyafestivalen
 Richard Thompson slutter i Fairport Convention og starter ny karriere sammen med sin kone Linda

 Rick Wakeman blir medlem av Yes

 På Treff med 1, første album i den populære Treff-serien ble gitt ut

Band som ble dannet 

 Camel
 Eagles
 Eldkvarn

 Hole in the Wall

 Mahavishnu Orchestra

 Manfred Mann's Earth Band
 Matchbox

 Neu!

 New York Dolls

 Paul McCartney and Wings

 Steely Dan

Band som ble oppløst 

 Colosseum

 Derek and the Dominos

 The Mamas & the Papas

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|Januar || 7. || Gerhard Friedle ||  || vokalist og entertainer || align=center| || align=center| ||

|August || 26. || Tommy Tokyo ||  || sanger, gitarist og låtskriver || align=center|50 || align=center| || 
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|Desember || 2. || Jüri Reinvere ||  || klassisk komponist, dikter og essayist || align=center| || align=center| || 
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Dødsfall

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|rowspan=2| Juli || 3. || Jim Morrison ||  || vokalist og låtskriver ||align=center|27 ||align=center| || 
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| 6. || Louis Armstrong ||  || jazzmusiker ||align=center|69 ||align=center| ||
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Årets album

A - G 

 Arild Andersen – Underwear
 The Allman Brothers – At Fillmore East
 The Band – Cahoots
 The Beach Boys – Surf's Up
 Barclay James Harvest – Once Again
 Barclay James Harvest – Barclay James Harvest and Other Short Stories
 Black Sabbath – Master of Reality
 David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World
 David Bowie – Hunky Dory
 Budgie – Budgie
 Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett – Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett
 Caravan – In the Land of Grey and Pink
 Leonard Cohen – Songs of Love and Hate
 Alice Coltrane – Journey in Satchidanada
 Alice Cooper – Killer
 Alice Cooper – Love It to Death
 Crazy Horse – Crazy Horse
 David Crosby – If I Could Only Remember My Name
 Deep Purple – Fireball
 The Doors – L.A. Woman
 Earth, Wind and Fire – Earth, Wind and Fire
 Earth, Wind and Fire – The Need Of Love
 Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Tarkus
 Emerson, Lake & Palmer – Pictures at an Exhibition
 The Faces – A Nod Is as Good as a Wink...To a Blind Horse
 The Faces – Long Player
 Fairport Convention – Angel Delight
 Fairport Convention – Babbacombe Lee
 Fleetwood Mac – Future Games
 Focus – Moving Waves
 Funkadelic – Maggot Brain
 Jan Garbarek – Sart
 Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On
 Genesis – Nursery Cryme
 Gilbert O'Sullivan – Himself

H - O 

 Tom T. Hall – In Search of a Song
 Herbie Hancock – Mwandishi
 George Harrison – All Things Must Pass
 Isaac Hayes – Shaft
 Jimi Hendrix – Isle of Wight
 Jimi Hendrix – Rainbow Bridge
 Hound Dog Taylor – Hound Dog Taylor And The Houserockers
 Hoola Bandoola Band – Garanterat individuell
 Keith Jarrett – The Mourning of a Star
 Jefferson Airplane – Bark
 Jethro Tull – Aqualung
 Elton John – Madman Across the Water
 Janis Joplin – Pearl
 Junipher Greene – Friendship
 Finn Kalvik –Tusenfryd og grå hverdag
 King Crimson – Islands
 The Kinks – Muswell Hillbillies
 Carole King – Tapestry
 Kraftwerk – Kraftwerk
 Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin IV
 John Lennon – Imagine
 John Mayall – Back to the Roots
 John Mayall –  Memories
 Don McLean – American Pie
 Joni Mitchell – Blue
 The Moody Blues – Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
 Graham Nash – Songs for Beginners
 Lillebjørn Nilsen – Tilbake
 Harry Nilsson – Nilsson Schmilsson

P - S 

 Dolly Parton – Coat of Many Colors
 Tom Paxton – How Come the Sun
 Tom Paxton – The Compleat Tom Paxton
 Pink Floyd – Meddle
 Pink Floyd – Relics
 John Prine – John Prine
 Procol Harum – Broken Barricades
 Alf Prøysen – Du ska få en dag i mårå
 Bonnie Raitt –  Bonnie Raitt
 The Rolling Stones – Sticky Fingers
 Terje Rypdal – Terje Rypdal
 Saft – Saft
 Saft – Horn
 Santana – Santana III
 Nina Simone – Here Comes the Sun
 Sly and the Family Stone – There's a Riot Goin' On
 Joe South – So the Seeds Are Growing
 Status Quo – Dog of Two Head
 Rod Stewart – Every Picture Tells a Story
 Øystein Sunde – Det året det var så bratt
 Supertramp – Indelibly Stamped
 Sweet – Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be

T - Ø 

 T. Rex – Electric Warrior
 Tangerine Dream – Alpha Centauri
 James Taylor – Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon
 Ten Years After – A Space in Time
 Thin Lizzy – Thin Lizzy
 Titanic – Sea Wolf
 Uriah Heep – Look at Yourself
 Uriah Heep – Salisbury
 Van der Graaf Generator – Pawn Hearts

 The Who – Meaty Beaty Big & Bouncy
 The Who – Who's Next
 Tony Joe White – Tony Joe White
 Bill Withers – Just As I Am
 Yes – The Yes Album
 Yes – Fragile

Årets hits og singler

 Lynn Anderson – «Rose Garden»
 Cat Stevens – «Wild World»
 Creedence Clearwater Revival – «Have You Ever Seen the Rain?»
 John Denver – «Take Me Home - Country Roads»

 Deep Purple – «Strange Kind of Woman»

 George Harrison – «My Sweet Lord»

 Elton John – «Your Song»

 Tom Jones – «She's A Lady»
 Janis Joplin – «Me And Bobby McGee»

 Led Zeppelin – «Stairway to Heaven»

 John Lennon – «Imagine»
 John Lennon – «Power To the People»
 Lobo – «Me And You And a Dog Named Boo»
 Helen Reddy – «I Don't Know How To Love Him»
 Rolling Stones – «Brown Sugar»
 Inger Lise Rypdal – «Mamy Blue»
 Don McLean – «American Pie»
 Middle of the Road – «Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep»
 Middle of the Road – «Soley, Soley»
 Ocean – «Put Your Hand in the Hand»
 Pop Tops – «Mamy Blue»
 Saft – «People in Motion»
 Buffy Sainte-Marie – «Soldier Blue»
 Santana – «Black Magic Woman»

 Santana – «Oye Como Va»

 Gro Anita Schønn – «Er det underlig man lengter bort iblant»
 Rod Stewart – «Maggie May»
 James Taylor – «You've Got A Friend»

 Titanic – «Sultana»

 Ike & Tina Turner – «Proud Mary»
 Bill Withers – «Aint No Sunshine»

Priser og konkurranser

Melodi Grand Prix 
 Melodi Grand Prix 1971

Eurovision Song Contest
Eurovision Song Contest 1971

Referanser 

1971