(Saturday, November 27, 1971, 9:04 p.m.) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr sings the ‘Snowman Song’ with Cilla Black and Basil Brush, the puppet fox tonight during an appearance on Black’s BBC1 variety show (filmed Apr. 27, 1971, in Norway).
Category Archives: Popular Music 1970s
‘Santana III’ by Santana #1 album in USA 40 years ago today (1971)
Video: 'Everybody's Everything'
(Saturday, November 13, 1971) — Santana III by Santana, was the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for the first of five weeks (November 13/20/27, December 4/11, 1971).
Share this:
Carpenters’ British TV special debuts 40 years ago tonight (1971)
Video: 'Carpenters: Live at the BBC' (part 1)
(Saturday, November 6, 1971) — “The Carpenters” (aka, Carpenters: Live at the BBC), a videotaped studio concert performed by The Carpenters aired tonight on Britain’s BBC1 (it was taped on Saturday, Sept. 25, 1971). Continue reading Carpenters’ British TV special debuts 40 years ago tonight (1971)
Share this:
‘Shaft’ soundtrack album by Isaac Hayes #1 in USA 40 years ago today (1971)
(Saturday, November 6, 1971) — Shaft, the soundtrack album by Isaac Hayes, became the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200’s chart for one week.
Share this:
‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ rock opera opens on Broadway 40 years ago tonight (1971)
(Tuesday, October 12, 1971) — Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice and directed by Tom O’Horgan, opened tonight on Broadway at the Mark Hellinger Theatre.
Share this:
‘Every Picture Tells a Story’ by Rod Stewart #1 album in USA 40 years ago today
Video: ‘(I Know) I’m Losing You’
(Saturday, October 2, 1971) — Every Picture Tells a Story by Rod Stewart became the #1 album on today’s Billboard 200 chart for the first of four weeks (October 2/9/16/23, 1971).
It would on go to be ranked #172 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Share this:
Lennon poses for ‘Imagine’ album cover
(Tuesday, August 3, 1971) — Ex-Beatle John Lennon posed for the cover of his new solo album Imagine today at his Tittenhurst home in Ascot, England.
Share this:
Lennon, Ono continue filming ‘Imagine’
(Friday, July 23, 1971) — John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono today filmed some intimate scenes for their Imagine film at their Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, England.
Share this:
Lennon, Ono attend book signing
(note: the video is intermixed with film from Friday, July 16, 1971, at another book signing. Lennon wore a solid dark coat on July 15, and a dark coat featuring small colored shapes on July 16)
(Thursday, July 15, 1971) — John Lennon and Yoko Ono attended a book-signing promotional appearance today at the London department store, Selfridges, for the re-publication of Yoko’s book, “Grapefruit.” It is shown over the song It’s So Hard in the documentary “Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album.”
Share this:
Jim Morrison: 4 hours to live
(Saturday, July 3, 1971, 1 a.m., Paris; 7 p.m. in New York on July 2) — With 4 hours to live, singer Jim Morrison, front man for the rock group The Doors, takes heroin with his girlfriend Pamela Courson in their apartment and watch home movies.
