(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.
Category Archives: Popular Music 1970s
‘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.
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‘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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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Jim Morrison: 11 hours to live
(Friday, July 2, 1971, 6 p.m., Paris) — With 11 hours to live, singer Jim Morrison, front man for the rock group The Doors, goes out again with old friend Alan Ronay for one last drink and then meets up with girlfriend Pamela Courson to see the 1947 Robert Mitchum film “Pursued.”
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Jim Morrison: 15 hours to live
(Friday, July 2, 1971, 2 p.m., Paris) — With 15 hours to live, singer Jim Morrison, front man for the rock group The Doors, suffers hiccup attacks while hanging out and having lunch with old friend Alan Ronay.
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Jim Morrison: 18 hours to live
(Friday, July 2, 1971, 11 a.m., Paris) — With 18 hours to live, singer Jim Morrison, front man for the rock group The Doors, hangs out with old friend Alan Ronay.
