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On This Day, May 9, 1974: Bruce Springsteen declared rock and roll future

On This Day, May 9, 1974 ...A 24-year-old Bruce Springsteen opened for Bonnie Raitt at the Harvard Square Theater in Boston. Rock critic Jon Landau was in the audience and was so impressed that in a review for Boston's The Real Paper he wrote ...
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens 1974 live album, Saturnight: Live from Tokyo, getting first full US release

Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ first-ever live album is finally getting a full U.S. release to celebrate its 50th anniversary.Saturnight: Live from Tokyo, recorded on June 22, 1974, at Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo, was originally only released in Japan, but will now get its first full release ...
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On This Day, Feb. 20, 1974: Steely Dan released Pretzel Logic

On This Day, Feb. 20, 1974 ...Steely Dan released their third studio album, Pretzel Logic, which was the last to feature the full lineup of Donald Fagen, Walter Becker, Denny Dias, Jim Hodder and Jeff “Skunk” Baxter. Future albums would be recorded by Becker, ...
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On This Day, Dec. 5, 1974: Paul McCartney and Wings release Band on the Run

On This Day, Dec. 5, 1974…Paul McCartney and Wings released their third album, Band on the Run, which became a huge hit and to this day remains McCartney’s most successful non-Beatles album.The album produced two hits, the title track and “Jet,” and went to #1 in the ...
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Yusuf/Cat Stevens 1974 live album, Saturnight: Live from Tokyo, to get first-ever US release

Back in June 1974, the artist who was then known as Cat Stevens performed a concert in Tokyo, during which he played many of his best-known songs. He also gave the first live performance of his rendition of Sam Cooke's "Another Saturday Night," which would ...
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On This Day, Oct. 18, 1974: The Rolling Stones released It’s Only Rock n’ Roll

On This Day, Oct. 18, 1974 ...Fifty years ago, The Rolling Stones released their 12th studio album, It’s Only Rock 'n’ Roll, which was their last album to feature guitarist Mick Taylor.The album reached #1 on the Billboard Album charts, one of nine number ones The Stones ...
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Bob Dylan shares live “Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues” from upcoming box set, The 1974 Live Recordings

Bob Dylan is sharing another live track set to appear on his upcoming box set, The 1974 Live Recordings, which is made up of live recordings Dylan made with The Band.The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer just released a performance of “Just ...
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On This Day, Aug. 16, 1974: The Ramones make their debut at CBGB in New York

On This Day, Aug. 16, 1974 ... Punk rock band the Ramones launched their career with their first-ever live performance at CBGB in New York. They went on to become fixtures at the famed Manhattan rock club and later rose to stardom with hits like "I Wanna ...
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Bob Dylan & The Band releasing massive 27-CD box set of 1974 live recordings

Bob Dylan is getting ready to drop a new box set featuring live recordings made with The Band.The 1974 Live Recordings will be massive box set made up of 27 CDs. It will include 431 live tracks, 417 of which have never been released before. ...
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On This Day, May 24, 1974: David Bowie released Diamond Dogs

On This Day, May 24, 1974 ...Fifty years ago today, David Bowie released his eighth studio album, Diamond Dogs.Coming off the worldwide success of 1972’s Ziggy Stardust and 1973’s Aladdin Sane, Bowie dove into several projects, including a Ziggy Stardust musical and a TV ...
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