1969 en musique

Événements

Public durant le festival de Woodstock

• 5 janvier : naissance de Marilyn Manson
• 6 janvier : à Paris, rencontre entre Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens et Léo Ferré.
• 12 janvier : sortie du premier album du groupe de hard rock Led Zeppelin.
• 30 janvier : dernière performance publique des Beatles, sur le toit de l'immeuble Apple à Londres.
• 1^er mars : Jim Morrison, leader des Doors, est arrêté à Miami pour son comportement durant un concert du groupe.
• 5 juillet : les Rolling Stones donnent un concert à Hyde Park en mémoire de Brian Jones, mort deux jours auparavant.
• Après plus de 6 ans d'absence dans les charts, Elvis Presley revient avec les titres If I can dream, Don't Cry Daddy, In the Ghetto, Any Day Now et Suspicious Minds. Parallement il revient également sur scène après 9 ans d'absence en débutant une série de shows à guichets fermés sur la scène du tout nouveau International Hotel de Las Vegas (Nevada). Le succès est immense.
• 15-17 août : grand festival rock à Woodstock (New York) devant 400 000 personnes, dans un contexte de contestation de la jeunesse hippie contre la guerre du Viêt Nam.
• 24 septembre : enregistrement du Concerto for Group and Orchestra par Deep Purple et l'Orchestre philharmonique royal.
• 6 décembre : concert gratuit des Rolling Stones à Altamont, marqué par la mort de quatre spectateurs.

Principaux albums de l'année

Francophones

• Catherine Ribeiro + 2bis - Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes
• Jane Birkin - Serge Gainsbourg - Jane Birkin + Serge Gainsbourg

Anglophones

Singles

• (If Paradise Is) Half As Nice - Amen Corner - #1 R-U
• Hello Suzie - Amen Corner - #4 R-U
• I Want To Live - Aphrodite's Child - #14 France
• Let Me Love Let Me Live - Aphrodite's Child - #4 P-B; #55 France
• It's Five O'Clock - Aphrodite's Child - #1 Italie; #6 Suisse; #12 P-B; #35 France
• Sugar, Sugar - The Archies - #1 E-U/R-U/Canada/Allemagne/Afrique du Sud/Belgique
• Jingle Jangle - The Archies - #10 E-U
• We Have All The Time In The World - Louis Armstrong [Au Service Secret De Sa Majesté]
• The Flesh Failures (Let The Sunshine In) [Hair] - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and The Trinity (E-U)
• Maybe Tomorrow - Badfinger (R-U) - #67 E-U
• Come And Get It - Badfinger - #170 E-U; #4 R-U, 01/70
• Little Green Bag - George Baker Selection (P-B) - #9 P-B; #1 E-U; #3 Bel.
• Up on Cripple Creek - The Band - #25 E-U
• I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys - #24 E-U
• Break Away - The Beach Boys - #6 R-U; #63 E-U
• Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - The Beatles #1 R-U, #2 Belgique
• Get Back - The Beatles - #1 mondial
• Don't Let Me Down - The Beatles - #35 E-U
• The Ballad Of John And Yoko - The Beatles - #1 R-U/Allemagne/Belgique; #8 E-U
• Come Together/Something - The Beatles - #1 E-U, 29/11/69; #4 R-U, 6/12/69
• First Of May - The Bee Gees - #6 R-U; #37 E-U; #2 Pays-Bas; #3 Allemagne
• Tomorrow, Tomorrow - The Bee Gees - #23 R-U; #6 Allemagne; #9 Belgique; #54 E-U
• Don't Forget To remember - The Bee Gees - #2 R-U/Suisse; #1 Afr. du Sud/P-B; #3 Belgique; #9 Allemagne; #73 E-U
• Surround Yourself With Sorrow - Cilla Black - #3 R-U
• Conversations - Cilla Black - #7 R-U
• You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears - #2 E-U; #35 R-U
• More and More/Spinning Wheel - Blood, Sweat & Tears (face B #1 Canada)
• And When I Die - Blood, Sweat & Tears - #2 E-U
• Melting Pot - Blue Mink - #3 R-U
• Time Is Tight - Booker T. & The MG's - #6 E-U; #4 R-U
• Space Oddity - David Bowie - #5 R-U [#15 E-U, 01/73; #1 R-U, 11/75]
• Soul Deep - The Box Tops - #18 E-U
• Whistling Boogie - André Brasseur (B)
• Racing Time - André Brasseur son orgue et ses rythmes
• Give It Up or Turnit a Loose - James Brown - #1 R&B: "cross over": #15 E-U
• I Don't Want Nobody To Give Me Nothin' (Open Up The Door, I'll Get It Myself) - James Brown -#20 E-U
• Let A Man Come in and Do the Popcorn Part 1 - James Brown - #21 E-U
• Let A Man Come in and Do the Popcorn Part 2 - James Brown - #40 E-U
• Mother Popcorn (You Got To Have A Mother For Me) Part 1 - James Brown - #1 R&B: "cross over": #11 E-U
• The Popcorn - James Brown - #30 E-U (instrumental)
• Lowdown Popcorn - James Brown - #41 (instr.)
• Time Was - Canned Heat - #67 E-U
• Let's Work Together - Canned Heat, E-U 15/12/69; #2 R-U, 02/70; #26 E-U, 11/70
• The Beast - Carriage Company (B)
• A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash - #2 E-U
• Good Old Rock'N Roll - Cat Mother and The All-Night Newsboys - #21 E-U; #2 Canada
• Marian - The Cats (P-B) - #1 Pays-Bas
• Back In The U.S.S.R. - Chubby Checker - #82 E-U
• Questions 67 And 68 - Chicago - #71 E-U
• I'm A Man - Part 1 - Chicago - #8 R-U; #10 Belgique; #15 France
• I'm Gonna Make You Mine - Lou Christie - #10 E-U; #2 R-U
• She Sold Me Magic - Lou Christie - #25R-U; #74 E-U
• Good Old Rock'N'Roll - The Dave Clark Five - #7 R-U
• Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark #19 E-U (Hier Encore)
• Everyday with You Girl - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost - #19 E-U
• Traces - Classics IV featuring Dennis Yost - #2 E-U
• Wonderful World, Beautiful People - Jimmy Cliff - #6 R-U; #25 E-U
• Vancouver City - The Climax (B)
• Feeling Alright - Joe Cocker (R-U) - #69 E-U
• Delta Lady - Joe Cocker - #10 R-U
• She Came In Through the Bathroom Window - Joe Cocker - #30 E-U, 02/70
• The Partisan - Leonard Cohen (CA) "fails to chart"
• Hair - The Cowsills - #2 E-U
• Gimme Gimme Good Lovin' - Crazy Elephant - #12 E-U/R-U
• Crossroads - Cream (R-U) - #28 E-U
• Badge - Cream - #18 R-U; #60 E-U
• Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival - #2 E-U; #8 R-U; #1 Afrique du Sud…
• Bad Moon Rising/Lodi - CCR - #2 E-U; #1 R-U/Afrique du Sud; #4-#4 Belgique
• Bootleg - CCR
• Green River/Commotion - CCR - #2 E-U; #19 R-U; #7 Belgique; #8 Allemagne/#30 E-U; #16 P-B
• Down On The Corner/Fortunate Son - CCR - #3 E-U, #31 R-U/#14 E-U
• Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash - #28 E-U
• Evil Woman Don't Play Your Games With Me - Crow - #19 E-U
• Muny, Muny, Muny/Friends - Daisy Clan (All.)
• Don Juan - Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick And Tich #23 R-U; #4 Belgique
• Snake In The Grass - Dave Dee… #23 R-U; #17 Bel.; #18 All.
• River Deep, Mountain High - Deep Purple - #53 E-U
• Emmaretta/Hallelujah - Deep Purple "fails to chart"
• Israelites - Desmond Dekker and The Aces - #1 R-U/P-B; #9 E-U; #2 All.; #3 Bel.
• (Ah)It Mek - D. Dekker and The Aces - #7 R-U; #13 Bel.
• Comin' Home - Delaney & Bonnie and Friends feat. Eric Clapton - #16 R-U
• MEDLEY: I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue - The Dells - #22 E-U; #16 R-U; #11 P-B
• Put a Little Love in Your Heart - Jackie DeShannon - #4 E-U
• Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show - Neil Diamond - #22 E-U
• Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good) - Neil Diamond - E-U #4; #17 P-B
• Holly Holy - Neil Diamond - #6 E-U
• Make Me An Island - Joe Dolan - #3 R-U
• To Susan on the West Coast Waiting - Donovan - #35 E-U, 1/03/69 (pas sorti en Angleterre)
• Atlantis - Donovan - #7 E-U, 24/05/69 (face B américaine de dito)
• Goo Goo Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) - Donovan (With The Jeff Beck Group, Lesley (Duncan) and Madeleine (Bell) - #36 E-U; #12 R-U; #34 France
• Touch Me - The Doors - #3 E-U
• Mendocino - Sir Douglas Quntet (E-U) - #27 E-U; #1 Can/Suisse; #2 All.; #5 P-B; #6 Bel.
• Lay Lady Lay - Bob Dylan - #7 E-U; #5 R-U
• St Louis - The Easybeats (Australie) - #100 E-U
• Thanks - J. Vincent Edwards - #--R-U; #14 P-B
• Green Light - The Equals - #--R-U
• Michael And The Slipper Tree - The Equals - #24 R-U; #7 All.; #16 Bel.
• Viva Bobby Joe - The Equals - #6 R-U; #12 All.; #16 Bel.; #48 France
• Rub A Dub Dub - The Equals - #34 R-U
• Do-Wah-Diddy-Diddy - The Exciters (E-U, 1963) réédition P-Bas [vous les copains…]
• Something Better/Sister Morphine - Marianne Faithfull (R-U) "fails to chart"
• Peaceful - Georgie fame - #16 R-U
• Seventh Son - Georgie Fame - #25 R-U
• And The Sun Will Shine - Jose Feliciano - #25 R-U
• California Soul - The 5Th Dimension - #25 E-U
• Medley: Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In - The 5Th Dimension - #1 E-U/Ca; #11 R-U; #2 All.
• Workin' On A Groovy Thing/Sunshine Of Your love - The 5Th Dimension - #20 E-U
• Wedding Bell Blues - The 5Th Dimension - #1 E-U; #16 R-U, 02/70)
• Man Of The World - Fleetwood Mac - #2 R-U
• Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood - #32 R-U
• Oh Well (Part 1) - Fleetwood Mac - #2 R-U; #1 P-B; #5 Bel./All.
• Maxwell's Silver Hammer - Format (R-U)
• Build Me Up Buttercup - The Foundations - #3 E-U
• And That Reminds Me (My Heart Reminds Me) - The Four Seasons - #45 E-U
• What Is A Man - The Four Tops - #53 E-U; #16 R-U
• Do What You Gotta Do - The Four Tops - #11 R-U
• The Wedding - Connie Francis - #91 E-U (chant du cygne)
• Eleanor Rigby - Aretha Franklin - #17 E-U
• The Weight -Aretha Franklin - #19 E-U
• Broad Daylight - Free (1^er single: "fails to chart")
• Grazing in the Grass - The Friends of Distinction - #3 E-U
• Indian Giver - 1910 Fruitgum Company - #5 E-U
• The Train - The 1910 Fruitgum Co. "fails to chart"
• Too Busy Thinking About My Baby - Marvin Gaye - #4 E-U; #5 R-U
• That's The Way Love Is - Marvin Gaye - #7 E-U
• Saved By The Bell - Robin Gibb - #2 R-U; #1 Irl./P-B/Afr. du Sud; #3 All./Bel./Suisse; #4 Norvège; #45 France
• Looky Looky - Giorgio (Moroder)
• Maxwell's Silver Hammer - The Good Ship Lollipop (R-U)
• The River Is Wide - The Grass Roots - #31 E-U
• Deep Water - Grapefruit - #1 E-U; #5 Bel./P-B; #19 All.
• Always Something There To Remind Me - R.B. Greaves - #27 E-U
• Take A Letter, Maria - R.B. Greaves - #2 E-U
• Spirit In The Sky - Norman Greenbaum (R-U) - #1 E-U/Bel.
• These Eyes - The Guess Who - #1 Canada, #6 E-U
• Laughing/Undun - The Guess Who - #10 E-U/#22 E-U
• No Time - The Guess Who - #5 E-U
• Drives You Mad - The Gun (R-U)
• Windmills Of Your Mind - Noel Harrison - #8 R-U
• Let's Work Together Part 1 - Wilbert Harrison - #32 E-U
• Oh Happy Day - The Edwin Hawkins Singers - #4 E-U/Bel.; #2 R-U; #1 All./Suisse/P-B
• Walk On By/By The Time I Get To Phoenix - Isaac Hayes - #30 E-U/#37
• Something's Happening - Herman's Hermits - #6 R-U/All.; #16 Bel.; #37 P-B [tous les matins il achetait…]
• Sorry Suzanne - The Hollies - #3 R-U/Bel.; #1 Afr. du Sud; #4 P-B; #7 All.; #56 E-U
• He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - The Hollies - #3 R-U; #7 E-U
• Goodbye - Mary Hopkin - # 2 R-U; E-U #13; #3 Bel.
• Natural Born Bugie - Humble Pie - #4 R-U; #9 Bel.; #20 All. #98 France
• The Way It Used To Be - Engelbert Humperdinck - #3 R-U; #1 Bel.
• Winter World of Love - Engelbert Humperdinck - #16 E-U
• I'm a Better Man - Engelbert Humperdinck - #38 E-U
• Choice of Colors - The Impressions - #21 E-U
• It's Your Thing - The Isley Brothers - #2 E-U
• Heya - J.J. Light - #13 All.
• I Want You Back - The Jackson 5 - #1 E-U, 01/70; #2 R-U, 02/70
• Only The Lonely (Know The Way I Feel) - Sonny James (E-U)
• Running Bear - Sonny James
• Crystal Blue Persuasion - Tommy James And The Shondells - #2 E-U; #89 France
• Ball of Fire - Tommy James And The Shondells - #19 E-U
• Sweet Cherry Wine - Tommy James And The Shondells - #7 E-U, #1 Ca; #30 P-B
• She - Tommy James And The Shondells - #23 E-U
• Walking In The rain - Jay And The Americans - #19 E-U
• Hushabye - Jay And The Americans
• The Colour Of My Love - Jefferson - #22 R-U; #23 P-B
• My Pledge of Love - Joe Jeffrey Group - #14 E-U; #18 P-B
• Fado - Jess & James (B)
• Love Is A River - Jess & James
• Mrs. Davis - Jess & James
• Living In The Past Jethro Tull - #3 R-U; #37 Fr.
• Bouree - Jethro Tull - #10 France
• Fat Man - Jethro Tull - #59 France
• Sweet Dream - Jethro Tull - #7 R-U; #43 France
• Love Me Tonight - Tom Jones - # 9 R-U; #13 E-U; #2 Bel.; #11 All.; #20 P-B
• I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Tom Jones - #6 E-U
• Without Love (There Is Nothing)- Tom Jones - #5 E-U, 02/70
• Dear Mr. Jones - Tommy Körberg (Suède) Eurovision de la chanson "Judy Min Vän"
• Kozmic Blues - Janis Joplin - #41 E-U
• Baby, I Love You - Andy Kim - #9 E-U
• Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin - #4 E-U; #1 Bel.; #20P-B; #35 Fr. (pas sorti en Angleterre)
• Arizona - Mark Lindsay - #10 E-U
• Boom Bang-A-Bang - Lulu (R-U) #1 Eurovision; #2 R-U; #4 Bel.; #8 All.; #19 P-B
• Stay Awhile - Lee Lynch (R-U)- #3 Bel.
• Ragamuffin Man - Manfred Mann - #8 R-U
• The Walls Fell down - Marbles (Australie) - #28 R-U; #3 P-B
• Reflections Of My Life - The Marmalade - #3 R-U
• Wand'rin Star - Lee Marvin (E-U) - #1 R-U
• Souvenirs Of Stephan - Mireille Mathieu (Fr)
• Backfield In Motion - Mel & Tim - #10 E-U
• Love (Can Make You Happy) - Mercy - #2 E-U
• L'Homme A L'Harmonica (B.O.F. Il Était Une Fois Dans L'Ouest) - orch. dir. Ennio Morricone #2 Fr.
• Rock'N'Roll Queen - Mott The Hoople (R-U, "fails to chart")
• Blackberry Way - The Move - #1 R-U
• Curly - The Move - #12 R-U
• Happy Charly Madman - The New Inspiration (B)
• My World's Beginning - The New Inspiration - #17 Bel.
• Everybody's Talkin'- Nilsson - #6 E-U; #23 R-U; #2 Ca; #39 P-B; #43 Fr
• Mercy - Ohio Express - #30 E-U; #14 All.
• Grazia (Mercy) - The Ohio Express (version italienne)
• Sweeter Than Sugar - The Ohio Express - #16 All.
• Jean - Oliver - #2 E-U
• Incredible George - The Pebbles - #13 Bel. (Beatle George Harrison!!!)
• Mackintosh - The Pebbles (12/69)
• Born To Be Wild - Wilson Pickett - #64 E-U, 05/70
• B.O.F. More: The Nile Song - Pink Floyd - #9 R-U
• Give Peace A Chance - The Plastic Ono Band - #2 R-U; #14 E-U/All.
• Cold Turkey - The Plastic Ono Band - #14 R-U; #30 E-U; #39 P-B
• Don't Cry Daddy - Elvis Presley - #6 E-U
• In the Ghetto/Any Day Now - Elvis Presley - #3 E-U; #1 R-U/Bel./Fr; #4 P-B
• Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley - #1 E-U/Bel.; #2 R-U; #6 P-B
• That's The Way God Planned It - Billy Preston - #11 R-U, #17 P-B
• A Salty Dog - Procol Harum - #44 R-U; #3 P-B
• This Girl is a Woman Now - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap - #9 E-U
• Get Ready (live) - Rare Earth (E-U, 12/69) #4 E-U (1970)
• Heaven - The Rascals #39 E-U
• Carry Me Back - The Rascals #26 E-U
• Throw Down A Line - Cliff Richard/Hank B. Marvin #7 R-U
• Dizzy - Tommy Roe - #25 E-U;#1 R-U/Ca/Afr. du Sud; #7 P-B; #13 Bel.
• Jack And Jill - Tommy Roe - #53 E-U
• Jam Up Jelly Tight - Tommy Roe - #8 E-U
• Ruben James - Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - #26 E-U
• Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town - Kenny Rogers And The First Edition - #6 E-U; #2 R-U; #5 P-B
• Honky Tonk Women - The Rolling Stones - #1 R-U/E-U; #4 P-B; #5 Bel.
• Everybody's Talking - John Rowles
• Someday We'll Be Together - Diana Ross & The Supremes - #1 E-U
• love Is Love - Barry Ryan #25 R-U; #2 Bel.; #4 All.; #8 P-B
• The Colour Of My Love - Barry Ryan (R-U)
• The Hunt - Barry Ryan - #34 R-U
• Vivo Cantando - Salomé - #1 concours Eurovision de la chanson
• Jingo (Jin-Go-Lo-Ba) - Santana #56 E-U
• Soulshake - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson - #37 E-U
• Baby It's You - Del Shannon #5 E-U (alias Charles Weeden Westover)
• Monsieur Dupont - Sandie Shaw #6 R-U
• Venus - The Shocking Blue (P-B) - #3 P-B; #1 E-U/Bel./CA/Esp/Fr/Italie/Afr. du Sud; #2 All.
• Mighty Joe - The Shocking Blue - #1 P-B; #43 E-U
• The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel - #7 E-U; #6 R-U
• Bongo Man - Paul Simul (B)
• My Way - Frank Sinatra - #27 E-U, #4 R-U
• I Want To Take You Higher/Stand - Sly & The Family Stone #22 E-U (03/69) E-U #38, 06/70!!!/E-U #22, 05/69
• Hot Fun in the Summertime - Sly & The Family Stone - #2 E-U
• Afterglow Of Your Love/Wham! Bam! Thank You Ma'm - Small Faces #36 R-U, #19 P-B
• Baby It's You - Smith - #5 E-U
• Love At First Sight (Je T'aime… Moi Non Plus) - Sounds Nice #18 R-U
• Games People Play - Joe South - #12 E-U; #6 R-U
• I Got A Line On You - Spirit #25 E-U
• The Windmills Of Your Mind - Dusty Springfield (R-U) #31 E-U [L'Affaire Thomas Crown)
• Are You Growing Tired Of My Love - The Status Quo #46 R-U
• Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye - Steam - #1 E-U/Ca/Bel.
• Rock Me - Steppenwolf - #7 E-U
• Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf - #30 R-U
• Monster - Steppenwolf - #39 E-U
• Move Over - Steppenwolf - #31 E-U
• Twenty-Five Miles - Edwin Starr - #6 E-U
• Along Came Jones - Ray Stevens - #27 E-U
• All Together Now - Sweet Feeling (B)
• Take Care of Your Homework - Johnnie Taylor - #20 E-U
• Ma Belle Amie - Tee Set (P-B) - #6 P-B; #5 E-U/Bel.
• I Can't Get Next to You - The Temptations - #1 E-U
• I Spy (For The FBI) - Jamo Thomas And His Party Brothers Orchestra (E-U, 1966) - #44 R-U
• One - Three Dog Night - #5 E-U
• Easy To Be Hard - Three Dog Night - #4 E-U (extrait de la comédie musicale "Hair")
• Something in the Air - Thunderclap Newman - #1 R-U; #37 E-U; #7 CA; #13 All.; #14 P-B
• Hello World - The Tremeloes - #14 R-U
• (Call Me) Number One - The Tremeloes - #2 R-U; #1 Afr. du Sud/Bel.; #10 All.; #19 P-B
• You Showed Me - The Turtles - #6 E-U
• Mah-Na-Mah_Na - Piero Umiliani (B.O.F. "Sweden Heaven And Hell")
• Birthday - Underground Sunshine - #26 E-U
• Need Love - Vanilla Fudge (E-U)
• Early in the Morning - Vanity Fare - #12 E-U
• Hawaii Five-O - The Ventures - #4 E-U
• Looky Looky/Town Of Tuxley - The Vipers (B)
• No, Not Much - The Vogues - #3 E-U
• What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) - Jr. Walker & The All-Stars - #4 E-U; #13 R-U
• These Eyes - Junior Walker & The All-Stars - #16 E-U
• Love - Wallace Collection (B) - #17 Belgique
• Dear Beloved Secratary - Wallace Collection - #7 Bel.
• Parlez-Moi D'Amour - Wallace Collection - 12/69 (B.O.F. "La Maison")
• This Girl's In Love with You - Dionne Warwick - #7 E-U
• Do You Know the Way to San José - Dionne Warwick - #11 E-U
• The April Fools - Dionne Warwick - #37 E-U
• Odds And Ends - Dionne Warwick - #43 E-U
• You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'- Dionne Warwick - #16 E-U
• I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Dionne Warwick - #6 E-U, 02/70
• Polk Salad Annie - Tony Joe White - #8 E-U; #3 Canada
• Pinball Wizard - The Who - #4 R-U; 19 E-U
• I'm Free - The Who - #37 E-U; #18 All.; #23 P-B
• In the Year 2525 - Whichwhat (R-U)
• Abergavenny - Marty Wilde (R-U, 1968) - #47 E-U, 1969
• I Don't Know Why/My Cherie Amour - Stevie Wonder - #39 E-U/ #4 E-U; #14 R-U/#4 R-U
• Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday - Stevie Wonder - #7 E-U; #17 R-U
• Get Together - The Youngbloods - #5 E- U
• In the Year 2525 - Zager & Evans - #1 E-U/Bel./R-U/Ca/P-B/All.; #5 France
• Time of the Season - The Zombies - #3 E-U

Succès de l'année en France

• La Maritza - Sylvie Vartan
• Eloïse - Barry Ryan
• Vesoul - Jacques Brel
• Le Métèque - Georges Moustaki
• Ma France - Jean Ferrat
• Le sirop typhon - Richard Anthony
• Tous les bateaux, tous les oiseaux - Michel Polnareff
• C'est extra - Léo Ferré
• Je t'aime… moi non plus - Jane Birkin et Serge Gainsbourg
• Que je t'aime - Johnny Hallyday
• Les Champs-Élysées - Joe Dassin
• Wight is Wight - Michel Delpech
• Petit bonheur - Adamo
• Lindbergh - Robert Charlebois et Louise Forestier
• Oncle Jo - Sheila
• Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da - The Beatles
• Come Together - The Beatles
• With a Little Help from My Friends - Joe Cocker
• I Started a Joke - Bee Gees
• Sympathy for the Devil - The Rolling Stones
• My Way - Frank Sinatra
• Oh Happy Day - Edwin Hawkins Singers
• Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
• Reste - Claude François

Succès de l'année au Québec

• Éloïse - Donald Lautrec
• Comme un garçon - Chantal Renaud
• Lindbergh - Robert Charlebois et Louise Forestier
• À t'aimer - Michel Pagliaro
• Que je t'aime - Johnny Hallyday
• Space Oddity - David Bowie
• Sugar Sugar - The Archies
• Down On The Corner - Creedence Clearwater Revival
• Come Together - The Beatles
• Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon

Naissances

• 5 janvier : Brian Warner, alias Marilyn Manson
• 14 janvier : Dave Grohl (Nirvana, Foo Fighters)
• 1^er février : Joshua Redman
• 12 février : Anna Pernilla Nynäshamn, alias Meja
• 5 mars : Claude M'Barali, alias MC Solaar
• 25 mars : Dan Wilson, chanteur et guitariste américain
• 24 mai : Rich Robinson (The Black Crowes)
• 15 juin : O'Shea Jackson, alias Ice Cube
• 16 juin : Bruno Nicolini, alias Bénabar
• 26 juin : Colin Greenwood (Radiohead)
• 5 juillet : Robert Diggs, alias RZA
• 24 juillet : Jennifer Lopez
• 4 août : Max Cavalera (Sepultura, Soulfly)
• 6 août : Steven Paul Smith, alias Elliott Smith
• 12 août : Tanita Tikaram
• 5 septembre : Dweezil Zappa
• 16 septembre : Marco Antonio Muñiz, alias Marc Anthony
• 17 septembre : Keith Flint, Alias Flint
• 19 septembre : Alkínoos Ioannídis, chanteur chypriote grec
• 3 octobre : Gwen Stefani (No Doubt)
• 9 octobre : PJ (Polly Jean) Harvey
• 2 novembre : Reginal « Fieldy Snuts » Arvizu (KoЯn)
• 3 novembre : Robert Miles
• 4 novembre : Sean John Combs, alias Puff Daddy
• 14 novembre: Bradley Glenn Walker III alias Butch Walker
• 4 décembre : Shawn Carter, alias Jay-Z
• 29 décembre : George Fisher chanteur américain de death metal
• 30 décembre : Jay (Jason) Kay (Jamiroquai)

date non précisée :

• Axel Krygier, musicien argentin.

Décès

• 22 juin : Judy Garland
• 3 juillet : Brian Jones (The Rolling Stones)
• 3 octobre : Nehemiah Curtis James, alias Skip James

Récompenses

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Grammy Awards (États-Unis)

• Best New Artist: Jose Feliciano
• Best Pop Album: The Graduate - Simon & Garfunkel
• Best Pop Song: Light My Fire, Jose Feliciano

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