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

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

|August || 26. || Tommy Tokyo || || sanger, gitarist og låtskriver || align=center|50 || align=center| || |- |Desember || 2. || Jüri Reinvere || || klassisk komponist, dikter og essayist || align=center| || align=center| || Reinvere, Jüri (1971-....) i BNF

Dødsfall

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

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

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