Year:1973

Bands Formed

 * KISS
 * Rose Royce
 * The Sugarhill Gang

Singles Released
Life on Mars? David Bowie

Search and Destroy The Stooges

Sweet Jane The Velvet Underground

Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn

Get Down Gilbert O'Sullivan

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia Vicki Lawrence

Broken Down Angel Nazareth

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree Tony Orlando & Dawn

One Man Band (Plays All Alone) Ronnie Dyson

Albums Released

 * Quadrophenia Who

Other Events

 * Lee Perry
 * Builds the Black Ark studios
 * [Larry Levan
 * The resident DJ at the Continental Baths walks out and the owner tells light-man Larry Levan that he’s got six hours to find a record collection. Levan becomes resident. The nightclub soundtrack of Motown and Soul gives way to Gamble and the Huff’s Philly sound. MFSB release; ‘Love Is The Message’ typifies gay clubbing in NYC. Disco as a genre is born with the success of Soul Makossa, based on its club play at the Loft.


 * First article on [[disco]]
 * MEDIA - Discotheque Rock '72: Paaaaarty! - Vince Aletti in Rolling Stone. The first major article citing disco and its music. Discotheques Break Singles - The first major mention of disco in a trade publication. This appeared in Billboard Magazine in late September.