John Martyn 4 May 1974 Leicester Polytechnic
Iain David McGeachy OBE (11 September 1948 – 29 January 2009), known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio…
Junior Walker 30 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist (primarily saxophonist) and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the…
Gong 29 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
Autry DeWalt Mixon Jr. (June 14, 1931 – November 23, 1995), known professionally as Junior Walker, was an American multi-instrumentalist (primarily saxophonist) and vocalist who recorded for Motown during the…
Mick Ronson 28 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
Michael Ronson (26 May 1946 – 29 April 1993) was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist…
Bill Haley 28 April – 4 May 1974 Baileys Leicester
William John Clifton Haley ( July 6, 1925 – February 9, 1981) was an American rock and roll musician. He is credited by many with first popularizing this form of…
Zoot Money’s Big Roll Band 27 April 1974 Leicester Polytechnic
Quite simply the biggest character on the British rhythm and blues scene since the early 1960s, Zoot Money was born George Bruno Money on 17 July 1942 in Bournemouth, Dorset,…
Detroit Emeralds 24 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
The song for which they are now best remembered, “Feel the Need in Me”, reached number 22 US R&B in 1973, and a new longer version four years later also…
Helen Shapiro- 21 April – 26 April 1974 Baileys Leicester
Helen Kate Shapiro (born 28 September 1946) is a British pop and jazz singer and actress. While still a teenager in the early 1960s, she was one of Britain’s most…
Mud 21 April 1974 De Montfort Hall Leicester
Mud are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966. Their earlier success came in a pop and then glam rock style, while later hits were influenced by 1950s…
Medicine Head Leicester University 20 April 1974
Medicine Head were a British blues rock band – initially a duo – active in the 1970s. Their biggest single success was in 1973 with “One and One Is One”,…