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Music History Events: Recordings

September 23, 1973 Elvis Presley records "I Miss You" and "Are You Sincere?"

September 9, 1973 Following up on his plan to use the concert audience for the background vocals on the left stereo channel for his song "Sons Of 1984," Todd Rundgren records the crowd at a show in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, which is disrupted because of a pot bust. The right channel vocals came from a show in New York.

June 23, 1973 B.W. Stevenson records "My Maria."

June 17, 1973 Dolly Parton records "I Will Always Love You," a song written about her mentor, Porter Wagoner.

May 11, 1973 Stevie Wonder records "Higher Ground."

June 9, 1972 After several years playing the New Jersey bar scene, Bruce Springsteen signs with Columbia Records and begins recording his first album, Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J.

May 22, 1972 The Guess Who record their Live At The Paramount album in Seattle, Washington.

March 29, 1972 Elvis Presley records "Always On My Mind" and "It's A Matter Of Time."

March 28, 1972 Elvis Presley records "Burning Love" and "Fool."

March 20, 1972 Ringo Starr records "Back Off Boogaloo."

January 13, 1972 Aretha Franklin performs the first of two concerts at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles that are recorded for her live album Amazing Grace, which sells over 2 million copies when it is released in June. Film footage is also shot, but the documentary doesn't appear until 2019, after Franklin's death.

December 20, 1971 The Main Ingredient records "Everybody Plays The Fool."

November 18, 1971 Procul Harum record their album Procol Harum Live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra. The extracted version of "Conquistador" climbs to #16 the following year.

June 10, 1971 Elvis Presley records "My Way," and "I'll Be Home On Christmas Day."

June 7, 1971 Don McLean records "Vincent."

June 6, 1971 John Lennon makes his first stage appearance since 1969 when he and Yoko Ono jam with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the Fillmore East in New York. The show is recorded and released as a bonus disc with the Lennon/Ono album Some Time In New York City.

May 31, 1971 Badfinger record "Day After Day."

March 20, 1971 Elvis Presley records "I'm Leavin'," "We Can Make The Morning," "I Shall Be Released," "It's Only Love," and "I Will Be True."

March 19, 1971 Elvis Presley records "Miracle Of The Rosary," "Seeing Is Believing," "It's Still Here," "I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen," and "I Will Be True."

February 16, 1971 Aretha Franklin records "Spanish Harlem."

February 7, 1971 Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor record backup vocals for Neil Young's "Heart Of Gold," which becomes his biggest hit.

January 15, 1971 Chase records "Get It On."

December 17, 1970 Andy Williams records "Theme From Love Story."

November 20, 1970 The Kinks' Ray Davies flies to London to re-record a section of the lead vocals for the group's latest single, "Apeman." Radio stations are objecting to the line "The air pollution is foggin' up my eyes," claiming "foggin'" sounds too much like another f-word.

November 8, 1970 Jim Morrison of The Doors makes the spoken-word recordings which would later become the basis of the group's album An American Prayer.

September 26, 1970 Returning to Abbey Road studios in London, ex-Beatle John Lennon begins work on his first proper solo album, John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band.

September 25, 1970 Janis Joplin records "Me And Bobby McGee" at Sunset Sound Studios in Hollywood. She dies nine days later from a drug overdose at age 27.

June 23, 1970 Ringo Starr records Beaucoups Of Blues.

June 5, 1970 Bob Dylan records "If Dogs Run Free," "Went To See The Gypsy," "What It's All About," "Winterlude," "I Forgot To Remember," "The Man In Me," "Father Of Night," and "Lily Of The West (Flora)."

June 4, 1970 Elvis Presley records "Twenty Days And Twenty Nights," "I've Lost You," "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago," "The Sound Of Your Cry," "Faded Love," "The Fool," "A Hundred Years From Now," "Little Cabin On The Hill," and "Cindy, Cindy."