1973
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Art and culture
Film
- Don't Look Now by Nicolas Roeg
- Fantastic Planet by René Laloux
- La Grande Bouffe by Marco Ferreri
- The Mother and the Whore by Jean Eustache
- Score by Radley Metzger
- Soylent Green by Richard Fleischer
- Themroc by Claude Faraldo
- Turkish Delight by Paul Verhoeven
- The Exorcist William Friedkin
- Sisters Brian De Palma
- The Wicker Man Robin Hardy
- Paper Moon Peter Bogdanovich
- American Graffiti George Lucas
- Heavy Traffic Ralph Bakshi
- Can dialectics break bricks? by René Viénet
Literature
Fiction
Music
- 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 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.
Albums
- Here Come the Warm Jets by Brian Eno
- Upsetters 14 Dub Blackboard Jungle by Lee Perry
- King Tubby stereo dub album 'Blackboard Jungle'
- Catch a Fire - Bob Marley
- Wild and Peaceful - Kool & The Gang
- Funky Kingston - Toots & The Maytals
- Coffy - Roy Ayers
- Space is the Place - Sun Ra
- Cosmic Slop - Funkadelic
- Chuck Mangione - Land of Make Believe
- African Herbsman - Bob Marley
- The New York Dolls - New York Dolls
- Milagre Dos Peixes - Milton Nascimento
- Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters
- Skull Snaps
- John Martyn - Solid Air
Singles
- Cala Boca Menino by João Donato.
- Summer (The First Time) by Bobby Goldsboro
- Jolene by Dolly Parton
- Love Is the Message by MFSB
- Koke by Tribe
- Hurts So Good by Millie Jackson
- Le Serpent by Guem
- Same Beat by The J.B.'s.
- The Bottle by Gil Scott-Heron
- C'est normal by Brigitte Fontaine and Areski
- Apache/Bongo Rock by the Incredible Bongo Band
- Space Is the Place by Sun Ra
- For the Love of Money by the O'Jays
- Pillow Talk by Sylvia Robinson
- Melting Pot by Boris Gardiner
- Entre dos aguas by Paco de Lucía
- Love and Happiness by First Choice
- Wild Safari by Barrabás
- Woman by Barrabás
- Sexy Mama by The Moments
- Human by Brief Encounter
- My Hang Up is You by Skull Snaps
- I'll Always Love My Mama by The Intruders
- Yellow Sunshine by Yellow Sunshine
- Land of Make Believe by Chuck Mangione
- The Love I Lost by Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes
Art
- Rock Dreams, a book of paintings by Guy Peellaert with text by Nik Cohn
- Manet's Olympia by Mel Ramos
Births
Deaths
- Carlo Mollino (1905 - 1973)
- Elsa Schiaparelli (1890 - 1973)
- Max Horkheimer (1895 - 1973)
- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- Robert Smithson (1938 - 1973)
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