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1 Events
2 Albums released
3 Top hits on record
4 Published popular music
5 Classical music
6 Opera
7 Musical theater
8 Musical films
9 Births
10 Deaths
11 Awards
11.1 Grammy Awards
11.2 Eurovision Song Contest
See also: 1968 in music, other events of 1969, 1970 in music, 1960s in music and the list of 'years in music'

1 Events

Perhaps the most famous musical events of 1969 are two legendary concerts. At a Rolling Stones concert in Altamont, California, a fan was stabbed to death by Hell's Angels, a biker gang that had been hired to provide security for the event. In retrospect, many commentators have concluded that the violence signalled the failure of the so-called " hippies", who espoused an ethos of free love and peace. Even more famous than the Altamont concert is Woodstock, which consisted of dozens of the most famous performers in the world at the time, playing together in an atmosphere of peace with nature and love, with many thousands of concertgoers; it is still one of the largest concerts in the history of the world.

Soul Shakedown was the debut album by Bob Marley & the Wailers, who would go on to become one of the most popular groups around the world. The album achieved very little popularity outside of the group's native country, Jamaica, but began establishing themselves as superstars there. Musically, Soul Shakedown is more ska than reggae, the style of music the Wailers would eventually make world-famous; the pioneering style of the music helped move ska and rocksteady towards reggae.

David BowieDavid Robert Jones (born January 8, 1947), better known as David Bowie is a profoundly influential British rock and roll musician, actor and artist, from the 1960s to the present. Early Years Bowie was born in Brixton, an area of London, but grew up in th's debut single, " Space OdditySpace Oddity was David Bowie's first hit single. It is about the launch of Major Tom, a fictional astronaut who mysteriously becomes lost in Outer Space. Released in 1969 to coincide with the Apollo 11 moon landing, it appears on the album of the same tit", became a huge hit in this year, partially due to the remarkable coincidence that it was released in the same year as American astronauts first landed on the moon. The song, the story of an astronaut named Major Tom who goes into space and is entranced by the beauty of seeing Earth from such a great distance and consequently lets himself float off into space, never again to return, was chosen by the BBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation BBC is primarily a national publicly-funded broadcaster based in the United Kingdom, which also has some international services. Some of the international services (such as BBC cable TV in America, Canada and elsewhere as the theme song for the television coverage of the moon landing. The remainder of the album, Man of Words/Man of Music , was too avant-garde for mainstream acceptance, though it established a devoted fanbase for Bowie, who would go on to become one of the most popular musicians in the world. King CrimsonKing Crimson is a musical group founded by guitarist Robert Fripp and drummer Michael Giles in 1968. Though its membership has fluctuated considerably during its lifetime, the band continues to perform and record music today. Their musical style has typic's In the Court of the Crimson KingIn the Court of the Crimson King is the title of a 1969 album by the British progressive rock group King Crimson. The album was enormously important and influential on the development of psychedelic, progressive rock, and heavy metal music. It combines ex is a pioneering album in the development of prog rock. The album drew upon influences like Procol HarumProcol Harum is a British progressive rock band, formed in the early 1960s. They are best known for their #1 single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", though they have had a devoted cult following throughout their career. The roots of Procol Harum are in a live ba, The Moody BluesThe Moody Blues were originally a British R&B-based band; they later became best known for psychedelic music and early prog rock. The Moody Blues originated in Birmingham, England. At the time, Ray Thomas and Mike Pinder were El Riot & the Rebels, a popul and The Nice to form an original sound melding rock and roll with classical influences in long, avant-garde pieces of music. Similar albums by The Moody Blues, Procol Harum and The Nice, as well as Genesis, Yes and Pink Floyd were also released this year, expanding the range of prog rock and developing it into a full-fledged genre. Miles Davis' Bitches Brew is widely considered the first successful full-fledged fusion of rock and roll and jazz, as well as being one of the most famous and well-remembered albums by Davis. The Stooges' eponymous debut, The Stooges , was also released this year to little critical or popular acceptance. The album, however, went on to become one of the most important recordings in the early development of punk rock. Johnny Cash's At San Quentin included his only Top Ten pop hit, " A Boy Named Sue". The album was a sequel to last year's At Folsolm Prison . Also in country music, Merle Haggard's Same Train, Different Time , a tribute to Jimmie Rodgers, was enormously popular and influenced the development of the Bakersfield sound into outlaw country within a few years. Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso released enormously popular albums in Brazil, Gilberto Gil and Caetano Veloso , respectively. The pair's fusion of bossa nova, samba and other native Brazilian folk influences, melded with politically and socially aware lyrics, kickstarted what came to be known as Tropicalia.

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