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1971 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
Larry Ridley of DownBeat, with a 5 out of 5 rating, exclaimed "go out and buy this record and keep your eyes and ears open to Earth. Wind and Fire." Wind and Fire." [ 14 ] Al Rudis of the Chicago Sun Times found "Earth, Wind and Fire brings to mind Bossa nova , Sly and the Family Stone , Ray Conniff , Afro-Cuban music and The 5th Dimension ...
As with most of the songs on his Living in the Material World album, George Harrison wrote "Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)" over 1971–72. [4] During this period, he dedicated himself to assisting refugees of the Bangladesh Liberation War, [5] by staging two all-star benefit concerts in New York and preparing a live album and concert film for release. [6]
1971 was a year of major upheaval for Jefferson Airplane. Slick and Kantner had begun a relationship in 1970, and on January 25, 1971, their daughter China Wing Kantner ("Wing" was Slick's maiden name) was born. [90] [91] Slick's divorce from her first husband had recently become official, but she and Kantner agreed that they did not wish to marry.
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 1, 1971, lowering the voting age for all federal and state elections from 21 years to 18 years. The primary impetus for this change was the fact that young men were being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War before they were old enough to vote. [33]
The Need of Love is the second studio album by American band Earth, Wind & Fire, released in November 1971 by Warner Bros. Records. [2] The album reached No. 35 on the Billboard Top Soul Albums chart. [3] The Need of Love would be the band's final album for Warner Bros. until 1993's Millennium on Reprise Records.
In 1971, during a UCLA conference called "The Homosexual in America", Betty Berzon became the first psychotherapist in the country to come out as gay to the public. [64] Frank Kameny became the first openly gay candidate for the United States Congress [65] when he ran in the District of Columbia's first election for a non-voting Congressional ...
Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing. Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. February 11 – The U.S., United Kingdom, and the USSR (along with others) sign the Seabed Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. February 20