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Top 12 Artists Who Released their Debut Recording in 1975


These artists released their first recording in 1975, which made them first eligible for the 2001 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. Artists aleady inducted in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame are highlighted in orange.

1. AC/DC
2. Patti Smith
3. Television
4. Journey
5. Pere Ubu
6. DJ Kool Herc
7. Grace Jones
8. Ted Nugent
9. Rainbow
10. The Alan Parsons Project
11. Leon Redbone
12. Laurie Anderson

Essential Debut Albums from 1975

Albums (?)Wikipedia
AC/DCT.N.T.☆
Natalie ColeInseparable☆
Patti SmithHorses☆
RainbowRitchie Blackmore's Rainbow☆
The TubesThe Tubes☆
Tommy BolinTeaser☆

Essential Debut Songs from 1975

Songs (?)Wikipedia
AC/DCT.N.T.☆
AC/DCIt's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n' Roll)☆
Eric CarmenAll By Myself☆
Natalie ColeThis Will Be (An Everlasting Love)☆
Patti SmithGloria☆
Patti SmithRedondo Beach☆
Patti SmithFree Money☆
Patti SmithLand: Horses/Land of a Thousand Dances/La Mer(de)☆
Pere Ubu30 Seconds Over Tokyo☆
RainbowMan On The Silver Mountain☆
RainbowTemple of the King☆
Ted NugentStranglehold☆
The Captain & TennilleLove Will Keep Us Together☆

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