- 30 Courtland Street SE (at Gilmer Street), Atlanta GA
- Capacity: 5000
- Note: The building, built 1909, was sold to Georgia State University in 1979.
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Atlanta Municipal Auditorium Photo: Special Collections Department, Pullen Library, Georgia State University |
- Steppenwolf - January 10
- Jerry Lee Lewis - January 17
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Merle Haggard, Bonnie Owens, The Strangers - March 14
- James Brown - March 16-17
- Santana, Allman Brothers Band, Insect Trust - March 19
- Allman Brothers Band - March 26
- B.B. King, Judy Clay, Wild Man Steve & His Revue - April 6
- Johnny Winter - April 12
- Delaney & Bonnie & Friends, Norman Greenbaum - April 30 (D&B refused to play, blaming sound system; Norman Greenbaum performed for small crowd, for free)
- Pink Floyd, The Guess Who - May 12
- Van Morrison, Sabudi, Shelly Isaacs - May 14 (partial benefit for Community Center bail fund)
- The Who - June 22
- Steppenwolf, Chakra - August 3
- Fleetwood Mac, Hampton Grease Band - August 20
- Jefferson Airplane, Radar, Glen McKay's Head Lights - August 24
- Mountain, Mylon LeFevre, Joel Osner - October 8
- Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Chakra, David Kennedy & Fire Power - October 22
- Bloodrock, Hydra, Rusha - October 31
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Sonny James & his Country Gentlemen, Ray Price & his Cherokee Cowboys, Compton Brothers - November 28
- Ten Years After, Stonehenge - December 1
- The Band - December 10
- The Temptations, Carla Thomas, The Bar-Kays - December 19
- The Amboy Dukes, Bob Seger System, MC-5 - December 29
1971
- Allman Brothers Band, Hampton Grease Band - January 16
- James Taylor, Carole King, Jo Mama - March 2
- Eric Burdon & War - March 11
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Conway Twitty, Bill Anderson, Tom T. Hall, Bobby Bare, Jan Howard, Bobby Johnson & The Swinging Gentlemen - March 13
- Blood, Sweat & Tears - March 25
- Small Faces "featuring Rod Stewart," Savoy Brown, The Grease Band - March 30
- Alice Cooper, Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Brownsville Station - April 1
- Jethro Tull, Brethren, Younguns - April 13
- Judy Collins - April 17
- Mountain, Procol Harum, Hydra - April 29
- Johnny Winter, Booger - May 15
- "Super Heavy Blues Express" - Big Mama Thornton, John Lee Hooker, T-Bone Walker, Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Al Hibbler - May 16
- Elton John, Mark-Almond - June 8
- Edgar Winter's White Trash, Mott The Hoople, J. Geils Band - June 17
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Conway Twitty & The Twitty Birds, Loretta Lynn & The Nashville Tennesseans, Dave Dudley & The Roadrunners, Anthony Armstrong Jones - June 26
- Melanie, Janey & Dennis - June 30
- Black Sabbath, Blues Project - July 7
- Allman Brothers Band, Cowboy (7:30pm), Hampton Grease Band (2:30pm) - July 17 (2 shows)
- Bloodrock, Savage Grace, Robert Savage Group - July 22
- Mother Earth, Doobie Brothers - August 2
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Humble Pie - August 4
- Faces "featuring Rod Stewart," Southern Comfort - August 5
- Ten Years After - August 11
- John Sebastian, Savage Grace - August 12
- James Gang, Mylon, Smoo's Barn Dance - August 17
- Leon Russell, Freddie King - August 18
- Savoy Brown - September 2
- Alice Cooper, Lee Michaels - September 11
- Long John Baldry, Cactus, Savoy Brown - September 23
- It's A Beautiful Day, Boz Scaggs - October 16
- Traffic, Fairport Convention - October 18
- Mountain, J. Geils Band, Stray Dog - October 27
- Cat Stevens, Mimi & Tom - November 10
- Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage - November 11
- David Cassidy - November 13
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer; Yes - November 22
- The Who - November 23
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Sonny James & The Country Gentlemen, Freddy Weller - November 27
- Canned Heat, Gary Wright, REO Speedwagon - December 15
- Bloodrock, Spirit, Crabby Appleton - December 20
- Alice Cooper, Redbone, White Witch - January 8
- Smokey Robinson, Georgia Prophets - January 20
- Quicksilver Messenger Service, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Malo featuring David Santana - January 24
- Allman Brothers Band, Alex Taylor - January 25
- Traffic, J.J. Cale - January 31
- Melanie - February 16
- Ike & Tina Turner Revue, Wet Willie - February 19
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - Waylon Jennings & The Waylors, Freddie Hart, Jim Ed Brown & The Gems, Stonewall Jackson & The Minutemen, Barbara Mandrell & The Mandrells - March 11
- Joe Cocker - March 21
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - March 28
- The Guess Who - April 5
- Humble Pie, Alexis Corner, Edgar Winter - April 6
- Jethro Tull, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band - April 27
- Jackson 5 - May 8
- Chicago - May 15
- Black Sabbath - June 19
- The Staple Singers, Joe Simon, Stylistics- July 13
- "Rock & Roll Revival" - Bill Haley & The Comets, The Coasters, Chubby Checker, Gary U.S. Bonds, Freddie Cannon, Bobby Comstock & The Comstock Ltd - July 15
- Rare Earth - July 18
- Leon Russell - July 20
- Black Sabbath - July 22
- Badfinger, Bloodrock, Kindred - August 3
- Jackson 5 - August 7
- James Gang, Captain Beyond - August 14
- Deep Purple, Fleetwood Mac, Silverhead - August 28-29
- Allman Brothers Band, Wet Willie (8/30), Eric Quincy Tate (8/31) - August 30-31
- The Al Green Review, The Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose, Herb Jubrit - September 16
- T. Rex, Doobie Brothers - September 23
- Yes, Eagles - September 30
- Brother Bait, performing "Tommy" - October 10
- Ten Years After - October 12
- B.B. King, Bobby Womack with Peace, Eric Quincy Tate - November 6
- The Hollies, Raspberries, Danny O'Keefe - November 8
- New Riders of The Purple Sage, Eric Quincy Tate - November 14
- "Bluegrass Music Spectacular" - Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Osborne Brothers, Jim & Jesse, Ralph Stanley, Lewis Family, Jimmy Martin, Mac Wiseman, Reno-Harrell, James Monroe, Clyde Moody, Curly Seckler - November 18 (12 hours!)
- The Supremes, Jackson 5 - December 1
- Humble Pie - December 14
- Edgar Winter, Wild Turkey - December 16
1973
- Rare Earth - January 20
- Charley Pride, Freddie Hart - January 27
- The Delfonics - February 10
- Traffic, John Martyn, Free - February 14
- Johnny Rivers, Brewer & Shipley - February 15
- Stephen Stills & Manassas - February 17
- Uriah Heep, Silverhead, Spooky Tooth - February 22
- Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention, Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - February 26
- "WPLO Shower of Stars" - George Jones, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings - March 10
- Pink Floyd - March 24
- Loggins & Messina, Doobie Brothers - March 29
- Stephen Stills & Manassas - April 2
- Wishbone Ash, Vinegar Joe, Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - April 26
- Chi-Lites, The O-Jays, The Main Ingredient, Detroit Emeralds, Moments, Millie Jackson - May 2
- David Gates & Bread - May 3
- Waylon Jennings - May 12
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Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge - May 28
- George Carlin - June 21
- Ike & Tina Turner - July 12
- Black Oak Arkansas, Jo Jo Gunne - July 14
- Beck, Bogert & Appice; Dr John - July 16
- Curtis Mayfield - July 19
- "CTI Summer Festival" - Esther Phillips, Milt Jackson, Hubert Laws, Hank Crawford, Johnny Hammond, Eric Gale, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Bob James, Ralph McDonald, CTI Strings, Frankie Crocker MC - July 21
- Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Speck Rhodes & The Wagonmasters - July 28
- Cactus - August 3
- Kool and The Gang, Ebony - August 5
- Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons - August 11
- Roger McGuinn - August 22
- Sha Na Na, Wet Willie - August 23
- Roy Buchanan - September 6
- Al Green, Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose - September
- ZZ Top, Albert King - September 29
- Yes, Eagles - September 30
- Mott The Hoople, Aerosmith, New York Dolls - October 4
- Pat Boone - October 9
- Ten Years After - October 10
- Joe Walsh, Paul Butterfield Blues Band, REO Speedwagon - October 11
- Steve Miller Band - October 17
- Arlo Guthrie - October 21
- John Denver - October 25
- Conway Twitty, Loretta Lynn - October 27
- John Mayall, Ballin' Jack - November 1
- Freddie King, Tower of Power, Sylvester & The Hot Band - November 14
- John McLaughlin & The Mahavishnu Orchestra, Argent, Papa John Creech - November 21
- "Shower of Stars" - Hank Williams, Barbara Mandrell, Tom T. Hall, Johnny Rodriguez - November 24
- David Crosby & Graham Nash, David Blue - November 28
1974
- Slade, Brownsville Station - January 16
- Emerson, Lake & Palmer - January 24
- Billy Preston - February 14
- Dave Mason, James Gang - February 21
- B.B. King, Bobby Blue Bland, Ann Peebles - February 25
- Foghat, Maggie Bell, Frampton's Camel - March 27
- Beach Boys - April 11
- King Crimson, Grin - April 13
- Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Climax Blues Band - May 6
- Procol Harum, Renaissance - May 8
- Slade, 10cc, Brownsville Station - June 5
- "Guitar Battle of the Century" - Ted Nugent & The Amboy Dukes, Cactus featuring Mike Pinera - July 26
- Foghat, Brownsville Station - August 5
- Choice, Stories, Brother Louie - August 19
- Mountain - August 21
- New York Dolls, White Witch - September 7
- Joe Cocker - September 9
- Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt - October 31
- Lou Reed - November 7
- Dave Mason, Poco - November 16