This is a summary of 1974 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year.

• 6 April - The 19th Eurovision Song Contest is staged at The Dome in Brighton. The winning Swedish group ABBA, go on to be the top-selling act of the decade.
• 7 May - Led Zeppelin announce their new record label, Swan Song Records, with a lavish party at The Four Seasons Hotel in New York.
• 19 June – Alan Bush's 1950 opera Wat Tyler receives its UK première at Sadler's Wells Theatre, the only time one of Bush's operas has been staged in the UK.^[1]
• 20 July – The first Knebworth Concert is held, headlined by The Allman Brothers Band.
• 2 November – George Harrison launches his "George Harrison & Friends North American Tour" in Vancouver. It's Harrison's first tour since the Beatles North American Tour of 1966.
• 28 November – John Lennon joins Elton John on stage at Madison Square Garden for three songs. It would be Lennon's last stage performance.
• 12 December - Mick Taylor leaves The Rolling Stones after 6 years.

Between 2 January and 6 December 1974.

• Benjamin Britten - Suite on English Folk Tunes: 'A time there was...'

• Richard Rodney Bennett - Murder on the Orient Express, starring Albert Finney.
• Herbert Chappell - The Pallisers^[6]
• Andrew Lloyd Webber - The Odessa File.
• Stanley Myers - House of Whipcord directed by Pete Walker.

• 2 January – Ian Vine, composer
• 12 January – Melanie C, singer (Spice Girls)
• 7 February – Danny Goffey, singer-songwriter and drummer (Supergrass, Babyshambles, The Jennifers, Lodger, and The Hotrats)
• 13 February – Robbie Williams, singer (Take That)
• 22 February
  • James Blunt, singer-songwriter
  • Chris Moyles, radio and television host
• 15 March – David Ross, singer (Bad Boys Inc)
• 23 March – David and Michael Smallwood, singers (Gemini)
• 1 April – Stuart Black, bassist (Menswear)
• 17 April – Victoria Beckham, singer (Spice Girls)
• 20 April – Tina Cousins, singer
• 3 May – Nick Keynes, bassist (Ultra)
• 7 May – Lynden David Hall, singer, songwriter, arranger, and record producer
• 3 June – Kelly Jones, singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 10 July – Simon White, guitarist (Menswear)
• 17 July – Laura Macdonald, Scottish saxophonist and composer
• 21 July – Terry Coldwell, singer (East 17)
• 5 August – Spike Dawbarn, singer (911)
• 8 August – Brian Harvey, singer (East 17)
• 18 August – Mark Baron, singer (Another Level)
• 9 September – Niall O'Neill, Irish singer (OTT)
• 22 September – G-Man, Trinidadian-born singer (MN8)
• 1 October – Keith Duffy, Irish singer (Boyzone)
• 4 November – Louise Nurding, singer and former member of Eternal
• 10 November – Heavenli Denton, singer (Honeyz)
• 23 November – Jacqui Blake, singer (Shampoo)
• 7 December – Nicole Appleton, Canadian-born singer (All Saints)
• 27 December – Tasha Baylis, drummer (Hepburn)
• date unknown
  • Matthew Jones, violist, violinist and composer
  • Sophie Viney, composer and arranger

• 1 April – Alfred Whitehead, English-born Canadian composer, organist, choirmaster, music educator and painter, 86
• 5 April – Jennifer Vyvyan, operatic soprano, 49 (bronchial condition)
• 28 April – Leslie Statham, composer and arranger,
• 5 May – Adge Cutler, folk musician, 42 (car accident)^[7]
• 8 May – Graham Bond, R&B musician, 36 (hit by train)
• 15 September – Thomas Fielden, pianist and teacher, 90
• November – Bessie Jones, musical theatre singer, 87
• 3 November – Victor Olof, violinist and conductor, 76
• 25 November – Nick Drake, singer/songwriter, 26 (overdose)

• 1974 in British radio
• 1974 in British television
• 1974 in the United Kingdom
• List of British films of 1974