This article contains a time line of events related to Warren Zevon.
1940s
- January 24, 1947: Warren Zevon is born to William "Stumpy" Zevon and Beverly Cope Simmons in Chicago, Illinois.
1950s
TBD
1960s
- 1963: Warren quits high school and moves to New York to become a folk singer.
- 1964: Warren Zevon and Violet Santangelo form lyme & cybelle
- 1966: lyme & cybelle release three singles on the White Label. "Follow Me" becomes a minor hit (#65 in 1966).
- Warren leaves lyme & cybelle, replaced by Wayne Erwin.
- 1969: Warren releases his first studio album Wanted Dead or Alive. The track "She Quit Me" is used in the film Midnight Cowboy as "He Quit Me".
- August 7, 1969: Jordan Zevon is born to Warren and Marilyn Livingston Dillow.
- Disappointing sales of Wanted Dead or Alive prompt Zevon to abandon music production and work as a live performer, during such a job in Spain he and former mercenary David Lindell formed a close friendship and together wrote "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner".
1970s
- 1976: Warren returns to the music production business with the album Warren Zevon, produced by his friend and fellow singer/songwriter Jackson Browne.
1980s
- Stand in the Fire
- Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School
- The Envoy
- A Quiet Normal Life: The Best of Warren Zevon
- 1984: Warren Zevon and three quarters of R.E.M. form Hindu Love Gods.
- Sentimental Hygiene
- Hindu Love Gods: Hindu Love Gods
- Transverse City
1990s
- 1990: Hindu Love Gods is disbanded.
- Learning to Flinch
- Mr. Bad Example
- Mutineer
2000s
- Life'll Kill Ya
- My Ride's Here
- Genius: The Best of Warren Zevon
- VH1: Warren Zevon: Keep Me in Your Heart
- The Wind
- September 7, 2003: Warren Zevon dies of terminal mesothelioma, aged 56, at his home in Los Angeles, California.
- The First Sessions
- Ariel Zevon: Local Agricultural Community Exchange
- Enjoy Every Sandwich: Songs of Warren Zevon
- Jordan Zevon: Jordan Zevon
- Hurry Home Early: the Songs of Warren Zevon
- Paul Muldoon: "Sillyhow Stride"
- Reconsider Me: The Love Songs
- Preludes: Rare and Unreleased Recordings
- Crystal Zevon: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
- Jordan Zevon: Insides Out