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May 24, 1977 At Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, Emerson, Lake & Palmer begin an extravagant, 11-month tour with a 70-piece orchestra, 63 roadies, a choir and a karate instructor for drummer Carl Palmer. The tour is a stunning spectacle, but a financial disaster.
May 23, 1977 When San Francisco outlaws "electronic instruments" in public, a free Jefferson Airplane concert in Golden Gate Park is canceled.
May 21, 1977 Stevie Wonder hits #1 in America with "Sir Duke," a tribute to Duke Ellington, who died in 1974.
May 21, 1977 Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album takes over the #1 spot in the US from the Eagles' Hotel California.
May 13, 1977 Hustler magazine offers Linda Ronstadt (and nine other celebrities) $1 million to pose nude in the magazine. She declines.
May 13, 1977 Rapper Pusha T is born Terrence LeVarr Thornton in the Bronx borough of New York City. He grows up in the suburbs of Virginia Beach, Virginia, where he and his older brother, Gene (aka No Malice) form the hip-hop duo Clipse and write street songs about their experiences as drug dealers. As a solo artist, he's crowned the King of Coke Rap with singles like "Nosetalgia" and "Neck & Wrist."
May 7, 1977 Running 6:08 and loaded with metaphor and guitars, the Eagles' "Hotel California" tops the Hot 100.More
May 3, 1977 Paul Simon, Phoebe Snow, Jimmy Cliff and others perform a benefit for the New York Public Library.
May 3, 1977 Country singer Eric Church is born in Granite Falls, North Carolina. After forming a band called the Mountain Boys as a student at Appalachian State University, he moves to Nashville and releases his debut album, Sinners Like Me, in 2006. His star turn comes in 2011 with his album Chief, which includes two of his most enduring songs, "Drink In My Hand" and "Springsteen."
April 26, 1977 The most famous club of the disco era, Studio 54, opens for business at 254 West 54th Street in New York City. Over the next three years, celebrity guests include Cher, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Brooke Shields, and Liza Minnelli. Donald Trump and his wife, Ivana, attend on opening night.
April 26, 1977 Jim Steinman's play Neverland opens at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. Five months later, three of the songs he wrote for the production appear on Meat Loaf's seminal album Bat Out Of Hell, which would become one of the 10 best-selling albums of all time.
April 24, 1977 At the Volkshaus in Zurich, Talking Heads begin their first European tour, supporting their Sire labelmates The Ramones.
April 23, 1977 Thelma Houston's disco plea "Don't Leave Me This Way," originally recorded by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes in 1975, hits #1 in America.
April 21, 1977 ABC airs Frank Sinatra's TV special Frank Sinatra And Friends, featuring guest stars Natalie Cole and John Denver.
April 21, 1977 Having spent a full decade as a draft exile in Canada, singer-songwriter Jesse Winchester returns to the US.
April 15, 1977 The Stranglers' debut full-length album, Rattus Norvegicus, is released. Produced by Martin Rushent, the album spawns one of punk's all-time classics, "Peaches."
April 9, 1977 ABBA goes to #1 on the US singles chart with "Dancing Queen," the group's seventh US Top 40 hit and first #1. The song is also a #1 in the UK and 12 other countries.More
March 21, 1977 Iggy Pop plays The Agora in Cleveland with David Bowie guesting on keyboards. Members of the Ohio band Devo leave a demo tape for Pop, who loves it and passes it along to Bowie, leading to a record deal for the band, who make their first album the following year with Brian Eno producing.
March 6, 1977 Country-rap originator Bubba Sparxxx is born Warren Anderson Mathis in Troup County, Georgia.
March 5, 1977 Barbra Streisand's "Love Theme From A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" hits #1 in the US. The song was written for the 1976 film she starred in with Kris Kristofferson.
March 5, 1977 18-year-old Kate Bush writes "Wuthering Heights" after catching the end of a BBC adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel of the same name. The ethereal tune becomes her debut single the following year and hits #1 in the UK.
February 28, 1977 Country singer Jason Aldean is born Jason Aldine Williams in Macon, Georgia.
February 28, 1977 An audience member attacks Ray Charles onstage, trying to strangle him with a rope.
February 23, 1977 A federal jury rules that The Isley Brothers recorded "It's Your Thing" after leaving Motown Records and the label is not entitled to royalties.
February 21, 1977 At a concert stop at the Nassau Coliseum, every member of Kiss has some blood drawn. It's not for the Red Cross: the blood will be mixed with ink used to print the first Kiss comic book, which appears in June. The process from bloodletting to print is notarized for authenticity.
February 19, 1977 At the Grammy Awards, Stevie Wonder earns his third Album Of The Year trophy with Songs in the Key of Life. "I Write The Songs" by Barry Manilow wins Song Of The Year, an award that goes to Bruce Johnston, who wrote it.
February 19, 1977 Manfred Mann's Earth Band's cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Blinded By The Light" hits #1 in the US. It is the only Springsteen song ever to top the chart.
February 18, 1977 Fela Kuti's residence is sacked by nearly a thousand soldiers, inspiring his song "Zombie."
February 15, 1977 Sid Vicious joins The Sex Pistols.
February 12, 1977 Barbra Streisand's soundtrack album A Star Is Born hits #1 in the US. Her fourth album to top the tally - following People (1964), Stoney End (1971), and The Way We Were (1974) - it features the #1 hit "Evergreen."
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