1977 in music

none June 2018 April 2019 1977 1977 music radio television film This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1977. It marked the peak of vinyl record sales in the United States, which declined in the following decades before experiencing a resurgence in the 21st century.https://www.riaa.com/u-s-sales-database/ U.S. Sales Database Recording Industry Association of America Specific locations 1977 in American music 1977 in British music 1977 in Japanese music 1977 in Norwegian music 1977 in Scandinavian music Specific genres 1977 in country music 1977 in heavy metal music 1977 in jazz 1977 in progressive rock Events January–February January 1 – The Clash headline the opening night of London's only punk rock club, The Roxy.https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30641500 Julien Temple on The Clash: 'The energy of punk is really needed now' BBC News 1 January 2015 27 January 2015 Vincent Dowdhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04w08p6 The Clash: New Year's Day '77 BBC Four 27 January 2015 January 6 – After releasing only one single for controversial English punk rock band the Sex Pistols, EMI terminates its contract with them in response to the band's disruptive behaviour on ITV's Today and later at London Heathrow Airport.http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/6/newsid_2476000/2476723.stm 1977: EMI fires Sex Pistols 2019-08-11 1977-02-06 On This Day BBC https://web.archive.org/web/20080307121725/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/january/6/newsid_2476000/2476723.stm 2008-03-07 live January 22 – German cellist Maria Kliegel makes her London debut at the Wigmore Hall, with a programme of Bach, Kodály, and Franck February 4 Paul Desmond gives his last concert with Dave Brubeck, in New York American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with a special hosted by Dick Clark; an "all-star band", performing "Roll Over Beethoven", is made up of Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts, Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie Daniels, Doc Severinsen, Les McCann, Donald Byrd, Chuck Mangione and three members of Booker T and the MGs February 14 – The B-52's give their first public performance at a party in Athens, Georgia February 15 – Sid Vicious replaces Glen Matlock as the bassist of the Sex Pistols. February 19 – The 19th Annual Grammy Awards are presented in Los Angeles, hosted for the final time by Andy Williams. Stevie Wonder's Songs in the Key of Life wins Album of the Year, George Benson's "This Masquerade" wins Record of the Year and Barry Manilow's "I Write the Songs" wins Song of the Year. Starland Vocal Band win Best New Artist. March–May March 1 – Sara Lowndes Dylan files for divorce from her husband of 11 years, Bob Dylan March 10 – A&M Records signs the Sex Pistols in a ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace; this contract is terminated on March 16 as a result of the band vandalizing property and verbally abusing employees during a visit to the record company's office April 21 – Jesse Winchester, who fled to Canada in January 1967 to avoid military service in Vietnam, performs a concert in Burlington, Vermont, his first on American soil in ten years having recently become free to return under the Presidential pardon given to all draft evaders April 24 – Several artists, including Joan Baez and Santana, perform at a free concert for 653 inmates of California's Soledad Prison April 26 – New York's disco Studio 54 opens. April 30 – Led Zeppelin sets a new world record attendance for an indoor solo attraction at the Pontiac Silverdome when 76,229 people attend a concert here on the group's 1977 North American Tour. May 2 – Elton John performs the first of six consecutive nights at London's Rainbow Theatre, his first concert in eight months May 7 – Having been postponed from April 2 because of a BBC technicians' strike, the 22nd Eurovision Song Contest finally goes ahead in London's Wembley Conference Centre: the winner is Marie Myriam representing France with "L'oiseau et l'enfant"; the British entry, Lynsey de Paul and Michael Moran's "Rock Bottom", comes 2nd May 12 Instruments made by all five members of the 17th- and 18th-century Guarneri family of violin makers are auctioned at Sotheby's, with the top price of £105,000 paid for an instrument made in 1738 by Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù Virgin Records announce that they have signed the Sex Pistols, the group having had contracts with two previous labels terminated in 4 months May 28 – Bruce Springsteen and Mike Appel reach an out-of-court settlement, ending the year-long legal battle that has blocked Springsteen's ability to record new music May 29 – Elvis Presley walks offstage in the middle of a concert in Baltimore, Maryland, the first time in his twenty-three year career he has done so; after receiving treatment from a physician, he reappears onstage thirty minutes later May 31 – The musical Beatlemania is premièred at the Winter Garden Theatre on Manhattan June–August June 7 The Nikikai Opera Foundation is founded in JapanAbout Tokyo Nikikai Opera Foundation. Accessed August 11, 2014. The Sex Pistols attempt to interrupt Silver Jubilee celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II by performing their version of "God Save the Queen" from a boat on the River Thames June 12 Guitarist Michael Schenker vanishes after a UFO concert at The Roundhouse in London (he is replaced for several months by Paul Chapman) The Supremes perform for the last time together at Drury Lane Theatre in London before officially disbanding. June 15 – The Snape Maltings Training Orchestra makes its London debut at St John's, Smith Square, London. June 18 – The first St Magnus Festival of the Arts, founded in Orkney by local resident, composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, opens with Davies's opera The Martyrdom of St Magnus.https://www.boosey.com/opera/moreDetails?musicID=5768 The Martyrdom of St Magnus (1976) Boosey & Hawkes 5 August 2025 June 20 – Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart drives his Porsche over the edge of a canyon, suffering multiple broken bones but surviving as a tree breaks his fall. June 26 – Elvis Presley gives his final concert, at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Earlier that day, he has received a plaque commemorating the two billionth pressing from RCA's record pressing plant in Camden, New Jersey. July 9 – Donna Summer's hit record "I Feel Love" is released in the UK; it is the first hit record to have an entirely synthesised backing track. July 13 – After a massive blackout hits New York City, NRBQ manages to play an all-acoustic set at The Bottom Line with flashlights taped to their microphone stands. July 22 – The first night of The Proms are broadcast in quadraphonic sound by BBC Radio 3 for the first time July 26 – Led Zeppelin cancels the last seven dates of their American tour after lead singer Robert Plant learns that his six-year-old son Karac has died of a respiratory virusThe Tragic Loss That Changed Led Zeppelin Forever http://ultimateclassicrock.com/led-zeppelin-robert-plant-son-dies/ Ultimate Classic Rock July 26, 2015 October 21, 2016 (The show two days before in Oakland proves to be the band's last in the United States) August 16 – Bing Crosby gives his final concert, in Brighton, UK, accompanied by Johnny Smith.Barnes Ken The Crosby Years Saint Martins Press New York 1980 57–60 978-0-312-17663-1 https://archive.org/details/crosbyyears00barn/page/57 August 17 – Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reports that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland for the funeral of Elvis Presley has surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history. August 18 – The funeral of Elvis Presley takes place at Graceland.Matthew-Walker Robert 1979 Elvis Presley. A Study in Music Midas Books 978-0-85936-162-0 26 August 20 – NASA's uncrewed probe Voyager 2 is launched carrying a golden record containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth, including the first movements of J. S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Guan Pinghu's Liu Shui, played on the guqin, and Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode".Lafrance Adrienne Solving the Mystery of Whose Laughter Is On the Golden Record https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/06/solving-the-mystery-of-whose-laughter-is-on-the-golden-record/532197/ 30 June 2017 The Atlantic 1 July 2017 September–December September 1 – World première at the Royal Albert Hall in London of the expanded version of Luciano Berio's Coro September 3 – Nearly 110,000 fans pack Englishtown Raceway in Old Bridge, New Jersey, United States, for an 11-hour concert by Grateful Dead, Marshall Tucker Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage.https://www.billboard.com/music/country/george-strait-breaks-concert-attendance-record-1235710814/ George Strait Breaks Attendance Record With Largest Concert Ever Held in the U.S. Billboard June 17, 2024 Dave Brooks June 15, 2024 September 15 – The third – and final – annual Rock Music Awards aired on NBC (Fleetwood Mac dominates, winning five awards while Linda Ronstadt receives the Best Rock Female Vocalist trophy for the third time October 3 – Elvis in Concert, a TV concert special filmed during Elvis Presley's final tour and released posthumously, is aired on CBS; Canadian Channel CKND-DT simulcasts it.http://home.online.no/~ov-egela/review77b.html Focus on Elvis: Elvis on Tour 1977 https://web.archive.org/web/20060104055737/http://home.online.no/~ov-egela/review77b.html 2006-01-04 October 5 – The bicentennial season of La Scala opens in Milan with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo.https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1977/12/09/opera-not-ceremony-at-la-scalas-bicentennial/85408fe3-f756-41eb-897d-6395276abca0/ Opera, Not Ceremony, at La Scala's Bicentennial December 8, 1977 Lon Tuck Washington Post November 29, 2024 October 9 – Aerosmith cancels several tour dates after Joe Perry and Steven Tyler are injured by an M-80 explosive thrown onstage at the Philadelphia Spectrum, burning Tyler's left cornea and cutting Perry's left hand October 20 – A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in a forest in Mississippi, killing songwriter & vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines, background vocalist Cassie Gaines and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick and seriously injuring many of the remaining band members.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719%2C5461935 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Rock band leader, five others killed in charter plane crash October 21, 1977 3A December 14, 2020 August 12, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210812124205/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,5461935 live October 28 British punk band Sex Pistols release Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols on the Virgin Records label. Despite refusal by major UK retailers to stock it, it debuts at number one on the UK Album Charts the week after its release. In a promotional stunt the group perform on a boat on the River Thames shortly afterwards, only for the police to wait for them and make several arrests, including that of Malcolm McLaren, the band's manager at this time. British rock band Queen release the album News of the World. October 31 – The original version of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Jahreslauf is premièred at the National Theatre of Japan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, by the Imperial Gagaku Ensemble November 12 – The 6th OTI Festival, held at the Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid auditorium, in Madrid, Spain, is won by the song "es Quincho Barrilete no", written by Carlos Mejía Godoy, and performed by Guayo González representing Nicaragua. November 25 – 10 Years of Rolling Stone, a television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine, airs on CBS in the United States; guests include Bette Midler, Art Garfunkel, Billy Preston, Melissa Manchester and Keith Moon November 30 – Bing Crosby's final Christmas television special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, airs on CBS (containing the notable segment of Crosby joined by David Bowie for the duet "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy") December 14 – Saturday Night Fever appears in movie theaters, igniting a new popularity for disco music and pushing it to the forefront of American pop culture, with the soundtrack to the film by Bee Gees (who have composed most of the tracks) December 17 – Elvis Costello makes his American television début on Saturday Night Live as a last-minute replacement for the Sex Pistols, who were refused visas to enter America; Costello is banned after substituting the scheduled performance of "Less than Zero" with "Radio, Radio" instead December 31 – The sixth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC and the United States, with performances by Ohio Players, Crystal Gayle, Kenny Rogers, KC and the Sunshine Band and Andy Gibb Also in 1977 "Bohemian Rhapsody" named "The Best Single Of The Last 25 Years" by BPI. The Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe begins its annual festival based on the music of George Frideric Handel. Luigi Sagrati becomes president of the Unione Musicisti di Roma. The IRCAM Center, a scientific institute for music and sound and avant-garde electro-acoustical art music, opens in Paris. Bands formed See :Category:Musical groups established in 1977 Bands reformed See :Category:Musical groups reestablished in 1977 Bands disbanded See :Category:Musical groups disestablished in 1977 Albums released January DayAlbumArtistNotes7 Queens of Noise The Runaways - Flight Log Jefferson Airplane Compilation10 Hard Again Muddy Waters - Leave Home Ramones -14 Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! Bootsy's Rubber Band - Low David Bowie -18 Deep in My Soul Smokey Robinson - An Evening with Diana Ross Diana Ross Live Playing the Fool Gentle Giant Live20 Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–2001 Whitburn Joel Joel Whitburn 2002 Record Research 42 Jimmy Buffett -21 Animals Pink Floyd -22 Sleeping Gypsy Michael Franks -- Dreams, Dreams, Dreams Chilliwack - Festival Santana - Forever for Now April Wine - Fountains of Light Starcastle - Joe Ely Joe Ely - Kenny Rogers Kenny Rogers- The Last Gunfighter Ballad Johnny Cash - The Light of Smiles Gary Wright - Lost Without Your Love Bread - Miracle Row Janis Ian - Novella Renaissance US Sammy Hagar Sammy Hagar - Cardiac Arrest Cameo Debut February DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Cheap Trick Cheap Trick Debut Rumours Fleetwood Mac US Ra Utopia - The World Starts Tonight Bonnie Tyler Debut Love at the Greek Neil Diamond Live8 Marquee Moon Television Debut11 Bullinamingvase Roy Harper - New Harvest – First Gathering Dolly Parton - Songs from the Wood Jethro Tull -15 Fingerprince The Residents -18 Damned Damned Damned The Damned Debut Don't Waste It Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons Debut Glorious Gloria Gaynor -21 (I'm) Stranded The Saints -22 Unpredictable Natalie Cole -25 Peter Gabriel Peter Gabriel Solo debut Something Magic Procol Harum - Ultravox! Ultravox Debut- In Your Mind Bryan Ferry - Sleepwalker The Kinks - Stay in Love Minnie Riperton - Body Love Klaus Schulze Soundtrack Next Journey - On Earth as It Is in Heaven Angel - A Place in the Sun Pablo Cruise - Sunshine Dragon - Southern Nights Glen Campbell - Freeways Bachman–Turner Overdrive - Victim of Romance Michelle Phillips - March DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Live! Status Quo - Malice in Wonderland Paice Ashton Lord -8 Foreigner Foreigner US Go for Your Guns The Isley Brothers -11 Dandy in the Underworld T.Rex -15 Islands The Band - Live at the London Palladium Marvin Gaye Live17 Welcome to My World Elvis Presley Compilation18 The Idiot Iggy Pop - Every Face Tells a Story Cliff Richard -21 Let There Be Rock AC/DC Australia Whatever Happened to Slade Slade -25 Works Volume 1 Emerson, Lake & Palmer https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ Brit certifications for ELP Bpi.co.uk April 7, 2026 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ dead30 Commodores Commodores -- Live: You Get What You Play For REO Speedwagon - Jeff Beck with the Jan Hammer Group Live Jeff Beck and the Jan Hammer Group Live Saw Delight Can - Off the Record Sweet - Trans-Europe Express Kraftwerk - Heavy Weather Weather Report - Harbor America - I Came to Dance Nils Lofgren - Love Storm Tavares - Angel Ohio Players - Anytime...Anywhere Rita Coolidge - April DayAlbumArtistNotes4 Clear Air Turbulence Ian Gillan Band Popoff Martin Martin Popoff The Deep Purple Family 2nd Wymer Publishing 2016 220 978-1-908724-42-7 Ask Rufus Rufus -8 Even in the Quietest Moments Supertramp https://www.bpi.co.uk/page/certified-awards BRIT Certified Awards Bpi.co.uk April 7, 2026 The Clash The Clash - Sin After Sin Judas Priest -11 Love You The Beach Boys -13 Celebrate Me Home Kenny Loggins -15 Rattus Norvegicus The Stranglers - Lace and Whiskey Alice Cooper -29 To You All Krokus -30 Caught Live + 5 The Moody Blues Live + unreleased material, 1969-Come In from the Rain Captain & Tennille - Detective Detective - Elegant Gypsy Al Di Meola - Future Games Spirit - Get It Dave Edmunds - Izitso Cat Stevens - Let It Flow Dave Mason - Magic Fly Space - Mirage Klaus Schulze - Moroccan Roll Brand X - Ol' Waylon Waylon Jennings - Over Peter Hammill - A Period of Transition Van Morrison - Phyllis Hyman Phyllis Hyman - Police and Thieves Junior Murvin - Sweet Forgiveness Bonnie Raitt - Taking Off Neil Innes - VSOP Herbie Hancock - Windy City Breakdown Jonathan Cain - May DayAlbumArtistNotes4 The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl The Beatles Live 1964–'655 Live: P-Funk Earth Tour Parliament -6 White Snake David Coverdale Popoff Martin Martin Popoff The Deep Purple Family 2nd Wymer Publishing 2016 221 978-1-908724-42-7 Holly Days Denny Laine -13 I Remember Yesterday Donna Summer - One of the Boys Roger Daltrey - Overnight Angels Ian Hunter -10 Right on Time The Brothers Johnson -16 High Class in Borrowed Shoes Max Webster -20 In the City The Jam - Spot the Pigeon Genesis EP27 Free Fall Dixie Dregs - Look to the Rainbow Al Jarreau Live- Lights Out UFO - Little Queen Heart - 38 Special 38 Special - Barry Manilow Live Barry Manilow Live Book of Dreams Steve Miller Band - Cat Scratch Fever Ted Nugent - Deceptive Bends 10cc - Here at Last... Bee Gees... Live Bee Gees Live Indian Summer Poco - Hurry Sundown Outlaws - Live at the Old Quarter, Houston, Texas Townes Van Zandt Live Love for Sale Boney M - My Own Way to Rock Burton Cummings - Nether Lands Dan Fogelberg - Now The Tubes - Playin' Up a Storm The Gregg Allman Band - Prism Prism - Rendezvous Sandy Denny - Sneakin' Suspicion Dr. Feelgood - Time Loves a Hero Little Feat - Travelin' at the Speed of Thought The O'Jays - June DayAlbumArtistNotes1Shaun CassidyShaun CassidySolo Debut3 I'm in You Peter Frampton Exodus Bob Marley & The Wailers -8 Knock 'Em Dead Kid Trooper -9 Monkey Island The J. Geils Band -13 American Stars 'n Bars Neil Young -15 In City Dreams Robin Trower - Reencuentro José José - Suspiria Goblin Soundtrack You Light Up My Life Debby Boone Solo Debut17 CSN Crosby, Stills & Nash - Quark, Strangeness and Charm Hawkwind - Love Gun Kiss -20 Ram Jam Ram Jam Debut22 JT James Taylor -24 We Must Believe in Magic Crystal Gayle -29 Feel the Fire Jermaine Jackson -- Blowin' Away Joan Baez - Full House Frankie Miller - Live at Last Bette Midler Live Making a Good Thing Better Olivia Newton-John - Photoplay Sherbet - Pure Mania The Vibrators Debut Season of Lights Laura Nyro Live Star Wars John Williams Soundtrack Steve Winwood Steve Winwood - Superman Barbra Streisand - To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson - Tormé: A New Album Mel Tormé - Watercolors Pat Metheny - July DayAlbumArtistNotes7 On Stage Rainbow Live18 June 1977 News in brief https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/70s/77/Record-Mirror-1977-06-18.pdf Record Mirror 5 24 August 2022 The Grand Illusion Styx -8Face to Face: A Live Recording Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - I Robot The Alan Parsons Project https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ BPI certifications Bpi.co.uk April 7, 2026 February 5, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210205223425/https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified/ dead11 Village People Village People mini-album debut12 Going for the One Yes US15 Luna Sea Firefall -22 From Here to Eternity Giorgio Moroder - Leif Garrett Leif Garrett - My Aim Is True Elvis Costello -27 Terrapin Station Grateful Dead -29 Game, Dames and Guitar Thangs Eddie Hazel - In Full Bloom Rose Royce -- Daytime Friends Kenny Rogers - It's a Game Bay City Rollers - Knnillssonn Harry Nilsson - Live! In the Air Age Be-Bop Deluxe Live Moody Blue Elvis Presley - Play Me Out Glenn Hughes - Radios Appear Radio Birdman - The Rambler Johnny Cash - Simple Things Carole King - The Whole Thing's Started Air Supply - August DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Tasty The Shadows -5 Dry & Heavy Burning Spear -12 Motörhead Motörhead Playmates Small Faces -13 Live in Japan The Runaways -16 George Thorogood and the Destroyers George Thorogood and the Destroyers Debut19 Foghat Live Foghat Live Livin' on the Fault Line The Doobie Brothers - Patti LaBelle Patti LaBelle Solo Debut22 Pacific Ocean Blue Dennis Wilson -29 A Farewell to Kings Rush - Dizrythmia Split Enz -30 Barry White Sings for Someone You Love Barry White -- The Angels The Angels Australia Before We Were So Rudely Interrupted The Animals - Boats Against the Current Eric Carmen - Brothers Taj Mahal Soundtrack Donald Clark Osmond Donny Osmond - Donovan Donovan - Firing on All Six Lone Star - Live Golden Earring Live Nothin' but the Blues Johnny Winter - Rock 'n' Roll with the Modern Lovers Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers - Showtime Ry Cooder - Radio Special The Residents Promo only, officially released 1983 September DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Enigmatic Ocean Jean-Luc Ponty -2 Bad Reputation Thin Lizzy -7 Twilley Don't Mind Dwight Twilley -9 Lust for Life Iggy Pop -12 Chicago XI Chicago -13 Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume II Elton John Compilation Foreign Affairs Tom Waits -16 Baby It's Me Diana Ross - Rough Mix Pete Townshend and Ronnie Lane - Talking Heads: 77 Talking Heads -23 Aja Steely Dan - The Boys The Boys Debut Little Criminals Randy Newman- Love You Live The Rolling Stones Live No More Heroes The Stranglers - Passage Carpenters -29 The Stranger Billy Joel -30 New Boots and Panties!! Ian Dury - Ringo the 4th Ringo Starr - - Beauty on a Back Street Hall & Oates - Dance Band on the Titanic Harry Chapin - Blank Generation Richard Hell and the Voidoids - The Boomtown Rats The Boomtown Rats - Broken Heart The Babys - Flowing Rivers Andy Gibb - Gone to Earth Barclay James Harvest - Hope Klaatu - In Color Cheap Trick -IntakesRick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band - Motivation Radio Steve Hillage - Simple Dreams Linda Ronstadt - Supernature (Cerrone III) Cerrone - What a Long Strange Trip It's Been Grateful Dead Compilation October DayAlbumArtistNotes1 Born Late Shaun Cassidy -3 Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley Live, Soundtrack L.A.M.F. Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers -7 3D – EP XTC EP Bright Lights & Back Alleys Smokie - Midnight Wind The Charlie Daniels Band - Scarabus Ian Gillan Band -11 Point of Know Return Kansas -14 Seconds Out Genesis Livehttp://thegenesisarchive.co.uk/hackett-leaves-genesis-new-musical-express-8th-october/ Double elpee recorded at this gig, and Hackett leaves Genesis New Musical Express 3 1977-10-08 2019-07-22 Alive II Kiss Live + 5 new studio tracks Ha!-Ha!-Ha! Ultravox - "Heroes" David Bowie -17 Consequences Godley & Creme - Street Survivors Lynyrd Skynyrd - Waitin' for the Night The Runaways -18 Goin' Places The Jacksons https://www.thejacksons.com/discography/discography-goin-places/ Goin' Places The Jacksons 2022-08-16 August 16, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220816223351/https://www.thejacksons.com/discography/discography-goin-places/ dead21 Bat Out of Hell Meat Loaf -25 Once Upon a Time Donna Summer - Watermark Art Garfunkel -28 Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols - News of the World Queen - Out of the Blue Electric Light Orchestra Decade Neil Young Compilation29 Menagerie Bill Withers -31 Crosby–Nash Live Crosby & Nash Live- Citadel Starcastle - Commodores Live! Commodores - The Golden Greats Sweet Compilation Introducing Sparks Sparks - Send It Ashford & Simpson - Here You Come Again Dolly Parton - Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars Levon Helm - Moonflower Santana - Musical Chairs Sammy Hagar - Night After Night Nils Lofgren Live Oops! Wrong Planet Utopia - Show Some Emotion Joan Armatrading - Stick to Me Graham Parker and the Rumour - Thunder in My Heart Leo Sayer - True to Life Ray Charles - Young Loud and Snotty Dead Boys - November DayAlbumArtistNotes3 Rock & Roll Machine Triumph -4 Foot Loose & Fancy Free Rod Stewart - One World John Martyn - Rocket to Russia The Ramones -10 Rock City Riot -11 Gør det noget Gasolin' - I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight Neil Diamond -14 Manorisms Wet Willie -15 Saturday Night Fever Bee Gees et al. Soundtrack16 Thankful Natalie Cole -17 Broken Blossom Bette Midler -18 Livestock Brand X Live Music for Pleasure The Damned - This Is the Modern World The Jam -21 All 'n All Earth, Wind & Fire -22 Chic Chic -25 Works Volume 2 Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Slowhand Eric Clapton - The Best of ZZ Top ZZ Top Compilation Whip It Out Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons 28 Funkentelechy Vs. the Placebo Syndrome Parliament -- Down Two Then Left Boz Scaggs - Expect No Mercy Nazareth - Galaxy War - Greatest Hits, Etc. Paul Simon Compilation + 2 new tracks Death of a Ladies' Man Leonard Cohen - Further Temptations The Drones - I Want to Live John Denver - Innocent Victim Uriah Heep - It Takes One to Know One Detective - Joe Cocker's Greatest Hits Joe Cocker Compilation New Horizon Isaac Hayes - Kill City Iggy Pop & James Williamson - Race With the Devil Black Oak Arkansas - Recycled Edgar Winter's White Trash - Rick Wakeman's Criminal Record Rick Wakeman - Rockin' All Over the World Status Quo - Running Free Dragon - The Second Annual Report Throbbing Gristle - Spectres Blue Öyster Cult - Storm Force Ten Steeleye Span - Touch and Gone Gary Wright - December DayAlbumArtistNotes6 The Belle Album Al Green - Running on Empty Jackson Browne -9 Draw the Line Aerosmith LTD BubbleUp AeroHistory: Draw the Line https://www.aerosmith.com/news?n_id=2477 2021-12-09 2022-11-19 Aerosmith.com en Scouse the Mouse Ringo Starr Children's12 ABBA: The Album ABBA -13 Blue Lights in the Basement Roberta Flack - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter Joni Mitchell -20 Life on the Line Eddie and the Hot Rods - - The Alice Cooper Show Alice Cooper LiveDark Album Wigwam Taken by Force Scorpions - Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir - All in the Name of Love John Hartford - Before and After Science Brian Eno - The Best of Top of the Pops '77 Top of the Poppers Compilation Body Love Vol. 2 Klaus Schulze Soundtrack Eddie Money Eddie Money - Mr. Mean Ohio Players - Pink Flag Wire - Spiral Vangelis - Suicide Suicide - Release date unknown 15 Years On – The Dubliners Alien Soundtracks – Chrome Aliens – Horslips American Roulette – Danny O'Keefe Be Seeing You – Dr. Feelgood Black Vinyl Shoes – Shoes Blue Hotel – Fox BTO Live – Japan Tour (live) – Bachman–Turner Overdrive Bundle of Joy – Freddie Hubbard Byablue – Keith Jarrett Cabretta – Mink DeVille Calling on Youth – The Outsiders Circles in the Stream – Bruce Cockburn – Live Close Encounters of the Third Kind: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack – John Williams Cluster & Eno – Cluster & Eno Come and Join Us – Petra Come to Me – Juice Newton and Silver Spur Coming Back for More – William Bell Dark Magus – Miles Davis – Live 1974 The David Grisman Quintet - David Grisman Delilah's Power – Ike & Tina Turner Derringer Live – Derringer – Live The Diodes – The Diodes East of the River Nile – Augustus Pablo Encore – Tangerine Dream Equal Rights – Peter Tosh Evolution (The Most Recent) - Taj Mahal Fandango – Fandango Feelin' Bitchy – Millie Jackson The Giants – Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass, Ray Brown Gleanings – John Coltrane Glitter Grass from the Nashwood Hollyville Strings - John Hartford, Doug Dillard, Rodney Dillard Goddo – Goddo Graham Bonnet – Graham Bonnet The Guitar Syndicate – Hank Marvin Halloween – Pulsar Heart of the Congos – The Congos Home on the Range – Slim Whitman I'm a Man – Bo Diddley If Wishes Were Horses – Sweeney Todd It Feels So Good – The Manhattans Just a Stone's Throw Away – Valerie Carter Just a Story from America – Elliott Murphy A Little Street Music – Cambridge Buskers Live at the El Mocambo – April Wine Live at Montreux – The Dubliners A Maid in Bedlam – John Renbourn Group Majida El Roumi – Majida El Roumi Makin' Magic – Pat Travers Manifest Destiny – The Dictators Marin County Line – New Riders of the Purple Sage Mark Farner – Mark Farner Malcolm Rebenneck - Dr. John Marlena – Die Flippers Message Man – Eddy Grant Montreux '77 – Ella Fitzgerald Music Fuh Ya' (Musica Para Tu) - Taj Mahal Never Letting Go – Phoebe Snow The Night Tripper - Dr. John Nice to Be Around – Rosemary Clooney Off the Wall - Roger Miller The Original Disco Duck – Rick Dees 'A paggella – Mario Trevi Painted Poetry - Roger Miller Peter McCann – Peter McCann Playing to an Audience of One – David Soul Protest – Bunny Wailer Putting It Straight – Pat Travers Richard Clayderman – Richard Clayderman Rick Danko – Rick Danko Ridin' High – Moxy Sergio Franchi / Volare – Sergio Franchi (RCA 15th Anniv. Tribute to Franchi) Songs of Kristofferson – Kris Kristofferson Sweet Evil – Derringer Tanz Samba mit Mir – Tony Holiday Telling the Truth – Willie Wright Two Sevens Clash – Culture Unmistakably Lou – Lou Rawls Visitors – Automatic Man When You Hear Lou, You've Heard It All – Lou Rawls Young Men Gone West – City Boy You Think You Really Know Me - Gary Wilson Chronological table of US and UK and Japan number one hit singles US number one singles and artist (weeks at number one) UK number one singles and artist (weeks at number one)"Tonight's the Night" – Rod Stewart (7 weeks in 1976 + 1 week in 1977)"When a Child Is Born" – Johnny Mathis (1 week in 1976 + 2 weeks in 1977)"You Don't Have to Be a Star (To Be in My Show)"- Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (1)"Don't Give Up on Us" – David Soul (4)"You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" – Leo Sayer (1)"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" – Julie Covington (1)"I Wish" – Stevie Wonder (1)"When I Need You" – Leo Sayer (3)"Car Wash" – Rose Royce (1)"Chanson D'Amour" – The Manhattan Transfer (3)"Torn Between Two Lovers" – Mary MacGregor (2)"Knowing Me, Knowing You" – ABBA (5)"Blinded by the Light" – Manfred Mann's Earth Band (1)"Free" – Deniece Williams (2)"New Kid in Town" – The Eagles (1)"I Don't Want to Talk About It/The First Cut Is the Deepest" – Rod Stewart (4)"Love theme from A Star Is Born (Evergreen)" – Barbra Streisand (3)"Lucille" – Kenny Rogers (1)"Rich Girl" – Hall & Oates (2)"Show You the Way to Go" – The Jacksons (1)"Dancing Queen" – ABBA (1)"So You Win Again" – Hot Chocolate (3)"Don't Give Up on Us" – David Soul (1)"I Feel Love" – Donna Summer (4)"Don't Leave Me This Way" – Thelma Houston (1)"Angelo" – Brotherhood of Man (1)"Southern Nights" – Glen Campbell (1)"Float On" – The Floaters (1)"Hotel California" – Eagles (1)"Way Down" – Elvis Presley (5)"When I Need You" – Leo Sayer (1)"Silver Lady" – David Soul (3)"Sir Duke" – Stevie Wonder (3)"Yes Sir I Can Boogie" – Baccara (1)"I'm Your Boogie Man" – KC and the Sunshine Band (1)"The Name of the Game" – ABBA (4)"Dreams" – Fleetwood Mac (1)"Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School" – Wings, (5 weeks in 1977 + 4 weeks in 1978), best selling single of the year"Got to Give It Up" – Marvin Gaye (1)"Gonna Fly Now (Theme From Rocky)" – Bill Conti (1)"Undercover Angel" – Alan O'Day (1)"Da Doo Ron Ron" – Shaun Cassidy (1)"Looks Like We Made It" – Barry Manilow (1)"I Just Want to Be Your Everything" – Andy Gibb (4)"Best of My Love" – The Emotions (5)"Star Wars Theme/Cantina Band" – Meco (2)"You Light Up My Life" – Debby Boone (10), biggest hit of the 1970s"How Deep Is Your Love" – Bee Gees (2 weeks in 1977 + 1 week in 1978) Japanese Oricon number one singles and artist  (weeks at number one) List of Oricon number-one singles of 1977 "Kita no Yadokara" – Harumi Miyako (3 weeks in 1976 + 2 weeks in 1977) "Seishun Jidai ja 青春時代 (森田公一とトップギャランの曲)" – Koichi Morita & Top Gallants (4) "S.O.S." – Pink Lady (1) "Shitsuren Restaurant ja 失恋レストラン" – Kentaro Shimizu (5) "Carmen '77" – Pink Lady (5) "Kaeranai / Koibitoyo ja 帰らない/恋人よ" – Kentaro Shimizu (2) "Yumesaki Annainin ja 夢先案内人" – Momoe Yamaguchi (1) "Amayadori ja 雨やどり (さだまさしの曲)" – Masashi Sada (4) "Katte ni Shiyagare (Kenji Sawada song) Katte ni Shiyagare ja 勝手にしやがれ (沢田研二の曲)" – Kenji Sawada (5) "Nagisa no Sindbad" – Pink Lady (8) "Wanted (Shimei Tehai)" – Pink Lady (12) "Wakareuta" – Miyuki Nakajima (1) "UFO" – Pink Lady (2 weeks in 1977 + 8 weeks in 1978) Top 40 Chart hit singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) US UK Highest chart position Other Chart performance(s) "Brick House" Commodores August 1977 5 n/a 5 (United States) 61 (New Zealand) "Closer to the Heart" Rush October 1977 76 36 36 (United Kingdom) 45 (Canada) "Come Sail Away" Styx September 1977 8 n/a 8 (United States) 9 (Canada) "Dancing in the Moonlight (It's Caught Me in Its Spotlight)" Thin Lizzy August 1977 n/a 14 14 (United Kingdom) 4 (Ireland) - 85 (Canada) "Daybreak" Barry Manilow September 1977 23 n/a 23 (United States) 7 (Canada) "Do Anything You Wanna Do" Eddie and the Hot Rods July 1977 n/a 9 9 (United Kingdom) 11 (Ireland) "Don't Believe a Word" Thin Lizzy January 1977 n/a 12 12 (United Kingdom) 2 (Ireland) "Egyptian Reggae" Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers September 1977 n/a 5 2 (Netherlands) 3 (Germany) "(Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again" L.T.D. October 1977 4 n/a 4 (United States) 1 (U.S. R&B) "Fanfare for the Common Man" Emerson, Lake & Palmer May 1977 n/a 2 2 (United Kingdom) 3 (Ireland) "Feel the Need" The Detroit Emeralds March 1977 n/a 12 12 (United Kingdom) 10 (Ireland) "Fly At Night" Chilliwack February 1977 75 n/a 12 (Canada) n/a "Foreplay/Long Time" Boston March 1977 22 n/a 17 (Canada) n/a "Heard It in a Love Song" The Marshall Tucker Band March 1977 14 n/a 14 (United States) 25 (Canada) "Hey Deanie" Shaun Cassidy November 1977 7 n/a 6 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Adult Contemporary) "I Go Crazy" Paul Davis August 1977 7 n/a 4 (Canada) 57 (Australia) "I Like Dreamin'" Kenny Nolan October 1976 3 n/a 3 (United States) 12 (Canada) "I Want You to Want Me" Cheap Trick September 1977 7 n/a 1 (Japan) 2 (Canada) "Life in the Fast Lane" Eagles May 1977 11 n/a 11 (United States) 12 (Canada) - 96 (Australia) "My Heart Belongs to Me" Barbra Streisand May 1977 4 n/a 3 (Canada) 1 (U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary) - 5 (U.S. Cash Box Top 100) - 1 (Canada RPM Adult Contemporary) "No More Heroes" The Stranglers September 1977 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) 19 (Netherlands) "On the Border" Al Stewart March 1977 42 n/a 39 (Canada) n/a "Peaches/Go Buddy Go" The Stranglers May 1977 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) 19 (Netherlands) "Right Time of the Night" Jennifer Warnes January 1977 6 n/a 3 (Canada) n/a "Rockaria!" Electric Light Orchestra February 1977 n/a 9 9 (United Kingdom) 10 (Australia) - 19 (Ireland) "Runaway" Bonnie Raitt April 1977 41 n/a 37 (Canada) n/a "She Did It" Eric Carmen August 1977 23 n/a 11 (Canada) n/a "Something Better Change/Straighten Out" The Stranglers July 1977 n/a 8 8 (United Kingdom) 19 (Netherlands) "Surfin' USA" Leif Garrett September 1977 20 n/a 2 (Australia) 8 (Canada) "Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancing)" Johnny Rivers June 1977 10 n/a 10 (United States) 11 (Canada) "Swingtown" Steve Miller Band October 1977 17 n/a 13 (Canada) n/a "That's Rock and Roll" Shaun Cassidy July 1977 3 n/a 1 (Canada) 26 (Australia) "This Is Tomorrow" Bryan Ferry January 1977 n/a 9 6 (Australia) 14 (Netherlands) - 14 (Sweden) "Tie Your Mother Down" Queen March 1977 49 31 10 (Netherlands [Single Top 100]) 14 (Netherlands [Dutch Top 40]) - 18 (Belgium [Flanders]) - 42 (Belgium [Wallonia]) - 68 (Canada) "Tryin' to Love Two" William Bell November 1976 10 n/a 10 (United States) 1 (U.S. R&B) "Watching the Detectives" Elvis Costello October 1977 n/a 15 15 (United Kingdom) 35 (Canada) "What's Your Name" Lynyrd Skynyrd November 1977 13 n/a 6 (Canada) n/a "Wonderous Stories" Yes September 1977 n/a 7 7 (United Kingdom) 6 (Ireland) "You and Me" Alice Cooper April 1977 9 n/a 3 (Canada) 31 (Australia) "Your Love" Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. March 1977 15 n/a 15 (United States) 9 (U.S. R&B) Other Chart hit singles 30em "Alison" – Elvis Costello "American Girl" – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers "The Chain" – Fleetwood Mac "Gary Gilmore's Eyes" – The Adverts "In the City" – The Jam "Let Your Body Go Downtown" – Martyn Ford Orchestra "Like a Hurricane" – Neil Young "Lookin' After No. 1" – The Boomtown Rats "Love Is the Answer" – Utopia "Magazine Madonna" – Sherbet "Marquee Moon" – Television "Modern Love" – Peter Gabriel "Motorhead" – Motörhead "Psycho Killer" – Talking Heads "Road Runner" – Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers "Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" – Ian Dury "Tulane" – Steve Gibbons Band "White Punks on Dope" – The Tubes "White Riot" – The Clash "Your Song" – Billy Paul Notable singles Song title Artist(s) Release date(s) Other Chart performance(s)"1 2 X U" b/w "Field Goal" Wire November 1977 —"Arrombou a festa" b/w "Corista de rock" Rita Lee & Tutti Frutti March 1977 —"The Beatles Play the Residents and the Residents Play the Beatles" The Residents August 1977 —"Blank Generation" Richard Hell and the Voidoids September 1977 —"Ca Plane Pour Moi" Plastic Bertrand December 1977 8 (UK Singles Chart), 2 (Australia)"Complete Control" The Clash September 1977 28 (UK Singles Chart)"Cough/Cool" b/w "She" Misfits August 1977 —"Die Nachtwache" b/w "The Lead and How to Swing It" Cluster & Brian Eno June 1977 —"Don't Start Me Talking" The Yachts October 1977 — (First incarnation as The Chuddy Nuddies)"From Here to Eternity" Giorgio Moroder August 1977 16 (UK Singles Chart)"Gary Gilmore's Eyes" b/w "Bored Teenagers" The Adverts September 1977 18 (UK Singles Chart)"God Save the Queen" Sex Pistols May 1977 2 (UK Singles Chart)"Heroes" David Bowie September 1977 24 (UK Singles Chart), 11 (Australia)"I Feel Love" Donna Summer May 1977 1 (UK Singles Chart), 6 (US Billboard Hot 100)"I Want More" Can March 1977 26 (UK Singles Chart)"I'm Alive" 999 August 1977 —"In the City" The Jam April 1977 40 (UK Singles Chart)"In the Flesh" Blondie October 1977 2 (Australia Kent Music Report)"King Kong" The Tubes May 1977 —"Less Than Zero" Elvis Costello March 1977 —"Looking After No. 1" The Boomtown Rats August 1977 —"London Lady" b/w "Grip" The Stranglers January 1977 44 (UK Singles Chart)"Lust for Life" Iggy Pop September 1977 3 (UK Singles Chart, re-entry)"Magic Fly" Space April 1977 2 (UK Singles Chart), 1 (France)"Marquee Moon" Television April 1977 30 (UK Singles Chart)"Megaton" b/w "Desert Patrol" Suburban Reptiles December 1977 —"Memphis" John Cale September 1977 — (From 'Animal Justice' EP)"Mongoloid" b/w "Jocko Homo" Devo March 1977 62 (UK Singles Chart)"Motörhead" Motörhead June 1977 —"My Generation" The Vibrators October 1977 —"No More Heroes" The Stranglers September 1977 8 (UK Singles Chart)"No Passion Tense" Radio Birdman April 1977 —"Oh Bondage Up Yours!" X-Ray Spex September 1977 —"Orgasm Addict" Buzzcocks October 1977 —"Oxygène (Part IV)" Jean-Michel Jarre January 1977 4 (UK Singles Chart), 3 (France)"Oxygène (Part II)" Jean-Michel Jarre July 1977 —"Panik" Métal Urbain May 1977 —"Psycho Killer" Talking Heads December 1977 92 (US Billboard Hot 100)"Red Squares" The Diodes October 1977 —"Rip Her to Shreds" Blondie November 1977 81 (UK Singles Chart)"Roadrunner" Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers July 1977 11 (UK Singles Chart)"Roxanne" The Police April 1977 12 (UK Singles Chart, re-issue)"Science Friction" XTC October 1977 —"Screamin' Fist" The Viletones July 1977 —"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" Ian Dury August 1977 —"Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" Ramones May 1977 81 (US Billboard Hot 100), 22 (UK)"Showroom Dummies" Kraftwerk May 1977 —"Solsbury Hill" Peter Gabriel March 1977 13 (UK Singles Chart), 68 (US)"Sonic Reducer" Dead Boys September 1977 —"Sneakin' Suspicion" Dr. Feelgood May 1977 47 (UK Singles Chart)"The Modern Dance" Pere Ubu September 1977 —"This Perfect Day" The Saints July 1977 34 (UK Singles Chart)"Tomorrow Night" Shoes September 1977 —"Trans-Europe Express" Kraftwerk April 1977 67 (US Billboard Hot 100), 10 (Germany)"Two Steps Back" Penetration November 1977 —"Young Savage" Ultravox May 1977 —"Whole Wide World" Wreckless Eric August 1977 —"Your Generation" Generation X September 1977 36 (UK Singles Chart)"2-4-6-8 Motorway" Tom Robinson Band October 1977 5 (UK Singles Chart)"5 O'Clock in the Morning" b/w "Mechanical Convoy" Godley & Creme November 1977 — Other notable singles 30em "Frozen Ones" b/w "Man Who Dies Every Day" - Ultravox Published popular music "After the Lovin'" w. Richie Adams m. Alan Bernstein "Annie" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Brazzle Dazzle Day" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn, from the film Pete's Dragon "But the World Goes 'Round" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York City "Child In A Universe" w.m. Laura Nyro "Come In From The Rain"     w.m. Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager "Easy Street" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "The Greatest Love of All"     w. Linda Creed m. Michael Masser "Happy Endings" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli, Larry Kert and chorus in the film New York, New York "Here You Come Again"     w.m. Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil "I Don't Need Anything But You" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "It's Not Easy" w.m. Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn, from the film Pete's Dragon "It's the Hard-Knock Life" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Just the Way You Are" w.m. Billy Joel "Little Girls" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "The Love Boat theme song" w.m. Norman Gimbel & Paul Williams "Love Is in the Air"     w.m. George Young & Harry Vanda "Maybe" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Maybe I'm Amazed" w.m. Paul McCartney "Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)" w.m. Billy Joel "N.Y.C." w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "A New Deal For Christmas" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "New York, New York"     w.m. Fred Ebb & John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York City "Nobody Does It Better"     w. Carole Bayer Sager m. Marvin Hamlisch "She's Always a Woman" w.m. Billy Joel "Someone's Waiting for You"      w. Carol Connors & Ayn Robbins m. Sammy Fain from the film The Rescuers "Something Was Missing" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "Star Wars-Main Theme" m. John Williams from the Star Wars films "Stayin' Alive"     w.m. Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb & Robin Gibb "Thank You for the Music"     w.m. Benny Andersson & Björn Ulvaeus "There Goes the Ball Game" w. Fred Ebb m. John Kander. Introduced by Liza Minnelli in the film New York, New York "Tomorrow"     w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse, from the musical Annie "We'd Like to Thank You, Herbert Hoover" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "You Won't Be an Orphan for Long" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse from the musical Annie "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" w. Martin Charnin m. Charles Strouse, from the musical Annie Punk rock, new wave music, and mod revival Punk rock new wave music mod revival 1977 marks the beginning of the punk rock movement.https://www.spin.com/2007/09/1977-year-punk-exploded/ 1977: The Year Punk Exploded Spin Charles Aaron September 20, 2007 Several albums associated with the development of punk music were released, including Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols by the Sex Pistols, The Clash by The Clash, Damned Damned Damned by The Damned, the Dead Boys' Young, Loud and Snotty, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers' L.A.M.F., the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Richard Hell and the Voidoids' Blank Generation, and Wire's Pink Flag. The year saw the release of debut albums by bands associated with punk rock, though also with other new music genres, such as the mod revival and new wave music, including In the City by The Jam,https://books.google.com/books?id=DwOeSpHjqGEC&pg=PA48 48 "We are the Mods": A Transnational History of a Youth Subculture Christine Jacqueline Feldman Peter Lang 2009 9781433103698 https://books.google.com/books?id=eHnD6StKiTAC&pg=PT122 122 The Jam & Paul Weller: Shout to the Top Dennis Munday Omnibus Press 4 Nov 2009 9780857120168 My Aim Is True by Elvis Costello, Suicide by Suicide, Marquee Moon by Television,http://bowerswilkins50years.co.uk/albums/television/ Bowerswilkins50years 50 years of musical and sonic excellence and Talking Heads: 77 by Talking Heads. It also saw the release of Iggy Pop's Lust for Life, his second record as a solo artist. Classical music John Adams – China Gates, for pianoBernard Holland Bernard Holland New Life For Work By Adams https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/09/arts/new-life-for-work-by-adams.html The New York Times 9 August 1998 2008-04-09 Samuel Adler Aeolus, God of the Winds, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Concerto for Flute and Orchestra A Falling of Saints, for tenor, bass, chorus, and orchestra It is to God I shall Sing, for chorus and organ Kalevi Aho – Quintet, for bassoon and string quartetThe Double Reed International Double Reed Society 1984 38 Necil Kazım Akses Concerto for Orchestra Concerto for Viola and Orchestra Franghiz Ali-Zadeh – Zu den Kindertotenlieder (In Memoriam Gustav Mahler), for clarinet, violin, and percussion Birgitte Alsted – Strygekvartet i CD, for string quartet Javier Álvarez – Canciones de la Venta, for soprano, violin, viola, and baroque guitar William Alwyn Invocations (song cycle), for mezzo-soprano and piano A Leave-Taking (song cycle), for tenor and piano Charles Amirkhanian – Dutiful Ducks, for tape with optional live voices Gilbert Amy Strophe, for soprano and orchestra (revised version) Trois études, for flute Beth Anderson – Joan, for tape Laurie Anderson Audio Talk, performance art On Dit, performance art Some Songs, performance art Stereo Decoy, performance art That's Not the Way I Heard It, performance art Ruth Anderson – Sound Portraits I–II, text pieces Hendrik Andriessen – Ricercare, version for wind orchestra Jurriaan Andriessen Psalmen-trilogie, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra Symphony no. 7, The Awakening Dream, for keyboard and electronics Symphony no. 8, La celebrazione Louis Andriessen – Hoketus, for two groups of 6 players each Denis ApIvor Chant Eolien, for oboe and piano, op. 65 Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, op. 64 Violet Archer – Plainsongs, for mezzo-soprano and piano Malcolm Arnold Sonata, for flute and piano, op. 121 Variations on a Theme of Ruth Gipps, for orchestra, op. 122 Larry Austin – Quadrants: Event/Complex no. 11, for double bass and tape Luciano Berio Coro, for 40 voices and 40 instruments (revised version) Fantasia, for orchestra (after Giovanni Gabrieli) Il ritorno degli snovidenia, for cello and 30 instruments Sequenza VIII, for violin Toccata, for orchestra (after Girolamo Frescobaldi) Harrison Birtwistle – Silbury Air Rob du Bois Skarabee, for orchestra Zodiak, for one or more instruments or instrumental groups John Buller – Proença for mezzo-soprano, electric guitar, and large orchestra Enrique Crespo – American Suite No. 1 George Crumb – Star-Child (1977, revised 1979) for soprano, antiphonal children's voices, male speaking choir, bell ringers, and large orchestra Peter Maxwell Davies A Mirror of Whitening Light, for chamber orchestra Our Father Which in Heaven Art, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello Runes from a Holy Island, for flute, clarinet, piano, percussion, violin, cello Westerlings, for SATB choir Franco Donatoni Algo, for guitar Ali, for viola Diario ’76, for four trumpets and four trombones Portrait, for harpsichord and orchestra Spiri, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, celesta, vibraphone, 2 violins, viola, and cello Toy, for 2 violins, viola, and harpsichord Morton Feldman Instruments 3, for flute, oboe, and percussion Spring of Chosroes, for violin and piano Brian Ferneyhough – Time and Motion Study I, for bass clarinet Lorenzo Ferrero Arioso Romanza seconda Frans Geysen – Muziek voor toetsenbord, for piano Omtrent sib, for three oboes Orgelstuk, for organ Pentakel, for oboe Stadssteeg, for 6 oboes, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones Alberto Ginastera Barabbas, opera (unfinished) Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra, op. 36 (revised version) Glosses sobre temes de Pau Casals, for orchestra, op. 48 Alexander Goehr – Romanza on the Notes of Psalm IV, op. 38c Sembiin Gonchigsumlaa – Symphony No. 2 Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Passacaglia for tabla, clarinet, violin, cello and piano Symfoni, Antifoni for orchestra Rodolfo Halffter – Secuencia, op. 39, for piano Bengt Hambraeus – Antiphonie: Cathedral Music for Organhttps://ohscatalog.org/bengt-hambraeus-organ-works-1977-2000/ Bengt Hambraeus, Organ Works OHS Catalog 5 August 2025 Alan Hovhaness Ananda, piano sonata, op. 303 Celestial Canticle, for coloratura soprano and piano, op. 305 Dawn on a Mountain Lake, for double bass and piano, op. 393 Fred the Cat, piano sonata, op. 301 Glory Sings the Setting Sun, cantata for coloratura soprano, clarinet, and piano, op. 292 How I Love Thy Law, cantata for high soprano, clarinet, piano, op. 298 Mount Belknap, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 1 (revised version) Mount Ossipee, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 2 (revised version) Mount Shasta, piano sonata, op. 299, no. 3 (revised version) A Presentiment, for coloratura soprano and piano, op. 304 Suite, for flute and guitar, op. 300 (1977) Sonata, for oboe and bassoon, op. 302 Sonata, for 2 clarinets, op. 297 Sonata No. 1, for harpsichord, Op. 306 Sonatina ("Meditation on Mt. Monadnock"), for piano, op. 288 The Spirit's Map, for voice and piano, op. 391 Srpouhi, duet for violin and piano, op. 398 Symphony No. 31, for strings, op. 294 Symphony No. 32 ("The Broken Wings"), op. 296 Symphony No. 33 ("Francis Bacon"), op. 307 Symphony No. 34, for bass trombone and strings, op. 310 Maki Ishii Black Intention, for recorder Voices—Violet, for gidayū ensemble, shō, and percussion David C. Johnson – Ars Subtilior Electrica, electronic music Mauricio Kagel An Tasten, étude for piano MM51, film score Présentation für zwei Quatre degrés (Schlagzeugtrio für Holzinstrumente) Variété (Concert-Spectacle für Artisten und Musiker) Jonathan Kramer Renascence, for clarinet and tape (revised version) Studies on Six Notes, for harpsichord György Kurtág Hommage à Mihály András (Twelve Microludes for String Quartet), op. 13 [untitled pieces], op. 15, for guitar (unpublished, withdrawn) Helmut Lachenmann – Salut für Caudwell, music for two guitarists André Laporte Icarus' Flight, for piano and twelve instruments Mario Lavista Pieza para caja de música, for music box Los inocentes, incidental music Luca Lombardi Tui-Gesänge, for soprano, flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello Variazioni su ‘Avanti popolo alla riscossa’, for piano Variazioni, for orchestra John McGuire – Pulse Music II, for four pianos and small orchestra Tomás Marco Herbania, for harpsichord Hoquetus, for 1, 2, or 3 clarinets, live and/or recorded Sicigia, for cello Sonata de Vesperia, for piano Tormer, for harpsichord, violin, viola, and cello Bo Nilsson – Madonna, for mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble Pehr Henrik Nordgren Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 33vhttps://core.musicfinland.fi/composers/pehr-henrik-nordgren Pehr Henrik Nordgren Music Finland Core 5 August 2025 Summer Music for orchestra, Op. 34 Akinosuke-no-yume (安芸之助の夢; The Dream of Akinosuke) for piano, Op. 35 Jyūroku-zakura (十六ざくら) for piano, Op. 36 Jikininki (食人鬼) for piano, Op. 37 Häjyt (The Evil Braggarts), orchestral music for the television play, Op. 38 Butterflies for guitar solo, Op. 39 fi Tuolla mun heilani asuskeloo (Yonder Lives My Sweet Love) for string orchestra, Op. 40https://core.musicfinland.fi/works/tuolla-mun-heilani-asuskeloo-op-40 Tuolla mun heilani asuskeloo Music Finland Core 5 August 2025 Per Nørgård Kredsløb, for SATB choirhttps://www.sheetmusicplus.com/en/product/kredslob-1977-18811880.html?srsltid=AfmBOoqhpGZQV4CMPAD69JmuY4MU5e-7ZgwymM16elJXhYzHpAA1vA5W Kredslob 1977 Sheet Music Plus 5 August 2025 Mating Dance, for flute (+ alto flute) and guitarHannu Annala Heiki Matlik Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated 2010 9781609743536 111 Twilight, for orchestrahttps://www.wisemusicclassical.com/work/21632/Twilight--Per-N%C3%B8rg%C3%A5rd/ Twilight (1979) Wise Music Classical 5 August 2025 Einojuhani Rautavaara Suomalainen myytti (A Finnish Myth), for string orchestraBarbara Blanchard Hong Rautavaara's Journey in Music Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2022 9781538172346 279–80 Serenades of the Unicorn, for guitar Arvo Pärt Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Fratres Tabula Rasa Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka, for piano Henri Pousseur Ballade berlinoise, for piano Liège à Paris, electronic music Einojuhani Rautavaara Suomalainen myytti (A Finnish Myth), for string orchestra Serenades of the Unicorn, for guitar Aulis Sallinen Simppeli Simme ja Hamppari, for mixed choirhttps://webshop.fennicagehrman.fi/page/product/simppeli-simme-ja-hamppari-hamme/1131124 Simppeli Simme ja Hamppari Hamme Fennica Gehrman 7 August 2025 Symphony No. 1 Dieter Schnebel Canon (‘Diapason’) Handwerke-Blaswerke I (Arianna), for 1 wind instrument, 1 string instrument, and 1 percussionist Orchestra, for orchestra Quintet in Bflat major, for piano and strings Rhythmen, for 2 guitars, organ, and percussion Kurt Schwertsik Concerto for Violin No. 1, op. 31 Wiener Chronik 1848, ballet op. 28 Gerald Shapiro Dance Suite, for piano For Nancy, wordless vocalise, for soprano and piano Questions, for SATB choir You are Your Own Energy Source, electroacoustic dance score Makoto Shinohara – Liberation, for orchestra Roger Smalley – Seven Modulator Pieces, for 4 flutes Karlheinz Stockhausen Atmen gibt das Leben, for choir and orchestra, Nr. 39 In Freundschaft, Nr. 46 Jahreslauf, Nr. 47 Jubiläum, for orchestra, Nr. 45 Sirius, electronic music with trumpet, soprano, bass clarinet, and bass voice, Nr. 43 Tierkreis, for chamber orchestra, Nr. 417/8 Tōru Takemitsu A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden Gitā no tame no jūni no uta, for guitar Hanare goze Orin, film score Ohan, incidental music for television Quatrain II, for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano Sabita honoo, film score Saigō Takamori den, incidental music for television Toono monogatari wo yuku: Yanagida Kunio no fūkei, incidental music for television Water-ways for clarinet, violin, cello, piano, two harps, and two vibraphones Michael Tippett – Symphony No. 4 Alexander Vustin – In Memory of Boris Klyuzner Iannis Xenakis – Jonchaies Isang Yun – Concerto for Flute and Small Orchestra Opera William Alwyn – Miss Julie, opera in 2 acts, after Strindberg Dominick Argento – Miss Haversham's Fire Luciano Berio – Opera (revised version, 28 May, Teatro Comunale Florence) Peter Maxwell Davies – The Martyrdom of St Magnus (June 18, Kirkwall, St Magnus Cathedral)Holden, Amanda (Ed.), The New Penguin Opera Guide, New York: Penguin Putnam, 2001. 0-14-029312-4 Julian Livingston – Twist of Treason Thea Musgrave – Mary, Queen of Scots Donald Sosin – Esther Karlheinz Stockhausen – Atmen gibt das Leben (May 22, 1977, Nice)Frisius 2008 Frisius, Rudolf. 2008. Karlheinz Stockhausen II: Die Werke 1950–1977; Gespräch mit Karlheinz Stockhausen, "Es geht aufwärts". Mainz, London, Berlin, Madrid, New York, Paris, Prague, Tokyo, Toronto: Schott Musik International. 978-3-7957-0249-6. Michael Tippett – The Ice Break (July 7, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) Morton Feldman – Neither (1977, Rome Opera)https://www.universaledition.com/composers-and-works/morton-feldman-220/works/neither-3841 Morton Feldman: Neither Universal Edition June 17, 2018 Jazz 1977 in jazz Musical theatre The Act – Broadway production opened at the Majestic Theatre and ran for 233 performances Annie (Martin Charnin and Charles Strouse) – Broadway production opened at the Alvin Theatre on April 21, 1977, and ran for 2377 performances I Love My Wife – Broadway production opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on April 17 and ran for 857 performances I Love My Wife – London production opened at the Prince of Wales Theatre on October 6 and ran for 401 performances The King and I (Rodgers and Hammerstein) – Broadway revival Privates on Parade – London production opened at the Aldwych Theatre on February 17 and ran for 208 performances Side by Side by Sondheim – Broadway production opened at the Music Box Theatre and ran for 384 performances Oliver! (Lionel Bart) – London revival Musical films ABBA: The Moviehttps://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/22/movies/at-the-movies.html?pagewanted=1 At the Movies Dave Kehr The New York Times March 22, 2002 April 9, 2010 A Little Night Music Amar Akbar Anthony The Hobbit (animation) New York, New York Pete's Dragon Saturday Night Fever Births January 1 Donna Ares, Bosnian singer (d. 2017)https://avaz.ba/vijesti/bih/308096/posljednji-ispracaj-donne-ares-ukopana-pored-oca-osmana-pamtit-cemo-je-po-osmijehu-vedrini-snazi-i-nevjerovatnom-talentu Posljednji ispraćaj Donne Ares: Ukopana pored oca Osmana, pamtit ćemo je po osmijehu, vedrini, snazi i nevjerovatnom talentu Dnevni avaz 2017-10-04 2020-12-28 bs Saletović A. 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My Chemical Romance http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/mychemicalromance.shtml BBC Radio 1 May 4, 2007 November 13, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121113203424/http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/events/mychemicalromance.shtml live April 17 – Frederik Magle, Danish composer, concert organist and pianist April 19 – Bryan Spears, American film and television producer, sister of Britney Spears April 22 Anna Eriksson, Finnish pop-rock singer Steven Price, British film composer April 23 – John Cena, American professional wrestler, actor and singer April 23 – Arash, Iranian-Swedish singer, entertainer and producer April 23 – Tony Sunshine, American R&B singer (Terror Squad) April 25 Matthew West, American guitarist and singer Constantinos Christoforou, Greek-Cypriot singer (One) April 26 – Célena Cherry, British group (Honeyz) April 28 – Joanne Yeoh, Malaysian violinisthttps://www.alumni.hw.ac.uk/alumni-profile-joanne-yeoh Alumni Profile – Joanne Yeoh Heriot Watt University June 17, 2018 April 30 – Ole Jørn Myklebust, Norwegian jazz musicianhttp://snl.no/Ole_J%C3%B8rn_Myklebust Ole Jørn Myklebust – Biography in Store Norske Leksikon May 7 – Lisa Kelly, Irish singer May 8 – Joe Bonamassa, American musician May 11 – Nathalie Pâque, Belgian singer May 12 – Wu Fei, Chinese musician and composer May 13 – Pusha T, American rapper and record executive May 16 – Emilíana Torrini, Icelandic singer-songwriter May 17 – Aleksandra Gryka, Polish classical composer May 19 – Natalia Oreiro, Uruguayan actress and singer May 20 – Matt Czuchry, American actor May 22 – Nina Inhammar, Swedish singer (Friends) May 24 – Jeet Gannguli, Indian singer, music director and score composer May 28 Leo the Lion, English singer-songwriter and actor (The Streets) Brian Friedman, American dancer and choreographer May 31 Scott Klopfenstein, American musician and vocalist (Reel Big Fish) Joel Ross, British disc jockey Chris Pennie, American musician (Coheed and Cambria) June 5 – Nourhanne, Lebanese singer June 8 – Kanye West, American rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, fashion designer and entrepreneurCurrent Biography Yearbook: Annual Cumulation https://books.google.com/books?id=4yZnDW7PT4QC 2006 H.W. Wilson Company 588 June 10 Adam Darski, Polish musician Takako Matsu, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress June 12 Kenny Wayne Shepherd, guitarist Ana Tijoux, French-Chilean musician June 23 – Jason Mraz, American singer-songwriter and musician June 24 – Francine Jordi, Swiss pop singer June 25 – Tim Anderson, American songwriter and producer June 27 – Dan Andriano, American bassist (Alkaline Trio) June 28 Mark Stoermer, American rock guitarist (The Killers) Harun Tekin, Turkish rock vocalist and guitarist (Mor ve Ötesi) June 29 – DEALZ, American rapper June 29 – Sam Bailey, English singer July 1 Tom Frager, French-born singer and surfer Liv Tyler, American actress daughter of Steven Tyler July 5 – Royce da 5'9", American rapper July 8 – Barbara Tausia, Belgian choreographer and dancer (Eu4ya) July 10 – Jesse Lacey, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Brand New and Taking Back Sunday) July 12 – Airin Older, American musician July 14 – Gordon Cree, composer July 15 – Ray Toro, American musician and vocalist (My Chemical Romance) July 18 – Tony Fagenson, American musician, producer and songwriter (Eve 6, Dead Posey) July 20 – Şebnem Paker, Turkish guitarist singer and music teacher July 28 – Jacoby Shaddix, American singer-songwriter, rapper and TV presenter (Papa Roach) July 29 Danger Mouse, American record producer (Gnarls Barkley) Rodney Jerkins, American record producer, songwriter and rapper July 30 Ian Watkins, Welsh singer (Lostprophets) Paw Lagermann, Danish singer-songwriter and record producer (Infernal) August 7 Samantha Ronson, English DJ and singer-songwriter (Lindsay Lohan, Mark Ronson) Nicco, American recording artist August 8 – Marsha Ambrosius, English singer-songwriter August 10 – Aaron Kamin, American guitarist and vocalist (The Calling) August 12 – Park Yong-ha, South Korean actor and singer (d. 2010) August 16 – Tamer Hosny, Egyptian singer and actor August 17 Claire Richards, British singer and dancer (Steps)Larkin Colin The Encyclopedia of Popular Music 27 May 2011 Omnibus Press 978-0-85712-595-8 1959 https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&pg=RA8-PA1959 en Tarja Turunen, Finnish operatic soprano singer-songwriter August 19 – Katrina Woolverton, American singer-songwriter August 30 – Jens Ludwig, German guitarist August 31 Craig Nicholls, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Vines) Del Marquis, American musician (Scissor Sisters) September 1 Chris Cain, American rock bassist (We Are Scientists) Kathleen de Leon Jones, Australian actress, singer and dancer September 2 Elitsa Todorova, Bulgarian singer-songwriter Sam Rivers, American bassist (Limp Bizkit) (d. 2025) September 3 – DJ Envy, American disc jockey, record producer and radio personality September 4 Ian Grushka, American musician and songwriter (New Found Glory) Lucie Silvas, English singer September 6 Kiyoshi Hikawa, Japanese enka singer N.O.R.E., American rapper (Capone-N-Noreaga) September 9 – Chae Jung-an, South Korean actress and singer September 11 Jonny Buckland, English-born Welsh rock guitarist (Coldplay) Ludacris, American rapper and actor Jang Minho, South Korean singer (U-BeS) September 12 2 Chainz, American rapper and businessman James McCartney, English musician and singer, son of Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney September 13 – Fiona Apple, American singer-songwriterhttps://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/05/arts/a-message-far-less-pretty-than-the-face.html A Message Far Less Pretty Than the Face Ehrlich, Dimitri The New York Times January 5, 1997 September 15 – Angela Aki, Japanese singer-songwriter September 19 – Ioana Maria Lupascu, Romanian pianist September 20 Namie Amuro, Japanese singer The-Dream, American singer-songwriter and record producer (Christina Milian, Rihanna, Beyoncé) September 23 Susan Tamim, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2008) Piero Esteriore, Swiss singer September 29 – Trine Jepsen, Danish singer, actress and Television presenter (EyeQ) October 1 – Owen Biddle, rock bass guitarist (The Roots) October 4 – Ana Johnsson, Swedish singer October 5 – Wendy Vera, Ecuadorian musician and composer October 6 – Melinda Doolittle, American singer October 12 – Young Jeezy, American rapper October 13 – Justin Peroff, Canadian drummer and percussionist (Broken Social Scene) October 15 – Erin McKeown, American folk-rock singer-songwriter October 16 – John Mayer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist October 17 – Nicole Cabell, American operatic soprano October 22 - The Blessed Madonna, American DJ, musician and producer October 25 – Yehonathan Gatro, Israeli singer and actor November 1 – Alistair Griffin, British singer-songwriter November 4 – Kavana, British singer November 7 – Wigor, Polish rapper and producerJuly 2024 November 8 Khia, American rapper, songwriter and record producer Bucky Covington, American singer Tiffani Wood, Australian singer-songwriter (Bardot) November 10 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009) November 13 – Huang Xiaoming, Chinese actor and singer November 14 – Obie Trice, African-American rapper November 15 – Logan Whitehurst, American one man band (died 2006) November 18 – Fabolous, American rapper November 20 – Daniel Svensson, Swedish drummer November 21 – Annie, Norwegian singer-songwriter and DJ November 23 – Christopher Amott, Swedish guitarist November 27 – Ivar Bjørnson, Norwegian songwriter and guitarist (Enslaved) November 28 - Katrina Parker, American independent artist, contestant on The Voice November 30 – Steve Aoki, American musician, record producer, DJ and music executive December 1 Brad Delson, American guitarist (Linkin Park)Current Biography Yearbook H. W. Wilson Company 2002 334 Akiva Schaffer, American actor, filmmaker, comedian and musician (The Lonely Island) Bryan-Michael Cox, American record producer and songwriter (Usher, Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige and Toni Braxton) December 7 – Dominic Howard, English alternative rock drummer (Muse) December 9 – Imogen Heap, English singer-songwriter, record producer and audio engineer December 12 – Andy Williams, American metalcore rhythm guitarist (Every Time I Die) and wrestler (died 2026) December 18 – Axwell, Swedish DJ, record producer and remixer December 21 Toby Rand, Australian singer-songwriter (Juke Kartel) Regína Ósk, Icelandic singer (Eurobandið) December 23 – Nitty, American rapper December 24 – Gil Seong-joon, South Korean hip hop duo (Leessang) December 25 – Mariama Goodman, British R&B singer-songwriter (Honeyz) December 31 – Psy, South Korean singer-songwriter Deaths January 1 – Michael Mann, violinist, son of Thomas Mann, 57 (suicide) January 2 – Erroll Garner, jazz pianist, 53 (heart attack)John S. Wilson https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B03E4D81E3FEF3BBC4B53DFB766838C669EDE Erroll Garner, Jazz Pianist, 53; Composed 'Misty,' 'That's My Kick' The New York Times 23 January 3, 1977 August 2, 2015 January 16 – Tom Archia, jazz saxophonist, 57 Bob Eagle Eric S. LeBlanc 2013 Blues - A Regional Experience Praeger Publishers Santa Barbara 314 978-0313344237 January 23 – Dick Burnett, folk songwriter, 94 January 29 – Johnny Franz, English record producer, 54Johnny Franz Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor... https://www.allmusic.com/artist/johnny-franz-mn0000995529 2025-05-30 AllMusic en February 8 – Eivind Groven, microtonal composer and music theorist, 75 https://snl.no/Eivind_Groven Eivind Groven Store norske leksikon Rune J. Andersen May 1, 2018 February 10 – Grace Williams, composer, 70Griffiths Rhidian Williams, Grace Mary (1906-1977), composer s10-WILL-MAR-1906 2020-06-11 February 12 – Ernst Mehlich, German-Brazilian conductor and composer, 89 February 23 – Margaret Daum, operatic soprano, 70 February 26 – Bukka White, blues guitarist and singer, 67 February 28 – Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, comic actor and singer, 71March 1, 1977 Eddie Anderson, 71, Benny's Rochester The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html live May 24, 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20170925040502/http://www.nytimes.com/1977/03/01/archives/eddie-anderson-71-bennys-rochester-gravelvoiced-comedian-noted-for.html September 25, 2017 (subscription required) March 10 – E. Power Biggs, organist, 70 April 14 – Johnny Broderick, pianist, composer, songwriter, and vaudeville performer in the act Arren and Broderickhttps://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-john-e-broderick/207892897/ John E. Broderick Fort Myers News-Press April 15, 1977 20https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-comedy-routine-still-c/207893768/ Comedy Routine Still Clicks After 31 Years The Tampa Tribune March 17, 1963 4H Patrick Kelly May 6 – Joseph Hislop, operatic and concert tenor, 93 May 9 – Harold Spivacke, music librarian and administrator, 72 May 22 – Hampton Hawes, jazz pianist, 48 (brain haemorrhage)The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-580-8 192/3 May 26 – William Powell (The O'Jays), 35 (cancer) May 30 – Paul Desmond, jazz saxophonist, 52 (lung cancer) June 5 – Sleepy John Estes, blues guitarist and singer, 78 June 13 – Matthew Garber, former child star of Mary Poppins, 21 (pancreatitis) June 22 – Peter Laughner, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rocket From the Tombs and Pere Ubu), 24 June 30 – Ernst Oster, pianist, musicologist, and music theorist, 69 (stroke) July 2 – Gert Potgieter, South African operatic tenor and actor, 47 (car accident) July 6 – Ödön Pártos, Hungarian-born Israeli violist and composer, 69 July 20 – Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant, 38 (drowned) July 26 – Gena Branscombe, Canadian composer and conductor, 95 August 16 – Elvis Presley, singer, 42 (heart attack)Guralnick, Peter 1999 Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley Back Bay Books 978-0-316-33297-2 Guralnick 1999 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780316332972 645–648 August 19 – Groucho Marx, comedian, actor, singer and performer, 86 (pneumonia)Groucho Marx, Comedian, Dead. Movie Star and TV Host Was 86. Master of the Insult. Groucho Marx, Film Comedian and Host of 'You Bet Your Life,' Dies https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D03E4DD103DE532A25753C2A96E9C946690D6CF The New York Times August 20, 2007 1 September 1 – Ethel Waters, American blues, jazz and gospel singer, 80 September 5 – George Barnes, swing jazz guitarist, 56 September 13 – Leopold Stokowski, conductor, 95Allen Hughes, "Leopold Stokowski Is Dead of a Heart Attack at 95", The New York Times, 14 September 1977. September 16 Marc Bolan, singer-songwriter, 29 (car crash)https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-of-marc-bolans-death-solved-8142457.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/mystery-of-marc-bolans-death-solved-8142457.html May 1, 2022 subscription live Mystery of Marc Bolan's death solved 27 August 2013 London The Independent Paul Bignell 16 September 2012 Maria Callas, operatic soprano, 53 (heart attack)https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/1202.html Maria Callas, 53, Is Dead of Heart Attack in Paris archive.nytimes.com April 18, 2018 September 29 – Alexander Tcherepnin, composer, 78 September 30 – Mary Ford, guitarist and vocalist, 53 (diabetes-related) October 8 – Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer, composer, and lyricist, 75 October 13 – Shirley Brickley, the Orlons, 32 (shot)Joel Whitburn Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 Record Research 2003 527 October 14 – Bing Crosby, American singer and actor, 74West Richard Ted Jr. Thackrey From the Archives: Bing Crosby Dies at 73 on Golf Course https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bing-crosby-19771015-story.html Los Angeles Times October 15, 1977!--headline gives incorrect age--> October 18 – Kristian Hauger, Norwegian pianist, orchestra leader and composer of popular music (born 1905)Kristian Hauger Norsk biografisk leksikon Svend Erik Løken Larsen Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo http://nbl.snl.no/Kristian_Hauger Norwegian 7 June 2014 October 19 – Marino Capicchioni, Italian musical instrument maker, 82https://www.capicchioni.com/marinocapicchionieng.html Villa Villa Marcello Vittorio 2005 Marino Capicchioni Cremona Centro Studi "Capicchioni" 11 March 2023 October 20 – Ronnie Van Zant, 29, Steve Gaines, 28, and Cassie Gaines, 29, American members of Lynyrd Skynyrd (plane crash)https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719%2C5461935 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon UPI Rock band leader, five others killed in charter plane crash October 21, 1977 3A December 14, 2020 August 12, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210812124205/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-aRVAAAAIBAJ&pg=6719,5461935 live November 5 – Guy Lombardo, violinist and bandleader, 75The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1992 First 0-85112-939-0 1509 November 14 – Richard Addinsell, Warsaw Concerto composer, 73Randel Don Michael The Harvard biographical dictionary of music 1996 Belknap Press of Harvard Univ. Press Cambridge, Massachusetts 0-674-37299-9 5 Addinsell, Richard (Stewart) registration https://archive.org/details/harvardbiographi00rand/page/5 December 5 – Rahsaan Roland Kirk, jazz saxophonist, flutist, composer, 42 (stroke)https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-2000248200 The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz Oxford University Press 978-0-1953-8699-8 Kernfeld Barry Barry Kernfeld 2nd New York January 20, 2002 497/8 en Kirk, Roland 10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J248200 February 1, 2009 http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/J248200 December 24 – Salvatore Papaccio, Canzone Napoletana tenor, 87Opera Opera Magazine Limited 1979 128 December 25 – Charlie Chaplin, actor and composer, 88Thomas David When Chaplin Played Father https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3587749/When-Chaplin-played-father.html The Telegraph 26 December 2002 26 June 2012 live https://web.archive.org/web/20120715051303/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/3587749/When-Chaplin-played-father.html 15 July 2012 December 28 – Sam Brown, jazz guitarist, 38 December 30 – St. Louis Jimmy Oden, blues singer, 74The Guinness Who's Who of Blues Colin Larkin Guinness Publishing 1995 Second 0-85112-673-1 283/4 date unknown – Jimmy Cooper, hammered dulcimer player, 70 Awards Grammy Awards of 1977 Country Music Association Awards Eurovision Song Contest 1977 19th Japan Record Awards References Category:20th century in music Category:Music by year