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Elvis Costello & The Attractions

 

 

 

 

 

1978
12/31 Sun
"The seventh annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Barry Manilow, Village People, Chuck Mangione, Tanya Tucker and Rick James."
12/31 Sun
"CBS airs New Year's Eve with Guy Lombardo for the final time, nearly two years after the band leader's death and ending a 22 year run that began in 1956."
12/31 Sun
"The Winterland Ballroom venue in San Francisco closes with a New Year's Eve performance by the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage and the Blues Brothers."
1979
1/1 Mon
Bill Graham closes San Francisco's Winterland Ballroom following a New Year's Eve performance by the Blues Brothers and the Grateful Dead.
1/1 Mon
"During a New Year's Eve concert in Cleveland, Ohio, Bruce Springsteen is injured when a fire-cracker is thrown onstage from the audience."
1/4 Thu
"The Star-Club in Hamburg, Germany, best known for its connections to the early days of the Beatles, reopens."
1/6 Sat
"ABC's American Bandstand featured the debut of the ""Y.M.C.A. dance"" using the hand gestures forming the letters YMCA during a broadcast with the Village People."
1/9 Tue
"The Music for UNICEF Concert in held in New York City at the United Nations, starring The Bee Gees. Highlights are aired the following evening on NBC."
1/13 Sat
"Singer Donny Hathaway dies after falling 15 stories from his hotel room in New York City. According to Hathaway's record company, Atlantic, the singer had been having some psychological problems."
1/15 Mon
MCA Records purchases ABC Records for a reported $20 million.
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