1977-10-17

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1977
9/16 Fri
T.Rex frontman Marc Bolan is killed in an automobile accident.
9/29 Thu
"Billy Joel's The Stranger is released. ""Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)"", ""Just the Way You Are"" and ""Only the Good Die Young"" all become hits, and the album also features the beloved medley ""Scenes from an Italian Restaurant""."
10/3 Mon
"Elvis in Concert, a TV concert special filmed during Elvis Presley's final tour, is aired on CBS."
10/5 Wed
The bicentennial season of La Scala opens in Milan with a production of Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlo.
10/9 Sun
"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."
10/20 Thu
"A plane carrying Lynyrd Skynyrd crashes in Mississippi, killing songwriter & vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and background vocalist Cassie Gaines."
10/31 Mon
"The original version of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Jahreslauf is premi_red at the National Theatre of Japan in Chiyoda, Tokyo, by the Imperial Gagaku Ensemble."
11/25 Fri
"10 Years of Rolling Stone, a television special commemorating the tenth anniversary of Rolling Stone magazine, airs on CBS. Guests include Bette Midler, Art Garfunkel, Billy Preston, Melissa Manchester, and Keith Moon."
11/30 Wed
"Bing Crosby's final Christmas special, Bing Crosby's Merrie Olde Christmas, airs on CBS. The special was taped in September, one month before Crosby's death at age 74. The most memorable scene consists of the surreal sight of Crosby being joined by David
12/14 Wed
"Saturday Night Fever appears in theaters, igniting a new popularity for disco music and pushing it to the forefront of American pop culture. The accompanying soundtrack to the film is an enormous hit that establishes the Bee Gees (who had composed most o
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