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The Premier International Online Directory of Musicians & Entertainers   music minder Search For:    In Table: Albums Birthdates Businesses Entertainers Hits Lyrics Memorials On This Day   Home Entertainers Businesses About Contact Albums Birthdates Hits Instruments Lyrics Memorials On This Day Home > On This Day Menu > List On This Day Events ON THIS DAY Search Results for Year: 1978 Click on an event title in the list to view more information about that event. Click on a date in the list to view a list of other events on the same date.   Number of Records Matching Query: 71   POPULAR TV SHOWS 1978 EVENT   Event Date: 1st January 1978 Description: TOP TV SHOWS OF 1978   Summary: 1978-79 1 Laverne & Shirley ABC 2 Three's Company ABC 3 Mork & Mindy ABC 4 Happy Days (tie) ABC 4 The Ropers (tie) ABC 6 What's Happening!! (tie) ABC 6 Alice (8:30) (tie) CBS 8 M*A*S*H CBS 9 One Day at a Time (Monday) CBS 10 Taxi ABC 11 60 Minutes (tie) CBS 11 Charlie's Angels (tie) ABC 13 Angie ABC 14 Alice (9:30) CBS 15 All in the Family CBS 16 WKRP in Cincinnati (tie) CBS 16 Soap (tie) ABC 18 Eight Is Enough ABC 19 All in the Family CBS 20 Barney Miller (tie) ABC 20 CBS Sunday Night Movie (tie) CBS     A. J MCLEAN BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 9th January 1978 Description: Singer, songwriter, actor, USA   TERRY KATH EVENT   Event Date: 23rd January 1978   TERRY KATH DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 23rd January 1978 Description: Guitarist,Vocalist, USA   GREGORY HERBERT DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 31st January 1978 Description: Saxophonist, USA   NUMBER 1 UK SINGLE 1978 EVENT   Event Date: 4th February 1978   Summary: ALTHEA AND DONNA "UPTOWN TOP RANKING"     NUMBER 1 UK SINGLE 1978 EVENT   Event Date: 5th February 1978   Summary: CAROLE KING. "WILL YOU STILL LOVE ME TOMORROW"     NUMBER 1 USA ALBUM 1978 EVENT   Event Date: 10th February 1978 Description: In the United States, the album was certified 15x Platinum for shipments of over 15 million copies.   Summary: "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" In the UK, the album spent 18 consecutive weeks at number one. The album epitomized the disco phenomenon on both sides of the Atlantic and was an international sensation. Along with the success of the movie, the soundtrack, composed and performed primarily by the Bee Gees, was the best-selling soundtrack album of all time.     STEPHAN EBN BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 13th February 1978 Description: Drummer, DE   FIRST TELECAST OF GRAND OLE OPRY EVENT   Event Date: 4th March 1978 Description: The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) telecasts the first complete Grand Ole Opry show from the new Grand Ole Opry House as it happened from 6-9 pm.   Summary: The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) telecasts the first complete Grand Ole Opry show from the new GranThe Public Broadcasting System (PBS) telecasts the first complete Grand Ole Opry show from the new Grand Ole Opry House as it happened from 6-9 pm. d Ole Opry House as it happened from 6-9 pm.     JOHN CAZALE DIED   Sub Title: Acting Event Date: 12th March 1978 Description: Actor, USA   BRYAN OTTOSON BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 18th March 1978 Description: Guitarist, USA   LENKA BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 18th March 1978 Description: Singer, songwriter, actress   NUMBER 1 UK SINGLE 1978 EVENT   Event Date: 19th March 1978   Summary: KATE BUSH. "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"     NICK BAINES BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 21st March 1978 Description: Vocalist, Keyboardiist, UK   WILLIE NELSON HIT EVENT   Event Date: 25th March 1978 Description: "Mamas Dont Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys"   Summary: "Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson becomes the last song for 12 years to spend four weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart.     DUNCAN JAMES BORN   Sub Title: Musician, Acting Event Date: 7th April 1978 Description: Vocalist, actor   GUY BERRYMAN BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 7th April 1978 Description: Bassist, Scotland   RACHEL STEVENS BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 9th April 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, UK   AMBER LAWRENCE BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 19th April 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Australia   SANDY DENNY DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 21st April 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   JASON STOLLSTEIMER BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 22nd April 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, USA   NICK TRAINA BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 1st May 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   BILL LEAR - AUDIO 8 TRACK-RECORDING DIED   Sub Title: Non Entertainer Event Date: 14th May 1978 Description: Manufacturer, USA   NUMBER 1 ALBUM USA 1978 EVENT   Sub Title: "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER" Event Date: 17th May 1978   Summary: THE BEE GEES "SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER"     VIC AMES DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 20th May 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   JOHNNY BOND DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 12th June 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   SID VICIOUS EVENT   Event Date: 16th June 1978   KAVYEN TEMPERLEY BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 3rd July 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, Bassist, Australia   ENOCH LIGHT DIED   Sub Title: Musician, Band Leader Event Date: 31st July 1978 Description: Band Leader, Classical Violinist, Conductor and recording engineer   DHANI HARRISON BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 1st August 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, UK   JOE VENUTI DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 14th August 1978 Description: Violinist, Italian   STACY SUTHERLAND DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 24th August 1978 Description: Guitarist, USA   LOUIS PRIMA DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 28th August 1978 Description: Trumpeter, USA   ROBERT SHAW DIED   Sub Title: Acting Event Date: 28th August 1978 Description: Actor, UK   AL BLIND OWL WILSON EVENT   Event Date: 3rd September 1978   Summary: DIES IN 1978, CALIFORNIA. LEAD SINGER OF CANNED HEAT     JOE NEGRONIE DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 5th September 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   THE BUDDY HOLLY STORY EVENT   Event Date: 6th September 1978   Summary: HAS IT’S PREMIER IN ENGLAND. 1978     EDDIE CALVERT DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 7th September 1978 Description: Trumpeter, Composer, Arranger, UK   KEITH MOON EVENT   Event Date: 7th September 1978   KEITH MOON DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 7th September 1978 Description: Drummer, UK   BEN LEE BORN   Sub Title: Musican Event Date: 11th September 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, Composer, Australia   PATRIZIO BUANNE BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 20th September 1978 Description: Vocalist, Italy   RUTH ETTING DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 24th September 1978 Description: Vocalist, Actress, USA   NICOLE ATKINS BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 1st October 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   JOHNNY O’KEEFE DIES EVENT   Event Date: 6th October 1978 Description: Australian rock and roll singer whose career began in the 1950s dies in 1978 aged 43.   Summary: O'Keefe's last public appearance was on Seven Network's Sounds program, taped on 30 September 1978. Johnny O'Keefe died six days later, on 6 October 1978, from a heart attack induced by an accidental overdose of prescribed drugs.     JOHNNY OKEEFE DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 6th October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Pianist, Australia   ALESHA DIXON BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 7th October 1978 Description: Singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality.   ANDREA MCEWAN BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 9th October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Australia   JACQUES BREL DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 9th October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, Poet, Actor, Belgium   MATTHEW JAY BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 10th October 1978 Description: Vocalist , Guitarist, UK   RAYMOND USHER BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 14th October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Actor, USA   DAN DAILEY DIED   Sub Title: Acting Event Date: 16th October 1978 Description: Actor, singer, dancer, USA   MICHAEL JOHNS BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 20th October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Australia   MEL STREET DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 21st October 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist, USA   MEL STREET - DIES EVENT   Event Date: 21st October 1978 Description: Mel Street commits suicide on his 45th birthday.   Summary: Fans of Mel Street are saddened when the honky tonk-styled singer, who had long battled clinical depression and alcoholism, committed suicide on his 45th birthday. He had signed a recording contract with Mercury Records earlier in the year.     EVE BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 10th November 1978 Description: Vocalist , USA   JOANNE ACCOM BORN   Sub Title: Musicans Event Date: 13th November 1978 Description: Singer, songwriter,   JOANNE ACCOM BORN   Event Date: 13th November 1978   JOANNE ACCOM BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 13th November 1978 Description: Singer, songwriter,   LENNIE TRISTANO DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 18th November 1978 Description: Pianist, Composer, USA   MASS SUICIDE IN JONESTOWN GUYANA EVENT   Event Date: 18th November 1978 Description: The incident in Guyana ranks among the largest mass murders/mass suicides in history   Summary: Event. James Warren "Jim" Jones the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 mass suicide of more than 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana.     TOMMY MARTH BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 23rd November 1978 Description: Saxophonist, USA   KATHERINE HEIGL BORN   Sub Title: Acting Event Date: 24th November 1978 Description: Actress, USA   MIKE SKINNER BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 27th November 1978 Description: Vocalist, Guitarist,UK   CLAY AIKEN BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 30th November 1978 Description: Vocalist, USA   IAN DURY EVENT   Event Date: 1st December 1978   DANIEL MOTTO BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 2nd December 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, Australia   KATIE HOLMES BORN   Sub Title: Acting Event Date: 24th December 1978 Description: Actress, USA   BOB LUMAN DIED   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 27th December 1978 Description: Vocalist, Composer, USA   HOLLY THROSBY BORN   Sub Title: Musician Event Date: 28th December 1978 Description: Vovcalist,     © Music Minder All rights reserved: Prosecution rights will be exercised for any breaches of copyright.