(Saturday, January 29, 1977) — “Dazz” by Brick peaked at #3 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Category Archives: 1970s
‘Walk This Way’ by Aerosmith peaks at #10 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 29 1977)
(Saturday, January 29, 1977) — “Walk This Way” by Aerosmith peaked at #10 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
Rolling Stone ranked this version of “Walk This Way” at number 346 on their list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
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‘Jeans On’ by David Dundas peaks at #17 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 29 1977)
(Saturday, January 29, 1977) — “Jeans On” by David Dundas peaked at #17 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Open Sesame (Part 1)’ by Kool & the Gang peaks at #55 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 29 1977)
(Saturday, January 29, 1977) — “Open Sesame (Part 1)” by Kool & the Gang peaked at #55 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks.
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‘Crackerbox Palace’ by George Harrison debuts at #66 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 29 1977)
(Saturday, January 29, 1977) — “Crackerbox Palace” by former Beatle George Harrison debuted at #66 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Crackerbox Palace’ by George Harrison debuts at #66 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 29 1977)
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Comedian Freddie Prinze gravely wounded by self-inflicted gunshot 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 28 1977)
Video: 'The Tragic Side of Comedy- Freddie Prinze'
(Friday, January 28, 1977, 3:30 a.m. PST) — Actor-comedian Freddie Prinze, the 22-year-old co-star of the NBC-TV comedy series Chico and the Man, was gravely wounded today at the Beverly Comstock Hotel in West Los Angeles by a gunshot in the head that the police said had been self-inflicted (he died the following day).
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‘The Whipping of Kunte Kinte’ scene featured on ‘Roots’ 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 24 1977)
Video: 'Whats your Name "Kunta kentei"'
(Monday, January 24, 1977, 9:00-11:00 p.m. EST) — A slave, Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton), is strung up, whipped and forced to accept his Anglo name, Toby, after attempting to run away from the Reynolds plantation in Spotsylvania, Virginia, in the middle of winter on tonight’s episode of the ABC television miniseries Roots (which had debuted the previous night, Jan. 23, 1977).
TV Guide and TV Land ranked the moment this moment #7 of the “100 Most Memorable TV Moments of All Time” in 2004.
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‘Crackerbox Palace’/’Learning How to Love You’ single by George Harrison released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 24 1977)
Video: 'George Harrison - Crackerbox Palace (Official Video)'
(Monday, January 24, 1977) — The single “Crackerbox Palace”/“Learning How to Love You” by ex-Beatle George Harrison was released today in the U.S. as the second single from his album Thirty Three & 1/3. Continue reading ‘Crackerbox Palace’/’Learning How to Love You’ single by George Harrison released 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 24 1977)
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‘Wings over America’ album by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1977)
(Saturday, January 22, 1977) — Wings over America, a triple live album by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings recorded during American leg of the rock group’s acclaimed 1975–76 tour, peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Wings over America’ album by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1977)
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‘I Wish’ by Stevie Wonder peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 22 1977)
(Saturday, January 22, 1977) — “I Wish” by Stevie Wonder peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.
The track was Wonder’s fifth of ten number one hits on the chart (1963-1986).
