1977-9-1

A Farewell to Kings

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1977
7/26 Tue
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 virus. The show two days before in Oakland proves to be the band's last ever in the United Sta
8/16 Tue
"Elvis Presley is found dead at his home Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee."
8/17 Wed
Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland for the funeral of Elvis Presley had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history.
8/20 Sat
"The Voyager 2 unmanned probe is launched by NASA, followed by Voyager 1 the following month. Both spacecraft carry a golden record containing sounds and images representing life and culture on Earth, including the first movements of Bach's Brandenburg Co
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"Alice Cooper enters rehab for four months due to his alcoholism, after ten years of drinking a pack of beer a day."
9/1 Thu
World premi_re at the Royal Albert Hall in London of the expanded version of Luciano Berio's Coro.
9/3 Sat
"nearly 110,000 fans pack Englishtown Raceway in Old Bridge, New Jersey for an eleven hour concert by Grateful Dead, Marshall Tucker Band and New Riders of the Purple Sage."
9/15 Thu
"the third (and final) annual Rock Music Awards air on NBC. Fleetwood Mac dominates, winning five awards."
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""."
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