1976-12-17

Wind & Wuthering

Genesis

  8th album  

 

 

 

 

 

1976
12/2 Thu
"The Bee Gees perform at Madison Square Garden and donate the proceeds to the Police Athletic League in New York. In January 1979, they will receive the Police Athletic League's ""Superstars of the Year"" award."
12/3 Fri
A Pink Floyd album cover shoot in South London goes awry when a large inflatable pig balloon being used for the shoot breaks free of its moorings and drifts out of sight.
12/3 Fri
"ABob Marley and several others are injured when gunmen burst into his home in Kingston, Jamaica and open fire."
12/8 Wed
"The Carpenters air their ""Very First Television Special"" on ABC."
12/8 Wed
The Eagles release Hotel California.
12/12 Sun
"Ace Frehley is shocked on stage during a Kiss concert in Lakeland, Florida after touching an ungrounded metal railing. The incident inspires the song ""Shock Me""."
12/31 Fri
"The fifth annual New Year's Rockin' Eve special airs on ABC, with performances by Donna Summer, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, The Four Seasons, and KC and the Sunshine Band."
1977
1/1 Sat
"The Clash headline the opening night of London's only punk rock club, The Roxy"
1/11 Tue
"Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards is fined £750 for possession of cocaine which was found in his wrecked car on May 19, 1976. Richards was charged an additional £250 for court costs and found ""not guilty"" of possession of LSD."
1/20 Thu
"Jimmy Buffett's Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes is released, featuring the biggest single of his career, ""Margaritaville"", which helps establish Buffett as a popular artist, and earns him much of the rabid fanbase (""Parrotheads"") for which

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