23rd November

Jerry Lee Lewis, brandishing a Derringer pistol, drives to Graceland, Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and demands that Elvis Presley should come out to speak with him. Elvis declines. Jerry Lee goes home.

Nazareth play at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.

Trapeze play at Barbarella's, Manchester, UK.

Man play at The Town Hall, Birmingham, UK, supported by Alcatraz.

Jazz guitarist Irving Ashby records Shivers and Funkville U.S.A. in Los Angeles, California, USA, for his RCA Records album Guitar Player. Hampton Hawes plays piano on the session.

Andy Fairweather Low plays at Leith Theatre, Edinburgh, Scotland.

Brian Wilson performs Back Home, from the Beach Boys' latest album 15 Big Ones, on the Mike Douglas Show on tv in the USA.

Singer-songwriter, recording artist and music producer Daniel Santacruz is born in New Jersey, USA.

Linda Ronstadt appears on UK tv show The Old Grey Whistle Test.

Radio Birdman play a live set for a radio bradcast in Double Jay Studio, Sydney, Australia.

Mud play at The Locarno, Portsmouth, UK.

A son, Joseph Sumner, is born to Frances Tomelty, actress and first wife of Sting ([real name, Gordon Sumner].

The Top Ten Singles on WABC Radio in New York City, USA, are :



1. Disco Duck, Part 1 - Rick Dees And His Cast of Idiots (RSO)

2. Tonight's the Night - Rod Stewart (Warner Brothers)

3. Love So Right - The Bee Gees (RSO)

4. Just To Be Close To You - The Commodores (Motown)

5. Muskrat Love - The Captain And Tennille (A+M)

6. The Rubberband Man - The Spinners (Atlantic)

7. Whispering/Cherchez la Femme/Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band (RCA)

8. If You Leave Me Now - Chicago (Columbia)

9. Fernando - ABBA (Atlantic)

10. The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot (Reprise)

Caravan play at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.

Patti Smith plays at The Bottom Line, New York City, USA.