23rd November

Lynn Anderson is the musical guest on this week's edition of The Bobby Vinton Show on tv in the USA.

Caravan play at The Empire, Liverpool, UK.

Cado Belle play at The Top Rank, Brighton, UK.

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

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

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

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

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)

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.

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

Nazareth play at The Apollo, Glasgow, Scotland.

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.

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

Abba arrive at Schiphol airport, Amsterdam, Holland, Europe, on a promotional visit.

The Eagles play at Kiel Auditorium, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, supported by J.D. Souther.