Blues Brothers: Soul Man - SNL

The Blues Brothers (John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd) perform “Soul Man.” [Season 4, 1978]

1978 ACM Awards - Kenny Rogers

1978
The 13th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards 

(for 1977 in Country Music)

The big winner in 1978 was Kenny Rogers who took home the prizes for "Lucille" as Song of the Year and "Kenny Rogers" for Album of the Year and won his first of 2 consecutive awards for Male Vocalist of the Year.

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week (November 17th 2015)

Elvin Hayes appears on the May 8, 1978 cover of Sports Illustrated. The 1968 NBA Draft’s first overall pick out of Houston, Elvin Hayes won Rookie of the Year and made 12-consecutive All-Star Games while winning a championship with the Washington Bullets in 1978. Nicknamed “The Big E,” the Hall of Fame center/power forward turned 70 years old Nov. 17, 2015. 

(Manny Millan for SI)

Flashback - Billboard Country Year End Chart - The Top 50 Singles of 1978

Billboard Country Year End Chart

Top 50 Songs of 1978

1978 NFL MVP and Rookie of the Year

Earl Campbell made a huge splash in the NFL in 1978 and he was named the NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year and NFL MVP.

The 1977 Heisman Trophy winner as college football's best player kept it rolling in his debut season with the Houston Oilers.

This would the first of 2 consecutive Shick Award as the 

Pro Football Writer's Association MVP.

(pictured above with then commissioner Pete Rozell his left)

Earl would lead the league in rushing and win NFL Offensive Player of the Year 3 consecutive years (1978, 1979 and 1980) 

Happy Birthday Cale Yarborough

March 27th 2015 was the 76th birthday of racing legend 
Cale Yarborough.

Cale was the first driver to win 3 consecutive NASCAR Winston Cup Championships (1976, 1977, 1978)

He won 4 Daytona 500 races (1968, 1977, 1983 and 1984)

In 1967 he was voted NASCAR's most popular driver
He holds the modern NASCAR record for most pole wins in one season (14) in 1980

Winner of 4 Daytona Firecracker 400 races 
(1967, 1968, 1976, 1981)

In 2012 he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

April 3rd 1978

Kentucky wins the NCAA Basketball championship

Jack "Goose" Givens scores 40 to lead the Wildcats over the Duke Blue Devils.

The Great American Race - 1978 Daytona 500

Throwback Thursday continues with the 1978 Dayton 500.
 This was unique in that it was the last Daytona 500 not to be shown flag to flag on television.  ABC carried updates on the race in the afternoon until 3pm when they went live for the last 250 miles.   Also this saw the heavy favorites Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip and David Pearson all go out in one wreck when Petty was leading and blew a tire and collected the 2nd and 3rd place cars of Waltrip and Pearson
Bobby Allison would manage to get by Buddy Baker and Cale Yarborough for his first of 3 Daytona 500 victories.
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1970s People Magazine of the Day

Flashback - Billboard Top 60 Country Songs 11/18/1978

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Billboard Hot Country Chart

Top 60 Songs

Week Ending November 18th 1978

1978 Baseball All Star Game

1978 Major League Baseball All Star Game

July 11th

San Diego Stadium

San Diego, CA

ABC Television

Announcers:

Keith Jackson, Howard Cosell and Don Drysdale

Starting Pitchers:

American League - Jim Palmer (Baltimore Orioles)

National League - Vida Blue (San Francisco Giants)

Managers:

American League - Billy Martin

National League - Tommy Lasorda

Flashback Billboard Album Top Ten Soul & Country November 11, 1978

Flashback - Billboard Top 50 Hot Soul Singles 11/04/1978

Flashback - Billboard Top 10 Albums Soul & Country 11/4/1978

Flashback - Billboard Top 10 Singles - 2/25/1978

Flashback - Top 50 Billboard Hot Country Singles 10/21/78

Flashback - Top 50 Billboard Country Singles 10/778

Flashback - Billboard Top 50 Country Singles 09/23/1978

Flashback Billboard Top 50 Country Singles September 2, 1978

Top 5

This week's Top 5 is music oriented but its the Top 5 grossing concerts from Billboard magazine dated September 16th 1978

Top 5 Concerts (6,000 to 20,000 size arenas)


1 - REO Speedwagon/Climax Blues Band -  205,194.00 gross receipts
(Alpine Valley Music Theatre, Aug 28-29)

2 - Grateful Dead - 149,369 gross receipts
(Red Rocks Ampitheater Aug 30-31)

3 - Ted Nugent/Cheap Trick/AC/DC - 119,952 gross receipts
(Seattle, WA Aug 29th)


4 - Sha Na Na/Dr. Hook - 97,734 gross receipts
(Providence RI  Aug 31st)

5 - Outlaws/ Bill Chinook - 93,500 gross receipts
(Music Inn, Lenox MA  Sept 2nd)