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Jan 21, 1978
Comedian Steve Martin performs "King Tut" on NBC's "Saturday Night Live." His backing band, dressed in Egyptian costumes, is The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, billed as The Toot Uncommons
Jan 31, 1978
"Elvis: The Legend Lives," starring Presley impersonator Rick Saucedo, kicks off a three-month run at the Palace Theater in New York
Apr 30, 1978
"Elvis: The Legend Lives," featuring Rick Saucedo, concludes a three-month Broadway run at New York's Palace Theater
May 13, 1978
Jimmy Buffett makes an appearance on "Saturday Night Live" as musical guest with songwriter Tim Krekel in his backing band
May 22, 1978
Michael Martin Murphey and Jonathan Edwards begin a three-night stand at The Bottom Line in New York City. During the run, Murphey meets model Mary Maciukas, destined to become his third wife
Jun 16, 1978
The film version of "Grease," featuring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, opens in New York. She scores a minor country hit with a song from the soundtrack, "Hopelessly Devoted To You"
Jun 19, 1978
Mabel Wayne, hailed as America's first female songwriter, dies in Glen Cove, New York. Fifty years prior, she had a pop hit when Gene Austin covered "Ramona," which Billy Walker converted into a country hit in 1968
Aug 16, 1978
On the one-year anniversary of Elvis Presley's death, Priscilla Presley remembers him quietly--and privately--at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York
Aug 21, 1978
Dolly Parton gives a free lunchtime concert at New York's City Hall, where she receives a key to the city from mayor Ed Koch
Oct 20, 1978
British rockers The Police make their first American concert performance, playing at the New York punk club CBGB. Nineteen years later, lead singer Sting appears on the country charts with Toby Keith on "I'm So Happy I Can't Stop Crying"
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