On this day in movie history - Wizards (1977):

Wizards

directed and written by Ralph Bakshi,

was released in the United States on February 9, 1977.
Narrated by Susan Tyrrell.
Music by Andrew Belling.

Cast:

Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, James Connell, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, Angelo Grisanti.

On this day in music history - Rumours, by Fleetwood Mac (1977)

Rumours

Album by Fleetwood Mac,

released February 4, 1977.

Track list:

Second Hand News; Dreams; Never Going Back Again; Don't Stop; Go Your Own Way; Songbird; The Chain; You Make Loving Fun; I Don't Want to Know; Oh Daddy; Gold Dust Woman.

On this day in music history - Cheap Trick, by Cheap Trick (1977):

Cheap Trick

Album by Cheap Trick,

released February 3, 1977.

Track list:

ELO Kiddies (Single Version); Daddy Should Have Stayed in High School; Taxman, Mr. Thief; Cry, Cry; Oh, Candy; Hot Love; Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace; He's a Whore; Mandocello; The Ballad of TV Violence (I'm Not the Only Boy); Lovin' Money; I Want You to Want Me (Early Studio Version); Lookout (Studio Version); You're All Talk (Early Studio Version); I Dig Go-Go Girls (Outtake - 1977).

On this day in movie history - Opening Night (1977):

Opening Night

directed and written by John Cassavetes,

was released in the United States on December 25, 1977.
Music by Bo Harwood.

Cast:

Gena Rowlands, John Cassavetes, Ben Gazzara, Joan Blondell, Paul Stewart, Zohra Lampert, Laura Johnson, John Tuell, Ray Powers, John Finnegan, Louise Lewis, Fred Draper, Katherine Cassavetes, Lady Rowlands, Carol Warren, Briana Carver, Angelo Grisanti, Meade Roberts, Eleanor Zee, David Rowlands, Sharon Van Ivan, Jimmy Christie, James Karen, Jimmy Joyce, Sherry Bain, Sylvia Davis Shaw, Peter Lampert, Josh Becker, Peter Bogdanovich, Seymour Cassel, Robert Dassanowsky, Peter Falk, Jana Howard, Ronisue Kiser, William Kramer, Patrick Labyorteaux, Robert Leader, Naomi Stevens.

On this day in movie history - The Gauntlet (1977):

The Gauntlet

directed by Clint Eastwood,

written by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack,

was released in the United States on December 21, 1977.
Music by Jerry Fielding.

Cast:

Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, Michael Cavanaugh, Carole Cook, Mara Corday, Doug McGrath, Jeff Morris, Samantha Doane, Roy Jenson, Dan Vadis, Carver Barnes, Robert Barrett, Teddy Bear, Mildred Brion, Ron Chapman, Don Circle, James W. Gavin, Thomas H. Friedkin, Darwin Lamb, Roger Lowe, Fritz Manes, John Quiroga, Josef Rainer, Art Rimdzius, Al Silvani, Michael L. Cooley, Marneen Fields, Dennis Jenkins, Mike Mangiaruca, Butch Price, Terry D. Seago, Steve Wargo, Tom Willett.

On this day in movie history - The Goodbye Girl (1977):

The Goodbye Girl

directed by Herbert Ross,

written by Neil Simon,

was released in the United States on November 30, 1977.
Music by Dave Grusin.
Song Goodbye Girl written and performed by David Gates.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Marsha Mason, Quinn Cummings, Paul Benedict, Barbara Rhoades, Theresa Merritt, Michael Shawn, Patricia Pearcy, Nicol Williamson, Robert Costanzo, Kristina Hurrell, Raymond J. Barry, Powers Boothe.

On this day in movie history - Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977):

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

directed and written by Steven Spielberg,

was released in the United States on November 16, 1977.
Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, Bob Balaban, J. Patrick McNamara, Warren J. Kemmerling, Roberts Blossom, Philip Dodds, Cary Guffey, Shawn Bishop, Adrienne Campbell, Justin Dreyfuss, Lance Henriksen, Merrill Connally, George DiCenzo, Amy Douglass, Alexander Lockwood, Gene Dynarski, Mary Gafrey, Norman Bartold, Josef Sommer, Michael J. Dyer, Roger Ernest, Carl Weathers, F.J. O'Neil, Phil Dodds, Randy Mark Herman, Hal Barwood, Matthew Robbins, David Anderson, Richard L. Hawkins, Craig Shreeve, Bill Thurman, Roy E. Richards, Gene Rader, Eumenio Blanco, Daniel Nunez, Chuy Franco, Luis Contreras, James Keane, Dennis McMullen, Cy Young, Tom Howard, Richard Stuart, Bob Westmoreland, Matt Emery, Galen Thompson, John Dennis Johnston, John Ewing, Keith Atkinson, Robert Broyles, Kirk Raymond, Bennett Wayne Dean Sr., Danyi Deats, Jenny Inge Devaney. Basil Hoffman, J. Allen Hynek, Monty Jordan, Shay McLean, Dejah Moore, Carl Neal, Monty O'Grady, Julia Phillips, Murray Pollack, Stephen Powers, David Rambow, Howard K. Smith.

On this day in music history - Heroes, by David Bowie (1977)

The song Heroes,

by David Bowie,

was released on October 14, 1977.

On this day in music history - Bat Out of Hell, by Meat Loaf (1977):

The album Bat Out of Hell,

by Meat Loaf,

was released on October 11, 1977.
Written by Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman.
Cover art by Richard Corben.

On this day in movie history - Rolling Thunder (1977):

Rolling Thunder

directed by John Flynn,

written by Paul Schrader and Heywood Gould,

based on a story by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on October 7, 1977.
Music by Barry De Vorzon.
Song San Antone performed by Denny Brooks.

Cast:

William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones, Linda Haynes, Carol Sowa, James Best, Dabney Coleman, Luke Askew, Lawrason Driscoll, Lisa Blake Richards, Randy Hermann, James Victor, Charles Escamilla, Pete Ortega, Cassie Yates, Jordan Gerler, Jacque Burandt, Paul A. Partain, James N. Harrell, Jane Abbott, Jerry Brown, Anthony Castillo, Rudy T. Gonzales, Robert K. Guthrie, Ray Gutierrez, Michael Nakamura, James Conner, Cheyenne Rivera, Robert Raymond Reyes, Arturo R. Tamez Jr., Bob Tisdale, Autry Ward, West Ward, William Vance White, Michael R. Witte, Alan Wong, Janet Quist.

Born on this day – Erica Ash:

Erica Ash

Actress

Comedian

Singer

Model

September 19, 1977 – July 29, 2024

Credits:

25 Words or Less (2023); 25th Annual Trumpet Awards (2017); 26th Annual Trumpet Awards (2018); A Black Lady Sketch Show (2021); All About Our House (2001); All I Wish (2017); American Judy (2012); Anatomy of a Queen (2019); Aquaman: King of Atlantis (2021); Be Woke (2018); BET Experience: Celebrity Basketball Game (2018); Bless the Harts (2020); Bloody Roar 4 (2003); Cold Case (2009); Dish Nation (2017–2022); Donnie After Dark (2016); Electric Easy (2021); Extended Family (2024); Face Value (2017); Family Reunion (2019–2021); Good Morning America (2018); Hip Hop Squares (2017); Hollywood Health Report (2016); Home & Family (2015); Horror Noire (2021); I Can Smoke? (2011); In Contempt (2018); In the Flow with Affion Crockett (2011); Jean of the Joneses (2016); Kickback & Chat with Amber Pickens (2017); Kiki Mobile (2017); Kristy (2014); Life Stinks? (2012); Love on A Two Way Street (2020); Mad TV (2008–2009); Married at First Sight: Couples Couch (2023); Miss Me This Christmas (2017); Noches con Platanito (2015); Outlaw Johnny Black (2023); OWN Tonight (2017); Post Life (2016); Real Husbands of Hollywood (2013–2016); Red Eye w/Tom Shillue (2015); RnB Live Hollywood presents (2010–2011); RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars (2019); Sacrifice (2019 / 2021); Scary Movie V (2013); Shades of Blue (2016); Shenmue II (2001); Since When Do You Speak Japanese? (2019); Singleholic (2022); Sister Code (2015); Skin in the Game (2019); Soul Train Awards (2016); Soul Train Awards Post Show (2016); Survivor's Remorse (2014–2017); The 365Black Awards (2016); The 46th Annual NAACP Image Awards (2015); The Big Bend (2021); The Big Gay Sketch Show (2006–2008); The D.L. Hughley Show (2019); The Hollywood Moment (2021); The Real (2015–2018); The Top Ten Revealed (2020); Unbothered (2020); Uncle Drew (2018); Unthinkably Good Things (2022); VIOLET (2021); We Have a Ghost (2023); You Can't Fight Christmas (2017).