
Studio 54 opens in New York City and becomes the nation's most famous celebrity dance club. Pre-recorded cassette sales equal vinyl album sales for the first time. Elvis is found dead at his home in Memphis Tennesee at age 42. Singer Marc Bolan of T.Rex dies in a UK car crash. Lynyrd Skynyrd lead singer Ronnie Van Zandt and two band mates die in a plane crash. The movies Car Wash and Saturday Night Fever bring disco to the big screen. David Bowie performs a duet with Bing Crosby on an American TV Christmas Special.