A Year in Music 1978 (Season 5, Episode 3)
TV Episode | Music

A Year in Music

1978 (Season 5, Episode 3)

TV Episode | Music

Van Halen, Prince, The Cars and Dire Straits all make their debuts. Disco is everywhere. John Travolta stars in both 'Saturday Night Fever' and 'Grease', and San Francisco's legendary Winterland Ballroom closes for good.

Writer

Annette M. Bettin (as Annette Bettin)

Producer

Candice Bernstein

Cinematographer

David Feeney Lance

Editor

Travis Ford

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Updated May 3, 2022

Release date

May 3, 2022 (United States)

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33 cast members

Name	Known for
Elizabeth Lzzy Mae Hale Self - Host (as Lzzy Hale) Self - Host (as Lzzy Hale) See fewer	Thunder Force (2021)
A Taste of Honey Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nice Guys (2016)
ABBA Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Muriel's Wedding (1994)
Aerosmith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Armageddon (1998)
Frankie Avalon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Grease (1978)
The Bee Gees Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ready Player One (2018)
The Blues Brothers Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The United States of Insanity (2021)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Broken Flowers (2005)
The Cars Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Transformers (2007)
Dick Clark Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)
Neil Diamond Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1980)
Dire Straits Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Gloria Gaynor Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Martian (2015)
Andy Gibb Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Grateful Dead Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Box (I) (2009)
Heart Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage) See fewer	Captain Marvel (2019)
Michael Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Michael Jackson: Thriller (1983)
Rick James Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Colors (1988)
Waylon Jennings Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Maverick (1994)
Billy Joel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Oliver & Company (1988)
Jim Jones Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	People's Temple (1973)
Willie Nelson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
The New Riders of the Purple Sage Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	A Fierce Green Fire: The Battle for A Living Planet (2012)
Olivia Newton-John Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Grease (1978)
Dolly Parton Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Porter Wagoner Show (1961)
Prince Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Under the Cherry Moon (1986)
Diana Ross Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Wiz (1978)
Sha-Na-Na Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Grease (1978)
Barbra Streisand Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Yentl (1983)
Donna Summer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Thank God It's Friday (1978)
John Travolta Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Pulp Fiction (1994)
Van Halen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spaceballs (1987)
The Village People Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Nutty Professor (1996)