February 4 - American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on television with an special hosted by Dick Clark. An "all-star band" made up of Chuck Berry, Seals & Crofts , Gregg Allman, Junior Walker, Johnny Rivers, the Pointer Sisters, Charlie DanielsCharles Edward Daniels (born October 28, 1936) is a very popular country singer. He was born on in Wilmington, North Carolina, and began writing and performing in the 1950s. In addition to country music, he performed rock and jazz. In 1964, Daniels sold a, Doc Severenson , Les McCann , Donald ByrdDonaldson Toussaint L'Ouverture Byrd II (born December 9, 1932) is an American jazz and rhythm and blues trumpeter, born in Detroit, Michigan. He performed with Lionel Hampton before finishing high school. After playing in a military band during a term in, Chuck MangioneChuck Mangione (born November 29, 1940) is a flugelhorn player who achieved international success with his jazz single, Feels So Good in 1977. He also has a recurring role on the animated television series King of the Hill. External links Mangione, Chuck and three members of Booker T and the MGs perform "Roll Over Beethoven."
AprilApril is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 30 days. Derived from the Latin aprilis either from the Latin word aperire which means "to open", probably referring to growing plants in spring, or from the Etruscan name Apru for Aphr - Jesus of NazarethJesus of Nazareth is a six-hour TV movie of the birth, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ based on the accounts given in Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli and written by Anthony Burgess and Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Jesus, directed by Franco ZeffirelliGianfranco Corsi (born February 12, 1923), better known as Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian film director. He is also an opera director, designer and producer of opera, theatre, motion pictures, and television. Zeffirelli has also been a member of the Ital, first airs on NBC.
Don Novello first appeared on Saturday Night Live until 1987.
Scum, an entry in BBC1's Play for Today anthology strand, is pulled from transmission due to controversy over its depiction of life in a Young Offender's Institution. Two years later the director Alan Clarke makes a film version with most of the same cast, and the original play itself is eventually transmitted on Channel 4 in 1991.