), The Simon & Schuster Book of the Opera: a Complete Reference Guide — 1597 to the Present, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977 ISBN 0-671-24886-3

He is a close friend of SNL producer Lorne Michaels, who produced the 1977 TV show The Paul Simon Special, as well as the Simon and Garfunkel concert in Central Park four years later.

Another album recorded in 1974 that was rejected by Word Records was Streams of White Light Into Darkened Corners, a documentary album that took " a satirical look at the early 1970s ' religious pop music ' trend from 1970 to 1974 ", written by celebrities who had " jumped on the ` 70s spiritual bandwagon ", and featured Norman singing covers of religious songs by Norman Greenbaum, Paul Simon, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, Randy Newman, Leon Russell, Jackson Browne, and the Rolling Stones, and was not released until 1977 by AB Records.

Original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas departed in 1977 after becoming disillusioned with the influx of new members, and later recorded an album under the name Funkadelic.

Original Parliaments members Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas, who had been with Clinton since the barbershop days in the late 1950s, felt marginalized by the continuous influx of new members and departed acrimoniously in 1977.

The album was recorded by former Funkadelic members and original Parliaments Fuzzy Haskins, Calvin Simon, and Grady Thomas, who had left P-Funk in 1977 after disagreements with George Clinton's management practices.

In June 1977 at the height of P-Funk's popularity, Haskins ( along with other original Parliaments Calvin Simon and Grady Thomas ) left the ensemble over financial and management disputes with Clinton.

* Simon Fraser University ( SFU ), 1977 to 1992, Canada

In 1977, Simon ( along with other original Parliaments Fuzzy Haskins and Grady Thomas ), left Parliament-Funkadelic after financial and management disputes with Clinton.

Also in 1977, Simon co-produced Libby Titus's album Libby Titus and sang backup on two songs: " Can This Be Our Love Affair?

Simon and Taylor had two children, Sarah " Sally " Maria Taylor ( born January 7, 1974 ) and Benjamin " Ben " Simon Taylor ( born January 22, 1977 ), both of whom are musicians and political activists.

* Simon, pseudonymic writer of the 1977 ' Simon Necronomicon ', or the ' real Necronomicon '

In 1977, Simon received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the Treasury Department's highest honor.

* Roger Simon, Stuart Hall, Gramsci's Political Thought: An Introduction, Lawrence and Wishart, 1977, ISBN 0-85315-738-3

* Simon Fraser, 16th Lord Lovat ( born 1977 ), Chief of Clan Fraser

President Nixon named William E. Simon as " Energy Czar ", and in 1977, a cabinet-level Department of Energy was created, leading to the creation of the United States ' Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Fisher dated musician Paul Simon from 1977 until 1983, then was married to him from August 1983 to July 1984, and they dated again for a time after their divorce.

* McCullough, David, The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870-1914 Simon and Schuster, 1977.

In 1980, dissatisfied with the lack of creative control at Grosset & Dunlap and the lack of publicity for the Hardy Boys ' 50th anniversary in 1977, Harriet Adams switched publishers for the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, as well as other series, to Simon and Schuster.

The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years, setting a record for the Alvin Theatre ( now the Neil Simon Theatre ).

On November 13, 1977, Capp retired with an apology to his fans for the recently declining quality of the strip, which he said had been the best he could manage due to declining health.

When the Apple II, PET 2001 and TRS-80 were all released in 1977, all three had BASIC as their primary programming language and operating environment.

At the time of the SDP's creation, Owen and Rodgers were sitting Labour Members of Parliament ( MPs ); Jenkins had left Parliament in 1977 to serve as President of the European Commission, while Williams had lost her seat in the 1979 general election.

In 1977 Maore expelled peasants from Ngazidja and Nzwani who had recently settled in large numbers on the island.

Apart from this, when no party has had a majority, minority governments normally have been formed with one or more opposition parties agreeing to vote for the legislation governments need to function, as the Labour government of James Callaghan formed a coalition with the Liberals in 1977 when it lost its narrow majority gained at the October 1974 election.

It was also the first full coalition in Britain since 1945, having been formed 70 years virtually to the day after the establishment of Winston Churchill's wartime coalition, although there had been the " Lib-Lab pact ", an agreement stopping short of a full coalition between the Labour and Liberal parties, from March 1977 until July 1978, when a series of by-election defeats had eroded Labour's majority of three seats which had been gained at the October 1974 election.

It followed a year long campaign first initiated by students who had worked together to block the appointment of former United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger to an endowed chair at the university in 1977.

By 1977, the Fairchild Channel F had sold 250, 000 units and was second-place behind the VCS.

Formed by Harry Wayne Casey (" KC ") and Richard Finch, Miami's KC and the Sunshine Band had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits between 1975 and 1977, including " Get Down Tonight ", " That's the Way ( I Like It )", "( Shake, Shake, Shake ) Shake Your Booty ", " I'm Your Boogie Man " and " Keep It Comin ' Love ".

Hassan Gouled Aptidon, a Somali politician who had campaigned for a yes vote in the referendum of 1958, eventually wound up as the nation's first president ( 1977 – 1999 ).

According to Fitzgerald ( 1977 ) " Reinforcements arrived, and within fifteen minutes these ' vicious brutes ', who for some two hours had terrorized well-armed prison staff, and effectively controlled the prison, had surrendered and been locked up again ".

The line-up was completed by Tony and Hunt Sales, whom Bowie had known since the late 1970s for their contribution, on drums and bass respectively, to Iggy Pop's 1977 album Lust For Life.

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

They had no children, and eventually divorced in 1977.

The completion of the story seemed also to signal an end to his problems: he was no longer troubled by nightmares, divorced Germaine in 1977 ( they had separated in 1960 ), and finally married Fanny Vlamynck on 20 May of the same year.

In 1977 Baltimore tied for first for the third straight year ( in 1976 they tied with the now-New England Patriots ) with Miami, and this time advanced to the playoffs on even slimmer pretenses, with a conference record of 9 – 3 compared to Miami's 8 – 4, as they had split the season series.

Ironically, Peter Hain had served as president of the Young Liberals when they called for the impeachment of Mr. Murray in 1977.

While at Coldwater Canyon in 1977, Cagney had a minor stroke.

The revelation of her gender had less adverse impact on people's opinions of her talent than she had feared ; her final Nebula Award ( for " The Screwfly Solution ", published under her other occasional pseudonym, Raccoona Sheldon ) was awarded in 1977.

It had the first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York.

Little Criminals ( 1977 ) contained the surprise hit " Short People ," which also became a subject of controversy.

It may come as a surprise to many interested in the options space that put options were not introduced on the CBOE until 1977, FOUR years after call options were.

" Leading up to the start of the 1977 season, Lemon said during spring training, " I think we'll surprise a few people.

His controversial 1977 single " Short People " was one of the surprise hits of the year, reaching # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.

In a surprise development, Tonry was forced to resign from the U. S. House in May 1977 because of allegations of electoral misconduct.