"Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack reaches #1 1978

The soundtrack album from the movie Saturday Night Fever reached #1 on the Billboard 200 January 21, 1978 and stayed there for 24 weeks.  It generated three singles from the Bee Gees and one from Yvonne Elliman.  It is the second biggest-selling soundtrack of all time.  It won the Grammy for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1979.  It won an American Music Award for Favorite Soul/R&B album in 1979.  

The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2004 and, in 2014, was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry for being culturally significant.

Donna Summer 3 American Music Awards 1980

The Goddess of Disco (then Queen of Disco) Donna Summer won three American Music Awards at the 7th annual ceremony held January 18, 1980.  She walked away with Favorite Pop/Rock Female Artist (over Babs and ONJ), and Favorite Soul/R&B Female Artist.

She won Favorite Pop/Rock Song for Bad Girls, beating the one-hit wonder My Sharona by the Knack and Rod Stewart's Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Barry Manilow won Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist beating my man Billy Joel.  I smell a conspiracy.  Michael Jackson won three awards as well, all in the Soul/R&B categories.  

The Bee Gees won 2 awards for Favorite Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group and Favorite Pop/Rock album for Spirits Having Flown.  

The Statler Brothers won Favorite Country Band/Duo/Group.

Benny Goodman was honored with the Merit Award.

Bee Gees "Too Much Heaven" reaches #1 1979

The Bee Gees' single Too Much Heaven reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 January 6, 1979.  They performed it for Music for UNICEF on January 9 and released on their Spirits Having Flown album, their 13th studio album. The single went double platinum in the US.

Too Much Heaven was the theme for my junior/senior prom when I was a junior.

Bee Gees' "Night Fever" reaches #1 1978

The Bee Gees' hit single Night Fever, which appeared on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, March 18, 1978 and remained there for 8 more weeks.  It finished at #2 on the year-end charts.  It is certified platinum in the US, selling 2.5M copies.

ABBA inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2010

Swedish super-group ABBA was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame March 15, 2010.  The Bee Gees Barry and Robin made the announcement.  ABBA released eight studio albums and have won numerous international music awards.

Benny Andersson and Anni-Frid Lyngstad  were on hand to accept the recognition.  Bjorn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Faltskog are the other two members of the group.

Genesis was inducted the same night.

"You Should Be Dancing" by the Bee Gees hits #1 1976

The Bee Gees released Children of the World, their fourteenth studio album in September 1976, but released the single You Should Be Dancing earlier, in June.  September 4, 1976, the single made it to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.

A year later, it was featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta.  It was their third #1 Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.