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Only 6 Albums Reached #1 in 1978: Here’s Why

On January 21, roughly one month after the film’s opening, its soundtrack reached #1. It remained at the top through July 8, another 24 consecutive weeks

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Jan. 4, 2016: Bee Gees, Cream Manager Robert Stigwood Dies

The legendary exec guided the careers of several stars and later formed a record label, RSO. He produced two of the ’70s biggest movie musicals

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October 6, 1980: Bee Gees Sue Manager

Together they had enjoyed truly phenomenal music business success in the 1970s. But by 1980 the Bee Gees sued Robert Stigwood

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July 24, 1978: “Sgt. Pepper’s” Disastrous Movie Opens

The best-laid plans of music moguls to make a film starring three of the best-selling musical acts of the day failed. A box-office bomb and total stinker.

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