I'm not a big on sci-fi or aliens, but for some reason I bought a package of movie trading cards for this one:
Having hauled these around for 40 years and never looking at them, I've decided to unload them on eBay just to see if I can get 10¢ for them. But isn't this (allegedly) a music blog?
The discofied version of the John Williams theme peaked at #13 on the Billboard pop chart in 1978.
The inferior Meco disco version peaked at #25 on the Billboard chart in 1978.
Today's music education lesson: the hand signs used in the movie are the actual Solfege hand signs for the movie's five note theme motif:
But there was more to November, 1977 than the release of the Close Encounters movie. Here's a reminder as to what was topping the Billboard charts on November 19, 1977.
 | Top LP Rumours Fleetwood Mac |
 | Hot 100 "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone |
 | Soul Album Brick Brick |
 | Soul Single "Serpentine Fire" Earth, Wind & Fire |
 | Country Album Elvis in Concert Elvis Presley |
 | Country Single "The Wurlitzer Prize" Waylon Jennings |
| Adult Contemporary "You Light Up My Life" Debby Boone |
 | Classical Album Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 London Symphony Orchestra |
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