Events in Music History in December 1978

You Don't Bring Me Flowers

Dec 2 Neil Diamond & Barbra Streisand's duet single "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" hits #1

Dec 3 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
Dec 10 Gary William Friedman and Will Holt's musical "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater, NYC, after 33 performances
Dec 14 "Ballroom" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 116 performances

Dec 15 German label Ariola Records releases eponymous debut album "Rosanne Cash", produced by future husband Rodney Crowell

Dec 21 Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' musical "A Broadway Musical" opens and closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater, NYC, after 1 performance

Dec 22 Kenney Jones becomes The Who's new drummer, replacing the deceased Keith Moon

Dec 27 CBS Television's premiere of its version of "Les Misérables", starring Richard Jordan and Anthony Perkins

Dec 30 Revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "The King & I" closes at Uris Theater, NYC after 719 performances
Dec 31 "Magic Show" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 1859 performances
Dec 31 "Runaways" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 199 performances
Dec 31 The Runaways' band's last ever concert at the Cow Palace in Daly City, California
Dec 31 Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco, California closes after 556 concerts; Final show is the Grateful Dead, New Riders of the Purple Sage, and The Blues Brothers; program lasts for over 8 hours, with the Grateful Dead playing for nearly 6 hours; concert broadcast on local PBS TV station KQED, and simulcast by radio station KSAN-FM, after the show, the crowd was treated to a hot, buffet-style breakfast.