This was Preston’s second solo chart-topper, following his 1973 hit
"Will It Go Round in Circles". Preston performed the song in 1975 on
Saturday Night Live which was the first musical performance on the show.

                 Edward Vincent "Ed" Sullivan

       (September 28, 1901 – October 13, 1974)

The Beatles

Elvis Presley

Olive Marie Osmond is a singer, actress, doll designer, and a member of the 
show business family The Osmonds. Although she was never part of her
family’s singing group, she gained success as a solo country music artist in
the 1970s and 1980s. Her best known song is a cover of the popular country
ballad “Paper Roses”. Marie and her singer brother Donny Osmond  hosted
a TV variety show on ABC Donny & Marie (January 1976-January 1979).    

Marie Osmond and her brother Donny

Marie with one of the dolls she designed

The Edsel Show was a hour-long special broadcast live on the CBS network
on Sunday October 13, 1957. It was a promotion for Ford Motor Company’s
new car the Edsel. The special replaced The Ed Sullivan show for that one
evening only. Featured stars included Bing Crosby and Frank sinatra and
the appearance by a “mystery guest”…Bob Hope. The Edsel Show has
been credited as Bing Crosby’s real television breakthrough with many
future TV specials.   

Bob Hope

Saturday Night Live (also known simply as SNL) is a late-night NBC television
comedy sketch and variety show that premiered on October 11, 1975. The first
guest host was George Carlin. The show is one of the longest-running network
television programs in the country with over 700 episodes broadcast over the
span of 37 seasons as of 2011. Saturday Night Live has received a number of
awards, including 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, a Peabody Award, and three
Writers Guild of America Awards. In 2000, it was inducted into the National
Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame. Time magazine listed SNL on its
“100 Best TV Shows of All-Time”. In 2009, it received 13 Emmy nominations
bringing the show to a total of 126, giving it the most Emmy nominations in
television history.

 

The original cast of SNL. From left to right: Laraine Newman, John Belushi,
Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris and Chevy Chase.  

SNL announcer Don Pardo

"LIVE FROM NEW YORK ! IT’S SATURDAY NIGHT!”