Timeline Friday 31 December 1976

Events on Friday 31 December 1976 4

• 1975 – 1976 Fandango! and Worldwide Texas Tour Released Fandango! featuring the hit Tush. The band's Worldwide Texas Tour featured a stage set with live longhorn cattle, rattlesnakes and a buffalo.
• 1975 – 1976 Travesties on Stage Played Tristan Tzara in Tom Stoppard's Travesties in both the West End and on Broadway, earning his first Olivier Award nomination and demonstrating his range beyond musical theatre.
• 1976 1976: James Hunt McLaren Hunt won the title by a single point from Lauda in one of the most dramatic seasons in F1 history. Lauda had suffered horrific burns in a crash at the Nürburgring but returned just six weeks later, only to withdraw from the rain-soaked final race at Fuji.
• 1976 King Kong Created the vocal effects for the giant ape in the King Kong remake starring Jeff Bridges, demonstrating his extraordinary ability to create non-human voices and sounds.