November 1977 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Light Up Your Life with November 1977! 

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in November 1977 was 'You Light Up My Life' by Debby Boone.  This song held the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for ten consecutive weeks and topped Record World magazine's Top 100 Singles Chart for a record thirteen weeks.

November 3 - Pete's Dragon movie premieres.

November 4 - Heroes movie premieres.

November 6 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls Bible College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.

November 8 – San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.

November 13 – The comic strip Li'l Abner ends a 43-year run in newspapers.

November 14 - The Turning Point movie premieres.

November 16 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie premieres.

November 18 - Semi-Tough movie premieres.

November 22 – British Airways inaugurates regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service.

November 27 – The Rankin/Bass animated film The Hobbit premieres on NBC.

November 30 - Commentator Eric Sevareid completed his final two-minute segment on The CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, after 48 years at CBS News.

November 30 - The Goodbye Girl movie premieres.

1977 Mercedes Benz 450SL:

Avengers comic for November:

Hardy Boys wristwatch (released 1977):

Playboy playmate of the month, Rita Lee, and Playgirl man for November, Paul Vonderlin:

Nielsen top shows for the week ending November 13th: Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, Love Boat, Three's Company, Big Event "The Godfather" Sunday installment, Little House on the Prairie, Eight is Enough, 60 Minutes, NBC Monday Movie "Aspen", Rhoda, Welcome Back, Kotter, Big Event "The Godfather" Saturdav installment, All in the Family, NFL Monday Night Football, What's Happening, On Our Own, Soap, ABC Sunday Movie "The Poseidon Adventure", Donny and Marie. 

Albums released in November (album / artist):
Foot Loose and Fancy Free / Rod Stewart
Rocket to Russia / The Ramones
I'm Glad You're Here with Me Tonight / Neil Diamond
Death of a Ladies' Man / Leonard Cohen
Saturday Night Fever / Bee Gees et al.
Thankful / Natalie Cole
Broken Blossom / Bette Midler
All 'n All / Earth, Wind and Fire
Chic / Chic
Slowhand / Eric Clapton

Better Homes and Gardens for November:

National Lampoon for November:

Sport magazine for November:

Peanuts comic strip from November 1977:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in November 1977, check out this really good site:  ultimate70s.com