July 23, 1979 –
Electric Light Orchestra dedicated the release, on this date, of the single Don’t Bring Me Down from their album Discovery to Skylab which had crashed back to Earth on July 11, 1979. (The song is the first Electric Light Orchestra single without any strings.)
Don’t Bring Me Down became the biggest hit ELO ever had on their own in the U.S., topped only by a collaborative single with Olivia Newton-John on Xanadu, from the 1980 movie of the same name.
Great bar bet: the guy on the back cover of the album with the scimitar is actor/comedian Brad Garrett.
The Haus of Dcaligari 