The 1970s was a tumultuous time, full of upheaval on many fronts, from the end of the Vietnam War to the dawn of personal computers. It makes sense that its music had a similar helter-skelter feel.

(KTLA) — Pop culturally, the year tends to wrap up by early December, at least with music. Few artists want to drop anything they care about amid the holiday rush and the domination of holiday music.

Its handful of specials filmed at Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City behind it, the 50th-anniversary celebration of NBC’s sketch-comedy giant “Saturday Night Live” has landed in ...