Events[]
- 19 January - The album Rutlemania was released.
- 7 February - The Rutles arrive in New York City
- 9 February - The Rutles appear on the Ed Sullivan show.
- 23 March - Ron Nasty publishes his autobiography Out of Me Head
- 10 April - The Rutles' Second Album was released.
- 1 June - Leggy Mountbatten's autobiography A Cellar Full of Goys was published.
- 6 July - A Hard Day's Rut was released
- 20 July - The album Nothing New was released.
- 26 October - The Rutles play the Royal Command performance and receive their MBE's.
- 23 November - The narrated album The Rutles' Story was released.
- 30 November - The Rutles play Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois.