Levon Helm and his band perform "China Girl" on the Midnight Special on April 18, 1980. Sissy Spacek and Levon promoted their movie Coal Miner's Daughter; they co-hosted the show and sang. Beverly D'Angelo, who played Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter, also performed in the same episode, singing a few songs from the film. Scenes from the movie were shown, and Helm, Spacek and D'Angelo also sang with Phyllis Boyens. #LevonHelm | The Band: A History

Here is a Throwback video of Levon Helm explaining drumming and singing at the same time. Levon was best known as drummer and singer for The Band. As well as being an accomplished drummer and singer, Levon was also an actor and starred in many movies Including Coal Miners Daughter, The Right Stuff and Shooter. Along with his main musical projects, Levon performed with Ringo Starr in his All-Starr Band. Did you ever get to see Levon Helm perform live? Sign-up for our newsletter at www.bit.ly/Drum