1976
- Bay Area Music Award for Best Guitarist.
- Release of Amigos album, March.
- R.I.A.A. Gold Award for Amigos, June 11, 1976
- Release of Festival album, December
1977
- Performs at Soledad Prison with Joan Baez, April 24.
- R.I.A.A. Gold Award for Festival, April 26, 1977.
- Performs at Day on the Green (DOG) at the Oakland Colisum with Peter Frampton, July 4.
- Received special commendation from "Bread and Roses," for Soledad Prison Concert.
- Received the Crystal Globe award from CBS for the International album sales of 5,000,000.
- Bay Area Music Award for Best Guitarist.
- Release of Moonflower album, September.
- Bay Area Music Award for Best Album, Moonflower.
- R.I.A.A. Gold Award for Moonflower, December 1, 1977.
1978
- Santana's first appearance on Saturday Night Live.
- Performs at California JAM II in Ontario, CA., 250,000 in attendance, March 18.
- Performs at Day on the Green (DOG) in San Francisco, CA., opening for the Rolling Stones, July 26.
- Santana is the first artist awarded CBS Records Crystal Globe Award for international sales exceeding ten million records.
- Release of Inner Secrets album, October.
- R.I.A.A. Gold Award for Inner Secrets, October 27, 1978.
- Bay Area Music Award for Musician of the Year.
1979
- Release of Marathon album, September.
- Celebrates a decade of Music at the Warfield, November 17.
- Release of Oneness, Silver Dreams-Golden Reality album, February.
1980
- Release of Swing of Delight album, May.
- Performs at the 14th Montreux Jazz Festival with Al Jarreau, Pepeu Gomes, July 4.
- Bay Area Music Award for Best Guitarist.
- Bay Area Music Award Santana Band for Best Group.
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