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In 1970, Sly and The Family Stone received a gold record for their uniquely titled single, “Thank You [Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin].” Sly (Sylvester) Stewart began as a radio deejay in Oakland, California.
In 1970, “Bridge Over Troubled Water” album by Simon and Garfunkel was certified Gold by the RIAA
In 1971, Philip Carey and Anthony Geary guest starred on CBS primetime comedy All in the Family. In an episode titled "Judging Books by Covers," Archie mistakenly assumed Mike and Gloria's friend, Roger (Geary), was gay but it turned out his buddy, Steve (Carey), was actually gay instead.
In 1972, “Great American Dream Machine”, TV Variety; last aired on PBS.
In 1973, In a Brady Bunch episode called “The Subject Was Noses”, Marcia is dumped by the campus hero because her nose is swollen from an accident; Marcia breaks her date with Charley to go out with the most popular boy on campus, Doug Simpson. She discovers that she has made a mistake when Doug cancels their date because of her swollen nose.
In 1973, On The Doctors, Dr. John Morrison (Patrick Horgan) tried to talk Cathy Ryker (Holly Peters) off a ledge, but the baby kidnapping nurse was so distraught she ended up falling to her death despite his best effort to save her.
In 1973, TVʹS MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Host JOHNNY RIVERS (“ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA”) plus LINDA RONSTADT, DOOBIE BROTHERS (“JESUS IS JUST ALRIGHT”), SPINNERS, STEELY DAN, ALBERT HAMMOND, WOLFMAN JACK
In 1974, ABBAʹS BIG BREAK Swedish vocal group performs “WATERLOO” on the internationally broadcast EUROVISION Song Comepetition, and itʹs voted the Top Prize winner…setting the stage for their long and successful run of hits
In 1974, HOT SELLING ALBUMS “GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD” (Elton John): “THE JOKER” (Steve Miller Band); “BAND ON THE ROAD” (Wings)…Ironic that ten years to the day after the BEATLES' history making appearance on “THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW”, Paul is still in the top ten of album sales, but with the band he formed after leaving the BEATLES
In 1974, On the cover of TV Guide: “cast of M*A*S*H”.
In 1974, R.C., “Americans” by Byron MacGregor peaked at number four on the pop singles chart.
In 1974, R.C., “Daddy What If” by Bobby Bare peaked at #41 on the pop singles chart.
In 1974, R.C., “Loveʹs Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra peaked at number one on the pop singles chart. This theme was used for many years as bed music for ABC's golf telecasts in the 1970s.
In 1974, R.C., “The Americans (A Canadianʹs Opinion)” by Gordon Sinclair peaked at #24 on the pop singles chart.
In 1974, R.C., “The Real Me” by The Who peaked at #92 on the pop singles chart.
In 1974, TVʹS MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW This is the episode where CBS' real-life anchorman Walter Cronkite visits the mythical WJM-TV.
In 1975, Cher made her solo debut with her own TV show. The guests were Bette Midler, Elton John and Flip Wilson.
In 1976, COVER OF PEOPLE MARY TYLER MOORE
In 1976, COVER OF TIME “DOONESBURY: Politics in the Funny Papers”, including a drawing by GARY TRUDEAU.
In 1977, Set around the same time period (a few years earlier, actually) but in a different part of the country, Dan Haggerty reprises his film role to star in NBCʹs “The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.”
In 1979, ABC-TV shows the rock documentary, “Heroes of Rock and Roll,” narrated by Jeff Bridges and featuring clips of Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello and others.
In 1979, K-Mart pulled Steve Martinʹs comedy album “Letʹs Get Small” for being in bad taste. K-Mart sucks.
In 1979, TVʹS MIDNIGHT SPECIAL Higlights from past shows: DONNA SUMMER (“LAST DANCE”); PAUL McCARTNEY and WINGS (“WITH A LITTLE LUCK”); ROD STEWART (“I WAS ONLY JOKING”); ANDY GIBB (“SHADOW DANCING”); GERRY RAFFERTY (“BAKER STREET”)
In 1970, "Zabriskie Point" was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; Michelangelo Antonioni (director/screenplay); Fred Gardner, Sam Shepard, Tonino Guerra, Clare Peploe (screenplay); Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix, G.D. Spradlin, Bill Garaway, Kathleen Cleaver, The Open Theatre, Austin Willis, Harrison Ford
In 1971, "How to Frame a Figg" was released by Universal Pictures; Alan Rafkin (director); George Tibbles (screenplay); Don Knotts, Joe Flynn, Elaine Joyce, Edward Andrews, Yvonne Craig, Frank Welker, Parker Fennelly, Bill Zuckert, Bob Hastings, Bruce Kirby, Stuart Nisbet, James Millhollin, Bill Quinn, John Archer, Pitt Herbert, Robert P. Lieb, Fay DeWitt, Savannah Bentley, Athena Lorde; Comedy; Live Action
In 1971, "Little Murders" was released by 20th Century Fox / Brodsky-Gould Productions; Alan Arkin (director); Jules Feiffer (screenplay); Elliott Gould, Marcia Rodd, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Jon Korkes, John Randolph, Doris Roberts, Donald Sutherland, Lou Jacobi, Alan Arkin, Martin Kove; Black Comedy, Crime; Live Action
In 1973, "The Creeping Flesh" was released by Columbia Pictures / World Film Services; Freddie Francis (director); Peter Spenceley, Jonathan Rumbold (screenplay); Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Lorna Heilbron, Jenny Runacre, George Benson, Kenneth J. Warren, Duncan Lamont, Harry Locke, Michael Ripper, Robert Swann, David Bailie, Tony Wright, Marianne Stone, Alexandra Dane, Larry Taylor, Sue Bond, Hedger Wallace, Catherine Finn, Maurice Bush, Martin Carroll, Dan Meaden
In 1973, "Jory" was released by AVCO Embassy Pictures; Jorge Fons (director); Gerald Herman, Robert Irving (screenplay); John Marley, B.J. Thomas, Robby Benson, Claudio Brook, Brad Dexter, Benny Baker, Anne Lockhart, Ted Markland, Linda Purl, Patricia Aspíllaga, Todd Martin, Quintín Bulnes, Carlos Cortés, John Kelly, Eduardo López Rojas
In 1976, "Taxi Driver" was released by Columbia Pictures / Bill/Phillips Productions / Italo-Judeo Productions; Martin Scorsese (director); Paul Schrader (screenplay); Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd, Harry Northup, Victor Argo, Joe Spinell, Martin Scorsese, Steven Prince
In 1977, "Fun with Dick and Jane" was released by Columbia Pictures; Ted Kotcheff (director); David Giler, Jerry Belson, Mordecai Richler (screenplay); George Segal, Jane Fonda, Ed McMahon, Dick Gautier, Allan Miller, Hank Garcia, John Dehner, Mary Jackson, Walter Brooke, Sean Frye, Fred Willard, Thayer David, Burke Byrnes, Dewayne Jesse, Anne Ramsey, Jon Christian Erickson, Gloria Stroock, Thalmus Rasulala, Jay Leno; Comedy; Live Action
In 1977, "Twilight's Last Gleaming" was released by Allied Artists / Lorimar Productions; Robert Aldrich (director); Ronald M. Cohen (screenplay); Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Melvyn Douglas, Joseph Cotten, Richard Jaeckel, Roscoe Lee Browne, William Marshall, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Leif Erickson, Charles Aidman, Charles McGraw, William Smith, Simon Scott, Morgan Paull, Bill Walker, Ed Bishop, Phil Brown, Don Fellows, Garrick Hagon, David Healy, William Hootkins, Ray Jewers, John Ratzenberger, Lionel Murton, Shane Rimmer, Mark Russell, M. Phil Senini, David Baxt, Glenn Beck, Gary Cockrell, Weston Gavin, Elizabeth Halliday, Thomasine Heiner, Ron Lee, Robert Sherman, Robert MacLeod, Robert O'Neil, Pamela Roland, Rich Steber, Drew W. Wesche, Kent O. Doering, Allan Dean Moore, Rich Demarest, Gary Harper; Thriller; Live Action
In 1977, "Wizards" was released by 20th Century Fox / Bakshi Productions; Ralph Bakshi (director/screenplay); Bob Holt, Jesse Welles, Richard Romanus, David Proval, Steve Gravers, Mark Hamill, Susan Tyrrell, Ralph Bakshi, James Connell, Angelo Grisanti; Fantasy; Animation
In 1978, "The Betsy" was released by United Artists / Allied Artists / Harold Robbins International Company; Daniel Petrie (director); William Bast, Walter Bernstein (screenplay); Laurence Olivier, Robert Duvall, Katharine Ross, Tommy Lee Jones, Jane Alexander, Lesley-Anne Down, Kathleen Beller, Joseph Wiseman, Edward Herrmann, Paul Ryan Rudd, Charlie Fields; Romance, Drama; Live Action
In 1979, "Agatha" was released by Warner Bros. / Casablanca FilmWorks / First Artists; Michael Apted (director); Kathleen Tynan, Arthur Hopcraft (screenplay); Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave, Timothy Dalton, Helen Morse, Celia Gregory, Paul Brooke, Carolyn Pickles, Timothy West, Tony Britton, Alan Badel, Robert Longden, Donald Nithsdale, Yvonne Gilan, Sandra Voe, Barry Hart, David Hargreaves, Tim Seely, Jill Summers, Chris Fairbank, Liz Smith, Peter Arne; Drama, Thriller; Live Action
In 1979, "Hardcore" was released by Columbia Pictures / A-Team Productions; Paul Schrader (director/screenplay); George C. Scott, Peter Boyle, Season Hubley, Dick Sargent, Gary Rand Graham, Larry Block, Marc Alaimo, Leslie Ackerman, Hal Williams, Reb Brown, Leonard Gaines, David Nichols, Charlotte McGinnes, Ilah Davis, Paul Marin, Will Walker, James Helder; Neo-Noir, Crime, Drama; Live Action
In 1979, "Murder by Decree" was released by AVCO Embassy Pictures; Bob Clark (director); John Hopkins (screenplay): Christopher Plummer, James Mason, David Hemmings, Susan Clark, Anthony Quayle, John Gielgud, Frank Finlay, Donald Sutherland, Geneviève Bujold, Peter Jonfield, Roy Lansford; Mystery, Thriller; Live Action
In 1979, "The North Avenue Irregulars" was released by Walt Disney Productions / Buena Vista Distribution; Bruce Bilson (director); Don Tait (screenplay); Edward Herrmann, Barbara Harris, Susan Clark, Karen Valentine, Michael Constantine, Cloris Leachman, Steve Franken, Patsy Kelly, Douglas Fowley, Virginia Capers, Ruth Buzzi, Herb Voland, Ivor Francis, Louisa Moritz, Marjorie Bennett, Ceil Cabot, Melora Hardin, Dena Dietrich, Cliff Osmond, Carl Ballantine, Alan Hale, Jr., Frank Campanella, Chuck Henry, Jack Perkins, Tom Pedi, Gary Morgan, Don Stanley, Bobby Rolofson, Dick Fuchs, Damon Bradley Daskin, Linda Lee Lyons, David Ketchum, David Rode, Pitt Herbert, Bill McLean; Comedy, Crime; Live Action
In 1979, "Quintet" was released by 20th Century Fox; Robert Altman (director/screenplay); Frank Barhydt, Patricia Resnick (screenplay); Paul Newman, Vittorio Gassman, Fernando Rey, Bibi Andersson, Brigitte Fossey, Nina Van Pallandt, David Langton, Thomas Hill, Monique Mercure, Craig Richard Nelson, Anne Gerety, Maruska Stankova, Michel Maillot, Max Fleck, Françoise Berd; Sci-Fi; Live Action
In 1979, "The Warriors" was released by Paramount Pictures; Walter Hill (director/screenplay); David Shaber (screenplay); Michael Beck, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Marcelino Sánchez, David Harris, Tom McKitterick, Brian Tyler, Dorsey Wright, Terry Michos, David Patrick Kelly, Roger Hill, Edward Sewer, Lynne Thigpen, Thomas G. Waites, Joel Weiss, Paul Greco, Craig R. Baxley, A.J. Bakunas, Steve James, Bill Anagnos, Mercedes Ruehl, Irwin Keyes, Sonny Landham, John Snyder, Jery Hewitt, Kate Klugman, Konrad Sheehan, Dennis Gregory, Ginny Ortiz; Action, Thriller; Live Action
In 1974, “I Shall Sing” by Art Garfunkel peaked at number 38 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Let Me Be There” by Olivia Newton-John peaked at number 6 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Love's Theme” by Love Unlimited Orchestra peaked at number 1 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “The Real Me” by The Who peaked at number 92 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, ✪✪ “Americans” by Byron MacGregor peaked at number 4 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, ✪✪ “Daddy What If” by Bill Parsons As Bobby Bare peaked at number 41 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, ✪✪ “The Americans (A Canadian's Opinion)” by Gordon Sinclair peaked at number 24 on the U.S. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Bright White” by Shawn Phillips peaked at number 62 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “I've Got To Use My Imagination” by Gladys Knight And The Pips peaked at number 25 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Meadows” by Joe Walsh peaked at number 77 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Raised On Robbery” by Joni Mitchell peaked at number 51 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Teenage Lament '74” by Alice Cooper peaked at number 14 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “The Real Me” by The Who peaked at number 74 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “This Is Your Song” by Don Goodwin peaked at number 34 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “You Were My Home” by Ken Stolz And Nightlife peaked at number 52 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me” by The New Seekers peaked at number 81 on the Canada pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Dance With The Devil” by Cozy Powell peaked at number 3 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Rockin' Roll Baby” by The Stylistics peaked at number 6 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Solitaire” by Andy Williams peaked at number 4 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Star” by Stealers Wheel peaked at number 25 on the U.K. pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Star Star” by The Rolling Stones peaked at number 16 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Teenage Rampage” by The Sweet peaked at number 11 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1974, “The Most Beautiful Girl” by Charlie Rich peaked at number 3 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1974, “Zallemenut (nog 'n keertje overdoen)” by Adèle Bloemendaal peaked at number 13 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
In 1974, ✪✪ “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley peaked at number 4 on the Netherlands pop singles chart.
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