70s montage June 2022

70s montage June 2022 Electric Light Orchestra Creedence Clearwater Revival Squeeze Suzi Quatro Cliff Richard Joan Armatrading Bonnie Raitt Emerson, Lake & Palmer The Trammps David Bowie Steve Hackett Cat Stevens Sky Ike & Tina Turner Toots & The Maytals Jackson Browne Ian Dury & The Blockheads Bruce Springsteen Frijid Pink Frijid Pink is an American rock band, formed in Detroit in 1967, best known for their 1969 rendition of "House of the Rising Sun".[3] The initial line-up of the band included drummer Richard Stevers, guitarist Gary Ray Thompson, bassist Tom Harris, lead singer Tom Beaudry (aka Kelly Green), and later added Larry Zelanka as off-staff keyboardist. On their album, Eddy Grant Lene Lovich

1975 mix

Sister Sledge Mama Never Told Me 2 Donny Osmond & Marie Osmond Make The World Go Away The Rubettes Foe Dee Oh Dee The Chi‐Lites Have You Seen Her Wings Listen To What The Man Said Gilbert O’Sullivan I Don't Love You (But I Think I Like You) Kenny Baby I Love You, OK! Mud Moonshine Sally Ray Stevens Misty Bohannon Disco Stomp Johnny Nash Tears On My Pillow Van McCoy The Hustle Showaddywaddy Three Steps To Heaven 10cc I'm Not In Love

Mix of hits from 1979

Mix of hits from 1979 Tracks Include Thin Lizzy Lene Lovich Dollar Stanley Myers Stanley Myers (6 October 1930 – 9 November 1993) was an English composer and conductor,[who scored over sixty films and television series, working closely with filmmakers Nicolas Roeg, Jerzy Skolimowski and Volker Schlöndorff. He is best known for his guitar piece "Cavatina", composed for the 1970 film The Walking Stick and later used as the theme for The Deer Hunter. He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Film Music for Wish You Were Here (1987), and was an early collaborator with and mentor of Hans Zimmer. Gerry Rafferty Edwin Starr Electric Light Orchestra Sister Sledge McFadden & Whitehead Squeeze Earth, Wind & Fire Blondie Roxy Music Gary Numan Anita Ward

 70s mix pt 4

Mix of music all from the 1970s

List of 1970 significant News Events in History
The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations.
Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded
Boeing 747 makes its first commercial passenger trip to London.
The Aswan High Dam is completed during July of 1970
US Invades Cambodia
Chicago Seven defendants found guilty of intent to incite a riot in 1968 ( later overturned by Court of Appeal )
Cyclone in Bangladesh kills 500,000
US increases import duty taxes to protect American Jobs
100,000 people demonstrate in Washington DC against the Vietnam War
National Guards fire on and kill 4 protesters on May 4th at Kent State University

 More 1970s mixes and more fun.

Seventies music was the best, but can you remember some of these back to back classics.

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In The 1970s IN MEMORY R. Dean Taylor

Richard Dean Taylor (May 11, 1939 – January 7, 2022) was a Canadian musician, most notable as a singer, songwriter, and record producer for Motown during the 1960s and 1970s. According to Jason Ankeny, Taylor was "one of the most underrated acts ever to record under the Motown aegis."

R. Dean Taylor  was born in Canada in 1939.Taylor joined Motown in the mid 1960s and had most of of his single hits in the 1960s. But in the UK his chart success came in the 1970s with hits like Gotta See Jane which was co-written by Eddie Holland. The reissue made No. 17 in 1974, on the B side was the song that would become another 1970s UK hit single. There's A Ghost In My House.

  

"There's a Ghost in My House" is a song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland of Motown Records, together with R. Dean Taylor. It was originally recorded by Taylor in 1966. It was released as a single on the Motown subsidiary V.I.P. label in April 1967, but was not a hit. However, after it had become a popular dance song in Northern soul clubs in Britain, R. Dean Taylor's record was reissued on EMI's Tamla Motown label with a B-side of "Let's Go Somewhere", and reached no. 3 on the UK singles chart in 1974.
"There's a Ghost in My House"/"Don't Fool Around" - V.I.P. 25042 - USA - 1967
"There's a Ghost in My House"/"Let's Go Somewhere" - Tamla Motown TMG 896 - UK - 1974

It was back in 1971 when R. Dean first broke into the 1970s UK chart with Indiana Wants Me which is a song about a man wanted for murder. Written after Taylor had watched Bonnie and Clyde at the cinema.

FUN QUIZ NO 4

NAME THE UK COMEDY TV THEMES

 GET SOME IN 

 THE GOOD LIFE 

 GOING STRAIGHT 

 GEORGE AND MILDRED 

 NAME THE SONGS AND THE YEAR MINI QUIZ 

80S HITS 

 Karma Chameleon 

 Sign of the Times 

 Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) 

 Give It Up 

 Moonlight Shadow 

 YEAR 1983 

 US TV THEMES 

 USA 

 BRADY BUNCH 

 THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY 

 ALL IN THE FAMILY 

 MASH 

 SANFORD AND SON 

 GEN QUIZ 

China was admitted to the United Nations in what year? 1971 

 Bangladesh gained independence from what country in 1972? pakiastan 

What did scientists name the nearly complete 3 million year old hominid skeleton that was found in Ethiopia in 1974? lucy 

Which American oil pipeline began construction in 1973 and was opened in 1977 during an oil crisis? The Trans Alaskan Oil Pipeline 

 NEWS BROADCAT WHAT WAS YEAR MINI QUIX 4 TV NEWS BBC 9 O'Clock News & Weather - 26th June 1985 

 MYSTERY VOICE roy wood 

/ 70S TV THEMES COMEDY BRITISH QUIZ 

/ BLESS THIS HOUSE/ 

 ARE YOU BEING SERVED 

 BLESS ME FATHER 

 DADS ARMY

Fun Quiz 3

 

Name all the song and the year audio 

This Old Heart Of Mine

High Fly

Bohemian Rhapsody

Right Back Where We Started From

Sky High

Year is1975

80s film quiz mini quiz 3 80s films themes

the golden child

adventures in baby sitting

the breakfast club

the goonies

flashdance

naked gun

back to the future

mystery voice

ringo starr

The Walt Disney World Resort opened in Florida in what year? 1971

During the 1972 Summer Olympics in what city were 11 Israeli athletes murdered by Arab gunmen? munich

In what year did the United States return the Panama Canal to Panama? 1977

In what year was Margaret Thatcher first elected Prime Minister in the United Kingdom? 1979

During what year did the Yom Kippur War between Israel, Egypt and Syria begin? 1973

The voting age in the US was lowered to 18 in 1971 when which amendment was added to the US Constitution?

26th Amendment

80s hits NAME GROUPSMINI QUIZ 3 80S HITS 89

Pacific state

BLACK BOX

CHRIS REA

DEBBIE HARRY

BELINDA CARLISLE

LUTHER VANDROSS

WHAT WAS YEAR

1989

28TV NEWS WHAT WAS YEAR MINI QUIZ 3 Monday 14th June 1982

BBC1: Late News - Monday 14th June 1982

70S TV THEMES COMEDY BRITISH MINI QUIZ 3 BRIT COMEDY

BLESS THIS HOUSE/

ARE YOU BEING SERVED

BLESS ME FATHER

DADS ARMY

Mini Fun Quiz 2

Name the voice ART GARFUNKEL

TV THEMES

name the 5 themes

differnet strokes

happy days

hawaii 5 o

la law

MacGyver 

What was the name of the USA's first space station that was launched in 1973? SKYLAB

In 1970, what supersonic aircraft made its first flight at 700 mph? CONCORDE

The Sears Tower in what US city became the world's tallest building in 1974? CHICAGO

 In 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla became the pope, what name did he choose? ope John Paul II

After being taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran, Iran in 1979, how long were the hostages held during the Iranian Hostage Crisis? 444 DAYS

Angola gained independence from which country in 1975? PORTUGAL

Group may have been mott the hoople

NEWS CLIP 1988

BOND

NAME BOND STARTS IN THE 70S

SEAN CONNERY

ROGER MOORE

TIMOTHY DALTON

Voice was Stevie Nicks

Voice Kenny Everett

Name the films

ROCKY

THE EXCORSIST

CLOCKWORK ORANGE

GODFATHER

GREASE

STAR WARS

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST

TAXI DRIVER

JAWS

Quiz 1

 

Answers to the mini quiz

Name the voice George McCrae

TV THEME   

TJ HOOKER

Last execution  Year was 1977

Russia invades Afghanistan  1979

Women's vote in 1971  Switzerland

Songs and year

The Sweet

Wig Wam Bam

Open Wig Wam Bam by The Sweet in external music player

7 the Hoople

All The Young Dudes

Open All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople in external music player

8

America

A Horse With No Name

Open A Horse With No Name by America in external music player

9

Chris Montez

Let's Dance

Open Let's Dance by Chris Montez in external music player

10

The Drifters

Saturday Night At The Movies

Open Saturday Night At The Movies by The Drifters in external music player

11

Al Green

Let's Stay Together

Open Let's Stay Together by Al Green in external music player

12

Paul Simon

Mother and Child Reunion

Open Mother and Child Reunion by Paul Simon in external music player

13

The Shangri‐Las

Leader Of The Pack

Open Leader Of The Pack by The Shangri‐Las in external music player

14

Rod Stewart

You Wear It Well

Open You Wear It Well by Rod Stewart in external music player

15

The Fortunes

Storm In A Teacup

YEAR WAS 1972

TV THEMES

 chips

magnum pi

the a team

cagney and lacey

dukes of hazard

When was the news clip

BBC1: Evening News (partial) - Sunday 2nd July 1978

80s songs

Alison Moyet

Love Resurrection

Open Love Resurrection by Alison Moyet in external music player

24

Thompson Twins

King for a Day

Open King for a Day by Thompson Twins in external music player

25

Pet Shop Boys

West End Girls

Open West End Girls by Pet Shop Boys in external music player

26

Prince & The Revolution

Take Me With U

Open Take Me With U by Prince & The Revolution in external music player

27

Madonna

Like A Virgin




The Dr Whos

   

Jon Pertwee	Third Doctor	1970–74
Tom Baker	Fourth Doctor	1974–81
Peter Davison	Fifth Doctor	1982–84
Colin Baker	Sixth Doctor	1984–86
Sylvester McCoy	Seventh Doctor	1987–89

What year India test nuclear weapon   1974

Mars probe was Viking 1

Microsoft trademark was 1975

In The1970s Tavares

These guys originated from the U.S. and are sometimes refereed to as the Tavares Brothers.

• Ralph — Ralph Vierra Tavares (born December 10, 1941) DIED 2021

update December 2021

Tributes have poured in for the late star, who was just days away from his 80th birthday.

One of 10 brothers, Tavares was best known for being in the band Tavares with the younger four of his siblings, Pooch, Chubby, Butch and Tiny.

They were known for iconic songs including Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel and Never Had A Love Like This Before.

The band formed in 1959 while Tavares was in the army, first performing under the name Chubby and the Turnpikes.

For a brief time, future Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer joined the Turnpikes, before leaving to join Steven Tyler’s band in 1970.

• Pooch — Arthur Paul Tavares (born November 12, 1943)
• Chubby — Antone Lee Tavares (born June 2, 1945)
• Butch — Feliciano Vierra Tavares, Jr. (born May 18, 1948)
• Tiny — Perry Lee Tavares (born October 24, 1949)

They performed in the 1960s as Chubby and the Turnpikes. In 1973 they became Tavares. Big hits in the U.S. but it was not until 1976 when they charted in the UK charts with Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel written by Freddie Perren who produced Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive.

The follow up hit was the classic floor filler on a Saturday Night called  Dont Take Away The Music

In 1977 they had a minor hit with The Mighty Power Of Love and a top five hit with Whodunnit. The song mentioned many fictional detectives who were trying to solve this case of missing love. One detective mentioned was Kojak!

Two more hits followed in 1977, the first being a No. 16 hit called One Step Away. The next single was the big one and went on to appear in the film and the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever, It was the classic More Than A Woman. They won a Grammy for that song in 1979.

Every UK no1 1971

 

Dave Edmunds
Clive Dunn
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2012/11/in-1970s-clive-dunn.html
George Harrison
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2017/06/in-memory-george-harrison-in-1970s.html
Mungo Jerry
T.Rex
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2010/11/70s-music-artist-watch-trex.html
Dave And Ansil Collins
Dawn
Middle Of The Road
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2013/10/in-1970s-middle-of-road.html
Diana Ross
Tams
Rod Stewart
Slade
Benny Hill
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2015/08/in-memory-benny-hill.html

Every UK No1 in 1971
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MORE FROM 1971
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Every UK No1 1970

Every UK No1 1970

Rolf Harris, Edison Lighthouse, Simon And Garfinkel, Christie, Mungo Jerry, England Football Squad, Dana and Norman Greenbaum. Crosby Sills Nash And Young
Lee Marvin (1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor.
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix (1942 – September 18, 1970)
Elvis dead in 1977
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2014/02/in-1970s-elvis-presley.html
https://hits-of-the-70s-the-best-decade.blogspot.com/2010/09/artist-watch-jimi-hendrix.html

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In The 1970s Status Quo

update sept 2021

Status Quo founding member and bassist Alan Lancaster has died aged 72, the band's manager has confirmed.

Lancaster had several international hits with the group during the 60s and 70s including Rockin' All Over The World and Whatever You Want.

Manager Simon Porter said: "This is such sad news."

Lead singer Francis Rossi said: "Alan was an integral part of the sound and the enormous success of Status Quo during the 60s and 70s."

Rossi and Lancaster began performing together in the 1960s under a number of different band names before settling on Status Quo.

The group went on to have four UK number one albums, according to the Official Charts Company.

This group has spanned my musical memory, though all of the 1960s and 1970s. They were having huge hits in the 80s and still had hits in the 90s and even now in the 2000s. The group unfairly has the reputation of a one chord group, but if that was true, we would not still be talking about them after half a century. They have had sixty chart hits in the UK.

The group formed out of another group called The Specters and it was not until 1967 that Francis Rossi called the group The Status Quo before in 1969 it became Status Quo. Along with Rick Parfitt and Alan Lancaster with a few members coming and going over the years, during which the group became a 1970s institution.

It was March of 1970 that Quo broke into the 1970s with the hit Down The Dustpipe which was written by Australian Carl Groszman, but Radio One DJ Tony Blackburn did not like it and called it “Down the dustbin for this one”. But despite Tony not liking it still did well in the top twenty.'

The follow up In My Chair got to No. 31, but it was not until 1972 they came back into the top ten with Paper Plane. There is no way when watching Top Of The Pops that the whole family could not tap their feet to this single which was written by Francis as much of Quo's music was throughout the decades.

Two fantastic hits in 1973 with Mean Girl but this was dwarfed by the next single called Caroline which defined Quo for years to come. The song was written on the back of a napkin by Francis and co-writer Bob Young and was originally called Margret. 1974 gave us a No. 8 hit called Break The Rules which I do not even remember, but the next single got to the top of the charts in that same year and was called Down Down which to me was very much Caroline. But was a fantastic song to head bang to at the school discos. Originally it was called Get Down but because Gilbert O’Sullivan had a song of the same name it had to be changed.

 

 1975 and only one hit for the Quo with Roll Over Lay Down from the album Quo Live.

 The group scored three big hits in the summer of 1976 with Rain, Mystery Song which was about fun with a prostitute.

 The last single of the year was The Wild Side Of Life which was actually a cover of the 1952 country hit by Hank Thompson. Whoever he was? 

 Only one top ten hit in 1977 and it was the classic Rockin' All Over The World which eight years later would be the song that started Live Aid from Wembley. The song was yet another cover, but this time from John Forgerty who use to be a member of Creedence Clearwater Revival. As the 70s ended the Quo just kept going, they were never really out of our minds were they?

 The only top twenty hit that year was Again And Again which was released to coincide with their appearance at the Reading Festival that year. 1979 saw two big hits with Living On An Island and Whatever You Want the latter being their last head banging song of the 1970s. Music, drugs and alcohol and a lifestyle that would have ked most of us off made the Quo part of our lives and at their concerts now they have a huge young following. It just goes to show that even if they were banned by Radio Two for a while they are still part of the heritage of British Music.