70s Flashback — Were Redenbacher and Bowman charged too much?
Imagine, for a few moments, that you are a fly on the wall.
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Blast to the Past! — ‘You Are So Beautiful’ lifted Cocker into Top 5 on weekly Billboard Hot 100 chart
Do you recognize these heartfelt song lyrics?
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70s Flashback — He was known as ‘Harrison the Headache’
He’s one of the world’s biggest box-office stars, but to those who once worked alongside Harrison Ford, his later success no doubt left many people scratching their heads in amazement.
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Blast To The Past — ‘Laughter in the rain’
By Randal Hill Guest Writer Editor’s Note: This article was taken from the February issue of Senior Life. Neil Sedaka When you’re a celebrated recording star whose career suddenly goes south, there’s little chance that you’ll ever regain your place of prominence on the hit charts. But sometimes … Read More
70s Flashback — Better to avoid that room!
In late summer 1974, Stephen King and family rented a house in Boulder, Colo.
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Blast To The Past! — ‘Mandy’ was Manilow’s brass ring
Imagine that you are a multi-talented singer-pianist who just isn’t “happening” in the music-recording world.
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70s Flashback — Beware of that ‘big ugly hole’
Sunday, Sept. 8, 1974.
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Seventies Flashback — Bobby Riggs said whaaaaat?
On Sept. 20, 1973, over 30,000 people crowded into Houston’s cavernous Astrodome.
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50 Years Ago, Blast to the Past — ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’
Lucy O’Donnell was 4 years old when she attended the upscale Heath House School in Weybridge, Surrey, England.
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50 Years Ago, Blast From The Past — ‘I can help’
Billy Swan always maintained that his best songs have come easily and fast.
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70s Flashback — ‘I Have A Bomb’ leaped D.B. Cooper into legend
It was on a stormy Thanksgiving Eve in 1971 that a person who called himself Dan Cooper leaped into legend in a bizarre escapade that remains history’s only unsolved commercial-airline hijacking.
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50 Years Ago, Blast To The Past! — One word made ‘I Honestly Love You’ even more poignant
One well-placed — and unusual — word in a song title can make a big difference.
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70s Flashback — From Hawaii it’s lights, cameras, king!
In September 1972, “Colonel” Tom Parker announced at a press conference that his client, Elvis Presley, would star in an NBC-TV charity event for the Kui Lee Cancer Fund in a concert labeled “Aloha from Hawaii.”
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50 Years Ago Blast From The Past — Writers of ‘The Night Chicago Died’ didn’t have facts straight
If you’re part of a lucrative songwriting team, you’ll want to take pains to be accurate if you’re describing a historic event, especially one that occurred in another country.
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70s Flashback — ‘The Love Boat’ created cruise control
Can you imagine a TV series changing the fortunes of a major business?
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50 Years Go Blast to the Past! — ‘Waterloo’ was ABBA’s international smash hit
By Randal Hill Guest Columnist ABBA From 1974 to 1982, Sweden’s ABBA quartet sold a reported 400 million discs while leaving behind a legacy of now-classic creations. And, along the way, ABBA heard no complaints from the owner of a Swedish fish-canning factory. (More about that later.) ABBA … Read More