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
70s Flashback — The night disco didn’t die
Sometimes a promotional stunt can work too well.
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50 Years Ago, Blast To The Past — ‘Band on the Run’
Did Paul McCartney ever consider “Band on the Run” to be jinxed?
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70s Flashback — The ‘Y’ and the Wherefore
In 1978, after producing two poorly selling Village People albums that featured only a lead singer (Victor Willis) and some session musicians, French record producer Jacques Morali experienced an epiphany for his third effort: a Casablanca Records album called “Cruisin.’ ”
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50 Years Ago Blast To The Past — ‘Hooked on a Feeling’ opening chant grabbed attention worldwide
These nonsense syllables kicked off Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling.”
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’70s Flashback — Man vs. Machine
It was early 1971, and 24-year-old Universal Studios employee Steven Spielberg found himself champing at the bit.
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50 Years Ago Blast To The Past — ‘The Loco-Motion’ became the headbangers’ second No. 1 single
In 1962, fad dances were all the rage among record-buying teens.
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’70s Flashback — A Rock-Solid Idea
Late in 1975, there would have been no reason for you to know the name of Gary Dahl.
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50 years ago Blast To The Past — ‘Sunshine on My Shoulders’
“I had written the song in a fit of melancholy one dismal late-winter/early-spring day in Minnesota — the kind of day that makes every Minnesotan think about going down to Mexico,” John Denver recalled.
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Seventies Flashback — Stephen King’s surprise gift
It was the early 1970s, and times were tough for Stephen and Tabitha King.
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50 Years Ago Blast To The Past — ‘The Way We Were’
Marvin Hamlisch, who was responsible for writing the music to Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were,” used to utter an unusual prayer.
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50 Years Ago, Blast To The Past — ‘You’re Sixteen’ Ended Up On A Best-Selling Soundtrack
Since you are reading this in a senior publication, there’s a good chance you not only remember Ringo Starr’s “You’re Sixteen” from 50 years ago, but the original 1960 version by Johnny Burnette, as well.
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‘70s Flashback — ‘Love Story’ Ruined Erich Segal
In 1958, Erich Segal graduated from Harvard University as both the class poet and a Latin salutatorian.
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It Was 50 Years Ago — ‘Time In A Bottle’ Jim Croce’s Signature Single
One night, Ingrid Croce sat her husband down at the kitchen table on their Pennsylvania farm.
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’60s Flashback — Revenge Of The Nerd
Just weeks before her untimely death in 1970, singer Janis Joplin made one final journey back to her native Port Arthur, Texas, this time for her 10-year reunion at Jefferson Davis High School.
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