’70s Flashback — A Rock-Solid Idea
Late in 1975, there would have been no reason for you to know the name of Gary Dahl.
Read MoreLate in 1975, there would have been no reason for you to know the name of Gary Dahl.
Read More“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.
Read MoreIt was the early 1970s, and times were tough for Stephen and Tabitha King.
Read MoreMarvin Hamlisch, who was responsible for writing the music to Barbra Streisand’s “The Way We Were,” used to utter an unusual prayer.
Read MoreSince 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.
Read MoreIn 1958, Erich Segal graduated from Harvard University as both the class poet and a Latin salutatorian.
Read MoreOne night, Ingrid Croce sat her husband down at the kitchen table on their Pennsylvania farm.
Read MoreJust 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.
Read MoreOn an August night in 1964, 1,200 people packed Hollywood’s legendary Grauman’s Chinese Theater for the premiere of what would become Walt Disney’s biggest film success to date: “Mary Poppins.”
Read MoreFor superstar Gladys Knight, recording “Midnight Train to Georgia” was probably like singing poignant lines from a diary.
Read MoreWhen we hear certain songs, we may wonder what the event was that inspired a songsmith to put pen to paper or fingers to keyboard.
Read MoreOn the chilly, foggy Tuesday of Dec. 27, 1960, several hundred British teenagers sardined into the spacious Litherland Town Hall in north Liverpool
Read MoreIn summer 1973, Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s original “Monster Mash” (released this time on Parrot Records) reached the Top 10 for a second time.
Read MoreWhen World War II began, Julia McWilliams tried to join the American military but was rejected because of her height.
Read MoreThe once-ubiquitous Andrews sisters — Patty, Maxine and Laverne — premiered “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” in the 1941 Abbott and Costello comedy film “Buck Privates.”
Read MoreIn 1960, Chubby Checker’s multi-million-selling “The Twist” spent four months dominating the Top 40 airwaves.
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