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1974-1977

1974-1977. Events Music Television Movies. 1974 events. President Richard Nixon is forced to resign from office after the Watergate Scandal Construction on the Alaska Oil Pipeline begins Top toys. Colonial Dollhouses Go Cart kits Hand Held Calculators. 1974 music. Rush: Rush

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1974-1977

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  1. 1974-1977 Events Music Television Movies

  2. 1974 events • President Richard Nixon is forced to resign from office after the Watergate Scandal • Construction on the Alaska Oil Pipeline begins • Top toys Colonial Dollhouses Go Cart kits Hand Held Calculators

  3. 1974 music • Rush: Rush • Debut album • Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart • Hits: “Working Man” “Closer to the Heart” • Bad Company: Bad Company • Debut album • Hits: • “Bad Company” • “Can’t Get Enough”

  4. 1974 music • The Ramones: play their 1st concert in March • credited with starting the “punk” movement • Biggest commercial hit: “I Wanna Be Sedated” • Billy Joel: “Piano Man” • Helps Joel hit it big in the 70s & 80s • Hit: “Piano Man” “Captain Jack” • Biggest One Hit Wonder of 1974: • “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas

  5. 1974 televsion • New shows • “Good Times” • Esther Rolle • Jimmy Walker • Janet Jackson • “Happy Days” • Ron Howard • Henry Winkler • Marion Ross • Tom Bosley • “Little House on the Prairie” • Michael Landon • Top shows • “All in the Family” • “Sanford and Son” • “Chico and the Man” • “The Jeffersons” • “M.A.S.H.”

  6. Happy Days

  7. Little House on the Prairie

  8. 1974 movies • The Godfather: Part II • The second installment, following Michael’s position as the “Don” • Al Pacino & Robert Duvall • Young Frankenstein • Dr. Frederick Frankenstein denounces his relationship to his famous grandfather • Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle • Blazing Saddles • In a Wild West parody, the sheriff is killed and replaced with Bart, a black man • Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little

  9. The Godfather; Part II

  10. Young Frankenstein

  11. Blazing Saddles

  12. 1975 events • Jimmy Hoffa: ex teamsters boss disappears never to be seen again • Bill Gates & Paul Allen: develop a BASIC program for a new microcomputer • Sony introduces Betamax videotapes and Matsushita / JVC introduce VHS Hot Toys

  13. 1975 music • Barry Manilow: Tryin’ to Get The Feeling • Manilow’s biggest success to date • Makes him a 70s’ star • 3 hits • “Tryin’ To Get the Feeling Again” • “I Write the Songs” • “Bandstand Boogie” • Bay City Rollers: Bay City Rollers • Produced the #1 hit: “Saturday Night”

  14. 1975 music • Queen: A Night at the Opera • Considered Queen’s finest album • Hits: “Bohemian Rhapsody” “You’re My Best Friend” • 10 cc: the #1one hit wonder of 1975: “I’m Not in Love” • The Captain and Tennille: • 1975 record of the year • "Love Will Keep US together"

  15. 1975 Music • Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel" • "The most successful female singer of the 70s" • Hits: "You're No Good"

  16. 1975 TV • New Shows • “Welcome Back, Kotter” • Gabe Kaplan • John Travolta • “Saturday Night Live” • George Carlin is the 1st host • “Wonder Woman” • Linda Carter • Lyle Waggoner • Top Shows • “All in the Family” • “Rich Man, Poor Man” • “Laverne & Shirley” • “Maude” • “The Bionic Woman”

  17. Welcome Back, Kotter

  18. Saturday Night Live

  19. Wonder Woman

  20. 1975 Movies • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched • Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must call on the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter • Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick • Jaws: A gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity • Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

  21. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

  22. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

  23. Jaws

  24. 1976 events • The United States celebrates its Bicentennial • Moa Ts-tung: founder of the communist party in China dies • the $2.00 bill is issued Top toys

  25. 1976 music • Heart: Dreamboat Annie: debut album • Ann & Nancy Wilson • Hits: • "Magic Man" • "Crazy on You" • AC/DC: High Voltage: international debut • Hits: • "It's A Long Way to the Top If You Want to Rock-n-Roll" • "T-N-T"

  26. AC/DC

  27. 1976 music • The Bee Gees: Children of the World • Creates a disco powerhouse • Hits: • “You Should Be Dancing” • “Stayin’ Alive” • “Night Fever” • “Tragedy” • Boston: Boston • Hits: "Don't Look Back" & "More Than a Feeling" • Launches a musical career of over 30 years • Hit single: “Car Wash” by Rose Royce

  28. Boston Rolls Royce

  29. 1976 tv • New Shows • “What’s Happening” • “Charlie’s Angels” • Kate Jackson • Farah Fawcett • Jaclyn Smith • “Alice” • Linda Lavin • Vic Tayback • Top Shows • 1. Happy Days ABC • 2. Laverne & Shirley ABC • 3. ABC Monday Night Movie ABC • 4. M*A*S*H CBS • 5. Charlie's Angels ABC

  30. What’s Happening

  31. Alice

  32. Charlie’s Angels

  33. 1976 movies • Rocky: A no-name Philadelphia fighter gets a shot at the heavyweight title (1976 Best Picture) • Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young • All the President’s Men: A leaked report leads two reporters to uncover the Watergate Scandal • Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford • The Outlaw Josey Wales: A farmer, turned outlaw after the murder of his family runs from the Union Army after the end of the Civil War • Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George

  34. Rocky

  35. All the President’s Men

  36. The Outlaw Josey Wales

  37. 1977 events • The Apple II goes on sale from $1,298 - $2,638 • US Population reaches 216 million

  38. 1977 music • Foreigner: Foreigner: • debut album • Hits: • “Feels Like the First Time” • “Cold As Ice” • Iggy Pop: Lust for Life: • 2nd solo album produces biggest commercial success • “Lust for Life” • The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols • Hit: "Anarchy in the U.K."

  39. 1977 music • Meat Loaf: Bat out of Hell: huge success, songs still played on the radio • Hits: • “You Took the Words Right out of My mouth” • “Two out of Three Ain’t Bad” • “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”

  40. 1977 tv • New Shows • “Three’s Company” • John Ritter • Susan Summers • Joyce DeWitt • “CHiPs” • Eric Estrada • Larry Wilcox • “The Love Boat” • Gavin MacLeod • Lauren Tewes • Ted Lange • Bernie Kopell • Top Shows • 1. Laverne & Shirley 2. Happy Days 3. Three's Company 4. Charlie's Angels 5. All In The Family

  41. Three’s Company

  42. CHiPs

  43. The Love Boat

  44. 1977 movies • Saturday Night Fever: A Brooklyn youth feels his only chance to get somewhere is as the king of the disco floor. • John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney • Star Wars: Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader • Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher • Smokey and the Bandit: The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff • Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed

  45. Saturday Night Fever

  46. Star Wars

  47. Smokey and the Bandit

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