70s Flashback — The night disco didn’t die
Sometimes a promotional stunt can work too well.
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Read MoreDid Paul McCartney ever consider “Band on the Run” to be jinxed?
Read MoreIn 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.’ ”
Read MoreThese nonsense syllables kicked off Blue Swede’s “Hooked on a Feeling.”
Read MoreIt was early 1971, and 24-year-old Universal Studios employee Steven Spielberg found himself champing at the bit.
Read MoreIn 1962, fad dances were all the rage among record-buying teens.
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.
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