Music for Monday: Donny & Marie Osmond, ‘I’m Leaving It (All) Up To You’ (1974)

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'I've got my heart in my hand...' (Donny & Marie, 1974)

‘I’ve got my heart in my hand…’ (Donny & Marie, 1974)

Donny and Marie Osmond’s “I’m Leaving It (All) Up To You,” from the L.P. of the same name, hit the airwaves in the summer of 1974. The tune made it to #4 on Billboard’s US “Hot 100” chart.

You’ll remember this song well, as the brother and sister duo sang it (I’m guessing 175 times) on their hit TV series. Here they are performing on the UK’s Top of the Pops in ’74. I’ll leave it (all) up to you to hit play.

*Note: The original YouTube video has been removed. Here’s a replacement.

Donny & Marie Osmond, ‘Leaving it (All) Up to You,’ ToTP, 1974

Previously on Music for Monday: Paul McCartney & Wings, ‘Silly Love Songs’ (1976)

Daily 70s Spot: Fram oil filter ‘Junkyard’ (1977)

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I think Vincent Price turned this one down (Fram commercial, 1977)

I think Vincent Price turned this one down (Fram commercial, 1977)

“Sooner or later they all come to me…”

Time to put today’s Daily 70s spot out to pasture. Here’s one for Fram oil filters featuring a junkyard mortician. Unfortunately, I don’t know the actor’s name in this spot but I recognize him from playing street informants and winos on Dragnet 1970 and Adam-12. Spot aired in July of 1977.

Daily 70s Spot #164: Fram Oil Filter Commercial, 1977

Previously on Daily 70s Spot: ‘Starsky & Hutch’ ABC promo (1975)

Daily 70s Spot: ‘Starsky & Hutch’ ABC Promo (1975)

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Say what you will, but the show always had Soul. ('Starsky & Hutch,' 1975)

Say what you will, but the show always had Soul. (‘Starsky & Hutch,’ 1975)

“You’d never know they were cops – unless you broke the law.”

Let’s fire up the Gran Torino and peel into our Daily 70s spot. Here’s a cool ABC promo for Starsky & Hutch featuring, of course, Paul Michael Glaser and David Soul. Spot aired in 1975.

Daily 70s Spot #163: ‘Starsky & Hutch’ ABC Promo, 1975

Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Cycle 3 Dog Food (1976)

Daily 70s Spot: Cycle 3 Dog Food (1976)

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Cycle 3. For the full-figured canine. (1976)

Cycle 3. For the full-figured canine. (1976)

“Cycle. Nutrition. For the life of your dog.”

All right, let’s open a fresh can o’ Daily 70s Spot. Today, we present a Cycle 3 dog food commercial for the overweight pups in your household. Spot aired in July of 1976.

Daily 70s Spot #162: Cycle 3 Dog Food Commercial, 1976

Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Kool-Aid ‘Pirates’ (1978)

Funshine Friday: ‘Super Chicken’: ‘Merlin Brando’ cartoon (1970s reruns)

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Just call for Super Chicken...and Fred ('Super Chicken,' 1967)

Just call for Super Chicken…and Fred (‘Super Chicken,’ 1967)

Happy Friday, good people of the ‘Disco. Last week we spent a few, animated minutes with Tom Slick – a hero of 1970s reruns. Here’s another Jay Ward-produced hero, Super Chicken.

Originally shown as a segment during George of the Jungle, this Super Chicken cartoon aired in 1967 and was repeated throughout the 70s. Roll the memories. Bwak Bwak bwak!

‘Super Chicken’: ‘Merlin Brando’ Cartoon, 1967

Super Chicken Wiki, IMDb

Previously on Funshine Friday: ‘Tom Slick’: ‘The Bad Year Blimp’ (1970s reruns)

Daily 70s Spot: Kool-Aid ‘Pirates’ (1978)

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Don't 'Oh, yeah!' me, buddy. Who's going to pay for that cabin? (Kool-Aid commercial, 1978)

Don’t ‘Oh, yeah!’ me, buddy. Who’s going to pay for that cabin? (Kool-Aid commercial, 1978)

“Hey, Kool-Aid!!”

Time to pour a bucket of sugar into our Daily 70s Spot. Here we have a Kool-Aid soft drink mix commercial with everyone’s favorite scene-destroying mascot and a pirate ship theme. Spot aired in 1978.

Daily 70s Spot #161: Kool-Aid ‘Pirates’ Commercial, 1978

Previously on Daily 70s Spot: Orkin pest control (1979)