Quaker Oat’s King Vitaman breakfast cereal first hit the market in 1970 and featured excellent animated commercials created by Jay Ward Productions. You’ll know Jay Ward from their brilliant work on shows such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right and … Continue reading
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It’s all right now, baby. Can you dig it? Let me lay a heavy song on you sweet people of the earth. Free, live in concert, playing their top 5 smash “All Right Now” in 1970. “Let’s move before they … Continue reading
The Kinks released “Apeman” in November, 1970 in the UK and December ’70 in the US. The tune was a follow up to the smash-hit “Lola” but didn’t fare quite as well in the States. It did, however, hit #5 … Continue reading
Welcome to Academy Award Sunday. Before you watch the 2012 event this evening, why not peruse this list of Oscar winners from 1970-1979. How does the ol’ memory serve? Did you find it surprising that Coppola didn’t win for The … Continue reading
The Carpenters released “We’ve Only Just Begun” (written by Paul Williams & Roger Nichols) in August of 1970. The song rose to #2 on the Billborad Hot 100 and spent seven weeks at the top of the Billboard Adult Contemporary … Continue reading
Groovie Goolies from Filmaton, was a spinoff of Sabrina the Teenage Witch and only ran for a paltry 22 episodes from September, 1970 to September, 1971. The show is well-remembered by kids who enjoyed a “groovy” pop song in every … Continue reading