Category Archives: 1970s

‘Down the Hall’ by The Four Seasons peaks at #65 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 13 1977)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, August 13, 1977) — “Down the Hall” by The Four Seasons peaked at #65 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘Down the Hall’ by The Four Seasons peaks at #65 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 13 1977) →

Ringo Starr films scenes for The Who’s ‘The Kid Are Alright’ documentary 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1977)

1970s, Movies 1970s, Popular Music 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'Keith Moon & Ringo Starr'

(Friday, August 12, 1977) — Former Beatle Ringo Starr joined The Who’s Keith Moon today to film scenes for inclusion in the film The Kids Are Alright, a documentary on the history of The Who (released in 1979), at Moon’s home in Malibu Beach, California. Continue reading Ringo Starr films scenes for The Who’s ‘The Kid Are Alright’ documentary 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1977) →

First free flight of space shuttle Enterprise 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1977)

1970s, space exploration


Video: 'Space Shuttle Enterprise - Free flight Test - ABC News - 8/12/1977'

(Friday, August 12, 1977, 8:48 a.m. PDT) — The space shuttle Enterprise passed its first solo flight test today by taking off atop a Boeing 747, separating and then making a smooth glide landing on a dry lake bed in California’s Mojave Desert. Continue reading First free flight of space shuttle Enterprise 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 12 1977) →

‘Son of Sam’ killer arrested in Yonkers 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1977)

1970s


Video: 'Serial killer 'Son of Sam' arrested after NYC murder spree'

(Wednesday, August 10, 1977, sometime after 10:00 p.m. EDT) — David Berkowitz, a 24-year-old postal employee said by the police to be the “Son of Sam,” the .44-caliber killer who took the lives of six young people and wounded seven others in a year-long reign of terror in New York City, was taken into custody late tonight in front of his Yonkers apartment building, just north of the city. Continue reading ‘Son of Sam’ killer arrested in Yonkers 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 10 1977) →

‘Do You Wanna Make Love’ by Peter McCann peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 6 1977)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, August 6, 1977) — “Do You Wanna Make Love” by Peter McCann peaked at #5 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Do You Wanna Make Love’ by Peter McCann peaks at #5 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 6 1977) →

George Harrison films cameo for Monty Python’s spoof of The Beatles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1977)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s, Television 1970s, The Beatles 1970s


Video: 'RUTLE CORPS'

(Tuesday, August 2, 1977) — Former Beatle George Harrison filmed a cameo appearance today in London, playing a TV reporter for the Monty Python’s All You Need Is Cash, a television film that traces (in mockumentary style) the career of a fictitious British rock group called The Rutles, for broadcast on NBC-TV on March 22, 1978. Continue reading George Harrison films cameo for Monty Python’s spoof of The Beatles 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 2 1977) →

U-2 spy pilot Gary Powers killed in helicopter crash 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1977)

1970s, Cold War


Video: 'Pilot Gary Powers died here'

(Monday, August 1, 1977, at about 12:40 p.m. PDT; during the Cold War) — Francis Gary Powers, whose U-2 espionage flight over the Soviet Union touched off a crisis in Soviet-American relations in 1960, was killed today with his cameraman, George Spears, when the helicopter he piloted as a reporter for KNBC-TV ran out of fuel and crashed into a field near Encino, Los Angeles. Continue reading U-2 spy pilot Gary Powers killed in helicopter crash 40 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Aug 1 1977) →

‘I Just Want to Be Your Everything’ by Andy Gibb peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 30 1977)

1970s, Popular Music 1970s

(Saturday, July 30, 1977) — “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” by Andy Gibb peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for four non-consecutive weeks (July 30, Aug. 6/13, Sept. 17, 1977). Continue reading ‘I Just Want to Be Your Everything’ by Andy Gibb peaks at #1 in USA 40 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (July 30 1977) →