Category Archives: 1970s

‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ album by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)


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(Saturday, April 24, 1976)Wings at the Speed of Sound by Paul McCartney’s band Wings peaked at #1 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart for seven non-consecutive weeks (Apr. 24, May 29, June 19/26, July 3/10/17, 1976). Continue reading ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ album by Wings peaks at #1 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)

(Saturday, April 24, 1976) — “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen peaked at #9 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for two weeks. Continue reading ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ by Queen peaks at #9 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)

‘There’s a Kind of Hush (All over the World)’ by The Carpenters peaks at #12 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)

(Saturday, April 24, 1976) — “There’s a Kind of Hush (All over the World)” by The Carpenters peaked at #12 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week. Continue reading ‘There’s a Kind of Hush (All over the World)’ by The Carpenters peaks at #12 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 24 1976)

Ramones release debut album 50 years ago today (Apr 23 1976)


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(Friday, April 23, 1976)Ramones, the debut studio album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, was released today by Sire Records. Continue reading Ramones release debut album 50 years ago today (Apr 23 1976)

George Harrison appears unannounced during Monty Python performance in New York 40 years ago this hour (Apr 20 1976)

(Tuesday, April 20, 1976, scheduled for 8:00 p.m. EST) — Former Beatle George Harrison, wearing the uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (pictured third from left), appeared unannounced today with his friends the Monty Python comedy team at New York City Center 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, during their performance of “The Lumberjack Song.”

‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ studio album debuts at #32 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)


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(Saturday, April 10, 1976)Wings at the Speed of Sound by ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and his band Wings debuted at #32 on today’s Billboard 200 albums chart. Continue reading ‘Wings at the Speed of Sound’ studio album debuts at #32 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)

‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)


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(Saturday, April 10, 1976) — “Silly Love Songs” by (former Beatle Paul McCartney and) Wings debuted at #58 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Continue reading ‘Silly Love Songs’ by Wings debuts at #58 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)

‘Here, There and Everywhere’ by Emmylou Harris peaks at #65 in USA 50 years ago today (Apr 10 1976)

(Saturday, April 10, 1976) — “Here, There and Everywhere” by Emmylou Harris (composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney of The Beatles) peaked at #65 on today’s Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for one week.

Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies on emergency flight en route to Houston 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1976)


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(Monday, April 5, 1976, 1:27 p.m. CST) — American business tycoon, entrepreneur, investor, aviator, aerospace engineer, inventor, filmmaker and philanthropist Howard Hughes, 70, died today of kidney failure on board an aircraft en route from his penthouse at the Acapulco Fairmont Princess Hotel in Mexico to the Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas. Continue reading Reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes dies on emergency flight en route to Houston 50 years ago this hour (Apr 5 1976)

‘The Soiling of Old Glory’ photograph taken in Boston 50 years ago today (Apr 5 1976)


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(Monday, April 5, 1976, late morning EST) — During an outdoor demonstration against court-ordered school busing in Boston, a white teenager swung a pole holding an American flag at a black attorney in a scene captured in a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph now known as The Soiling of Old Glory, taken by Stanley Forman of the Boston Herald American.