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1975 Trivia
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Here
is some Trivia from the 1975 year for those who are
interested.
Music
Highlights:
- New
albums carry four established acts to even loftier heights of
popularity and respect: Bob Dylan's Blood
On The Tracks,
Chicago's Chicago
VIII,
John Lennon's Rock'N'Roll,
and Led Zeppelin's Physical
Graffiti.
- The
Wiz,
a contemporary version of The
Wizard of Oz,
opens on Broadway.
- Elton
John's Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
enters the charts at number one and goes on to become his
biggest all-time seller.
- While
on vacation, Robert Plant, lead singer of Led Zeppelin, is
involved in a serious auto crash that almost claims his life
and those of his family.
- Fleetwood
Mac's Mick Fleetwood and John and Christine McVie are joined
by new members Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham for the new
album for Reprise Records, titled Fleetwood
Mac.
It would become the sleeper smash of the rock era, taking 58
weeks to reach number one on the charts.
- The
Captain & Tennille release their album Love
Will Keep Us Together.
The title song, written by Neil Sedaka, becomes the biggest
hit single of the year.
- The
Bee Gee's album Main
Course
produces the number one disco-flavored "Jive Talkin',"
a song that changed the whole image and sound of the group,
and foreshadowed the disco explosion they would launch two
years later with the album Saturday
Night Fever.
- On
Thursday, October 9, John Lennon's 35th birthday, John and
Yoko's son Sean is born.
- On
Saturday, October 11, Saturday
Night Live
premiers on NBC-TV. George Carlin is the first host, and Janis
Ian and Billy Preston are the first musical guests.
The
Top 40 Singles:
- "Love
Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille (First
chart appearance: 5/24/75; Highest position: #1)
- "Rhinestone
Cowboy" - Glen Campbell (6/21/75; #1)
- "Fame"
- David Bowie (8/2/75; #1)
- "Shining
Star" - Earth, Wind and Fire (3/22/75; #1)
- "My
Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli (1/18/75; #1)
- "Thank
God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver (4/5/75; #1)
- "Philadelphia
Freedom" - Elton John (3/15/75; #1)
- "One
Of These Nights" - Eagles (6/14/75; #1)
- "Pick
Up The Pieces" - Average White Band (12/21/74; #1)
- "At
Seventeen" - Janis Ian (7/12/75; #3)
- "Kung
Fu Fighting" - Carl Douglas (12/21/74; #1)
- "Boogie
On Reggae Woman" - Stevie Wonder (11/30/74; #3)
- "Laughter
In The Rain" - Neil Sedaka (11/16/74; #1)
- "Black
Water" - The Doobie Brothers (1/11/75; #1)
- "Lady
Marmalade - LaBelle (2/1/75; #1)
- "Why
Can't We Be Friends" - War (6/14/75; #6)
- "The
Hustle" - Van McCoy (5/31/75; #1)
- "Best
Of My Love" - Eagles (12/28/74; #1)
- "Wasted
Days And Wasted Nights" - Freddy Fender
(7/19/75;
#8)
- "Before
The Next Teardrop Falls" - Freddy Fender
(3/8/75;
#1)
- "Some
Kind Of Wonderful" - Grand Funk (12/21/74;
#3)
- "Island
Girl" - Elton John (10/18/75; #1)
- "Lovin'
You" - Minnie Ripperton (2/15/75; #1)
- "Jive
Talkin'" - Bee Gees (6/28/75; #1)
- "Mandy"
- Barry Manilow (12/7/74; #1)
- "Please
Mr. Postman" - Carpenters (12/7/74; #1)
- "Have
You Never Been Mellow" - Olivia
Newton-John
(2/8/75; #1)
- "Jackie
Blue" - The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
(3/22/75;
#3)
- "Ballroom
Blitz" - Sweet (8/2/75; #5)
- "Another
Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song"
-
B.J. Thomas (3/1/75; #1)
- "He
Don't Love You" - Tony Orlando & Dawn
(3/29/75;
#1)
- "Feelings"
- Morris Albert (8/23/75; #6)
- "I'm
Not In Love" - 10cc (6/14/75; #2)
- "Games
People Play (They Just Can't Help It)" -
Spinners
(8/30/75; #5)
- "Love
Won't Let Me Wait" - Major Harris (4/19/75;
#5)
- "Angie
Baby" - Helen Reddy (11/2/74; #1)
- "I'm
Sorry" - John Denver (8/30/75; #1)
- "Fight
The Power (Part 1)" - The Isley Brothers
(7/12/75;
#4)
- "Lady"
- Styx (1/18/75; #6)
- "Fire"
- Ohio Players (12/28/74; #1)
Top
Albums:
- AWB
- Average White Band
- Back
Home Again
- John Denver
- Blood
On The Tracks
- Bob Dylan
- Captain
Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
- Elton John
- Heart
Like a Wheel
- Linda Ronstadt *
- Love
Will Keep Us Together
- Captain and Tennille
- One
Of These Nights
- Eagles *
- Physical
Graffiti
- Led Zeppelin *
- Phoebe
Snow
- Red
Octopus
- The Jefferson Starship
- That's
The Way Of The World
- Earth, Wind & Fire
- Venus
And Mars
- Wings *
- Windsong
- John Denver
- Wish
You Were Here
- Pink Floyd *
20
Popular Movies:
- Jaws
- One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- Shampoo
- Dog
Day Afternoon
- Nashville
- Hester
Street
- The
Hindenburg
- The
Day of the Locust
- Tommy
- Janis
- The
Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Barry
Lyndon
- Breakout
- Emmanuelle
- Farewell,
My Lovely
- The
French Connection II
- The
Man Who Would Be King
- Rooster
Cogburn
- Shining
Star
- Stardust
The
Top 20 Television Shows:
- All in
the Family
- Rich
Man, Poor Man
- Laverne
& Shirley
- Maude
- The
Bionic Woman
- Phyllis
- Sanford
and Son
- Rhoda
- The
Six Million Dollar Man
- The
ABC Monday Night Movie
- Happy
Days
- One
Day at a Time
- The
ABC Sunday Night Movie
- The
Waltons
- M*A*S*H
- Starsky
and Hutch
- Good
Heavens
- Welcome
Back, Kotter
- The
Mary Tyler Moore Show
- Kojak
News
Highlights:
- Angola
gains its independence from Portugal after centuries of
foreign rule.
- John
N. Mitchell, H.R. Haldeman, and John D. Ehrlichman are
sentenced to prison for conspiring to obstruct justice in the
Watergate investigation.
- Margaret
Thatcher is the first woman elected to lead Britain's
Conservative Party.
- King
Faaisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated by a crazed nephew.
- The
president of South Vietnam, Duong Van Minh, surrenders to the
Communists.
- The
busing of 21,000 students is ordered in Boston to achieve
racial balance in the public schools.
- Egypt
reopens the Suez Canal after eight years.
- President
Ford escapes assassination twice within 17 days.
- The
Supreme Court rules that paddling of unruly students is
acceptable under certain circumstances.
- More
than $4 million is spent on research by the National Cancer
Institute to study the relationship between diet and cancer.
- President
Ford meets with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos to renew
American use of strategic air and naval bases in the
Philippines.
Sports
Winners:
- Baseball:
The Cincinnati Reds beat the Boston Red Sox 4 games to 3.
- Football:
The Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Dallas Cowboys 21-17 on
January 18, 1976, at the Orange Bowl in Miami in Super Bowl X.
- Basketball:
Golden State beat the Washington Bullets 4 games to 0.
- Hockey:
The Philadelphia Flyers beat the Buffalo Sabres 4 games to 2.
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