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1970-1973. Events Music Television Movies. 1970 Events. 9/21/1970 : Monday Night Football Debuts Cleveland Browns v. NY Jets Earth Day is created 4/22/1970 Symbol for ecology Has become a global event Clean Air Act Signed by Nixon 12/31/1970 The Ford Pinto is introduced 9/11/1970
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1970-1973 Events Music Television Movies
1970 Events • 9/21/1970: Monday Night Football Debuts • Cleveland Browns v. NY Jets • Earth Day is created 4/22/1970 • Symbol for ecology • Has become a global event • Clean Air Act • Signed by Nixon 12/31/1970 • The Ford Pinto is introduced • 9/11/1970 • "Exploding Pinto Case" • Kent State Shootings: 5/4/1970 (4-32)
1970 Music • Trend setters die • Jimi Hendrix: chokes on his own vomit • Janis Joplin: Over doses on heroine & cocaine • Beatles Break Up • Personal struggles, Yoko Ono, the death of their manager • McCartney: solo album "McCartney" • “Let It Be” last Beatles album • The path is clear for new influences
1970 Music • The Jackson 5 (7-11) • 10 year old Michael is a hit • "ABC" • "I'll Be There" • David Cassidy: "The Partridge Family" • Created for TV, Cassidy become a new teen idol (4-36) & (4-11) • "I Think I Love You" • The Carpenters • Richard & Karen • "Rainy Days & Mondays" • "Close to You"
1970 Southern Rock • The Allman Brothers Band • “Midnight Rider” • Starts the southern rock idea • Lots of guitars • Lynyrd Skynyrd • "Simple Man" • "Sweet Home Alabama"
Simon & Garfunkel 1970 Music • Singer/Song writers • James Taylor: • "You've Got a Friend" • Neil Diamond: • "Cracklin Rose" • Simon & Garfunkel: • “Bridge Over Troubled Water” • “Sound of Silence” • John Denver: • "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" • Carly Simon: • "You're So Vain" • America: "Horse with No Name" Neil Diamond
JamesTaylor America John Denver
1970 TV • New Shows • “Land of the Giants” • “McCloud” • “The New People” • Top 5 Shows • 1 Marcus Welby, M.D. • 2 The Flip Wilson Show • 3 Here's Lucy • 4 Ironside • 5 Gunsmoke
1970 Movies • The Top 5 • “Patton” • George C. Scott • “M.A.S.H.” • Elliott Gould & Donald Sutherland • “Gimme Shelter” • The Rolling Stones • “Woodstock” • “Tora, Tora, Tora”
1971 events • Disney World opens October 1, 1971
1971 events • Cigarette ads are removed and banned from TV • The 26th Amendment is passed • allowing 18 year olds to vote • June 15, 1971 • Mr. Swisher is born • The world becomes a better place
1971 Music • Elton John: • born Reginald Kenneth Dwight • Becomes the #1 solo artist of the 1970s • Hits • "Rocket Man" • "Candle in the Wind" • "Bennie and the Jets"
1971 Music • Glam Rock: • Make-up, glitter, ladies clothes, from England • Groups • Sweet: "Ballroom Blitz" • T-Rex: “Bang a Gong" • Slade: "Run Runaway" • Gary Glitter: "Rock-n-Roll Part 2" (4-42)
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1971 music • Alice Cooper: big hit • "18" • New Teen Idol • The Osmond Brothers • Donnie Osmond (4-48) • Miscellaneous Artists • 3 Dog Night: “Joy to the World” • The Doors, Jim Morrison dies • Major influence in the late 60s & early 70s • Hits: “People Are Strange” • “Light My Fire” • “Riders on the Storm”
1971 TV • New Shows • “All in the Family” • Carroll O’Connor • “The Jackson 5ive” • Cartoon • “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” • “Soul Train” • African-American version of American Bandstand • “The Electric Company”
The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour The Electric Company The Jackson 5 Cartoon Soul Train Dancers
1971 movies • “Shaft” • Richard Roundtree • “The French Connection” • Gene Hackman • “Straw Dogs” • Dustin Hoffman • “Dirty Harry” • Clint Eastwood
Events1972 • Munich Olympics 1972 • Palestinian gunmen break in to the Olympic Village • Took 11 Israeli athletes and officials hostage • Killed 2 athletes during the break in • German government tried a rescue • The gunmen shot 4 hostages & set off a grenade and killed the rest • All of the gunmen but 3 were killed • The games continued with a black cloud over them
Events 1972 • Nixon re-elected President • The Watergate break-in occurs • Pong: the 1st video game • Only in bars to start
1972 Music • New English Invasion: • David Bowie: portrays stage character Ziggy Stardust • Bowie begins a very long and successful career • “Space Oddity” • “Fame” • “Rebel, Rebel” • Electric Light Orchestra: Jeff Lynne, combines violins, cellos, and rock-n-roll • “Don’t Bring Me Down” • “Strange Magic” • “Evil Women”
1972 Music • California Rock • No glam, softer, more mellow • The Eagles • “Hotel California” • “Take It Easy” • The Steve Miller Band • “The Joker” • The Doobie Brothers • “China Grove” • “Black Water”
1972 TV • New Shows • M.A.S.H. • Alan Alda, Gary Burghoff, & Loretta Swit • Sanford & Son • Redd Foxx • The Waltons • Kung Fu • David Carradine
1972 Movies • The Godfather • Marlon Brando & Al Pacino • Cabaret • Liza Minnelli
1973 • Events • Roe v. Wade: makes abortion a US constitutional right • World Trade Center: in New York becomes the tallest building in the world • Secretariat: Wins Triple Crown first winner for 25 years: Kentucky Derby, the Preakness Stakes, and the Belmont Stakes.
1973 music • Aerosmith: Aerosmith: debut album • “Dream On” • Steven Tyler • Joe Perry • ABBA: Ring, Ring: debut album • Leads to huge US success in the 70s • Hits: • “Dancing Queen” • “Take a Chance On Me” • “Momma Mia” • “S.O.S.”
1973 music • Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon • Biggest commercial success • Hits: • "Money" • "Us and Them" • Barry White: I've Got So Much Love to Give • Biggest hit "Can't Get Enough of Your Love Babe"
1973 Music • 1st concert performance of a band called: • Leads to huge following of fans and huge success by 1975 • Hits: • “Detroit, Rock City” • “Beth” • “Rock-n-Roll All Night” 1973 1975
1973 TV • New Shows • “School House Rock” • “The Six Million Dollar Man” • Lee Majors • Richard Anderson • “Kojak” • Telly Savalas • Top Shows • 1. All in the Family CBS • 2. The Waltons CBS • 3. Sanford and Son NBC • 4. M*A*S*H CBS • 5. Hawaii Five-O
1973 movies • American Graffiti • Description: A couple of high school grads spend one final night cruising the strip. • Stars: Harrison Ford, Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Cindi Williams • The Exorcist • Description: When a teenager is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother asks two priests to save her daughter. • Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow and Linda Blair