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Remember 1977

We lived, loved. laughed and cried back in 1977, and here's some of what we were reading, listening to and experiencing.  I hope this brings back some fond memories of those good times in high school when we were young and carefree.....

​TV / Films

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TV SHOWS: 

                                                                                                                   

  • Bill Murray joins the cast of Saturday Night Live, replacing Chevy Chase 

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  • American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary

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  • Roots with LeVar Burton & Cicely Tyson premiers

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  • All in the Family with Archie Bunker is still going strong

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  • Three's Company with John Ritter & Suzanne Somers

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  • Scott Baio joins Happy Days as Chachi 

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  • Lou Grant with Ed Asner is the Mary Tyler Moore spinoff

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  • The Love Boat with Gavin McLeod debuts

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MOVIES:                                                                                   

 

  • Annie Hall with Woody Allen &  Diane Keaton

 

  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind with Richard Dreyfuss 

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  • Star Wars with Peter Cushing

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  • The Turning Point  with Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tom Skerritt

 

  • Saturday Night Fever with John Travolta  

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  • The Last Waltz about The Band's farewell concert at Thanksgiving, 1976

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​Music / News

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Songs & Albums:

 

  • "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb (5/28/77; #1) - Flowing Rivers

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  • "Dancing Queen" - Abba (1/22/77; #1) - Arrival

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  • "Don't Leave Me This Way" - Thelma Houston (1/29/77; #1) - Any Way You Like It

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  • "Margaritaville" - Jimmy Buffett (5/7/77; #8) - Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes

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  • "Rich Girl" - Hall and Oates (2/5/77; #1) - Bigger Than Both of Us

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  • "Hotel California" - Eagles (3/12/77; #1) - Hotel California

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  • "Dreams" - Fleetwood Mac (4/30/77; #1) - Rumours

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  • "Sir Duke" - Stevie Wonder (4/16/77; #1) - Songs in the Key of Life

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NEWS:

  • Steven Jobs and Stephen Wozniak introduce the Apple II, the first personal computer which became the best-selling personal computer until the IBM PC.

 

  • Police arrest David Berkowitz, 24, August 10; he killed 6  and shot 8 people during his murder spree.

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  • A power failure worse than that of the 1965 blackout in New York occurs on July 13 and continues for 25 hours. 

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  • Elvis Presley dies at 42 on August 16,  having earned 55 gold singles, 24 gold albums, and sold 600 million records, 

 

  • The New York Yankees win the World Series, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers 4 games to 2.

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  • Seattle Slew wins U.S. horse racing's Triple Crown

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  • Björn Borg wins in men's singles at Wimbledon, Chris Evert wins the U.S. Open women's singles.

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