1. 1974-1977 Events Music Television Movies

2. 1974 events • President Richard Nixon is forced to resign from office after the Watergate Scandal • Construction on the Alaska Oil Pipeline begins • Top toys Colonial Dollhouses Go Cart kits Hand Held Calculators

3. 1974 music • Rush: Rush • Debut album • Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart • Hits: “Working Man” “Closer to the Heart” • Bad Company: Bad Company • Debut album • Hits: • “Bad Company” • “Can’t Get Enough”

4. 1974 music • The Ramones: play their 1st concert in March • credited with starting the “punk” movement • Biggest commercial hit: “I Wanna Be Sedated” • Billy Joel: “Piano Man” • Helps Joel hit it big in the 70s & 80s • Hit: “Piano Man” “Captain Jack” • Biggest One Hit Wonder of 1974: • “Kung Fu Fighting” by Carl Douglas

6. 1974 televsion • New shows • “Good Times” • Esther Rolle • Jimmy Walker • Janet Jackson • “Happy Days” • Ron Howard • Henry Winkler • Marion Ross • Tom Bosley • “Little House on the Prairie” • Michael Landon • Top shows • “All in the Family” • “Sanford and Son” • “Chico and the Man” • “The Jeffersons” • “M.A.S.H.”

7. Happy Days

9. Little House on the Prairie

10. 1974 movies • The Godfather: Part II • The second installment, following Michael’s position as the “Don” • Al Pacino & Robert Duvall • Young Frankenstein • Dr. Frederick Frankenstein denounces his relationship to his famous grandfather • Gene Wilder & Peter Boyle • Blazing Saddles • In a Wild West parody, the sheriff is killed and replaced with Bart, a black man • Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little

11. The Godfather; Part II

12. Young Frankenstein

13. Blazing Saddles

14. 1975 events • Jimmy Hoffa: ex teamsters boss disappears never to be seen again • Bill Gates & Paul Allen: develop a BASIC program for a new microcomputer • Sony introduces Betamax videotapes and Matsushita / JVC introduce VHS Hot Toys

15. 1975 music • Barry Manilow: Tryin’ to Get The Feeling • Manilow’s biggest success to date • Makes him a 70s’ star • 3 hits • “Tryin’ To Get the Feeling Again” • “I Write the Songs” • “Bandstand Boogie” • Bay City Rollers: Bay City Rollers • Produced the #1 hit: “Saturday Night”

16. 1975 music • Queen: A Night at the Opera • Considered Queen’s finest album • Hits: “Bohemian Rhapsody” “You’re My Best Friend” • 10 cc: the #1one hit wonder of 1975: “I’m Not in Love” • The Captain and Tennille: • 1975 record of the year • "Love Will Keep US together"

17. 1975 Music • Linda Ronstadt: Heart Like A Wheel" • "The most successful female singer of the 70s" • Hits: "You're No Good"

18. 1975 TV • New Shows • “Welcome Back, Kotter” • Gabe Kaplan • John Travolta • “Saturday Night Live” • George Carlin is the 1st host • “Wonder Woman” • Linda Carter • Lyle Waggoner • Top Shows • “All in the Family” • “Rich Man, Poor Man” • “Laverne & Shirley” • “Maude” • “The Bionic Woman”

19. Welcome Back, Kotter

20. Saturday Night Live

21. Wonder Woman

22. 1975 Movies • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest: a brash rebel rallies the patients together to take on the oppressive Nurse Ratched • Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito • The Rocky Horror Picture Show: A newly engaged couple have a breakdown in an isolated area and must call on the bizarre residence of Dr. Frank-N-Furter • Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick • Jaws: A gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity • Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss

23. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

24. The Rocky Horror Picture Show

25. Jaws

26. 1976 events • The United States celebrates its Bicentennial • Moa Ts-tung: founder of the communist party in China dies • the $2.00 bill is issued Top toys

27. 1976 music • Heart: Dreamboat Annie: debut album • Ann & Nancy Wilson • Hits: • "Magic Man" • "Crazy on You" • AC/DC: High Voltage: international debut • Hits: • "It's A Long Way to the Top If You Want to Rock-n-Roll" • "T-N-T"

28. AC/DC

29. 1976 music • The Bee Gees: Children of the World • Creates a disco powerhouse • Hits: • “You Should Be Dancing” • “Stayin’ Alive” • “Night Fever” • “Tragedy” • Boston: Boston • Hits: "Don't Look Back" & "More Than a Feeling" • Launches a musical career of over 30 years • Hit single: “Car Wash” by Rose Royce

30. Boston Rolls Royce

31. 1976 tv • New Shows • “What’s Happening” • “Charlie’s Angels” • Kate Jackson • Farah Fawcett • Jaclyn Smith • “Alice” • Linda Lavin • Vic Tayback • Top Shows • 1. Happy Days ABC • 2. Laverne & Shirley ABC • 3. ABC Monday Night Movie ABC • 4. M*A*S*H CBS • 5. Charlie's Angels ABC

32. What’s Happening

33. Alice

34. Charlie’s Angels

35. 1976 movies • Rocky: A no-name Philadelphia fighter gets a shot at the heavyweight title (1976 Best Picture) • Sylvester Stallone, Carl Weathers, Burt Young • All the President’s Men: A leaked report leads two reporters to uncover the Watergate Scandal • Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford • The Outlaw Josey Wales: A farmer, turned outlaw after the murder of his family runs from the Union Army after the end of the Civil War • Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George

36. Rocky

37. All the President’s Men

38. The Outlaw Josey Wales

39. 1977 events • The Apple II goes on sale from $1,298 - $2,638 • US Population reaches 216 million

40. 1977 music • Foreigner: Foreigner: • debut album • Hits: • “Feels Like the First Time” • “Cold As Ice” • Iggy Pop: Lust for Life: • 2nd solo album produces biggest commercial success • “Lust for Life” • The Sex Pistols: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols • Hit: "Anarchy in the U.K."

42. 1977 music • Meat Loaf: Bat out of Hell: huge success, songs still played on the radio • Hits: • “You Took the Words Right out of My mouth” • “Two out of Three Ain’t Bad” • “Paradise by the Dashboard Light”

43. 1977 tv • New Shows • “Three’s Company” • John Ritter • Susan Summers • Joyce DeWitt • “CHiPs” • Eric Estrada • Larry Wilcox • “The Love Boat” • Gavin MacLeod • Lauren Tewes • Ted Lange • Bernie Kopell • Top Shows • 1. Laverne & Shirley 2. Happy Days 3. Three's Company 4. Charlie's Angels 5. All In The Family

44. Three’s Company

45. CHiPs

46. The Love Boat

47. 1977 movies • Saturday Night Fever: A Brooklyn youth feels his only chance to get somewhere is as the king of the disco floor. • John Travolta, Karen Lynn Gorney • Star Wars: Luke Skywalker leaves his home planet, teams up with other rebels, and tries to save Princess Leia from the evil clutches of Darth Vader • Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher • Smokey and the Bandit: The Bandit is hired on to run a tractor trailer full of beer over county lines in hot pursuit by a pesky sheriff • Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed

48. Saturday Night Fever

49. Star Wars

50. Smokey and the Bandit