Classic 70s Ads: John Lennon, ‘Power To The People’/ Yoko Ono ‘Open Your Box’ (1971)

John Lennon ‘Power To The People’ / Yoko Ono ‘Open Your Box’ via Cash Box March 20, 1971 Being the 50th anniversary of this Plastic Ono Band release (Mar. 12 ’71 UK/Mar. 22, ’71 US), let’s listen in to John … Continue reading

70s In The News: Peter Frampton, Paul McCartney

Peter Frampton live in ’75 A quartet of music-related seventies stories in the news this week. Read on for details. FRAMPTON ON FRAMPTON Vulture interviews guitar god and former teen idol Peter Frampton. The topic of discussion is the 45th … Continue reading

Hot Songs – Feb. 22, 1971: George Harrison, Aretha Franklin

Opening a 50-year-old copy of Cash Box magazine and feasting our eyes on the Top 100 song chart for this week, February 20, 1971, we find some rather amazing tunes making their debut. Coming in at #46 it’s George Harrison … Continue reading

70s Spots: Pepsodent & Gravy Train (1975), The Osmonds & ‘Beatlemania’ (1978)

“If you need whiter teeth, you need Pepsodent.” Time for another hearty batch of vintage Seventies commercials! This time around we’ve got spots for Pepsodent, Gravy Train, ABC TV shows, and the Beatlemania musical. Pepsodent Toothpaste Commercial (Dick Van Dyke, … Continue reading

Music For Monday: Paul McCartney & Wings, ‘Maybe I’m Amazed’ (Live ’76)

A very pleasant Monday morning to everyone. Let’s roll right into the music. Here’s Paul McCartney and Wings performing “Maybe I’m Amazed” in 1976 during the Wings Over the World tour. The clip below appeared in the Rock Show concert … Continue reading