70s In The News: Fanny, ‘Brady Bunch,’ Ringo Starr

Fanny’s June Millington, 1972 Lots of seventies-related stories in the news the past week or so – let’s have a look-see. THE FANTASTIC FANNY Highly recommended 70s rock band Fanny are the subject of an upcoming documentary The Right To … Continue reading

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

Classic 70s Ads: Ringo Starr, ‘Oh My My’ (1974)

Ringo Starr – ‘Oh My My’ ad via Billboard March 02, 1974 Ringo Starr’s Ringo album released in November of 1973 and spawned a number of radio hits for the former Beatle. In addition to “Photograph” and “You’re Sixteen” there … 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