Top 40 Songs From 1973

An excellent year for music, the songs in bold are my favorites:

• Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got) - Four Tops (#4)
• All I Know - Art Garfunkel (#9)
• Also Sprach Zarathustra (Theme from 2001) - Deodato (#2) (instrumental)
• American Tune - Paul Simon (#35)
• And I Love You So - Perry Como (#29)
• Angel - Aretha Franklin (#20)
• Angie - The Rolling Stones (#1)
• Are You Lonesome Tonight? - Donny Osmond (#14)
• Are You Man Enough? - Four Tops (#15)
• Armed and Extremely Dangerous - First Choice (#28)
• Aubrey - Bread (#15)
• Baby Come Close - Smokey Robinson (#27)
• Back When My Hair Was Short - Gunhill Road (#40)
• Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce (#1)
• Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces - Cheech & Chong (#15)
• Be - Neil Diamond (#34)
• Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich (#15)
• Believe in Humanity - Carole King (#28)
• Big City Miss Ruth Ann - Gallery (#23)
• Bitter Bad - Melanie (#36)
• Blue Suede Shoes - Johnny Rivers (#38)
• Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Bette Midler (#8)
• Break Up to Make Up - The Stylistics (#5)
• Brother Louie - Stories (#1)
• Call Me (Come Back Home) - Al Green (#10)
• Cheaper to Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor (#15)
• Check It Out - Tavares (#35)
• Cherry Cherry from "Hot August Night" - Neil Diamond (#31)
• China Grove - The Doobie Brothers (#15)
• The Cisco Kid - War (#2)
• Close Your Eyes - Edward Bear (#37)
• Come Get to This - Marvin Gaye (#21)
• Cook with Honey - Judy Collins (#32)
• Corazon - Carole King (#37)
• The Cover of "Rolling Stone" - Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (#6)
• D'yer Mak'er - Led Zeppelin (#20)
• Daddy Could Swear (I Declare) - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#19)
• Daisy A Day - Jud Strunk (#14)
• Daniel - Elton John (#2)
• Danny's Song - Anne Murray (#7)
• Dead Skunk - Loudon Wainwright III (#16)
• Delta Dawn - Helen Reddy (#1)
• Diamond Girl - Seals & Crofts (#6)
• Doing It to Death - Fred Wesley & The J.B.'s (#22)
• Don't Cross the River - America (#35)
• Drift Away - Dobie Gray (#5)
• Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell (#2) (instrumental)
• Ecstasy - Ohio Players (#31)
• Feelin' Stronger Every Day - Chicago (#10)
• Frankenstein - Edgar Winter Group (#1) (instrumental)
• Free Ride - Edgar Winter Group (#14)
• Friends - Bette Midler (#40)
• Funky Stuff - Kool & The Gang (#29)
• Funky Worm - Ohio Players (#15)
• Funny Face - Donna Fargo (#5)
• Future Shock - Curtis Mayfield (#39)
• Get Down - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#7)
• Get It Together - The Jackson 5 (#28)
• Ghetto Child - Spinners (#29)
• Give It to Me - J. Geils Band (#30)
• Give Me Love - Give Me Peace on Earth - George Harrison (#1)
• Give Me Your Love - Barbara Mason (#31)
• Give Your Baby a Standing Ovation - The Dells (#34)
• Goin' Home - The Osmonds (#36)
• Good Morning, Heartache - Diana Ross (#34)
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John (#2)
• Gypsy Man - War (#8)
• Half-Breed - Cher (#1)
• Hallelujah Day - The Jackson 5 (#28)
• Heartbeat - It's a Lovebeat - DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco (#3)
• Hearts of Stone - Blue Ridge Rangers (#37)
• Helen Wheels - Paul McCartney & Wings (#10)
• Hello Hooray - Alice Cooper (#35)
• Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren (#5)
• Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - Al Green (#10)
• Hey Girl (I Like Your Style) - The Temptations (#35)
• Higher Ground - Stevie Wonder (#4)
• Hocus Pocus - Focus (#9) (instrumental)
• How Can I Tell Her - Lobo (#22)
• Hummingbird - Seals & Crofts (#20)
• The Hurt - Cat Stevens (#31)
• Hurts So Good - Millie Jackson (#24)
• I Believe In You (You Believe In Me) - Johnnie Taylor (#11)
• I Can Understand It - The New Birth (#35)
• I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (#38)
• I Got a Name - Jim Croce (#10)
• I Got Ants in My Pants (and I Want to Dance) (Part 1) - James Brown (#27)
• I Like to Live the Love - B.B. King (#28)
• I Was Checkin' Out, She Was Checkin' In - Don Covay (#29)
• I'll Always Love My Mama (Part 1) - The Intruders (#36)
• I'll Be Your Shelter (In Time of Storm) - Luther Ingram (#40)
• I'm Doin' Fine Now - New York City (#17)
• I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Baby - Barry White (#3)
• I'm Just A Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band) - The Moody Blues (#12)
• I'm Never Gonna Be Alone Anymore - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose (#37)
• I've Got So Much to Give - Barry White (#32)
• I've Got to Use My Imagination - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#4)
• If You Want Me to Stay - Sly & The Family Stone (#12)
• If You're Ready (Come Go with Me) - The Staple Singers (#9)
• In the Midnight Hour - Cross Country (#30)
• It Sure Took a Long, Long Time - Lobo (#27)
• Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Blue Ridge Rangers (#16)
• Jesse - Roberta Flack (#30)
• Jesus is Just Alright - The Doobie Brothers (#35)
• Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne - Looking Glass (#33)
• The Joker - Steve Miller Band (#1)
• Jungle Boogie - Kool & The Gang (#4)
• Just You 'N' Me - Chicago (#4)
• Keep On Truckin' (Part 1) - Eddie Kendricks (#1)
• Keeper of the Castle - Four Tops (#10)
• Killing Me Softly With His Song - Roberta Flack (#1)
• Kissing My Love - Bill Withers (#31)
• Knockin' on Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (#12)
• Kodachrome - Paul Simon (#2)
• Last Kiss - Wednesday (#34)
• Last Song - Edward Bear (#3)
• Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress) - Helen Reddy (#3)
• Leaving Me - The Independents (#21)
• Let Me Be There - Olivia Newton-John (#6)
• Let Me In - The Osmonds (#36)
• Let Me Serenade You - Three Dog Night (#17)
• Let Your Hair Down - The Temptations (#27)
• Let's Get It On - Marvin Gaye (#1)
• Let's Pretend - Raspberries (#35)
• A Letter to Myself - The Chi-Lites (#33)
• Little Willy - Sweet (#3)
• Live and Let Die - Paul McCartney & Wings (#2)
• Living for the City - Stevie Wonder (#8)
• Living Together, Growing Together - The 5th Dimension (#32)
• Long Train Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers (#8)
• The Love I Lost (Part 1) - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (#7)
• Love Jones - Brighter Side of Darkness (#16)
• Love Song - Anne Murray (#12)
• Love Train - The O'Jays (#1)
• Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra (#1) (instrumental)
• Loves Me Like a Rock - Paul Simon (#2)
• Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes) - Aretha Franklin (#33)
• Masterpiece - The Temptations (#7)
• Me and Baby Brother - War (#15)
• Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#1)
• A Million To One - Donny Osmond (#23)
• Mind Games - John Lennon (#18)
• Misdemeanor - Foster Sylvers (#22)
• Money - Pink Floyd (#13)
• Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers (#10)
• The Morning After - Maureen McGovern (#1)
• The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich (#1)
• My Love - Paul McCartney & Wings (#1)
• My Maria - B.W. Stevenson (#9)
• My Music - Loggins & Messina (#16)
• Natural High - Bloodstone (#10)
• Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#2)
• Never, Never Gonna Give Ya Up - Barry White (#7)
• The Night the Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence (#1)
• No More Mr. Nice Guy - Alice Cooper (#25)
• Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out - Bobby Womack (#29)
• Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner (#22)
• Oh La De Da - The Staple Singers (#33)
• One Less Set of Footsteps - Jim Croce (#37)
• One Man Band (Plays All Alone) - Ronnie Dyson (#28)
• One of a Kind (Love Affair) - Spinners (#11)
• Ooh Baby - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#25)
• Out Of the Question - Gilbert O'Sullivan (#17)
• Painted Ladies - Ian Thomas (#34)
• Paper Roses - Marie Osmond (#5)
• Peaceful - Helen Reddy (#12)
• Peaceful Easy Feeling - Eagles (#22)
• Photograph - Ringo Starr (#1)
• Pillow Talk - Sylvia (#3)
• Pinball Wizard / See Me, Feel Me - The New Seekers (#29)
• The Plastic Man - The Temptations (#40)
• Playground In My Mind - Clint Holmes (#2)
• Put Your Hands Together - The O'Jays (#10)
• Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band (#2)
• Reelin' & Rockin' - Chuck Berry (#27)
• Reeling in the Years - Steely Dan (#11)
• Right Place, Wrong Time - Dr. John (#9)
• The Right Thing To Do - Carly Simon (#17)
• Rockin' Roll Baby - The Stylistics (#14)
• Rocky Mountain High - John Denver (#9)
• Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh (#23)
• Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett (#28)
• Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting - Elton John (#12)
• Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose? - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (#3)
• Shambala - Three Dog Night (#3)
• Show and Tell - Al Wilson (#1)
• Sing - Carpenters (#3)
• Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Blue Haze (#27)
• Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (#4)
• So Very Hard To Go - Tower of Power (#17)
• Some Guys Have All the Luck - The Persuaders (#39)
• Soul Makossa - Manu Dibango (#35) (instrumental)
• Soul Song - Joe Stampley (#37)
• Space Oddity - David Bowie (#15)
• Space Race - Billy Preston (#4) (instrumental)
• Spiders and Snakes - Jim Stafford (#3)
• Steamroller Blues - Elvis Presley (#17)
• Step by Step - Joe Simon (#37)
• Stir It Up - Johnny Nash (#12)
• Stoned Out of My Mind - The Chi-Lites (#30)
• Stuck in the Middle with You - Stealers Wheel (#6)
• Summer (The First Time) - Bobby Goldsboro (#21)
• Super Fly Meets Shaft - John & Ernest (#31)
• Swamp Witch - Jim Stafford (#39)
• Sweet Understanding Love - Four Tops (#33)
• Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild (#32)
• Tell Her She's Lovely - El Chicano (#40)
• That Lady (Part 1) - The Isley Brothers (#6)
• Theme from "Cleopatra Jones" - Joe Simon with The Mainstreeters (#18)
• There It Is - Tyrone Davis (#32)
• Thinking of You - Loggins & Messina (#18)
• Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando (#1)
• Time In A Bottle - Jim Croce (#1)
• Time to Get Down - The O'Jays (#33)
• To Know You Is to Love You - B.B. King (#38)
• Top Of the World - Carpenters (#1)
• Touch Me In the Morning - Diana Ross (#1)
• Trouble Man - Marvin Gaye (#7)
• The Twelfth of Never - Donny Osmond (#8)
• Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band (#9)
• Walk On the Wild Side - Lou Reed (#16)
• We May Never Pass this Way Again - Seals & Crofts (#21)
• We're An American Band - Grand Funk Railroad (#1)
• Where Peaceful Waters Flow - Gladys Knight & The Pips (#28)
• Who's in the Strawberry Patch with Sally - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#27)
• Why Me - Kris Kristofferson (#16)
• Wildflower - Skylark (#9)
• Will It Go 'Round in Circles - Billy Preston (#1)
• The World Is a Ghetto - War (#7)
• Yes We Can Can - Pointer Sisters (#11)
• Yesterday Once More - Carpenters (#2)
• You Are the Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder (#1)
• You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart) - The Stylistics (#23)
• You're a Special Part of Me - Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye (#12)
• You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr (#1)
• You're So Vain - Carly Simon (#1)
• You've Never Been This Far Before - Conway Twitty (#22)
• Young Love - Donny Osmond (#25)

Peter Max

The art of Peter Max was HUGELY successful in the early to mid-70's. His impact on pop culture can not be overestimated, and he certainly has earned a significant place in art history.

The 2 works pictured are:
"Sunrise" 1976
"Discovery" 1992

There will never be another artist like him, he was (is) one-of-a-kind.

Merry Christmas Everyone!

I never looked at it this way before.

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A 1976 Christmas

It was 1976, the Six Million Dollar Man was at the zenith of his popularity, and this was THE ONE present I HAD to have.... Mom would have come off looking pretty bad had she not pulled through.

The Bionic Man action figure was a HUGE success, and Maskatron was the coolest thing I had ever seen. He had interchangable body parts that would pop off when you pressed certain pressure points on the figure. He also had interchangeable face masks, so he could be 3 different people. I LOVED making his arms and legs pop off, and i also liked ripping his face mask off.

I've been trying to get one on ebay but keep getting outbid. If mom had known that one day, they would sell on the internet for $175 and up, she would have bought 40 of them instead of whining about "how hard it was to find", and "how she had to go to 4 different stores", and "go through gallons of gas just so I could have something to open Christmas morning", etc.

John Lennon

It's the 25th anniversary (yesterday was) since John Lennon was murdered.

I've heard alot about how great a humanitarian he was, and how he strived to make the world a better place for peace, etc. but I don't see it. The man who sang "All You Need Is Love" had millions of dollars in the bank. As far as I know he was not part of any humanitarian mission, didn't involve himself in charity events (free of charge or otherwise), and even for the photo posted, i'm sure he got paid. I never once saw him photographed participating in a peace march. As far as I know, he was an athiest: "Imagine there's no heaven, it's easy if you try. No hell below us, above us only sky".

Everything he did was career-oriented, and everything came at a price - it was all fashion.

A total phony, I don't miss him.

My Biggest Childhood Crush

I'm sure I wasn't alone.

Tony Orlando And Dawn

I used to watch their variety show in the early to mid-70's (who DIDN'T have a variety show back then???). Anyway, I knew who Tony Orlando was (obviously), but which one was Dawn? Why didn't the other chick rate name recognition???

My favorite songs were "Knock Three Times", and "Tie a Yellow Ribbon" (a song about a prisoner wondering if his girlfriend would take him back after he was released. Gee, who wouldn't be waiting????? And, we never really knew what he was incarcerated for...).

It's interesting to note that their initials spelled 'TOAD'.

I just love these guys:

Peanuts is probably one of THE most successful comic strips ever. I don't think their appeal will ever die (well, for me anyway). You can check out their website at: http://snoopy.com/

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Keep On Truckin

This was a popular phrase in the 70's. You would see it on bumper stickers, tee-shirts, posters, coffee mugs, etc.

To this day I have absolutely NO IDEA what this means, nor do I think anybody else did, either.

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Reefer Madness

This illustration for Job Cigarette Papers was done by Alphonse Mucha in the late 1800's. Job is still selling cigarette papers to this day, but come on, who REALLY uses these for cigarette tobacco anymore???????

Once when i was 'using', i went to the local convenience store and said to the cashier: "I'd like a pack of cigarette papers please". And she said "Oh, rolling your own?? Don't worry honey, I used to buy these, too, until I couldn't afford what you put in them anymore".

She was such a nice lady....

My Grandfather Joe

This old guy is exactly the same type of guy as my old grandfather Joe. He died in the mid 80's. He was the type of guy who would pick on you even if you minded your own business. Me as the artistic, sensitive type, i was always the object of his mean-ness. Back when he was a little boy (ca. 1900), it was the era when little boys were dressed to look like girls. There was a photo of him in my grandmother's house with his hair done up in curls and a hair bow, and a dress-looking type of outfit. He looked like Shirley Temple.......

So Typical Of Some People:

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Life lessons I learned on 70's TV

"Not everyone's going to like you" - One Day At A Time

"You know, Kip, there's going to be many things in your lifetime worth fighting for, and many causes to stand up for. But you better choose your fights carefully, because you're not going to win them all. Remember that." - Bosom Buddies

"You shouldn't put down a loser Cindy. You might just be one yourself someday." - The Brady Bunch

"Well, Lana, a leopard can't change his spots". "That's true, but he can climb a different tree every once in a while." - Three's Company

70s TV Show Line-up

The following is from an article about TV in the 70's (when there were actually decent things to watch):

"You could make a strong argument that during the early 1970s, CBS on Saturday night had the single best night of prime-time TV ever: "All in the Family," "M-A-S-H," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Bob Newhart Show" and "The Carol Burnett Show."

When life imitates art (or vice versa)

In the mid 90's, I worked at a donut shop in Orleans, Mass (as mentioned in my bio). I worked behind the counter like the guy in the photo, but i didn't wear that hat or dress in white. This shop is EXACTLY the same as the one I worked at. It was called Sunrise Donuts. It's still there today. I also worked the evening shift (can you imagine working evenings in a donut shop????????). The only difference is there was a door in the corner right behind the guy sitting by himself. There was an inside door exactly where the one pictured is. It's uncanny. On the job application there was a question: "Why do you want to work at Sunrise Donuts?". I wrote: "Because donuts make the world a better place". I didn't sell many donuts, but I sold alot of coffee.

Free To Be You And Me

In 1972 (or was it '74?), Marlo Thomas and her friends came out with "Free to be you and me". It was a one-hour long special targeted towards young children. It's goal was to help us accept ourselves despite our flaws.

Rosey Grier told us that it was allright to cry, it would make us feel better. Alan Alda taught us it was okay for boys to play with dolls, and Michael Jackson sang of the fact that he didn't need to change at all, he was fine just as he was...... (yeah, right, Michael!).

I never had this album but my cousins had it. I saw a re-run of this show on TvLand a few years ago. It's interesting to note that Michael Jackson's name is not given credit on the front cover.

Mothers and caterpillars don't mix.

In the summer of '74, we lived in a split level home. Off the upper level, from the dining area, was a sliding glass door that led to a deck. Mom used to sunbathe and fall asleep. One day, while she was sunbathing (and sleeping) my friends and I were playing with caterpillars. We went up onto the deck where mom was, and i placed a caterpillar on her stomach. We were standing around her in a circle to see what would happen. She opened her eyes, looked down at her stomach, and panicked. I got in so much trouble, especially when we started to laugh. I heard my first 4-letter words that day. I was grounded for the rest of the day. I was a pretty rotten kid. I don't think my friends were ever allowed over after that day. Come to think of it, mom was always fair skinned, and after all that sunbathing, I don't ever remember seeing her with a tan....

Alessandro Botticelli

Venus - goddess of love that you are...


I am just editing this post. This is NOT Michelangelo's work, but Alessandro Botticelli.

Botticelli would NOT be flattered....

Is nothing sacred?????????

Wacky Packages (i.e. Wacky Packs)

(I never understood their appeal...)

Caterpillars and Huffy Bikes

In the early 70's, our family moved into a new house (we were always moving. As a kid I think I lived in 5 different places). Me and the kids across the street used to ride our bikes in my driveway. I had a "Huffy" bike. Anyone remember those? They were sort of like the first mountain bikes with the thick "knobby tires". And it had a big sort of plaque with a number 3 on the front between the handlebars, like a race car number (i really don't know why). I also had one of those really tall orange flags (like 6 feet tall) attached to the back of my bike. It kept falling off though. Dad could never get it to stay on. My friends and i used to lay caterpillars on my driveway and run over them on our Huffy bikes. I'll always remember their green innards that used to squirt out of their heads and back ends. Sometimes we would ride over them in really slow motion to elongate the process. My driveway looked like a war zone (for caterpillars, that is).

1974 Madness
(What were we thinking?????)

Back in late June of 1974, my grandfather Joe was employed as a custodian of a Taunton elementary school. Because school was almost out for the summer, the school system gave my grandfather three or four milk crates stocked with milk in those little milk cartons that were served at lunchtime. There must have been 60 or 80 of them, and my grandfather in turn gave them to my dad. Dad came home and they were back in the bed of his pick-up truck. He went inside, and me and my friends were hanging out outside. We ended up opening every single container and poured them into the bed of the pick up truck. We didn't tell him we did it, and it sat overnight and curdled. I've never smelled anything so bad. The truck stunk for over a week, to this day I can still smell it.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show Theme Song

Who can turn the world on with her smile?
Who can take a nothing day, and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile?
Well it's you girl, and you should know it
With each glance and every little movement you show it
Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

How will you make it on your own?
This world is awfully big,
girl this time you're all alone
But it's time you started living
It's time you let someone else do some giving
Love is all around, no need to waste it
You can have a town, why don't you take it
You're gonna make it after all
You're gonna make it after all

Memorable lines from 70's commercials

These are just a few that I remember:

• "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce. Special orders don't upset us. All we ask is that you let us serve it your way."
• "You've got ring around the collar."
• "You deserve a break today."
• "When I bite into a York peppermint patty, I get the sensation of....."
• "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!"
• "Hey, you got your chocolate in my peanut butter!"" No, YOU got YOUR peanut butter in MY chocolate!"
• "I'd like to build the world a home, and furnish it with love - grow apple trees and honey bees and snow white turtle doves. I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, I'd like to buy the world a coke and keep it company."
• "Please don't squeeze the Charmin!"
• "My baloney has a first name, it's O-s-c-a-r, my baloney has a second name it's M-e-y-e-r. Oh I love to eat it every day and if you ask me why I'll say, 'cause Oscar Meyer has a way with b-o-l-0-g-n-a! How's that?"
• "You're soaking in it."-Madge from Palmolive
• "Calgon, take me away!!!!!!"
• "I can bring home the bacon, fry it up in a pan, and never never never never let you forget you're a man, 'cause I'm a woman."
• "Nothing gets between me and my Calvins."
• "Hershey is the great American chocolate bar."
• "Raisins, nature's candy."
• "That's funny, Frank never has a second cup at home......"
• "Lee-ee-ee-ee-ee-vi's!"
• "Thanks, Mr. Easter Bunny!"
• "With milk chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hands."
• "Double your pleasure, double your fun."
• "Just a sprinkle a day helps keep odor away."
• "It's not NICE to fool Mother Nature!"
• "Oh I wish I were an Oscar Meyer weiner, that is what I'd truly like to be. For if I were an Oscar Meyer weiner, everyone would be in love with me."
• "One day, I woke up with a big pimple, I was upset, I had to get, something with benzoyl peroxide, something strong, and something fast. Stridex BP was the thing for me! Stridex BP, it dried my pimple fast. Stridex BP (it works so hard), Stridex BP (it works so fffaaasssssstttttt!!!!!). Try it and you'll see that nothing beats Stridex BP!"

McDonald's promo glasses
(real glass before the days of lawsuits).


These glasses are circa 1976/77. McDonald's used to sell these, I think, for a dollar. Back in the day I had the hamburglar glass and the pirate (used to have. Not many people held on to these things). They stopped selling these types of glasses (real glass with painted images) after a few minor incidences of children being poisoned by the paint - another classic case of a few ruining it for the rest of us .. . . ......

The Love Boat TV Theme Song

Love, exciting and new,
Come aboard, we're expecting you!
Love, life's sweetest reward,
Let it flow, it floats back to you.

The Love Boat - soon will be making another run.
The Love Boat promises something for everyone!

Set a course for adventure, your mind on a new romance.
And love won't hurt anymore . ....
It's an open smile on a friendly shore!

It's Looooove! Welcome aboard - It's Looooove!

Grizzly Adams, my hero.

"Deep inside the forest is a door into another land, here is our life and home.
We are staying here forever in the beauty of this place all alone.
We keep on hoping that maybe there's a world where we won't have to run, and maybe there's a time to call our own, living free and harmony and majesty. Take me home, take me home." Grizzly Adams ending theme song

While other kids dreamed of being Joe Namath or OJ Simpson, I fantasized about being Grizzly Adams. I dreamed of heading into the woods, building a cabin, and of course hanging out with bears. . ... I watched this show for 2 years. I don't really remember when this show was popular but i would say it ran from about '74 to '77.

Now I do live in a log cabin in the woods and I do have a beard. No bears but my dog is named Bear. And I don't make my own clothes. Other than that there are many similarities (except that I haven't ever been falsely accused of murder and i'm not a fugitive from justice).

A 1973 Christmas present.

At long last, Captain Peg Leg!!!!!!!


Matchbox Fighting Furies Capt. PEG-LEG 1973 MIB!!!

I received this action figure in the Christmas of '73, so I was 6 years old. I had always remembered this figure but I forgot it's name and manufacturer. I just figured it out through some detective work on ebay (that's where I get many of my photos for this blog). This guy had a removeable peg leg with a 'treasure map' inside. I unscrewed his leg so much my mom would say: "Joe would you quit playing with that damn leg, you're gonna break it!!".
Mom had such a way with words.

"Someone left the cake out in the rain. I don't think that I can take it, cause it took so long to bake it, and I'll never have that recipe again."

MacArthur Park, Donna Summer

1978, what a glorious year.

In the summer of 1978, 'Grease was the word'.

1978 was a great year, especially the summer. This year is probably my favorite as far as music goes. These are the top 40 of 1978. The songs in large letters are my favorites:

1. Staying Alive,Bee Gees
2. Boogie Oogie Oogie,A Taste of Honey
3. Kiss You All Over, Exile
4. Shadow Dancing, Andy Gibb
5. Emotion, Samatha Sang
6. Night Fever, Bee Gees
7. Miss You, Rolling Stones
8. Three Times a Lady, Commodoores
9. Too Much Too Little, Johnny Mathis/Deniece WIlliams
10. Its A Heartache, Bonnie Tyler
11. Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty
12. Whenever I Call You, Kenny Loggins
13. You Dont Bring Me Flowers, Barbara Striesand
14. Cant Smile without You,Barry Manilow
15. Still the Same/Feels Like a Number, Bob Seger
16. Sometimes When We Touch, Dan Hill
17. Le Freak, Chic
18. With a Little Luck, Wings
19. Lay Down Sally, Eric Clapton
20. Love is Thicker Then Water, Andy Gibb
21. Hot Child in the City, Nick Gilder
22. Grease, Frankie Valli
23. Just The Way You Are, Billy Joel
24. MacArthur Park, Donna Summer
25. Love Will Find a Way, Pablo Cruise
26. Reminiscing, Little River Band
27. Use Ta Be My Girl, Ojays
28. One Nation Under Groove,Funkadelic
29. Lifes Been Good,Joe Walsh
30. Baby Hold On, Eddy Money
31. Hot Blooded, Foreigner
32. Get Off, Foxy
33. I Go Crazy, Paul Davis
34. Take a Chance on Me, Abba
35. How Much I Feel, Ambrosia
36. Groove Line, Heatwave
37. King Tut, Steve Martin
38. My Life, Billy Joel
39. Our Love,Nataile Cole
40. Baby Come Back, Player

Miniature Golf and ice cream - a saturday night staple on Cape Cod in the summer.

I just loved miniature golf.

(Click on the picture for a larger view.)

When I was a kid I loved miniature golf! We always played when we would go to Cape Cod, Mass in the summer. We would go out for ice cream and buy a tee-shirt, then go and play miniature golf.

My great grandfather built a house in Chatham, on Cape Cod, in the late 50's. It was a Cape style house, and it had 2 bedrooms upstairs. In one of the bedrooms, in the closet, was a narrow 5-foot-long hallway that led to a little door. That door opened up into a small 6 x 6 room with a little chair and a dim lamp. My cousin DeeDee used to read in it, but I never did. It was a little too dark and creepy for me. Rex had a restaurant in Harwich on Route 28 for many years, and some people still remember it. It was called 'The Rexford', and I'm told they had great pancakes, but I wouldn't know. Rex had a weird rule about family eating in the dining room, even if we paid. Very strange. My mom, aunts and uncles would work there in the summer and Rex would house them (the old-fashioned teen age working summer). He sold the restaurant when I was 9, so I never worked there myself. Not that Rex and I would ever have made it together anyway.

I am a Cape Cod native myself, and even though my family has a history on the Cape, only a handful of our relatives were actually born there. Cape Cod was a magical place in the early 70's (back when you could afford to buy a house). The Chatham house was only 3 blocks from Hardings beach, and we would either drive there in the Volkswagon station wagon, or we would just walk. There also was a harbor down the road, and there was a field along the way where we would pick 9 foot talls cat-tails and reeds.
I miss those days.

Cape Memories

When i was little, and my parents used to go to the Cape on weekends in the summer (to the Chatham house with the creepy closet room), they would play cards at night, smoke (with the windows closed) drink, and watch tv. On Cape Cod in the early 70's - pre cable - there were only 3 stations, only one of which came in decent.

On that channel, they would have the Lawrence Welk show playing. I remember hanging out with my folks, with Lawrence Welk on the TV and thinking: "Man, i gotta get outta this place." Every adult had their 'favorite' singer. It all was so sad. I remember being on the top of the stairs, balacing myself with my heels hanging over the edge of the top step and slipping, falling all the way down to the bottom. I remember mom running after me as i rolled like a tumbleweed.

THE album of '77 (or was it '78?)

I could never figure out what he's pointing at......

This movie could never hold water today, but it sold a ton of albums, and ranks up there in my mind as one of the best albums I've ever owned. It was a great era.

"The earth is my body, my head is in the stars"

This is a quick sketch i did. I love the 'man in the moon' symbol, and I also like really long beards.

Happy 30th birthday, Jaws!!


Because of my age, I was among the minority who did NOT see Jaws in the summer of '75. I saw it a few years later and it's probably been my favorite movie ever since. I often watch it because it reminds me of the way Cape Cod and the Islands used to be in the early 70's with the exception, of course, of all those nasty shark attacks...
It was 30 years ago this summer that this movie made history. I'm starting to feel my age.

It was a great summer

The Summer Of '77
If you weren't there, you really missed out.

Top 40 Hits of 1977 - The songs in bold are the songs I liked

• Ain't Gonna Bump No More (with No Big Fat Woman) - Joe Tex (#12)
• All Strung Out on You - John Travolta (#34)
• All You Get from Love Is A Love Song - Carpenters (#35)
• Angel in Your Arms - Hot (#6)
• Another Star - Stevie Wonder (#32)
• Ariel - Dean Friedman (#26)
• As - Stevie Wonder (#36)
• At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#30)
• Back In the Saddle - Aerosmith (#38)
• Back Together Again - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#28)
• Barracuda - Heart (#11)
• Best of My Love - The Emotions (#1)
• Bite Your Lip (Get Up and Dance!) - Elton John (#28)
• Black Betty - Ram Jam (#18)
• Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt (#3)
• Boogie Child - Bee Gees (#12)
• Boogie Nights - Heatwave (#2)
• Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (#40)
• Brick House - Commodores (#5)
• Calling Dr. Love - KISS (#16)
• Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft - Carpenters (#32)
• Can't Stop Dancin' - Captain & Tennille (#13)
• Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent (#30)
• Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes - Jimmy Buffett (#37)
• Cherry Baby - Starz (#33)
• Christine Sixteen - KISS (#25)
• Cinderella - Firefall (#34)
• Cold as Ice - Foreigner (#6)
• Come Sail Away - Styx (#8)
• Couldn't Get it Right - Climax Blues Band (#3)
• Crackerbox Palace - George Harrison (#19)
• Da Doo Ron Ron - Shaun Cassidy (#1)
• Dancin' Man - Q (#23)
• Dancing Queen - Abba (#1)
• Daybreak - Barry Manilow (#23)
• Daytime Friends - Kenny Rogers (#28)
• Dazz - Brick (#3)
• Devil's Gun - C.J. & Co. (#36)Disco Inferno - The Trammps (#11)
• Disco Lucy ("I Love Lucy" Theme) - Wilton Place Street Band (#24)
• Do Ya - Electric Light Orchestra (#24)
• Do Ya Wanna Get Funky with Me - Peter Brown (#18)
• Do You Wanna Make Love - Peter McCann (#5)
• Do Your Dance (Part 1) - Rose Royce (#39)
• Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul (#1)
• Don't it Make My Brown Eyes Blue - Crystal Gayle (#2)
• Don't Leave Me This Way - Thelma Houston (#1)
• Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood - Santa Esmeralda (#15)
• Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac (#3)
• Don't Worry Baby - B.J. Thomas (#17)
• Dreams - Fleetwood Mac (#1)
• Drivin' Wheel - Foghat (#34)
• Dusic - Brick (#18)
• Easy - Commodores (#4)
• Easy to Love - Leo Sayer (#36)
• The Edge of the Universe - Bee Gees (#26)
• Emotion - Samantha Sang (#3)
• (Every Time I Turn Around) Back in Love Again - L.T.D. (#4)
• Everybody Be Dancin' - Starbuck (#38)
• Falling - LeBlanc & Carr (#13)
• Fancy Dancer - Commodores (#39)
• Feels Like the First Time - Foreigner (#4)
• The First Cut Is The Deepest - Rod Stewart (#21)
• Float On - The Floaters (#2)
• Gettin' Ready for Love - Diana Ross (#27)
• Girls' School - Paul McCartney (#33)
• Give a Little Bit - Supertramp (#15)
• Gloria - Enchantment (#25)
• Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac (#10)
• Gone Too Far - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#23)
• Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") - Bill Conti & His Orchestra (#1)
• Gonna Fly Now (Theme from "Rocky") - Maynard Ferguson (#28)
• Got to Give It Up (Part 1) - Marvin Gaye (#1)
• The Greatest Love of All - George Benson (#24)
• Handy Man - James Taylor (#4)
• Happy Anniversary - Little River Band (#16)
• Hard Rock Cafe - Carole King (#30)
• Heard It in a Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band (#14)
• Heaven on the 7th Floor - Paul Nicholas (#6)
• Hello Stranger - Yvonne Elliman (#15)
• Help Is on its Way - Little River Band (#14)
• Here Come Those Tears Again - Jackson Browne (#23)
• Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton (#3)
• High School Dance - The Sylvers (#17)
• Hollywood - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#32)
• Hotel California - Eagles (#1)
• How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees (#1)
• How Much Love - Leo Sayer (#17)
• I Believe You - Dorothy Moore (#27)
• I Feel Love - Donna Summer (#6)
• I Just Want to Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb (#1)
• I Just Want to Make Love to You - Foghat (#33)
• I Like Dreamin' - Kenny Nolan (#3)
• I Love You - Donna Summer (#37)
• I Never Cry - Alice Cooper (#12)
• I Wanna Get Next to You - Rose Royce (#10)
• I Wouldn't Want to Be Like You - Alan Parsons Project (#36)
• I'm in You - Peter Frampton (#2)
• I'm Your Boogie Man - KC & The Sunshine Band (#1)
• I've Got Love on My Mind - Natalie Cole (#5)
• In the Mood - Henhouse Five Plus Too (Ray Stevens) (#40)
• Isn't It Time - The Babys (#13)
• It Keeps You Runnin' - The Doobie Brothers (#37)
• It Was Almost Like a Song - Ronnie Milsap (#16)
• It's a Crazy World - Mac McAnally (#37)
• It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me - Barry White (#4)
• It's Sad to Belong - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#21)
• It's So Easy - Linda Ronstadt (#5)
• Jeans On - David Dundas (#17)
• Jet Airliner - Steve Miller Band (#8)
• Jungle Love - Steve Miller Band (#23)
• Just a Song Before I Go - Crosby, Stills & Nash (#7)
• Just Remember I Love You - Firefall (#11)
• Just the Way You Are - Billy Joel (#3)
• Keep it Comin' Love - KC & The Sunshine Band (#2)
• Keep Me Cryin' - Al Green (#37)
• The Killing of Georgie (Parts 1 & 2) - Rod Stewart (#30)
• The King is Gone - Ronnie McDowell (#13)
• Knowing Me, Knowing You - Abba (#14)
• Lido Shuffle - Boz Scaggs (#11)
• Life in the Fast Lane - Eagles (#11)
• Livin' in the Life - The Isley Brothers (#40)
• Livin' Thing - Electric Light Orchestra (#13)
• Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold (#7)
• Long Time - Boston (#22)
• Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow (#1)
• Lost Without Your Love - Bread (#9)
• Love in 'C' Minor (Part 1) - Cerrone (#36)
• Love Theme from "A Star Is Born" (Evergreen) - Barbra Streisand (#1)
• Love's Grown Deep - Kenny Nolan (#20)
• Lovely Day - Bill Withers (#30)
• Lucille - Kenny Rogers (#5)
• Luckenbach,Texas (Back to the Basics of Love) - Waylon Jennings (#25)
• Magical Mystery Tour - Ambrosia (#39)
• Mainstreet - Bob Seger (#24)
• Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett (#8)
• Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney & Wings (#10)
• More Than a Woman - Tavares (#32)
• My Fair Share - Seals & Crofts (#28)
• My Heart Belongs To Me - Barbra Streisand (#4)
• My Sweet Lady - John Denver (#32)
• My Way - Elvis Presley (#22)
• N.Y., You Got Me Dancing - Andrea True Connection (#27)
• Native New Yorker - Odyssey (#21)
• New Kid In Town - Eagles (#1)
• Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon (#2)
• Old Fashioned Boy (You're the One) - Stallion (#37)
• On and On - Stephen Bishop (#11)
• Peace of Mind - Boston (#38)
• Peg - Steely Dan (#11)
• People in Love - 10cc (#40)
• Point Of Know Return - Kansas (#28)
• (Remember the Days of the) Old Schoolyard - Cat Stevens (#33)
• Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#1)
• Right Time of the Night - Jennifer Warnes (#6)
• Sam - Olivia Newton-John (#20)
• Saturday Nite - Earth, Wind & Fire (#21)
• Save It for a Rainy Day - Stephen Bishop (#22)
• Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow - Tom Jones (#15)
• Send in the Clowns - Judy Collins (#19)
• Sentimental Lady - Bob Welch (#8)
• Shake Your Rump to the Funk - Bar-Kays (#23)
• She Did It - Eric Carmen (#23)
• She's Not There - Santana (#27)
• Short People - Randy Newman (#2)
• Show You the Way to Go - The Jacksons (#28)
• Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) - Peter Frampton (#18)
• Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder (#1)
• Slide - Slave (#32)
• Slip Slidin' Away - Paul Simon (#5)
• Slow Dancin' Don't Turn Me On - The Addrisi Brothers (#20)
• Slowdown - John Miles (#34)
• Smoke from a Distant Fire - The Sanford/Townsend Band (#9)
• So In To You - Atlanta Rhythm Section (#7)
• So You Win Again - Hot Chocolate (#31)
• Somethin' 'Bout 'Cha - Latimore (#37)
• Sometimes - Facts of Life (#31)
• Southern Nights - Glen Campbell (#1)
• Spirit in the Night - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#40)
• Spring Rain - Silvetti (#39)
• Stand Tall - Burton Cummings (#10)
• Star Wars (Main Title) - John Williams & The London Symphony Orchestra (#10)
• (instrumental)Star Wars Theme / Cantina Band - Meco (#1)
• Strawberry Letter 23 - The Brothers Johnson (#5)
• Street Corner Serenade - Wet Willie (#30)
• Sunflower - Glen Campbell (#39)
• Surfin' U.S.A. - Leif Garrett (#20)
• Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') - Johnny Rivers (#10)
• Swingtown - Steve Miller Band (#17)
• Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra (#7)
• Telephone Man - Meri Wilson (#18)
• That's Rock & Roll - Shaun Cassidy (#3)
• Theme from "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" - John Williams & Orchestra (#13)
• The Things We Do For Love - 10cc (#5)
• This Is the Way That I Feel - Marie Osmond (#39)
• This Song - George Harrison (#25)
• Thunder in My Heart - Leo Sayer (#38)
• Tryin' To Love Two - William Bell (#10)
• Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day (#1)
• Uptown Festival (Part 1) - Shalamar (#25)
• Walk This Way - Aerosmith (#10)
• Way Down - Elvis Presley (#18)
• We Are the Champions - Queen (#4)
• We Just Disagree - Dave Mason (#12)
• We're All Alone - Rita Coolidge (#7)
• What a Big Surprise - Chicago (#4)
• What's Your Name - Lynyrd Skynyrd (#13)
• Whatcha Gonna Do? - Pablo Cruise (#6)
• When I Need You - Leo Sayer (#1)
• Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - Dr. Buzzard's Original "Savannah" Band (#27)
• Whodunit - Tavares (#22)
• You and Me - Alice Cooper (#9)
• You Can't Turn Me Off (in the Middle of Turning Me On) - High Inergy (#12)
• You Light Up My Life - Debby Boone (#1)
• You Made Me Believe in Magic - Bay City Rollers (#10)
• You Make Loving Fun - Fleetwood Mac (#9)
• You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim) - Rod Stewart (#4)
• (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - Donny & Marie Osmond (#38)
• You're My World - Helen Reddy (#18)
• You've Got Me Runnin' - Gene Cotton (#33)
• Your Love - Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. (#15)
• (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher - Rita Coolidge (#2)
• Your Smiling Face - James Taylor (#20)

Toys For A 70s Kid

A childhood classic


I loved board games. I had this game as a kid. Never liked the show but somehow I ended up with all the merchandise. I had the Partridge Family game, the lunchbox, and a 45 record. I don't have any of these items anymore.

Rememberances Of A 1975 Latch-Key Kid

I was a latch-key kid. I remember ca. 1975/76 I would come home from school and mom would leave the house key under the welcome mat. I was around 8 years old. Mom and dad both had to work, so I came home to an empty house. I would let myself in the house and call mom at work to let her know I came home safely. I would watch The Brady Bunch reruns, and mom would come home 30 minutes later. One day mom forgot to leave the key so I was locked out of the house. It just so happened that it rained that day. I cried.

One Of My Favorite Lines .....

"Life is like a maze of doors, and they all open from the side you're on."
Cat Stevens - 'Sitting'

Top 40 Hits of 1976

The songs in large letters were the ones I liked.

Action - Sweet (#20)
After the Lovin' - Engelbert Humperdinck (#8)
Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band (#1)
Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing - Donny & Marie Osmond (#21)
All By Myself - Eric Carmen (#2)
Another Rainy Day in New York City - Chicago (#32)
Anything You Want - John Valenti (#37)
Anytime (I'll Be There) - Paul Anka (#33)
Baby, I Love Your Way - Peter Frampton (#12)
Baretta's Theme (Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow) - Rhythm Heritage (#20)
The Best Disco in Town - The Ritchie Family (#17)
Beth - KISS (#7)
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band (#1)
Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (#9)
Boogie Fever - The Sylvers (#1)
The Boys Are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy (#12)
Break Away - Art Garfunkel (#39)
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do - Neil Sedaka (#8)
C'mon Marianne - Donny Osmond (#38)
Can't Hide Love - Earth, Wind & Fire (#39)
Car Wash - Rose Royce (#1)
Carry on Wayward Son - Kansas (#11)
Come On Over - Olivia Newton-John (#23)
Country Boy (You Got Your Feet in L.A.) - Glen Campbell (#11)
Crazy on You - Heart (#35)
Cupid - Tony Orlando & Dawn (#22)
Dance wit' Me - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#39)
December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) - The 4 Seasons (#1)
Deep Purple - Donny & Marie Osmond (#14)
Devil Woman - Cliff Richard (#6)
Did You Boogie (with Your Baby) - Flash Cadillac & The Continental Kids (#29)
Disco Duck (Part 1) - Rick Dees & His Cast of Idiots (#1)
Disco Lady - Johnnie Taylor (#1)
Do What You Want, Be What You Are - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#39)
Do You Feel Like We Do - Peter Frampton (#10)
(Don't Fear) the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult (#12)
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee (#1)
Don't Pull Your Love / Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye - Glen Campbell (#27)
Don't Stop Believin' - Olivia Newton-John (#33)
Don't Take Away the Music - Tavares (#34)
A Dose of Rock 'N' Roll - Ringo Starr (#26)
Dream On - Aerosmith (#6)
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (#2)
Enjoy Yourself - The Jacksons (#6)
Evil Woman - Electric Light Orchestra (#10)
Fallen Angel - Frankie Valli (#36)
Fanny (Be Tender With Your Love) - Bee Gees (#12)
Fernando - Abba (#13)
A Fifth of Beethoven - Walter Murphy & The Big Apple Band (#1) (instrumental)
Fly Away - John Denver (#13)
Fly Like an Eagle - Steve Miller Band (#2)
Fool to Cry - The Rolling Stones (#10)
Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop (#3)
Fopp - Ohio Players (#30)
Free - Deniece Williams (#25)
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (#38)
Get Closer - Seals & Crofts (#6)
Get the Funk Out Ma Face - The Brothers Johnson (#30)
Get Up and Boogie (That's Right) - Silver Convention (#2)
Getaway - Earth, Wind & Fire (#12)
Give It Up (Turn It Loose) - Tyrone Davis (#38)
Golden Years - David Bowie (#10)
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson (#25)
Good Vibrations - Todd Rundgren (#34)
Got to Get You Into My Life - The Beatles (#7)
Grow Some Funk of Your Own/I Feel Like a Bullet (In the Gun of Robert Ford) - Elton John (#14)
Happy Days - Pratt & McClain (#5)
Happy Music - The Blackbyrds (#19)
Hard Luck Woman - KISS (#15)
He's A Friend - Eddie Kendricks (#36)
Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (Part 1) - Tavares (#15)
Hello Old Friend - Eric Clapton (#24)
Hit the Road Jack - Stampeders (#40)
Hold Back The Night - The Trammps (#35)
Hot Line - The Sylvers (#5)
Hurricane (Part 1) - Bob Dylan (#33)
Hurt - Elvis Presley (#28)
I Can't Hear You No More - Helen Reddy (#29)
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do - Abba (#15)
I Like to Do It - KC & The Sunshine Band (#37)
I Need To Be In Love - Carpenters (#25)
I Only Want to Be With You - Bay City Rollers (#12)
I Want You - Marvin Gaye (#15)
I Wish - Stevie Wonder (#1)
I Write the Songs - Barry Manilow (#1)
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#2)
I'll Be Good to You - The Brothers Johnson (#3)
I'm Easy - Keith Carradine (#17)
I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do the Walking - The Supremes (#40)
I've Got a Feeling (We'll Be Seeing Each Other Again) - Al Wilson (#29)
I.O.U. - Jimmy Dean (#35)
If You Know What I Mean - Neil Diamond (#11)
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago (#1)
Inseparable - Natalie Cole (#32)
It's a Long Way There - Little River Band (#28)
It's O.K. - The Beach Boys (#29)
It's Over - Boz Scaggs (#38)
Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce (#9)
Just to Be Close to You - Commodores (#7)
Just You and I - Melissa Manchester (#27)
Kiss and Say Goodbye - The Manhattans (#1)
Last Child - Aerosmith (#21)
Let 'Em In - Paul McCartney & Wings (#3)
Let Her In - John Travolta (#10)
Let It Shine/He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - Olivia Newton-John (#30)
Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers (#1)
Like a Sad Song - John Denver (#36)
A Little Bit More - Dr. Hook (#11)
Livin' for the Weekend - The O'Jays (#20)
Living Next Door to Alice - Smokie (#25)
Lonely Night (Angel Face) - Captain & Tennille (#3)
Looking for Space - John Denver (#29)
Lorelei - Styx (#27)
Love Ballad - L.T.D. (#20)
Love Fire - Jigsaw (#30)
Love Hangover - Diana Ross (#1)
Love in the Shadows - Neil Sedaka (#16)
Love Is Alive - Gary Wright (#2)
Love Me - Yvonne Elliman (#14)
Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean (#22)
Love So Right - Bee Gees (#3)
Lowdown - Boz Scaggs (#3)
Mademoiselle - Styx (#36)
Magic Man - Heart (#9)
Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco (#25)
Mamma Mia - Abba (#32)
Misty Blue - Dorothy Moore (#3)
Money Honey - Bay City Rollers (#9)
Moody Blue - Elvis Presley (#31)
Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck (#3)
More Than a Feeling - Boston (#5)
More, More, More (Part 1) - Andrea True Connection (#4)
Movin' - Brass Construction (#14) (instrumental)
Muskrat Love - Captain & Tennille (#4)
Nadia's Theme (The Young & The Restless) - Barry DeVorzon & Perry Botkin, Jr. (#8) (instrumental)
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again - Eric Carmen (#11)
Nice & Nasty - Salsoul Orchestra (#30)
Night Moves - Bob Seger (#4)
Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley (#10)
One Love in My Lifetime - Diana Ross (#25)
One Piece At a Time - Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Three (#29)
Only Love Is Real - Carole King (#28)
Only Sixteen - Dr. Hook (#6)
Over My Head - Fleetwood Mac (#20)
Paloma Blanca - George Baker Selection (#26)
Play That Funky Music - Wild Cherry (#1)
Queen of My Soul - Average White Band (#40)
Renegade - Michael Martin Murphey (#39)
Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win) - Fleetwood Mac (#11)
Right Back Where We Started From - Maxine Nightingale (#2)
Rock and Roll Love Letter - Bay City Rollers (#28)
Rock and Roll Music - The Beach Boys (#5)
Rock'n Me - Steve Miller Band (#1)
The Rubberband Man - Spinners (#2)
Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#4)
Saturday Night - Bay City Rollers (#1)
Save Your Kisses for Me - The Brotherhood of Man (#27)
Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac (#11)
(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty - KC & The Sunshine Band (#1)
Shannon - Henry Gross (#6)
She's Gone - Daryl Hall & John Oates (#7)
Shop Around - Captain & Tennille (#4)
Shout It Out Loud - KISS (#31)
Show Me the Way - Peter Frampton (#6)
Shower the People - James Taylor (#22)
Silly Love Songs - Paul McCartney & Wings (#1)
Silver Star - The 4 Seasons (#38)
Sing a Song - Earth, Wind & Fire (#5)
Slow Ride - Foghat (#20)
Somebody to Love - Queen (#13)
Somebody's Gettin' It - Johnnie Taylor (#33)
Something He Can Feel - Aretha Franklin (#28)
Sophisticated Lady (She's a Different Lady) - Natalie Cole (#25)
Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - Elton John (#6)
Springtime Mama - Henry Gross (#37)
Steppin' Out - Neil Sedaka (#36)
Still Crazy After All These Years - Paul Simon (#40)
Still the One - Orleans (#5)
Strange Magic - Electric Light Orchestra (#14)
Street Singin' - Lady Flash (#27)
Summer - War (#7)
Sunrise - Eric Carmen (#34)
Superstar - Paul Davis (#35)
Sweet Love - Commodores (#5)
Sweet Thing - Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (#5)<

Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Satchel has issues

Get Fuzzy is one of my all-time favorite strips. If I wasn't allergic to cats I would have one. I love cats. If you click on the cartoon a larger version will pop up.

The 1976 BiCentennial

You name it, they made it.


As early as 1974, manufacturers started to gear up for the nation's upcoming BiCentennial milestone. Everything seemed to come in a "Special BiCentennial Commemorative Edition", whether it was collectable plates, cookie tins, beer cans, colored bottles with corks in the top (mom had 8 of those bottles and i pushed the corks down into the bottles and she couldn't retrieve the corks from inside the bottles so they were all ruined.... after all, I was only 8), candy bar wrappers, flags, belt buckles, playing cards, ceramic tiles, soda bottles, cereal boxes, etc. The list was endless. It was all pretty worthless junk, and the actual event itself seemed overshadowed by all the hype and marketing.