It’s August 1972. In the month that Thomas Eagleton withdraws as as the Democrats’ vice-presidential nominee after reports of past electroshock therapy surface, the Republicans re-nominate President Nixon and Vice President Agnew. The final U-S ground forces leave Vietnam. And the bank robbery that inspires the movie Dog Day Afternoon takes place in Brooklyn, New York. On the radio, Argent hits the Top 5 with “Hold Your Head Up.” Keyboardist-songwriter Rod Argent takes us into the studio.
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July 31st, 1968: This is the day that the Beatles officially gave up on the Apple Boutique. People were simply allowed to walk into the store and take whatever they wanted. more
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It’s August 1970. In the month that Janis Joplin, Paul Simon, Steppenwolf and John Sebastian headline a 12-hour “concert for peace” at New York’s Shea Stadium, Eric Clapton’s first solo album, with “After Midnight,” hits stores. Uni Records signs up-and-coming British rocker Elton John. And Edwin Starr (who passed away in 2003) hits number-one with the protest song “War.” The music scene was different than in the ’60s, when Lloyd Thaxton hosted T-V’s top syndicated daily dance show.
American Idol LIVE! is coming to American Airlines Center on August 9, and you can win tickets all this weekend on 98.7 KLUV. Of course, that giveaway is just part of the KLUV Super 70s Weekend, which kicks off at 3pm Friday. We’ll play all your 70s favorites all weekend long, ending with a vintage episode of Casey Kasem’s American Top 40 from the 1970s at 7pm on Sunday.
In 1966, The Troggs‘ “Wild Thing” hits number-one.
In 1971, a then-unknown Don McLean opens for Three Dog Night at Forest Hills Tennis Stadium in New York.
In 1977, Pablo Cruise score their first Top 10 hit with “Whatcha Gonna Do.”more
July 30th, 1960: The Silver Beatles played a show in Wallasey (across the river from Liverpool). However, they didn’t have a fulltime drummer, and needed to find one for their upcoming trip to Hamburg; which they would lose if they didn’t find one. more
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