What is a Da Doo Ron Ron? July 1977
A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in July 1977 was 'Da Doo Ron Ron' by Shaun Cassidy.
July 8 - The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training movie premieres.
July 9 – Alice Paul, suffragist, dies. (b. 1885)
July 13 – The New York City blackout of 1977 lasts for 25 hours.
July 13 - The Spy Who Loved Me and The Island of Dr. Moreau movies premiere.
July 15 - The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington movie premieres.
July 17 - The Deep movie premieres. The shipwreck featured in the movie was actually the R.M.S. Rhone, which sank in 1867 off the coast of Salt and Peter Islands in the British Virgin Islands with 125 of 135 of her crew losing their lives. The R.M.S. Rhone broke into two pieces during the sinking. This movie was filmed at the bow section of the ship, located about seventy-five feet underwater.
July 18 - The Better Sex game show debuts on ABC.
July 19 and 20 – Flooding in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, caused by massive rainfall, kills over 75 people and causes billions in damage.
July 22 - Orca and The Hills Have Eyes movies premiere.
July 24 – Led Zeppelin plays their last U.S. concert in Oakland, California at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. A brawl erupts between Led Zeppelin's crew and promoter Bill Graham's staff, resulting in criminal assault charges for several of Led Zeppelin's entourage including drummer John Bonham.
July 28 – The first oil through the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System reaches Valdez, Alaska.
Black Lightning comic for July:
1977 Ford Bronco:
System7 toy gun (released 1977):
Playboy playmate of the month, Sondra Theodore, and Playgirl man for July, David Haskell:
Ebony magazine for July:
Ms. magazine for July:
People magazine for July 18th:
Nielsen ratings for the week ending July 3: 1 Terraces (TV Movie); 2 Charlie's Angels ABC; 3 Laverne and Shirley ABC; 4 Love Boat II (ABC's Tuesday movie); 5 Happy Days ABC; 6 Barnaby Jones CBS; 7 Maude CBS; 8 What's Happening ABC; 9 Shields and Yarnell; 10 (tie) Quincy NBC and Barney Miller ABC.
Albums released in July 1977 (album / artist):
Going for the One / Yes
The Grand Illusion / Styx
Village People / Village People
Leif Garrett / Leif Garrett
My Aim Is True / Elvis Costello
Terrapin Station / Grateful Dead
Peanuts comic strip from July 1977:
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