July 1977 - New York Blackout, The Deep, Orca

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 1 - Greased Lightning movie premieres.

July 8 - The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training movie premieres.

July 9 – Alice Paul, suffragist, dies. (b. 1885)

July 11 - President Carter posthumously awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  Coretta Scott King accepts the award at a White House ceremony.

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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June 1977 - Oracle, Exorcist II, Elvis

Yep, I'm Your Boogie Man in June 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in June 1977 was 'I'm Your Boogie Man' by KC and the Sunshine Band.  The group has had a total of 5 number 1 singles on the Billboard Hot 100.

June 1 - The Grateful Dead Movie premieres.

June 3 - Fraternity Row movie premieres.

June 4–5 – Humboldt Park riot in Chicago between the local Puerto Rican community and the police.

June 5 – The Portland Trail Blazers defeat the Philadelphia 76ers 109–107 to win the NBA finals 4–2. Bill Walton is named series MVP.

June 5 - The 31st Tony Awards is held.  Best Play award is given to The Shadow Box.  Best Musical award is given to Annie.

June 8 - The Other Side of Midnight movie premieres.

June 10 – James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassin) escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee (he is recaptured on June 13).

June 10 - For the Love of Benji and Grand Theft Auto movies premiere.

June 13 - It's Anybody's Guess tv series premieres on NBC.

June 15 - A Bridge Too Far movie premieres.

June 16 – Oracle Corporation is incorporated in Redwood Shores, California as Software Development Laboratories (SDL) by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates.

June 16 – Wernher von Braun, German, later American, aerospace engineer and space architect, dies. (b. 1912 in Germany)

June 17 - Exorcist II: The Heretic movie, starring Linda Blair, premieres.

June 19 - Pope Paul VI canonizes the first American male saint, John Neumann, who is the Bishop of Philadelphia and known for his work in establishing the American Catholic parochial school system. 

June 21 - New York, New York movie premieres.

June 24 - Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo movie premieres.

June 25 – Roy Sullivan is struck by lightning for the 7th time.

June 26 - Around 200,000 protesters march through the streets of San Francisco, protesting Anita Bryant's anti-gay remarks and the murder of Robert Hillsborough.

June 26 - Elvis Presley performs his last-ever concert, in Indianapolis, Indiana's Market Square Arena.

June 30 – Women Marines disbanded; women are integrated into regular Marine Corps.

1977 Chevrolet Nova:

Spiderman comic for June:

Weebles Circus playset (released 1977):

Playboy playmate of the month, Virve Reid, and Playgirl man for June, Tyler Horn:

The Nielsen top 10 shows for the week ending June 5:  1 Charlie's Angels; 2 Police Story; 3 Police Woman; 4 (tie) Nowhere To Hide (NBC Sunday movie) and Laverne and Shirley; 6 Baretta; 7 All's Fair; 8 Fish; 9 Sonny and Cher; 10 Happy Days.

Albums released in June (album / artist):
I Robot / The Alan Parsons Project
Exodus / Bob Marley and The Wailers
Knock 'Em Dead / Kid Trooper
Monkey Island / The J. Geils Band
American Stars 'n Bars / Neil Young
CSN / Crosby, Stills and Nash
Feel the Fire / Jermaine Jackson
Love Gun / Kiss

Cosmopolitan for June:

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine for June:

Newsweek for June 6th:

'The Thorn Birds' by Colleen McCullough moves to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

 Peanuts comic strip from June 1977:

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May 1977 - Star Wars, AJ Foyt

Yes Sir, it's May 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in May 1977 was 'Sir Duke' by Stevie Wonder.

May 6 - The White Buffalo movie premieres.  This film, featuring Wild Bill Hickok, stars Charles Bronson and correctly shows the way the historical Wild Bill carried his revolvers, butt-forward in a belt or sash without any holsters.

May 7 - Quark tv series premieres on NBC.

May 9 – James Jones, author, dies. (b. 1921)

May 10 – Joan Crawford, actress, dies. (b. 1904)

May 13 - The Car movie premieres.

May 16 – A 20-passenger S-61L topples sideways at takeoff from the roof of the Pan Am Building in Midtown Manhattan. Four passengers are killed by the turning rotors and a woman at street level is fatally struck by a fallen blade.

May 19 - The original Orient Express's last direct passenger trip from Paris to Istanbul concludes.

 May 25 – Star Wars movie premieres.

May 26 – George Willig climbs the South Tower of the World Trade Center.

May 27 - Desperate Living movie by John Waters premieres.

May 28 – The Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky is engulfed in fire, killing 165 inside.

May 29 – Indianapolis 500: A. J. Foyt becomes the first driver to win a record four times.

Playboy playmate of the month, Sheila Mullen, and Playgirl man for May, Steven Landen:

Big Loader construction toy (released 1977):

 Daredevil comic for May:

1977 Pontiac Firebird:

Nielsen top 20 shows for the week ending May 22:  Boxing (Muhammad Ali vs. Alfredo Evangelista) ABC; M.A.S.H. CBS; Lucan and Good Against Evil (ABC's Sunday movie double feature); Charlie's Angels ABC; Laverne and Shirley ABC; One Day at a Time CBS; Happy Days ABC; Barney Miller ABC; Cold Turkey.(CBS's Monday movie); Ben Hur (CBS's Sunday movie); What's Happening ABC; 60 Minutes CBS; Carol Burnett CBS; Harvey Korman Show ABC; Princess Grace NBC; Welcome Back, Kotter ABC; All in the Family CBS; The Deadly Triangle NBC; Streets of San Francisco ABC and Delta County USA (ABC's Friday movie). 

Albums released in May (album / artist):

The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl / The Beatles

Live: P-Funk Earth Tour / Parliament

Holly Days / Denny Laine

I Remember Yesterday / Donna Summer

One of the Boys / Roger Daltrey

Little Queen / Heart

In the City / The Jam

Spot the Pigeon / Genesis

Free Fall / Dixie Dregs

I'm in You / Peter Frampton

Crazy magazine for May:

Outdoor Life magazine for May:

Woman's Day magazine for May:

'Falconer' by John Cheever moves to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Peanuts comic strip from May 1977:

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April 1977 - Annie Hall, Dover Demon

Enjoy April 1977, You Dancing Queen!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in April 1977 was 'Dancing Queen' by Abba.

April 2 - The Eagle Has Landed movie premieres.

April 4 – Grundy, Virginia experienced a major flood that caused around $15 million in damages to 228 residential and commercial structures.

April 6 - Audrey Rose movie premieres, starring Anthony Hopkins.

April 8 - Demon Seed movie premieres.

April 18 - Alex Haley is awarded a Pulitzer Prize Special Award in Letters for the novel Roots:  The Saga of an American Family.

April 20 - Annie Hall movie premieres, starring Woody Allen.

April 21 – Residents of Dover, Massachusetts report sightings of the "Dover Demon".  There were 3 separate sightings, all by teenagers.  Police wrote it off as a hoax.

April 21 – Gummo Marx, vaudeville performer and last surviving Marx brother, dies. (b. 1893)

April 21 - Annie debuts on Broadway.

1977 Ford Pinto:

Star Mission pinball toy (released 1977):

Super Friends comic from April:

Playboy playmate of the month, Lisa Sohm, and Playgirl man for April, Geoffrey Kane:

Nielsen top 10 shows for the week ending April 10th:  1 Something for Joey (CBS Wednesday movie); 2 Jesus of Nazareth (conclusion); 3 Laverne and Shirley; 4 Happy Days; 5 Three's Company; 6 Bugs Bunny; 7 (tie) Little House on the Prairie and Easter Beagle; 9 Barney Miller; 10 People's Command Performance.

Albums released in April (album / artist):

Phyllis Hyman / Phyllis Hyman
Ask Rufus / Rufus
The Clash / The Clash
Sin After Sin / Judas Priest
Love You / The Beach Boys
Clear Air Turbulence / Ian Gillan Band
Lace and Whiskey / Alice Cooper
Caught Live + 5 / The Moody Blues

'Oliver's Story' by Erich Segal moves to the top of the New York Times Best Seller list.

Christopher Street magazine for April:

Jet magazine for April:

MAD Magazine for April:

Peanuts comic strip from April 1977:

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