March 1977 - Airport 77, Eight is Enough, Pavarotti

Feeling Evergreen in March 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in March 1977 was 'Evergreen' by Barbra Streisand.  Paul Williams wrote the lyrics.  Among many other songs, he also wrote the lyrics to the Love Boat theme...a show on which he was also a guest star!

March 3 - Mr. Billion movie premieres.

March 7 - Second Chance, the forerunner to Press Your Luck, premieres on ABC.

March 9 – Approximately a dozen armed Hanafi Muslims take over 3 buildings in Washington, D.C., killing 1 person and taking more than 130 hostages. The hostage situation ends 2 days later.

March 9 - Islands in the Stream movie premieres.

March 11 - Sesame Street broadcasts its 1,000th episode.

March 11 - Black Sunday and Airport '77 movies premiere.

March 14 – Fannie Lou Hamer, American civil rights activist, dies. (b. 1917)

March 15 - Renata Scotto and Luciano Pavarotti are seen in "La bohème" on PBS and heard in stereo on local (mostly NPR) stations in the first live "simulcast" from the Met.

March 15 - Eight Is Enough and Three's Company premiere on ABC.

March 20 - Loves Me, Loves Me Not tv series premieres on CBS.

March 25 - Eraserhead movie premieres.

March 27 - In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, ABC affiliate WITI and CBS affiliate WISN-TV swap affiliations, reversing a swap that took place in 1961.

March 27 - In the Virginia Slims Championships final, Chris Evert defeats Sue Barker.  This is her sixth singles title of the year and the 73rd of her career. 

March 28 – At the 49th Academy Awards, Rocky wins for Best Picture. Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway, and Beatrice Straight all win for their performances in Network for Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.  Jason Robards wins Best Supporting Actor for All the President's Men.  Beatrice's performance is the shortest to ever win an acting Oscar, at 5 minutes and 2 seconds.

March 29 – Charles Nicoletti, American gangster, dies. (b. 1916)

March 30 - Esther Rolle departs the CBS sitcom Good Times.  Rolle does not return until the sixth and final season in September 1978.

1977 Chevrolet Monte Carlo:

Milky toy (released in 1977):

Sears Spring/Summer 1977 catalog:

Welcome Back, Kotter comic for March:

Playboy playmate of the month, Nicki Thomas, and Playgirl man for March, Greg Cuskelly:

Nielsen top 20 shows for the week ending March 20th:  M.A.S.H. CBS; Happy Days ABC; The Waltons CBS; Wizard of Oz CBS; One Day at a Time CBS; Mary Tyler Moore CBS; Murder at the World Series ( ABC Sunday movie); Hawaii Five-0 CBS; Rafferty and the Highway Hustlers (NBC Monday movie); Baretta ABC; Charlie's Angels ABC; Bing Crosby Special CBS; Peanuts special CBS; Foreman-Young boxing ABC; Little House on the Prairie NBC; Eight is Enough ABC; Welcome Back, Kotter ABC; Kojak CBS; Miracle Months CBS and Rockford Files NBC.  

Albums released in March (album / artist):
High Class in Borrowed Shoes / Max Webster
Foreigner / Foreigner
Go for Your Guns / The Isley Brothers
Dandy in the Underworld / T.Rex
Islands / The Band
Live at the London Palladium / Marvin Gaye
Works Volume 1 / Emerson, Lake and Palmer
The Idiot / Iggy Pop
Whatever Happened to Slade / Slade
Commodores / Commodores

Fun YouTube video featuring commercials from 1977:
1977 Commercials

Dynamite magazine for March:

Starlog magazine for March:

Teen Beat magazine for March:

Peanuts comic strip from March 1977:

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February 1977 - American Bandstand, Enterprise Shuttle

Don't Be Torn, Just Enjoy February 1977! 

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in February 1977 was 'Torn Between Two Lovers' by Mary MacGregor.  MacGregor later admitted that she hated this song because she had little sympathy for the narrator, a woman who confesses to her husband that she is having an affair, but pleads with him to stay with her and accept the situation.

Cost of Living in 1977
Average yearly household income $16,100
Minimum wage (per hour) $2.30
Average cost of a new home $54,350
Postage stamp $0.13
Gas (1 gallon) $0.62
Gold (1 oz.) $161.10
Movie ticket $2.23

February 2 - Tales of the Unexpected tv series premieres on NBC.

February 4 - Eleven CTA commuters are killed when an elevated train derails from the Loop in central Chicago.

February 4 – Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser), mystery writer, dies. (b. 1904)

February 4 - American Bandstand celebrates its 25th anniversary on ABC with a special hosted by Dick Clark.

February 6 - The 25th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne.  Celebration of this event culminates in Jubilee Day on June 7th. 

February 9 - Fun with Dick and Jane and Twilight's Last Gleaming movies premiere.

February 12 – Henry Jordan, American football player and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, dies. (b. 1935)

February 18 – The space shuttle Enterprise test vehicle goes on its maiden "flight" while sitting on top of a Boeing 747, at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

February 18 - Hunter tv series premieres on CBS.

February 19 - At the 19th Annual Grammy Awards, Helen Hayes becomes the second person, and first woman, to become an EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony winner).  Record of the Year was This Masquerade by George Benson.  Album of the Year was Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder.  Song of the Year was I Write the Songs by Barry Manilow.  Best New Artist was Starland Vocal Band.

February 21 – John Hubley, American animator, dies. (b. 1914)

February 25 - Slap Shot and Tentacles movies premiere.

1977 Porsche 911:

Playboy playmate of the month, Star Stowe, and Playgirl man for February, Richard Lee Baney.  Richard was a Major League Baseball player for the Seattle Pilots, then the Cincinnati Reds.

Charlie's Angels Beauty Hair Care Set (released 1977):

Incredible Hulk comic for February:

Nielsen's top 10 network television programs for the week ending Feb. 13: 1 How The West Was Won Part 2; 2 Happy Days; 3 Laverne and Shirley; 4 Charlie's Angels; 5 (tie) M-A- S-H and Six Million Dollar Man; 7 People's Choice Awards; 8 The Last Dinosaur (ABC Friday Movie); 9 One Day at a Time; 10 Welcome Back, Kotter.

Albums released in February (album / artist):
In Your Mind / Bryan Ferry
Rumours / Fleetwood Mac
Love at the Greek / Neil Diamond
Stay in Love / Minnie Riperton
White Snake / David Coverdale
New Harvest – First Gathering / Dolly Parton
Songs from the Wood / Jethro Tull
Sleepwalker / The Kinks
Harbor / America
Glorious / Gloria Gaynor
(I'm) Stranded / The Saints
Peter Gabriel / Peter Gabriel

After Dark magazine for February:

 Rolling Stone for February:

Vogue magazine for February:

Peanuts comic strip from February 1977:

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January 1977 - Apple, Super Bowl, Jimmy Carter

Get Your Car Washed, it's January 1977!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in January 1977 was 'Car Wash' by Rose Royce.

1977 Federal Government

President: Gerald Ford (R-Michigan) (until January 20), Jimmy Carter (D-Georgia) (starting January 20)

Vice President: Nelson Rockefeller (R-New York) (until January 20), Walter Mondale (D-Minnesota) (starting January 20)

Chief Justice: Warren E. Burger (Minnesota)

Speaker of the House of Representatives: Carl Albert (D-Oklahoma) (until January 3), Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts) (starting January 4)

Senate Majority Leader: Mike Mansfield (D-Montana) (until January 3), Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) (starting January 3)

Congress: 94th (until January 3), 95th (starting January 3)

January 1 - Jacqueline Allene Means becomes the first woman to be regularly ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church. 

January 3 – Apple Computer is incorporated.

January 3 - Lovers and Friends and Shoot for the Stars tv shows premiere on NBC.

January 3 - Holly Hallstrom becomes the third model on the CBS game show The Price Is Right along with Janice Pennington and Dian Parkinson. 

January 6 – William Gropper, American artist, dies. (b. 1897)

January 7  - The Sentinel movie premieres.

January 9 – Super Bowl XI: The Oakland Raiders defeat the Minnesota Vikings 32–14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.  Here's a nice recap of the game from YouTube:  

Super Bowl XI Highlights

January 10 - Circus of the Stars tv special premieres on CBS.

January 14 – Peter Finch, English-born actor, dies. (b. 1916)

January 15 - Bill Murray joins the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live, replacing Chevy Chase.

January 17 – In the first execution after the reintroduction of the death penalty in the United States, Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.

January 17 - Busting Loose tv series premieres on CBS.  The New Mickey Mouse Club premieres in syndication.

January 18 - Pumping Iron movie premieres.

January 19 - Snow falls in Miami, Florida for the first time in its history. 

January 19 - President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (aka “Tokyo Rose”).  During September 1945 Iva, a Japanese-American disc jockey for a propagandist radio program in Japan, attempted to return to the United States.  She was accused of being the "real" Tokyo Rose, arrested, tried, and became the seventh person in U.S. history to be convicted of treason. She was eventually paroled from prison in 1956.  

January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th President of the United States.

January 21 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter pardons Vietnam War draft evaders.

January 23 – Roots begins its successful run on ABC.

January 23 – Toots Shor, restaurant proprietor, dies. (b. 1903)

January 25 - Providence movie premieres.

January 28 – The Great Lakes Blizzard of 1977 hits Buffalo, New York.

January 28 - The Late Show movie premieres.

January 29 – Freddie Prinze, actor and comedian, dies. (b. 1954)

January 30 - The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries tv series premieres on ABC.

January 31 - Andros Targets premieres on CBS.

The contiguous US average monthly minimum temperature of 12.52 °F or −10.82 °C for January is the coldest for any month since nationwide records were first compiled in 1895.

1977 Lincoln Continental:

Playboy playmate of the month, Susan Lynn Kiger, and Playgirl man for January, Tom Gagen:

Albums released in January (Album / Artist):

Flight Log / Jefferson Airplane

Hard Again / Muddy Waters

Leave Home / Ramones

Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! / Bootsy's Rubber Band

Low / David Bowie

Deep in My Soul / Smokey Robinson

An Evening with Diana Ross / Diana Ross

Playing the Fool / Gentle Giant

Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes / Jimmy Buffett

So So Satisfied / Ashford and Simpson

Animals / Pink Floyd

Spiral Scratch / Buzzcocks

The Nielsen top 10 programs for the week ending January 16th: Little Ladies of the Night, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and Six Million Dollar Man all ABC; M.A.S.H. CBS; Charlie's Angels,  Fantasy Island,  and ABC's Friday movie ABC; One Day at a Time CBS; Little House on the Prairie NBC; and 60 Minutes CBS. 

Ms. Marvel comic for January:

Rona Barrett's Hollywood magazine for January:

Seventeen magazine for January:

Time magazine for January 24, 1977:

Big Deal game (released 1977):

Peanuts comic strip from January 1977:

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December 1976 - A Star is Born, Jack Cassidy

Dy-no-mite December 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in December 1976 was 'You Make Me Feel Like Dancing' by Leo Sayer.

December 1 - C.P.O. Sharkey, The McLean Stevenson Show and Sirota's Court tv series premiere.

December 5 - Bound for Glory movie premieres.

December 6 - The Feather and Father Gang tv show premieres on ABC.

December 8 - The Congressional Hispanic Caucus is established by the five Latinos in the United States Congress: Herman Badillo of New York, E. de la Garza and Henry B. Gonzalez of Texas, Edward R. Roybal of California, and the nonvoting Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Baltasar Corrada del Rio.

December 8 - A Star Is Born movie premieres.

December 10 - Nobel Prize winners include Saul Bellow ('Humboldt's Gift' writer) for Literature, Milton Friedman (laissez-faire economics) for Economics, and Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan (Northern Ireland peace advocates) for Peace. 

December 12 – Jack Cassidy, actor and singer, dies in a fire.  Father to both David and Shaun Cassidy, Jack has over 75 acting credits to his name.  (born 1927)

December 13 - Double Dare game show premieres on CBS.

December 14 - Barbara Walters airs her first interview special for ABC, with guests Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Barbra Streisand, and Jon Peters.

December 15 - The Pink Panther Strikes Again movie premieres.

December 17 - At 1:00 p.m. (ET), Atlanta, Georgia station WTCG-TV begins satellite transmission of its regular programming to four cable systems, thus becoming the first superstation.

December 17 - The Shaggy D.A. and King Kong movies premiere.

December 20 – Richard J. Daley, Mayor of Chicago for 21 years, dies while in office.

December 24 - The Town That Dreaded Sundown movie premieres.

December 31 - President Gerald Ford presents the last of the Bicentennial Minutes on CBS, which had been airing nightly since July 4, 1974.

Albums released in December (album / artist):

Still Stills: The Best of Stephen Stills / Stephen Stills

Hotel California / Eagles

A Day at the Races / Queen

Wings over America / Wings

Wind and Wuthering / Genesis

Nielsen top 20 shows for the week of Dec 6-12:  Happy Days, Laverne

and Shirley,  Charlie's Angels and Six Million Dollar Man, all on ABC; M-A-S-H, CBS; The Carpenters, ABC; 60 Minutes, All in the Family, Johnny Cash Special and The

Waltons, CBS; ABC Monday Night Football; One Day at a Time, CBS; Sanford and Son and Chico and the Man, NBC, Rudolph's Shiny New Year, Christmas in Disneyland and

Friday Movie, ABC; Phyllis, CBS; Little House on the Prairie, NBC; and

Rhoda, CBS

1976 Cadillac Coupe Deville:

JC Penney Christmas 1976 catalog:

Fisher-Price little people hospital (released 1976):

Playboy playmate of the month, Karen Hafter and Playgirl man for December, Ben Gallagher:

X-Men comic for December:

Jet for December:

Soap Opera Digest for December:

Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine for December:

Peanuts comic strip from December 1976:

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