Sunday, January 12, 2025

October 1976 - Jane Pauley, Cincinnati Reds, Quincy

Quack, Quack, it's October 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in October 1976 was 'Disco Duck' by Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots. Despite speculation to the contrary, Clarence Nash, the voice of Donald Duck, did not perform on this song...the duck was voiced by a guy Rick met at the gym!

October 4 - Barbara Walters joins Harry Reasoner as co-anchor of the ABC Evening News.

October 3 - Quincy, M.E. tv series premieres on NBC, starring Jack Klugman. Quincy's first name is never mentioned on the show, though a business card in one episode revealed his first initial is 'R'.

October 6 – During his second televised debate with Jimmy Carter, U.S. President Gerald Ford mistakenly says that "there is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe".

October 8 - Marathon Man movies premieres.

October 11 - Jane Pauley makes her debut on NBC's Today.

October 13 – The United States Commission on Civil Rights releases the report, Puerto Ricans in the Continental United States: An Uncertain Future, which highlights Puerto Ricans high poverty rate.

October 15 - The Sylvia L. Ossa cargo ship is reported missing in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship did not send out an emergency distress message. Only some debris, an oil slick and a lifeboat were found.

October 16 - Most Wanted tv series premieres on ABC.

October 18 – Ford launches significant production of Fiesta at its Valencia plant in Spain.

October 18 - Burnt Offerings movie premieres.

October 20 – The Mississippi River ferry MV George Prince is struck by a ship while crossing from Destrehan, Louisiana to Luling, Louisiana, killing 78 passengers and crew.

October 21 – The Cincinnati Reds sweep the New York Yankees in four games to win the 1976 World Series.

October 21 - Willis Reed becomes the first New York Knicks basketball player to have his uniform number (19) retired.

October 22 - Car Wash movie premieres.

Albums released in October (album / artist):
Chestnut Street Incident / Johnny Cougar
Crystal Ball / Styx
Virgin Killer / Scorpions
Arrival / ABBA
Four Seasons of Love / Donna Summer
Hoppkorv / Hot Tuna
Triumph / Triumph
Johnny the Fox / Thin Lizzy
Zoot Allures / Frank Zappa
Blue Moves / Elton John
Night Moves / Bob Seger
The Song Remains the Same / Led Zeppelin Live 1973
On the Road to Kingdom Come / Harry Chapin
Calling Card / Rory Gallagher
Land of the Midnight Sun / Al Di Meola
Hardcore Jollies / Funkadelic
Brass Construction II / Brass Construction

Nielsen top 20 shows for the week of October 25-31:

Happy Days, Charlie's Angels, Bionic Woman and Laverne and Shirley (ABC); Bob Hope
Special ( NBC ); Baretta and Six Million Dollar Man (ABC); All in the Family (CBS); Amelia Earhart (NBC); M-A-S-H and The Waltons (CBS); Live and Let Die (ABC); Disney (NBC);
Alice and Hawaii Five-O (CBS); Welcome Back, Kotter (ABC); One Day at a Time and
Maude (CBS); NBC Saturday Movie; and NFL Monday Night Football.

Sears Fall/Winter 1976 Catalog:

Shazam comic for October:

Welcome Back, Kotter colorforms play set (released 1976):

Disney magazine for October:

Railroad Modeler magazine for October:

Travel and Leisure magazine for October:

Rona Barrett's Hollywood magazine for October:

Playboy playmate of the month, Hope Olson and Playgirl man for October (and later man of the year), David White:

Peanuts comic strip from October 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in October 1976, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com

Thursday, December 12, 2024

September 1976 - Viking, Charlie's Angels

Being Foxy in September 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in September 1976 was 'Play that Funky Music' by Wild Cherry. The group formed in Ohio in 1970. This was their only number one hit.

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September 3 – The Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

September 6 - Soviet Air Force pilot Lt. Viktor Belenko lands a MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate, on the island of Hokkaidō in Japan, and requests political asylum from the United States.

September 6 - Frank Sinatra brings Jerry Lewis's former partner Dean Martin onstage, unannounced, at the 1976 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon in Las Vegas, Nevada, reuniting the comedy team for the first (and only) time in over 20 years.

September 6 - In Search of... tv series premieres in syndication.

September 9 - Delvecchio tv series premieres on CBS.

September 9 - Mao Tse-Tung (Mao Zedong) dies. He founded the People's Republic of China in 1949 and led the country until his death. He advocated a Chinese version of Marxism–Leninism, referred to as Maoism.

September 10 – Dalton Trumbo, screenwriter and novelist, dies. (born 1905)

September 11 Ark II, Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle and Way Out Games tv series premiere on CBS. Big John, Little John, The Kids From C.A.P.E.R., McDuff the Talking Dog, Monster Squad and Muggsy premiere on NBC. Jabberjaw, The Krofft Supershow, The Mumbly Cartoon Show and The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour premiere on ABC.

September 17 – The space shuttle Enterprise is rolled out of a Palmdale, California hangar.

September 17 - Spencer's Pilots tv series premieres on CBS.

September 19 - Cos tv series premieres on ABC.

September 20 All's Fair tv series premieres on CBS. The Muppet Show premieres in syndication.

September 21 – Orlando Letelier is assassinated in Washington, D.C. by agents of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

September 21 - Rich Man, Poor Man Book II premieres on ABC. Baa Baa Black Sheep premieres on NBC.

September 22 - The Quest and Ball Four tv series premiere on CBS. Charlie's Angels premieres on ABC.

September 23 - The first of three debates between U.S. presidential candidates Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter air in prime time; they are the first presidential debates ever televised in color, as well as the first debates between major party nominees for U.S. president since 1960.

September 23 - The Tony Randall Show and Gemini Man tv series premiere on NBC.

September 25 - Holmes and Yo-Yo tv series premieres on ABC.

September 30 - The Nancy Walker Show premieres on ABC.

Albums released in September (album / artist):

Blackheart Man / Bunny Wailer

A New World Record / Electric Light Orchestra

Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack / Rose Royce

Hard Rain / Bob Dylan

One More from the Road / Lynyrd Skynyrd

Ringo's Rotogravure / Ringo Starr

Long May You Run / The Stills-Young Band

Tales of Kidd Funkadelic / Funkadelic

Technical Ecstasy / Black Sabbath

Songs in the Key of Life / Stevie Wonder

All the World's a Stage / Rush

Nielsen's top 20 shows for the week ending Sept. 12: Miss America Pageant NBC; Laverne and Shirley and Starsky and Hutch both ABC; All in the Family CBS; Happy Days and Baretta both ABC; Maude CBS; Six Million Dollar Man and Bionic Woman both ABC; Perry Como Special NBC; "Sunday Movie" ABC; Delvecchio, and Phyllis both CBS; Friday Movie ABC; Kojak and Jeffersons CBS; Police Story and Van Dyke and Co. both NBC; M-A-S-H CBS; and Columbo NBC.

Great YouTube video featuring intros to the new shows of fall 1976:
New Fall Shows of 1976

Starsky and Hutch puzzles (released in 1976):

Playboy playmate of the month, Whitney Kaine, and Playgirl man for September, Jim Lampier:

1976 Chevrolet Camaro:

Howard the Duck comic for September:

Dorothy Benham from Minnesota is crowned Miss America:

Harper's Bazaar for September:

The New Yorker magazine for September 20th:

Rolling Stone for September:

Peanuts comic strip from September 1976:

For detailed news/info on what happened each day in September 1976, check out this really good site: ultimate70s.com

Monday, November 11, 2024

August 1976 - Legionnaires' Disease, Anissa Jones, Alice

Keep on Truckin' in August 1976!

A number one hit on the Cash Box Top 100 list in August 1976 was 'Don't Go Breaking My Heart' by Kiki Dee and Elton John.

August 1 – The Seattle Seahawks play their first football game. In this pre-season game, Seattle lost to the San Francisco 49ers 20-27.

August 2 – A gunman murders Andrea Wilborn and Stan Farr and injures Priscilla Davis and Gus Gavrel, in an incident at Priscilla's mansion in Fort Worth, Texas. T. Cullen Davis, Priscilla's estranged husband and one of the richest men in Texas, is tried and found not guilty in 1977.

August 4 – The first recognized outbreak of Legionnaires' disease kills 29 at the American Legion convention in Philadelphia.

August 4 - The Return of a Man Called Horse movie premieres.

August 5 - What's Happening!! tv series debuts.

August 11 – John Wayne appears in his final film, The Shootist.

August 18 – At Panmunjom, North Korea, 2 United States soldiers are killed while trying to chop down part of a tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone which had obscured their view.

August 19 – U.S. President Gerald Ford edges out challenger Ronald Reagan to win the Republican Party presidential nomination in Kansas City.

August 25 - Gator movie premieres.

August 28 - Anissa Jones, TV child actress who played 'Buffy Davis' in the late 60s-early 70s sitcom Family Affair dies. (born 1958)

August 28 - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology reports a team led by Dr. Har Gobind Khorana is the first to synthesize a complete, functioning gene. This is a major step toward understanding how genes regulate the growth and functioning of living things.

August 30 - New Howdy Doody Show premieres in syndication.

August 31 - Alice tv series, based on the 1974 movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, premieres on CBS.

Kiss in-store appearance at Peaches Records & Tapes in Atlanta, GA.

Albums released in August (album / artist):

What a Lemon / Gasolin'

Good Singin', Good Playin' / Grand Funk Railroad

All I Can Do / Dolly Parton

My Name Is Jermaine / Jermaine Jackson

Man in the Hills / Burning Spear

Coming Out / The Manhattan Transfer

Boston / Boston

Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music / Hawkwind

No Reason to Cry / Eric Clapton

The Roaring Silence / Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Nielson top 20 shows for August 23-29:

All in the Family, Maude and MA-S-H (all CBS); Happy Days and Starsky and Hutch (both ABC); The Graduate, Phyllis and Johnny Cash (all CBS); Baretta and What's Happening (both ABC); Jigsaw John (NBC); Laverne and Shirley, Welcome Back, Kotter, Bionic Woman and Rosemary's Baby (all ABC); Joe Forrester (NBC); Kojak and Rhoda (both CBS); Six Million Dollar Man and Streets of San Francisco (both ABC)