July 29, 1974 — Mama Cass dies
Ellen Naomi Cohen, better known to the world as Mama Cass, was only 32 years old when she died. Mama...
November 24, 2015
Art & Culture
October 11, 1975 — “Saturday Night Live” premieres
“Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!“ It is the most successful sketch comedy series in the history of the...
October 29, 2015
January 2, 1976 — David Bowie releases “Station to Station”
Station to Station was Bowie’s tenth studio album, and its name reflects that is a transitional work. It follows on...
October 17, 2015
April 9, 1976 — Phil Ochs dies
Born on December 19, 1940, Phil Ochs would become one of the best known protest singers in America (although he...
October 14, 2015
December 28, 1976 — Freddie King dies
The youngest of the “Three Kings” of blues music (along with B.B.King and Albert King), Freddie King was born in...
October 4, 2015
June 12, 1977 — Victoria’s Secret is founded
Founded by Roy and Gaye Raymond, Victoria’s Secret grew, although slowly, over its first five years. In 1982, when the...
September 29, 2015
August 16, 1977 — Elvis Presley dies
Just one more day, and he would have been touring again. But as it happened, Elvis Presley’s lifestyle caught up...
September 24, 2015
November 3, 1978 — “Diff’rent Strokes” premieres
If the phrase “wha chu talkin’ about Willis?” doesn’t make you cringe, you were presumably born after this show went...
September 4, 2015
February 2, 1979 — Sid Vicious dies
Born John Ritchie, the man best known to history as Sid Vicious is one of the names most associated with...
August 19, 2015
May 1979 — The Boys Next Door release “Shivers”
It’s unabashedly a good thing that Nick Cave decided that suicide really didn’t suit his style. From relatively inauspicious beginnings,...
August 4, 2015
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