Bands: Earth, Wind and Fire, the Average White Band, the Eagles, Black Oak Arkansas and the Doobie Brothers
Movies: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest was best picture of the year, but we also liked Jaws, Shampoo and Young Frankenstein
Mohammad Ali was again world champion after knocking out George Foreman
Nixon resigned the presidency
A letter could be mailed for 10 cents
All Americans were evacuated from South Vietnam
The Rocky Horror Picture Show debuted
Saturday Night Live began with George Carlin as the first host and Janis Ian as the musical guest…until then we were hooked on Wolfman Jack and the Midnight Special
Top selling carpet was “shag”
Sony developed the first video recorder, in beta max format; Matsushita developed one in VHS format
Billie Jean King and Arthur Ashe were the women’s and men’s Wimbledon champions
Mystery Date was still a popular board game—who’s behind that door? Not the bowler!
Fleetwood Mac released its first album
A young new singer/songwriter from New Jersey named Bruce Springsteen was called the “new Dylan” by Newsweek
Linda Ronstadt released her smash album, Heart Like a Wheel, forever leaving her 1967 group, Stone Poneys
What was a microwave oven…a personal computer…a fax machine…a debit card (or even a credit card for that matter) and why would you need one?
The latest innovation in phones was touchtone instead of rotary dial
The Pittsburg Steelers won the 1975 Super Bowl (X) behind the golden arm of Terry Bradshaw
Pete Rose led the Cincinnati Reds to a World Series win
Riots erupted in Boston over the forced busing of 21,000 students to achieve racial balance in the public schools
The U.S. Supreme Court held that paddling of unruly students is acceptable under certain circumstances
The Wiz opened on Broadway
We had 4 stations to watch on television 4, 5, 9 and 41(on a clear day) and that seemed like plenty
Walter Cronkite read us the news every night
Dorothy Hamill was the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating Champion
Top 40 Singles of 1975
Love Will Keep Us Together-Captain & Tennille
Rhinestone Cowboy-Glen Campbell
Fame-David Bowie
Shining Star-Earth, Wind and Fire
My Eyes Adored You-Frankie Valli
Thank God I’m a Country Boy-John Denver
Philadelphia Freedom-Elton John
One of These Nights-Eagles
Pick Up the Pieces-Average White Band
At Seventeen-Janis Ian
Kung Fu Fighting-Carl Douglas
Boogie on Reggae Woman-Stevie Wonder
Laughter in the Rain-Neil Sedaka
Black Water-Doobie Brothers
Lady Marmalade – LaBelle
Why Can’t We Be Friends-War
The Hustle-Van McCoy
Best of My Love-Eagles
Wasted Days and Wasted Nights-Freddy Fender
Before the Next Teardrop Falls-Freddy Fender
Some Kind of Wonderful-Grand Funk
Island Girl-Elton John
Lovin You-Minnie Ripperton
Jive Talkin-Bee Gees
Mandy-Barry Manilow
Please Mr. Postman-Carpenters
Have You Never Been Mellow-Olivia Newton-John
Jackie Blue-Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Ballroom Blitz-Sweet
Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song-BJ Thomas
He Don’t Love You-Tony Orlando & Dawn
Feelings-Morris Albert
I’m Not in Love-10cc
Games People Play(They Just Can’t Help It)-Spinners
Love Won’t Let Me Wait-Major Harris
Angie Baby-Helen Reddy
I’m Sorry-John Denver
Fight the Power (Part I)-Isley Brothers
Lady-Styx
Fire-Ohio Players
Top Albums of 1975
AWB-Average White Band
Back Home Again-John Denver
Blood on the Tracks- Bob Dylan
Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy-Elton John
Brewer High 1975 Reunion 