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FM: KAFM-92.5, KNUS-99, KFWD-102, KVIL-103 HERE
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Billboard's Top 20 songs '74
# 1 The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand
# 2 Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
# 3 The Streak - Ray Stevens
# 4 (You're) having My baby - Paul Anka
# 5 Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
# 6 Billy, Don't Be A Hero - Bo Donaldson & The Heywoods
# 7 Annie's Song - John Denver
# 8 The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
# 9 TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia) - MFSB & The 3 Degrees
# 10 I Can Help - Billy Swan
# 11 Rock Your Baby - George McCrea
# 12 I Honestly Love You - Olivia Newton-John
# 13 Bennie And The Jets - Elton John
# 14 The Joker - Steve Miller Band
# 15 Then Came You - The Spinners
# 16 Love's Theme - Love Unlimited Orchestra
# 17 Show And tell - Al Wilson
# 18 You Haven't Done Nothin' - Stevie Wonder
# 19 Nothing From Nothing - Billy Preston
# 20 Hooked On A Feeling - Blue Suede
(Jim Dandy To The Rescue - Black Oak Arkansas placed #25 on February
16, 1974)
Average
household income estimated at
$11,197.00. Richard Nixon signs a
bill lowering the maximum US speed limit to 55 MPH in order to conserve
gasoline. The first personal computer goes on sale this year. President Richard Nixon refuses to hand over materials subpoenaed
by the Senate Watergate Committee. UCLA
men's basketball team sees an 88-game winning streak ended by Notre Dame. Happy Days
sitcom premiers on ABC. Price of a gallon of regular gas is 53 cents. Patty
Hearst is kidnaped by The Symbionese Liberation Army in Berkeley,
California. Blazing Saddles is thetop money making movie at a
staggering $119,500.00. People magazine is published for the first time. Grammy Award for best
group/album: Paul McCartney & Wings /"Band On
The Run." Hank Aaron
breaks baseball great Babe Ruth's record by hitting his 715th home
run-record at 755 when he retires. Price of a new home is approximately $38,900.00. Dean Martin Show airs for the last time after 9yrs. Super Bowl IX Pittsburgh 16 - Minnesota 6. The UPC label is first used to ring up purchases at a
supermarket. NCAA Football National Champion-Oklahoma Sooners. Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign, to avoid being removed by impeachment
proceedings for his role in the Watergate scandal. Vice President, Gerald
Ford, takes the oath of office and becomes the 38th US president. Heisman Trophy Winner-Archie Griffin-RB-Ohio State. US Population 213,853, 928. In 1974 Fred Hill of the Philadelphia
Eagles teamed up with McDonald's to create Ronald McDonald House. Here the
families of critically ill children have a place to call home while they're
away from home as the young patients undergo treatment for their conditions.
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