LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS - ELTON JOHN - 1975

LUCY IN THE SKY WITH DIAMONDS – Elton John

#1 January 4th, 1975

 

NEWS

• Microsoft is founded.

• Frazer and Ali fight the “Thilla in Manila”

• President Ford escapes 2 assassination attempts!

• 1st Class Stamp is $.10

• The Vietnam War ends as Communist forces take Saigon

• Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing.

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

• MOVIES “Jaws”  “One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest”

• Springsteen showed up on the cover of both Newsweek & Time in the same week!  

• 8-Track Tapes (Created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Motorola and RCA.

• “Saturday Night Live” premiers.

• “All in the Family” “Maude” “Lavern & Shirley” & “Sanford & Son”

• Wheel of Fortune premieres on NBC.

 

DEAD

• Aristotle Onassis died at age 71, on March 15, 1975 in France

• Rod Serling Died June 28, 1975 He was known as the angry young man of Hollywood, clashing with television executives and sponsors over a wide range of issues including censorship, racism, and anti-war politics.

• Ozzie Nelson Died June 3, 1975, he became an Eagle Scout at 13 and was a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America.

 

#1@1

• Elton John 

• Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, 25 March 1947

• In his four-decade career, he has sold more than 250 million records.

• He played a Pinball Wizard in the movie “Tommy”

• He owed much of his success during the mid-1970s to his concert performances. He filled arenas and stadiums worldwide, and was arguably the hottest act in the rock world.

• He went to the top of the charts by covering a Beatles song. Here’s Elton doing “Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds”…

• You’re #1 @ 1 from January 1975