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SISTER GOLDEN HAIR - AMERICA - 1975

SISTER GOLDEN HAIR – America

#1 June 14th, 1975

 

NEWS

Watergate was still headline news.

President Ford escapes 2 assassination attempts!

The Edmund Fitzgerald would slip beneath the waves of Lake Superior

Jimmy Hoffa disappears!

 

FADS and ENTERTAINMENT

MOVIE: “Jaws” “Rocky Horror Picture Show” “Dog Day Afternoon” & “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest”.

TV: “Saturday Night Live” “Barney Miller” & “Welcome Back Kotter”.

The “Betamax” would change the way we watched TV.

Microsoft is founded.

Mohammad Ali whupped Joe Frazier in the Thrilla in Manila.

Atari’s home version of “Pong” was the hot video game.

 

DEAD

Rod Serling

Larry & Moe of the 3 Stooges

 

#1@1

From their fifth album Hearts.

The song features a memorable guitar riff admittedly inspired by George Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".

They were able to secure the services of George Martin, and Geoff Emerick [Beatles Recording Engineer 1966-1970] who played a major role in shaping the sound of the Beatles.

The title was initially inspired by the mothers of all three members of the group, all of whom were golden-haired blondes.

On January 16, 2007, America released Here & Now, the band's first major label studio album in over twenty years.

America with Sister Golden Hair your #1 @ 1 from June 1975.



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