VENUS-Shocking Blue
#1 – February 7, 1970
NEWS
• The National Guard fire on and kill four protestors at Kent State University in Ohio
• Apollo 13 mission to the moon was abandoned…The “successful failure” of space exploration.
• The voting age is lowered from 21 to 18
• 100-thousand people demonstrate in Washington D.C. against the Vietnam War
• The first Earth Day is celebrated.
FADS and ENTERTAINMENT
• MOVIES: “Patton,” “M*A*S*H,” “Airport” and “Love Story”
• T.V.: Marcus Welby,MD, Flip Wilson, Here’s Lucy, Ironside, Hawaii Five-O
• Guys were longing for… Rachel Welch, Barbara Eden, Diana Rigg, Barbara Feldon and Jane Fonda
• The Kansas City Chiefs won the Super Bowl and the cost of a Super Bowl ad $78,000
• The Isle of Wight Festival takes place in England. 600-thousand people attend the largest rock festival of all time. Artists include Jimi Hendrix, The Who, The Doors, Chicago, ELP, Jethro Tull to name a few.
• Paul McCartney announces that the Beatles have disbanded…Simon and Garfunkel release their final album together, Bridge Over Troubled Water. The Title Track won the Grammy for song of the year.
DEAD
• Jimi Hendrix (choked on drug induced vomit/barbiturate overdose)
• Janis Joplin (heroin overdose)
• Sonny Liston
#1@1
• This Dutch rock band is from the Hague, the Netherlands
• This song has been featured in numerous films, television shows and commercials, and covered dozens of times by artists around the world.
• The band's name was inspired by an Eric Clapton track called "Electric Blue"
• Here’s “Shocking Blue and “Venus” your #1 @ 1 from February 1970.
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