1970s

Valentine's Day Love Songs from the 1970s - Originally broadcast on February 8, 2016.

Tonight on the show, television theme songs from the 1970s. Sitcoms, Game Shows, Cop Shows, Variety Shows. We tried to cram them in.

Tonight, two hours of love songs from the 1970s, with artists ranging from Olivia Newton-John (& John Travolta), Perry Como, Paul Simon, Donna Summer, Paul McCartney, and others.

SONG LIST:
(Hour # 1)
"We've Got To Get You a Woman" - Todd Rundgren
"The Best of My Love" - The Eagles
"Lady" - Styx
"Love Her Madly" - The Doors
"Is She Really Going Out With Him?" - Joe Jackson
"You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
"Evergreen" - Barbra Streisand
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Neil Sedaka
"The Way I Want to Touch You" - Captain and Tennille
"Could It Be Magic" - Donna Summer
"50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
"And I Love You So" - Perry Como
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee
"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Precious and Few" - Climax

(Hour # 2)
"We May Never Love Like This Again" - Maureen McGovern
"Be Nice to Me" - Todd Rundgren
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" - Three Dog Night
"Hopelessly Devoted to You" - Olivia Newton-John
"Love in Action" - Utopia
"I Think I Love You" - The Partridge Family
"Dancing in the Moonlight" - King Harvest
"Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton
"I Just Wanna Stop" - Gino Vannelli
"Only a Woman" - Billy Joel
"Fooled Around and Fell In Love" - Elvin Bishop
"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
"Say You Love Me" - Fleetwood Mac
"Love Song" - John Rubinstein & Jill Clayburgh
"My Love" - Paul McCartney and Wings
"Your Song" - Elton John
"Who Loves You" - Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

Tonight, we're headed back in time 40 years to 1975. The Vietnam War came to an anti-climactic end as Saigon fell to the Communists. The men behind the Watergate Scandal had their day in court. A B*ckeye running back won not one, but TWO Heismans.

Movies included "Jaws", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and "Barry Lyndon". New television shows included "Wheel of Fortune", "The Jeffersons", "Barney Miller", "Starsky and Hutch", "Welcome Back, Kotter", "Ryan's Hope", "Good Morning America", and "Saturday Night Live".

The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl. UCLA won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Here at home, Mayor Tom Moody (R) won re-election. Linden McKinley's Panthers won the Class AAA Boys Basketball Championship. The West High Cowboys won the Class AAA Baseball Championship. Interstate 270 was finally complete.

SONG LIST:
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Neil Sedaka
"Ease On Down The Road" - The Wiz
"He's the Wizard" - The Wiz
"All That Jazz" - Chicago
"What I Did For Love" - A Chorus Line
"Sky High" - Jigsaw
"Nights on Broadway" - The Bee Gees
"Wildfire" - Michael Martin Murphey
"I'm Not In Love" - 10CC
"The Way I Want To Touch You" - The Captain & Tenille
"Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac
"Dance With Me" - Orleans
"Poetry Man" - Phoebe Snow
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Lady" - Styx
"The Hustle" - Van McCoy
"I Hope I Get It" - A Chorus Line
"Saturday Night Live Theme Song" - TeeVee Toons
"Ellery Queen Theme Song" - Elmer Bernstein
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow" - Sammy Davis Jr.
"Movin' On Up" - Ja'Net DuBois
"Barney Miller Theme Song" - Jack Elliot & Allyn Ferguson
"Mamma Mia" - ABBA
"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band
"Why Can't We Be Friends?" - WAR
"Fame" - David Bowie
"Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
"Laughter in the Rain" - Neil Sedaka
"Fallin' in Love" - Hamilton, Joe, Frank, and Reynolds
"Bohemian Rhapsody" - Queen

Tonight, we're headed back in time 40 years to 1975. The Vietnam War came to an anti-climactic end as Saigon fell to the Communists. The men behind the Watergate Scandal had their day in court. A B*ckeye running back won not one, but TWO Heismans.

Movies included "Jaws", "The Rocky Horror Picture Show", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", and "Barry Lyndon". New television shows included "Wheel of Fortune", "The Jeffersons", "Barney Miller", "Starsky and Hutch", "Welcome Back, Kotter", "Ryan's Hope", "Good Morning America", and "Saturday Night Live".

The Cincinnati Reds won the World Series. The Pittsburgh Steelers won the Super Bowl. UCLA won the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Here at home, Mayor Tom Moody (R) won re-election. Linden McKinley's Panthers won the Class AAA Boys Basketball Championship. The West High Cowboys won the Class AAA Baseball Championship. Interstate 270 was finally complete.

SONG LIST (For Hour 1):
"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Neil Sedaka
"Ease On Down The Road" - The Wiz
"He's the Wizard" - The Wiz
"All That Jazz" - Chicago
"What I Did For Love" - A Chorus Line
"Sky High" - Jigsaw
"Nights on Broadway" - The Bee Gees
"Wildfire" - Michael Martin Murphey
"I'm Not In Love" - 10CC
"Rhiannon" - Fleetwood Mac
"Dance With Me" - Orleans
"Poetry Man" - Phoebe Snow
"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
"Lady" - Styx

What songs were popular in 1975? Well...
Billboard Hot 100 (1975): https://www.billboard.com/archive/charts/1975/hot-100
Top 100 Songs of 1975 per Billboard: http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1975