# 148: 1975: The Music and Headlines (FULL TWO-HOUR SHOW)

Submitted by djbc on Tue, 05/12/2015 - 3:12pm
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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
"Y'All Got It!" - The Wiz
"The Time Warp" - The Rocky Horror Picture Show

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