20 March 1970 The 1970 episode of Reeling In The Years shows Dana's celebratory post-Eurovision homecoming, which includes a meeting with Ireland's then-president, an elderly Éamon de Valera. Dana went on to try to emulate Dev by becoming a fundamentalist Catholic, then an Irish presidential candidate, and finally an American citizen. Still, Dana could claim … Continue reading Dana – ‘All Kinds Of Everything’
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Lee Marvin – ‘Wand’rin’ Star’
6 March 1970 You may remember a great Simpsons bit where Homer and Bart sit down to watch violent shoot-'em-up western Paint Your Wagon, only to discover to their horror that it's actually rootin'-tootin' comedy musical western Paint Your Wagon. I already knew that, which is why I've never watched it. I've heard enough snatches … Continue reading Lee Marvin – ‘Wand’rin’ Star’
Edison Lighthouse – ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’
6 February 1970 Our final socially-acceptable number one of the '60s was bubblegum pop by a made-up band, and our first of the '70s arguably is too. (That now-cancelled chart-topper in between is listed in the 'By date' section above if you're curious.) Apparently 'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)' existed before its makers realised … Continue reading Edison Lighthouse – ‘Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)’
John Lennon – ‘Imagine’
11 December 1975 and 31 January 1981 I've been to Strawberry Fields, the area of Central Park in New York that is now a memorial to John Lennon. (Call me morbid, but I had first popped across the street to the outside of the Dakota building, where he was shot.) Its main feature is a … Continue reading John Lennon – ‘Imagine’
Pink Floyd — ‘Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)’
15 December 1979 The last number one of the '70s was the first of the '80s, so there's a temptation to check it for remnants of the decade past and harbingers of the one we know to come. Granted, a similar exercise for 1999-2000 will enable us to review the '90s, the 20th century and … Continue reading Pink Floyd — ‘Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)’
