The 70s Guy

Released 1 Mar 1974, Zinc Alloy was initially met with bemusement by the listeners. It reportedly confused listeners & divided the band's fanbase at the time, while critical reception was universally negative. Critical re-evaluation has been more favourable, but it remains an oddity. #MarcBolan

Born 1 Mar 1910, actor David Niven. Whilst at school he was often caned owing to his inclination for pranks. This led to his expulsion from school, Heatherdown Preparatory, aged 10. He earned acclaim playing Sir Charles Lytton in The Pink Panther 1963 & James Bond in Casino Royale 1967. #DavidNiven

You're absolutely right! I never knew that.

Surely that should be 41 years?

David Johansen died one year ago, the last surviving member of the New York Dolls. After fronting the iconic glam punk band in the early ‘70s, the NYC musician found mainstream success in the late ‘80s, scoring the hit “Hot Hot Hot” as Buster Poindexter and acting in the movie ‘Scrooged.’ He was 75.

Cover of The Dark Side of the Moon vinyl album issued on 1st March 1973.

Released on this day exactly 53 years ago, possibly the greatest progressive rock album ever committed to vinyl. I still listen to it regularly and still love every note.

What I would give to own a collection like this... #TheSmiths

Born 1 March 1944, singer Roger Daltrey. I absolutely loved his version of Leo Sayer's "Giving It All Away". It reached No 5 in the UK singles chart in 1973. #RogerDaltrey

March 1st 1973 - The Alice Cooper Show America 1973 Tour kicks off at Kitchener, Ontario. Would live to have been at any of these gigs... #AliceCooper

Born 1 Mar 1954, Catherine Bach is best known as Daisy Duke from The Dukes of Hazzard & its spin-offs, including an animated series & a few TV movies. She also played Margo Dutton in African Skies & has been been part of The Young and the Restless. Bach owns a diamond jewelry brand. #CatherineBach

Born 1st March 1927, Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist. #HarryBelafonte

From "Laughter in the Rain"
Strolling along country roads with my baby
It starts to rain it begins to pour
Without an umbrella we're soaked to the skin
I feel a shiver run up my spine
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine
After a while we run under a tree
I turn to her and she kisses me #NeilSedaka

So sorry to hear of the death of singer/songwriter Neil Sedaka. He wrote or co-wrote over 500 songs for himself & other artists over a period of 6 decades. My favourite was "Laughter in the Rain" (1974) which made No.1 in the US, No.2 in Canada & No.15 in the UK. A beautiful record. #NeilSedaka

Born 28 Feb 1947, English actress Stephanie Beacham. She had become widely known for her roles in multiple British Hammer Horror films in the early 70s before garnering acclaim with successful starring roles in British TV series Tenko and Connie, & US series Dynasty and The Colbys. #StephanieBeacham

Born 28 Feb 1940, Italian-born US former racing driver, Mario Andretti is the only driver ever to win the Indianapolis 500, Daytona 500, and the Formula 1 World Championship. He is considered one of the most successful Americans in the history of the sport. He is 86 today. #MarioAndretti

Born 28 Feb 1948, actress & writer, Bernadette Peters. She has appeared in numerous films, TV & musical theatre, including Silent Movie (1976), The Jerk (1979), Pennies from Heaven (1981), and Annie (1982) & in musicals Mack and Mabel (1974), Sunday in the Park with George (1984). #BernadettePeters

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Born 28 Feb 1942, Brian Jones was a musician credited with founding The Rolling Stones. He was the original leader of the band before fellow members Mick Jagger & Keith Richards took over the musical direction. Jones became the 1st member of the infamous 27 Club when he died in 1969. #BrianJones

28 Feb 1970, In an interview with New Musical Express, Fleetwood Mac's Peter Green talked about his plans to give all his money away. In 1971 Green confronted his accountant with a gun after he sent him an unwanted royalty cheque. The guitarist went to jail briefly before being moved to an asylum.

At a 28 February 1970 performance in Copenhagen, Led Zeppelin was billed as "The Nobs" as the result of a threat of legal action from aristocrat Frau Eva von Zeppelin, descendant of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, creator of the Zeppelin aircraft, over the use of the 'Zeppelin' name. #LedZeppelin

28 Feb 1976, Paul Simon's 'Still Crazy After All These Years' was named Best Pop Vocal Performance and Album Of The Year at the 18th annual Grammy Awards. In his acceptance speech, Simon told the audience "I'd especially like to thank Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album this year!" #PaulSimon

Davy Jones, the Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, died aged 66, in his sleep on 29 Feb 2012 at his home in Florida after suffering a massive heart attack. Jones had appeared as a teenager in Coronation Street, playing Ena Sharples's grandson. #DavyJones #TheMonkees

TV Times was a national TV listings magazine, and, in 1970, had the second largest circulation of any magazine in Britain. The Radio Times had the largest circulation. Back in those days, you had to buy 2 magazines every week to get all the TV listings!

Wow, you need to go on my course "Britain in the Seventies." "Knock Knock Who's There" can be seen on YouTube. Dana was Ireland's entry in Eurovision in 1970 & she won the event with "All Kinds of Everything". She later became an MP and represented Connaught-Ulster in the European Parliament.

She was the last woman to be married to Peter Sellers, and shut out most of the previous women (and his children) in Peter's life.

#Shazam by The Move was released 27 Feb 1970. The album is a progressive rock record that almost consists of covers (with the exception of "Beautiful Daughter") and marked a bridge between the group's quirky late 1960s pop singles & more aggressive, hard rock, long-form style of their later albums.

Born 27 February 1932, Joanne Woodward is best known for her performance as a woman with dissociative identity disorder in The Three Faces of Eve (1957), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was married for 50 years to actor Paul Newman, until his death in 2008. #JoanneWoodward

No Blade of Grass (1970) was a dystopian film co-written, directed and produced by Cornel Wilde and starring Nigel Davenport, Jean Wallace and John Hamill. It is an adaptation of John Christopher's novel The Death of Grass & was the 1st film that Lynne Frederick appeared in. #LynneFrederick

Just thought I'd remind everyone of this. #notobrexit

27 Feb 1977, Keith Richards was arrested at Toronto’s Harbour Castle Hotel, after an ounce of heroin was found following a raid of his hotel room by 15 Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Richards, who was charged with possession with intent to traffic, faced 7 years to life in prison. #KeithRichards