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Casablanca Records: The Label Disco Made

Early years It all started with a man named Neil Bogart and his partners, Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris (Bogart’s cousin) and Buck Reingold. The company had a rough start, but it quickly found the sound of the 70’s and became the label of both disco and excess, churning out hit after hit. Until September 1973, …

Film and Documentary

Let It Be: The Beatles 1970 Documentary

Let It Be is a 1970 British documentary film directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg. featuring the Beatles as themselves. The film memorializes the rehearsing and recording of songs for the album Let It Be, in January 1969. Released just after the album dropped in May 1970, Let It Be is the final original Beatles release. The …

Music

Todd Rundgren: Hello, It’s Me

When you read the endless list of accomplishments of Todd Rundgren, it’s nearly overwhelming. He has done nearly everything in the music industry and done it very well. Rundgren grew up in Philadelphia and taught himself to play guitar at a very young age. He developed a love for music that grew first from his …

Television

Sid & Marty Krofft: 70s Fantasy Innovators

Canadian siblings Sid & Marty Krofft are truly master puppeteers. Born in Quebec, Canada, they spent many years honing their craft before their television career began in earnest. In the 1940s, Sid created his one-man puppet show, The Unusual Artistry of Sid Krofft, and performed it all over the world, with his father. Marty stayed …

Music

Steve Winwood: A Higher Love

What do the Spencer Davis Group, Traffic and Blind Faith all have in common? The brilliant and amazing singer and songwriter Steve Winwood, for starters. Winwood began playing piano at 4 years old and started playing drums and guitar soon after. His first live performance came when he was 8 years old, but he had …

Music

Rick Springfield: Hard To Hold

Rick Springfield (nee Richard Lewis Springthorpe) was born in South Wentworthville, a suburb of Sydney, Australia to a career Australian army officer and his wife. He grew up in Australia and England and was bitten by the music bug early on. He learned guitar at age 13, saw the Beatles at age 14, and his …

Film and Documentary

KISStory: Shout It Out Loud

Even for those who aren’t the biggest rock ‘n roll fans, there is a certain curiosity about the band KISS and about their fans, known as the KISS Army. This two-part documentary gives up some of their deepest secrets, and the obstacles they overcame to become “the hottest band in the world/land.” Originally named Wicked …

Television

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Rowan & Martins Laugh-In (often referred to as Laugh-In) was an American sketch comedy TV program that ran from January, 1968 to March, 1973 on NBC, hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin. The show was characterized by a rapid-fire series of gags and sketches, many of which conveyed sexual innuendo, or were politically …

Film and Documentary

Studio 54: The Documentary

The legendary Studio 54 in New York City was more than just a nightclub in the late 70s. It was a cultural phenomenon that only happens once in a lifetime. Brooklynites Ian Schrager & Steve Rubell created a totally fantasy venue that drew people from every walk of life. In its relatively short 33-month span, …

Film and Documentary

McCartney 3,2,1: A Documentary

Paul McCartney is simply ageless. Although his face may have a few more lines and wrinkles, he still doesn’t present as a man who is pushing 80 next year. His energy and drive are that of a man a third of his age. This documentary, produced by Rick Rubin, is 6 parts of utter magic, …

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1970s Archives - Page 5 of 6 - PopDaze : 90s Nostalgia Entertainment

Casablanca Records: The Label Disco Made

Let It Be: The Beatles 1970 Documentary

Todd Rundgren: Hello, It’s Me

Sid & Marty Krofft: 70s Fantasy Innovators

Steve Winwood: A Higher Love

Rick Springfield: Hard To Hold

KISStory: Shout It Out Loud

Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In

Studio 54: The Documentary

McCartney 3,2,1: A Documentary

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