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For me...

The Top Songs were:
The Poor People of Paris by Les Baxter
Singing the Blues by Guy Mitchell
Rock and Roll Waltz by Kay Starr
Love Me Tender by Elvis Presley
Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog by Elvis Presley
My Prayer by Platters
The Wayward Wind by Gogi Grant
Heartbreak Hotel by Elvis Presley
Memories Are Made of This by Dean Martin
Lisbon Antigua by Nelson Riddle

Bread was $0.18 a loaf; gas was $0.30 a gallon; a new car? $2,100; a house? $17,800

On TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Burns and Allen Show
Dragnet
The Honeymooners
Gunsmoke
I Love Lucy
Alfred Hitchcock Presents

This is very much USAcentric.

Ernest Borgnine?

Christ, you can tell I was born in the 70's:

Music (if you can call it that):

Boogie Oogie Oogie by A Taste of Honey
Shadow Dancing by Andy Gibb
Kiss You All Over by Exile
MacArthur Park by Donna Summer Night Fever by Bee Gees
Thicker Than Water by Andy Gibb
Le Freak by Chic
Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees
Baby Come Back by Player
Three Times a Lady by Commodores

TV:

Charlie's Angels
Three's Company
CHiPs
Taxi
WKRP in Cincinnati
Soap
Alice
Dallas
Mork & Mindy
Laverne & Shirley
Carter & Mondale were in the Whitehouse.

I guess that predating Reagan's administration, is...something.

Of note, I share a birthday with Osama Bin Laden, Sharon Stone, Chuck Norris, Prince Eddie and two notable Canadian broads: Kim Campbell and Shannon Tweed. Boo yah!

I'm not so good with names who is Shannon Tweed?

Married to Gene Simmons...used to be hot.

JTF wrote:Married to Gene Simmons...used to be hot.

Simmons or Shannon Tweed?

both

JTF wrote:Married to Gene Simmons...used to be hot.

still not sure.. do you have pics? Maybe that will jog my memory.

pfft... I aint clicking no link

Sourpuss wrote:Christ, you can tell I was born in the 70's:

Some of the best TV show's EVER!

And Bee Gee's tunes are great!

And Shannon Tweed was hot.

Songs:

Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Queen	Upside Down by Diana Ross
Another Brick In the Wall by Pink Floyd	Magic by Olivia Newton-John
Lady by Kenny Rogers	Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.
Call Me by Blondie	Starting Over by John Lennon
Rock with You by Michael Jackson	Another One Bites the Dust by Queen

Prices US President Jimmy Carter US Vice President Walter F. Mondale

Bread:	$0.51/loaf
Milk:	$1.60/gal
Eggs:	$1.33/doz
Car:	$7,574
Gas:	$1.22/gal	Best Picture: Ordinary People Directed By Robert Redford Best Actor: Robert De Niro in Raging Bull Best Actress: Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter

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On TV

Three's Company	Soap	WKRP in Cincinnati
Dallas	Taxi	CHiPs
Laverne & Shirley	Magnum P.I.	Alice
Charlie's Angels

I hated Miami Vice and Cagney and Lacey but the others were good TV.