So what was happening thirty years ago?

TOP 40:
The Beatles - "Let It Be"
The Jackson Five - "ABC"
Edison Lighthouse - "Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes"
Badfinger - "Come And Get It"
Bobby Sherman - "Easy Come, Easy Go"
Supremes - "Up The Ladder To The Roof"
Frijid Pink - "House Of The Rising Sun"
John Lennon - "Instant Karma"

Best selling books include "Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sex" by David Reuben and "The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowler.

At the market - a half gallon of ice milk is 49 cents; Chun King Frozen 12 pack of egg rolls - just 69 cents.

Apollo 13, once in grave danger, finally splashes down in Hawaii. President Nixon pinned medals of freedom on each of the three astronauts: James A Lovell, Fred Haise and John Swigert. Just days earlier, a power failure and ruptured oxygen tank crippled the capsule. NASA first learned of the problem with the words "Hey, we've got a problem here."

At the Academy of Country and Western Music's fifth annual awards dinner - Merle Haggard receives five awards including album of the year (Okie From Muskogee), single of the year and song of the year (same). Marty Robbins received a "man of the decade" award.

From: http://www.pophistorynow.com/

For more on Merle Haggard see:
http://www.guitarsite.com/MerleHaggard.htm
http://www.guitarsite.com/database/Bands-Artists/rec/1289/

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