Episode 33: The Week Ending December 21, 1974

How was your love life back in 1979? Were you with someone who made you say “do that to me one more time”, or was it more like “no, enough is enough, don’t do me like that”? Maybe you had two bad relationships in a row and it felt like you were experiencing déjà vu’. Tired of all these head games you took the long way home as you planned your escape. With your new found freedom, you hoped to be third time lucky as you went out cruisin' the local dance club on ladies night. This is it, the Billboard Top 40 from the week of December 15st, 1979. As the decade ended, it was time for a cool change.

Link to a listing of the songs in this week’s episode: https://top40weekly.com/1974-all-charts/#US_Top_40_Singles_Week_Ending_21st_December_1974

Data Sources: Billboard Magazine, where the charts came from and on what the countdown was based.

Websites: allmusic.com, songfacts.com Wikipedia.com (because Mark’s lazy)

Books: “Ranking the 70’s” by Dann Isbell, and Bill Carroll

“American Top 40 With Casey Kasem (The 1970’s) by Pete Battistini.

Some links to things we discussed in this episode:

Popular Electronics Cover with the Altair 8800 Computer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair_8800#/media/File:Popular_Electronics_Cover_Jan_1975.jpg

Esperanto Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esperanto

Sister Janet Mead Wikipedia page : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Mead

Goldschläger Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldschl%C3%A4ger

1949 version: Perry Como - The Lord’s Prayer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlwMe7ER3gI

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