It’s time for another edition of Mr. Romance’s Top 10 Countdown Show, a look back at the 10 most popular songs on the Adult Contemporary chart for the week of June 28, 1975. Click here if you missed last week’s show featuring 2000.
Get ready for pop culture, trivia and all your lite hits that might just bring back some memories or maybe you’ll discover some new soft rock favorites.
Top 10 Countdown Show Pop Culture
The year was 1975: Price of gas was $.57 a gallon, a movie ticket was $2, and the Betamax video tape was released.
At the movies, you were watching
Jaws
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Dog Day Afternoon
On television:
All in the Family
Rich Man, Poor Man
Laverne & Shirley
And HBO made history airing the heavyweight boxing championship match between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier live from the Philippines called Thrilla in Manila.
Top 10 Countdown Show Trivia Question
In 1975, popular kids’ birthday and holiday gifts included sing-along records, Mr. Potato Head, portable cassette players, and the red Fisher Price record player. But the most surprising present for all-ages during the holiday season of that year was a $4 gift with sales $15 million in roughly six months. Can you guess this mystery gift? Take a listen to the show below for the answer.
Song Spotlight
From the musical A Chorus Line, this song has been covered by Johnny Mathis, Aretha Franklin and Josh Groban. Eydie Gormé version did a bit better on the charts reaching #23 in 1976, but making its debut at #46 this week and hitting a peak of #25 is the artist who also sang the theme song to the TV show, The Love Boat: Jack Jones and What I Did For Love.
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Sit back, relax and enjoy your favorite love songs from the week of June 28, 1975.
An avid record collector, lover of all desserts and sometimes seen wearing multiple Swatch watches, Dave has been lending his voice for over 20 years heard on such prominent brands as Intel, RCA, Eddie Bauer, Kellogg‘s, Pizza Hut, Lexus, and infomercial giants Guthy-Renker and Beachbody. His narration projects include Japan’s preeminent automobile series Best Motoring International and Hot Version, along with GTChannel, QVC, Universal Music Enterprises, and ViSalus Sciences.