1974

Clinton High School

Class of 1974

40th

Reunion – June 2014

Music in 1974

Waterloo Abba

Having My Baby Paul Anka

Do It 'Till You're Satisfied B.T. Express

Takin' Care of Business Bachman Turner Overdrive

You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet Bachman-Turner Overdrive

Smokin' In the Boys Room Brownsville Station

Cat's In the Cradle Harry Chapin

Kung-Fu Fighting Carl Douglas

The Best of My Love Eagles

Radar Love Golden Earring

The Entertainer Marvin Hamlish

Piano Man Billy Joel

Bennie and the Jets Elton John

Midnight At the Oasis Maria Muldaur

Tubular Bells Mike Oldfield

Sweet Home Alabama Lynyrd Skynard

Rikki Don't Lose That Number Steely Dan

The Way We Were Barbara Streisand

Sundown Gordon Lightfoot

I Shot the Sheriff Eric Clapton

Band on the Run Paul McCartney & Wings

It's Only Rock n' Roll Rolling Stones

Wishing You Were Here Chicago

In 1970

The Beatles go their separate ways…

The Jackson Five sell 10 million records

Fashion in 1974

I can't wait to tell my kids I was born before the Internet. ~Unknown Respect old people. They graduated school without Google or Wikipedia. ~Unknown You know you're getting old when everything hurts. And what doesn't hurt doesn't work. ~Hy Gardner

As you get older, the pickings get slimmer, but the people don't. ~Carrie Fisher

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age. ~Lucille Ball

I guess I don't mind so much being old, as I mind being fat and old. ~Peter Gabriel

On Getting Old…

10 Year Reunion

July 2, 1984

Our 20th

Reunion

June 24-25, 1994

All in the Family

Television in 1974

Little House on the Prairie

Happy Days

Barney Miller

Good Times

The Six Million Dollar Man

In 1973

Bruce Springsteen makes his debut

Jim Croce dies in a plane crash

A ceasefire ends U.S. ground troop involvement in Vietnam

The military draft ends

The Supreme Court legalizes abortion

55 MPH Speed Limit imposed to preserve gas usage US wide

The price of a first class postage stamp goes up to 10 cents

Billy Joel has his first hit

In 1974

Richard Nixon becomes the first US president forced to resign

Work begins on the 800 mile long Alaska Oil pipeline

Average Cost of a New Car: $3,750

Prices in 1974

Cost of a Gallon of Gas: 55 cents

Average Annual Income: $13,900

Average Monthly Rent: $185

Cars in 1974

Movies in 1974

The Godfather: Part II

Chinatown

Blazing Saddles

The Great Gatsby

Young Frankenstein

The Towering Inferno

The Man with the Golden Gun

The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

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