When I
was in Junior High…..
The summer
before I entered 7th grade the news included the moon landing and a large concert called Woodstock.
The following
songs were on the radio:
“Dizzy”
by Tommy Roe
“Sugar,
Sugar” by the Archies
“Crimson
and Clover” by Tommy James & the Shondells
“Bridge
Over Troubled Water” by Simon and Garfunkel
“Close
to You” by the Carpenters
“I’ll
Never Fall in Love Again” by Dionne Warwick
“Green-Eyed
Lady” by Sugarloaf
“War”
by Edwin Starr
“Aquarius/Let
the Sunshine In” by the 5th Dimension
Top albums
were by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Blood, Sweat and Tears.
Top movies
were Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, True Grit, Love Story and MASH.
Top TV
shows were Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and Marcus Welby M.D.
Richard
Nixon was President.
Gas cost
$0.36 a gallon.
A first
class stamp cost $0.06.