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When I was in Junior High.....
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When I was in Junior High.....

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.