
Gloria slapped Adam, who accused her of loving him, not Stuart, then gave her a passionate kiss. Charlie asked Hayley to help Dixie in the custody case, but she refused. Edmund assumed he would be fired from the magazine, but Brooke said he could keep his job, while insisting that their romance is over. Ted (Tad) told Nola he has been having nightmares again, then had a flashback of a mansion. (I couldn’t have said it any better, Sara.All My Children: Ted (Tad Martin) and his ''mother,'' Nola Orsini, met with Dimitri to discuss a business deal regarding their California vineyard. I realize that it is August: the summer’s last stand.” – novelist Sara Baume. (In Quincy, too.)īronze medal: “This morning, the sun endures past dawn. Silver medal: “In August, an inescapable blanket of heat settled over Paducah, the last gasping breath of summer roaring its weight out over the populace.” – linguist and self-described “travel addict” Kelsey Brickl. Gold medal: “Everything good, everything magical happens between the months of June and August.” - author Jenny Han. A few thoughts from some knowledgeable people as we continue our march toward summer’s end:
The original wild-and-crazy guy, comedian Steve Martin, turns 77 on Aug. Former WWE wrestler Hulk Hogan will be 69 on Aug. The late, great singer Whitney Houston would have been 59 on Tuesday. Popular character actor Sam Elliott will be 78, also on Monday. Remember actor Donny Most - a.k.a “Ralph Malph” - from “Happy Days? He’ll be 69 on Monday. Check out “Hard luck Woman” and see if you agree. Peter Criss: Gene Simmons and Ace Frehley always get most of the attention from KISS enthusiasts, but I always felt Criss was the underrated superstar of the group. Ironically, and tragically, both of their lives were cut way too short. Marvin Gaye: He was the successor to Sam Cooke. Elton John: You know this is a strong list when Sir Elton is only No. Alex Chilton: He was 16 years old when he and the Box Tops burst on to the scene with “The Letter.” Chilton earned major kudos through the years for his vocal work. Mick Jagger: Yeah, Mick could be a part of any discussion in any decade of rock, but the 1970s were when the Stones were at their decadent best. He fashioned a classic rock sound to accompany the world-class guitar riffs. Eric Clapton: This was the early days of his post-Cream career when rock fans were discovering how well he could sing. Fun fact: Springsteen has played with The E Street Band since 1972. Bruce Springsteen: You think The Boss is big today? Back in the mid-1970s he was once on the cover of Time and Newsweek magazines THE SAME WEEK. Al Green in Memphis, Tenn., but we’ll never forget those days of “Let’s Stay Together,” “For the Good Times” and “Tired Of Being Alone.” Al Green: There was no sweeter sound than that of an Al Green LP on a warm summer afternoon in the 1970s. Religious beliefs saw him answer a different calling, but not before he left us with such classics like “Father and Son,” “Moonshadow,” “Peace Train,” “Wild World” and “Morning Has Broken.” Cat Stevens: One of the great mysteries of pop music will always be how big of a star Cat Stevens could have eventually become if he had not walked away from the industry. 30 outside of Mansfield, Ohio, that I first heard “Maggie May” on the radio. It was 51 years ago this month, while traveling west on U.S. Rod Stewart: He arrived on the scene in late summer 1971 and has been with us ever since. (Reminder: No artist can appear in more than one decade. Just look at the top three names in these rankings: the gravelly voiced Rod the Mod, the British influence of Cat Stevens and the smooth, soulful sounds of Al Green … and there’s plenty more behind that troika. The 1970s provided a wide array of memorable men’s voices. The following were 10 of the artists who made that decade sound so good … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol.
Music, much like life itself, was undergoing a major transformation in the 1970s.