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70sweekly.bsky.social @70sweekly.bsky.social · Feb 9

This Podcast is a show where two friends review a randomly chosen American Top 40 Episode from the 1970’s, the most interesting decade in pop music. #AT40 #70s

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Rocktober 23, 1976 Miami University, Miami FL.

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Rocktober 23, 1971 Massey Hall, Toronto, ON

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Rocktober 23, 1976 Cuando Gym, New York City, NY

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Rocktober 23, 1979 Pavillion de Paris, Paris, FRA #ABBA

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Rocktober 1977 Paramont Theatre, Seattle, WA

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Rocktober 23, 1970 The Spectrum, Philadephia, PA

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Rocktober 23-24, 1978 Hippodrome Porte de Pantin, Paris, FRA

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Rocktober 23-24, 1973 Jahrhunderthalle, Frankfurt, GER

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At Pete and Mark's Alma Mater! (quite a few years before they were in college).

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Rocktober 23 1973 Midnight Train To Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips hits #1. Written and originally recorded by Jim Weatherly, it was inspired by a phone conversation with Farrah Fawcett who said she was "gonna take the midnight plane to Houston".

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Rocktober 23, 1972 : The Fifties-revival drama That’ll Be The Day, starring Ringo Starr, David Essex, Keith Moon, Billy Fury and Nashville Teens’ John Hawken, begins filming in England.

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Rocktober 23, 1976: Chicago's "If You Leave Me Now," written and sung by their bass player, Peter Cetera, hits #1 in America for the first of two weeks. The band starts moving in a soft rock direction, marginalizing their famous horn section. It is a demarcation point for fans.

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Roctober 23, 1979: The Police shoot the video for "Walking On The Moon" in front of a Saturn V rocket at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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The Deep Purple Podcast @deeppurplepod.bsky.social · 22h

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Episode 340 – Ian Gillan Band – Live at the Budokan (1977)

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Rory Gallagher @rorygallagher.com · 1d

October 22nd in Rory history:
1971 Hartford USA University of Hartford
1972 Oshkosh USA University Wisconsin–Oshkosh
1976 Calling Card album released
1978 Lyon FR Palais des Sports
1979 Nijmegen NL Vereeniging
1994 Toulouse FR Confluent

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The 70s Guy @stevenw888.bsky.social · 1d

Born 21 Oct 1954 - Eric Faulkner, singer and guitarist with Bay City Rollers who had the 1975 UK No.1 single 'Bye Bye Baby'. He co-wrote more than half of the recorded catalogue of Rollers songs including the chart hits "Money Honey" and "Love Me Like I Love You". #EricFaulkner