| #8836, aired 2023-03-27 | I LIKE AMERICAN MUSIC $2000: An ad in the Village Voice brought drummer Clem Burke into this band he's been playing with since the '70s Blondie |
| #8569, aired 2022-02-03 | THE MUSIC "MAN" $1600: He topped the charts 3 times in the '70s; "Copacabana" only went to No. 8 Barry Manilow |
| #8541, aired 2021-12-27 | MUSICAL 3‑INITIALers $400: ELO for short, they lit up music charts in the '70s & '80s Electric Light Orchestra |
| #8509, aired 2021-11-11 | MUSIC STUFF $400: '70s classic with the lyric "I blew out my flip-flop / Stepped on a pop top" "Margaritaville" |
| #8084, aired 2019-10-31 | BET IT "ALL"! $800: Sort of a rap-reggae hybrid, this style of music originated in Jamaica in the late '70s dancehall |
| #7852, aired 2018-10-30 | '60s MUSIC POTPOURRI $800: "We can't go on together" into the '70s, Elvis--your last No. 1 hit was this 1969 song "Suspicious Minds" |
| #7773, aired 2018-05-30 | MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS $400: In digital music sales, this method used to be about 20% of purchases & downloads were 70%; now it's flipped streaming |
| #7631, aired 2017-11-13 | MUSIC FOR CHAMPS $800: In a 2013 hit that recalls a No. 1 from the '70s, Imagine Dragons was "On Top Of" it top of the world |
| #7582, aired 2017-07-25 | THE MUSICAL '70s $400: References to Buddy Holly abound in this Don McLean hit about "the day the music died" "American Pie" |
| #7335, aired 2016-07-01 | RECENT POP CULTURE $1600: Marty & Mick (Scorsese & Jagger) bring us the '70s music scene on this HBO show Vinyl |
| #7286, aired 2016-04-25 | MUSIC CITIES, USA $2000: In the '70s The O'Jays & Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes helped give this city its distinctive soul "sound" Philadelphia |
| #7234, aired 2016-02-11 | CLASSICAL MUSIC $3,600 (Daily Double): PBS' "Capitol Fourth" often features this Russian piece written almost 70 years after its title year the 1812 Overture |
| #7221, aired 2016-01-25 | GEOGRAPHICAL MUSIC GROUPS $1600: From the '70s,
"Love Hurts" Nazareth |
| #6821, aired 2014-04-21 | THAT '70s SONG $800: "I can't remember if I cried when I read about his widowed bride, but something touched me deep inside the day the music died" "American Pie" |
| #5726, aired 2009-06-29 | SHAKESPEARE WITH A TWIST $800: "OthE.L.O." was an "Othello" spoof featuring the music of this '70s band (the E.L.O. in the title) Electric Light Orchestra |
| #5346, aired 2007-12-03 | THE BASS-ICS $400: (Jon of the Clue Crew demonstrates his chops on bass.) The technique known as slapping & popping gets you the sound of this classic '70s style of music found in the name of a George Clinton group funk |
| #4597, aired 2004-09-07 | THE EXPERIENCE MUSIC PROJECT $200: (Sofia of the Clue Crew holds a feathered headdress at Experience Music Project in Seattle, WA.) Felipe Rose, who wore this costume as part of this '70s group, has since founded Tomahawk Records The Village People |
| #4540, aired 2004-05-07 | POP MUSIC $800: With spiky hair & names like Sid Vicious, this style of rock music shocked people in the '70s punk |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $200: She had a 2-sided No. 1 hit with "It's Too Late" & "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $400: Shut your mouth! Isaac Hayes won an Oscar for the theme from this 1971 flick Shaft |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $600: When it charted in 1976, this song first called "Cotton's Dream" was subtitled "The Young And The Restless" "Nadia's Theme" |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $800: A 1973 song says, "Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul, I wanna get lost in your rock & roll and" do this drift away |
| #4512, aired 2004-03-30 | '70s MUSIC $1000: "An Old Fashioned Love Song" & "Never Been to Spain" were '70s hits for this trio Three Dog Night |
| #4449, aired 2004-01-01 | POP MUSIC $400: For most of the '70s, Elton John collaborated with this lyricist on songs like "Your Song" Bernie Taupin |
| #4244, aired 2003-01-30 | THAT '70s SONG $800: In 1975 & again in 1977 Judy Collins made the Top 40 with this song from "A Little Night Music" "Send in the Clowns" |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $200: This jazz-rock group gave us the songs "25 or 6 to 4" & "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" Chicago |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $400: That's Mick Jagger singing backup on her hit "You're So Vain" Carly Simon |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $600: It's the potent potable in the title of the story song, heard here, that topped the charts in 1979 piña colada |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $800: Eddie Money asked, "Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight" in this 1978 song "Two Tickets To Paradise" |
| #4209, aired 2002-12-12 | '70s MUSIC $1000: His No. 1 hit "I Wish" says, "Sneaking out the back door to hang out with those hoodlum friends of mine" Stevie Wonder |
| #4206, aired 2002-12-09 | 4-LETTER BANDS $1000: The musical "Mamma Mia!" features the music of this '70s pop powerhouse ABBA |
| #4162, aired 2002-10-08 | POP MUSIC DECADES $800: Giant of the '70s airwaves seen here John Denver |
| #4084, aired 2002-05-09 | POP MUSIC $400: '70s classic heard here
"Plucked her eyebrows on the way /
Shaved her legs and then he was a she /
She says, 'Hey babe'" "Walk On The Wild Side" |
| #4065, aired 2002-04-12 | NIGHTLIFE $200: The '70s music style performed by Donna Summer is named for this type of nightspot a disco |
| #4031, aired 2002-02-25 | BEHIND THE MUSIC $800: This '50s high school love story that's thrilled people since the '70s got its own episode Grease |
| #4030, aired 2002-02-22 | MUSIC STYLES $200: The Random House word menu dates scratching, synthpop & new age back to this decade '80s |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $100: In 1973 Bette Midler revived this Andrews Sisters hit, reaching the Top 10 "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $200: This "Diana" singer wrote Tom Jones' 1971 hit "She's A Lady" Paul Anka |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $300: His "52nd Street" was the No. 1 album of 1979 Billy Joel |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $400: This James Taylor hit is subtitled "To Be Loved by You" "How Sweet It Is" |
| #3927, aired 2001-10-02 | MUSIC OF THE '70s $500: In 1973 he won a Grammy for Best Country Song for "Behind Closed Doors" Charlie Rich |
| #3898, aired 2001-07-11 | MEDIEVAL MUSIC $200: In 950 this instrument in Winchester Cathedral needed 70 men to work the bellows organ |
| #3793, aired 2001-02-14 | POP MUSIC $400: This group with Agnetha & Bjorn came to fame in the '70s after "Waterloo" won the Eurovision song contest ABBA |
| #3555, aired 2000-02-04 | MUSIC ON TV $1000: In a '70s series, PBS was "In Performance At" this Virginia site Wolf Trap |
| #3530, aired 1999-12-31 | FILMS OF THE '70s $200: This 1972 Woody Allen film included clips & music from "Casablanca", sweetheart Play It Again, Sam |
| #3356, aired 1999-03-22 | POP MUSIC $500: This group was reeling in the '70s with hits like "Reeling in the Years", "Peg" & "Do It Again" Steely Dan |
| #3145, aired 1998-04-10 | FILMS OF THE '70s $1000: A 1975 Robert Altman film centers on a music festival & political rally in this title city Nashville |
| #2967, aired 1997-06-24 | LATE-NIGHT TV $500: After midnight on Fridays in the '70s, you could catch Wolfman Jack on this NBC rock music show The Midnight Special |
| #2639, aired 1996-02-08 | MUSIC APPRECIATION $600: In the early '70s this sitarist taught at the California Institute of the Arts Ravi Shankar |
| #2635, aired 1996-02-02 | FILMS OF THE '70s $300: This 1979 nuclear disaster film starring Jane Fonda & Michael Douglas had no background music The China Syndrome |
| #2549, aired 1995-10-05 | MUSIC STYLES $200: It's the decade that introduced us to acid rock the '60s |
| #2297, aired 1994-09-06 | '70s FADS $600: This fad involved dancing on wheeled skates to loud music roller disco |
| #1889, aired 1992-11-19 | POP MUSIC $400: This rock star of the '50s & '60s hit the charts again in the '70s with the Stone Canyon Band Ricky Nelson |
| #1678, aired 1991-12-11 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Born Virginia Wynette Pugh, she was the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1968, '69 & '70 Tammy Wynette |
| #1232, aired 1990-01-02 | COLORFUL SONGS $500 (Daily Double): Played here by Mantovani, this classic was a rock 'n' roll hit in the '50s, '60s & '70s:
Instrumental music plays. "Deep Purple" |
| #912, aired 1988-07-19 | FAMOUS ARNOLDS $400: Sometimes called "The Ambassador of Country Music", he's sold over 70 million records Eddy Arnold |
| #596, aired 1987-03-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC FIRSTS $200: Cash Box magazine named him, country music's 1st black star, "The Male Country Vocalist of the '70s" Charley Pride |
| #555, aired 1987-01-23 | COUNTRY MUSIC $300: Though "Wheel of Fortune" is tops now, in the late '70s this country show was #1 in TV syndication Hee-Haw |
| #461, aired 1986-09-15 | POP MUSIC $100: In '70s song titles this word preceded "Down", "Wonderland", & "Oogie, Oogie" boogie |
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