Intros Quiz: 1977 edition
We continue our five-yearly cycle of intros quizzes, arriving at 35 years ago: 1977.
1977 was the year when the apartheid police murdered Steve Biko, New York City went dark for 25 hours and the World Trade Centre was completed; Jimmy Carter became US president and Egypt’s President Anwar al-Sadat recognised Israel; the US returned the Panama Canal to Panama; the first Apple II computer went on sale; two jumbo jets collided above the Canary Islands; members of Lynryd Skynyrd died in a plane crash; the TV mini-series Roots was sceened in the US; Sarah Michelle Gellar and Orlando Bloom were born and Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx, Elvis Presley, Marc Bolan, Bing Crosby and Matthew Garber (the kid in Mary Poppins) died.
As always, twenty intros to hit songs from that year of 5-7 seconds in length. All were single releases and/or hits that year (eight were UK #1 hits, but five of those were by US artist, and only one by a UK-based act). The answers will be posted in the comments section by Thursday. If the pesky number 15 bugs you, go to the Contact Me tab above for the answers, or better, message me on Facebook. If you”re not my FB friend, click here.
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Bollocks! Got all but one of ’em , Cant get the one straight after the Scandinavians
…and it was never 5-7 seconds!!
Typo. 1977 (1972 was the year…)
simmo, if you watch the BBC reruns of Top of the Pops, you’ll have seen that one last week.
HW, thanks for the correction. Fixed it.
1. Fleetwood Mac – Don’t Stop
2. Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
3. Status Quo – Rockin All Over The World
4. The Floaters – Float On
5. Sex Pistols – Anarchy In The UK
6. David Soul – Silver Lady
7. The Emotions – Best Of My Love
8. Kenny Rogers – Lucille
9. David Bowie – Heroes
10. Earth, Wind & Fire – Fantasy
11. Abba – The Name Of The Game
12. Deniece Williams – Free
13. Glen Campbell – Southern Nights
14. Althia & Donna – Up Town Top Ranking
15. Andy Gibb – I Just Wanna Be Your Everything
16. Elvis Presley – Way Down
17. Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
18. Bonnie Tyler – Lost In France
19. Billy Joel – Just The Way You Are
20. Hot Chocolate – So You Win Again
while, technically, the jumbo jets were above the canary islands, they were also on the ground, on the runway, when they collided. (not to detract from the overall fantasticness of you post, i hope …)