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This page is where we'll list stuff like the top 10 songs of the year(s), and anything else we dream up. Pitch in and help make this page truly trivial!

= 1977 =

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt, is named 'Man of the Year'
Alaskan Pipeline opens
Ed Koch become mayor of New York
'Roots' becomes the highest rated TV show in history

Top 5 Songs of the Year:

5. I Like Dreaming - Kenny Nolan
4. Undercover Angel - Alan O'Day
3. Evergreen - Barbara Streisand
2. I Just Want To Be Your Everything - Andy Gibb

And the number 1 song was...

1. People Who Died - Jim Carroll Band

nahhh... not really...

1. You Light Up My Life - Debbie Boone (gag!)

Other hits that year

Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Feels Like the First Time - Foriegner
Dreams - Fleetwood Mac
Hotel California - Eagles
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett

Top TV Shows and Movies

Satuday Night Fever
Star Wars
Oh God!

All In The Family
Happy Days
Little House On The Prairie

= 1978 =

Leon Spinks beats Muhammed Ali for the World Heavyweight title
First 'test tube' baby is born in England
Jim Jones and 900 close friends share some bad Kool-Aid

Top 5 Songs of the Year:

5. Three Times A Lady - Commodores
4. Kiss You All Over - Exile
3. Stayin' Alive - Bee Gees
2. Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb (second year in row at #2 for Andy

And the number 1 song was...

1. Night Fever - Bee Gees

Other hits that year

Short People - Randy Newman
We Are The Champions/We Will Rock You - Queen
Lay Down Sally - Eric Clapton
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Hot Child In The City - Nick Gilder

Top TV Shows and Movies

Grease
The Deer Hunter
National Lampoons' Animal House

Lavern and Shirley
Mork and Mindy
Taxi

= 1979 =

Shah is forced to leave the Peacock Throne in Iran
American embassy in Tehran is seized and 52 hostages are held for more than a year
Three Mile Island real estate values plummet
Soviet forces invade Afghanistan
Chrysler asks federal government for 1 billion dollar loan

Top 5 Songs of the Year:

5. YMCA - Village People
4. Bad Girls - Donna Summer
3. Do Ya Think I'm Sexy - Rod Stewart
2. Le Freak - Chic

And the number 1 song was...

1. My Sharona - The Knack

Geez, this is depressing. I think maybe being in Grand Forks made us not realize just how bad pop music sucked!

Other hits that year

Chuck E's In Love - Rickie Lee Jones
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Babe - Styx
When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman - Dr. Hook
What A Fool Believes - Doobie Brothers

Top TV Shows and Movies

Alien
Star Trek - The Motion Picture
"10"

Dallas
Dukes of Hazard
That's Incredible

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