About WAR EAGLE '70s

WHO AM I? (since February 2006) and WHAT IS IT? (premiere August 2007)

Demond Wilson, Ronn Moss- Ridge Forrester on "The Bold and the Beautiful" and founding member of Player "Baby Come Back", Mean Joe Greene, Peggy Lipton, Kate Jackson (2-17-2006 and 10-31-2007), Debbie Allen, Henry Harris (first African American men's varsity basketball player at Auburn University 3-2-2006 and 2-14-2007), Pat Sullivan (Auburn's Heisman Trophy winning quarterback of the 1970s), Susan Dey (Laurie Partridge of "The Partridge Family" who play DA Grace Van Owen on Must See TV's "L.A. Law", who fell in love with Atty. Michael Kuzak- played by Harry Hamlin, who married "that dirty, lowdown, no good, filthy, knaving Desparate Housewife" Nicolette Sheridan- both are married to somebody else now), Reverend Al Green, Ron Blomberg (major league baseball's first designated hitter), the late Isabel Sanford (The Jeffersons, the original "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" starring Sidney Poitier, Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy), Monty Python Flying Circus (October 1969 to December 1974 on BBC), Mark Spitz (seven Olympic swimming gold medals from Munich 1972 and the Speedex underwear), Thomas Gossom Jr. (Auburn Tigers' leading receiver in 1974/now entrepreneur and actor/star of "Voices of Spirits" spring semester 2006 at Foy Student Union Ballroom during African American History Month), Ralph Carter (Raisin, Michael Evans - "The Militant Midget" on "Good Times'), Rep. Shirley Chisholm (first African American woman to be elected to Congress and to run for U.S. President), Aaron Spelling, TV "mind candy" superproducer who died in June 2006, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff of Philadelphia International Records); Senator Howard Baker, longtime Senate Republican Leader from Tennessee and on Senate Watergate Committee with the late Sam Ervin- "What did the President know and when did he know it?", Candi Staton-Sussewell, Hanceville AL-born gospel star famous for "Young Hearts Run Free" and "You Got the Love" (played on the last original scene from "Sex and the City"; Edwin Moses, the world record Olympic Gold medal 400 meter hurdles star/Morehouse Man, Olympic reformer), Cynthia Tucker, Auburn Class of 1976, Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial page editor originally from Monroeville AL, Harvey Glance, (Auburn Olympic medalist and Alabama Head Track Coach), Wolfman Jack, Terry Beasley (Auburn all-time leading football receiver). Jane Curtin (one of the Original Not Ready for Prime Time Players on NBC-TV's Saturday Night Live), Soul Train creator/executive producer/original host Don Cornelius; veteran Head Football Coach Lou Holtz, who refers to Auburn University as "the University of Auburn"; Auburn Head Women's Basketball Coach Nell Fortner, Ole Miss famous defensive tackle Ben Williams (first Black Ole Miss football player and first Black Colonel Rebel); Sally, Charlie Brown's little sister who calls Linus her "Sweet Babboo." Wo Fat (Steve McGarrett's archenemy on "Hawaii Five-0" played by Khigh Dheigh/Kenneth Patterson), legendary WSFA-TV broadcaster Carl Stephens, Esther Rolle (Mrs. Florida Evans of "Good Times"); the Bee Gees, the 1970s top recording act and co-founders of 1979 U.N. Gift of Song for International Year of the Child; the late Buck Owens, co-originator of the Bakersfield Sound in country music and "Hee Haw" co-host; Betty White "The First Lady of Television" and "America's Sweetheart"; Super Bowl 22 M.V.P. QB Doug Williams; Pulitzer winning author Toni Morrison, Baseball Hall of Famer Frank Robinson; Dr. Carter G. Woodson, founder of Black History Week (now African American History Month); Ms. Rheta Grimsley Johnson (1977 Auburn grad/editor of the Plainsman/award-winning human interest reporter/columnist); Susan L. Taylor, longtime Essence editor/Essence Cares/The Future P.A.C.; Dick Cavett; Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner chaser and self-proclaimed "Super Genius"; veteran basketball Coach C. Vivian Stringer (three programs to the Final Four and 2007 NCAA ladies Division I title game loss to TN)-week of VA Tech incidents ending April 21, 2007); former MA U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, Black Republican/think tank chair emeritus/breast cancer survivor; Bob Barker "Truth or Consequences"/"The Price is Right" TV career from December 31, 1956 to June 15, 2007; Eve Plumb "Jan Brady" who is now a painter/Laguna Beach CA Design Review Board member May 30, 2007; Dr. Luther Terry, the U.S. Surgeon General responsible for banning TV/radio cigarette ads on January 2, 1971; South African anti-apartheid activist Steven Biko, women's rights activist Gloria Steinem, Mrs. Mildred Loving (interracial marriage upheld in Loving v. VA; husband died in 1975 car accident); Saturday Night Live/New Orleans native Garrett Morris, Auburn grad retired Lieutenant General Leslie Kenne; (for week leading to Kansas State football game)- Auburn University President Dr. Jay Gogue; (for week leading to Mississippi State S.E.C. football opener) - former Auburn Head Football Coach Doug Barfield, famed Soul Train Dancer/Shalamar/minidiva Jody Watley; Auburn Head Football Coach Tommy Tuberville (high school and college graduate of the 1970s), Kermit the Frog, Auburn Football Offensive Line Coach Hugh Nall, Bernadette Stanis (Thelma Evans Anderson on "Good Times" and "Girlfriends" guest star), Karen Lynn Gorney (Stephanie on "Saturday Night Fever" and Tara Martin on "All My Children"), the late Jack Lord (Det. Steve McGarrett on "Hawaii Five-0"), the late Texas U.S. Representative Attorney Barbara Jordan, Quincy Jones, Arizona Republican U.S. Senate and 2008 Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, newspaper heiress/kidnap victim/wife of security guard Patty Hearst, W.E.G.L. 91.1 listening area and statewide music stars of the 1970s Toni Tennille (of the Captain and Tennille), the Commodores and Jimmy Buffett; ABC Sports' Mouth that Roared-the late Howard Cosell, the late Auburn University President Dr. Harry M. Philpott (who served in the position from 1965 until 1980); Minister Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff, the duo behind Philadelphia International Records, unlike father and unlike son (Cuba Gooding Sr. and Jr.), 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics "perfect" gymnast Nadia Comaneci

WHAT IS IT? (premiere August 22, 2007)

The Louisiana Superdome (convention center, popular football venue and shelter from three hurricanes)

for September 4, 2007- People magazine (first issue dated March 4, 1974)

for September 18, 2007- Citizens band radios (the cell phones or My Space of its day)

for October 3, 2007- The Ford Pinto

for October 17, 2007- Earth Shoes

for November 14, 2007- The Lava Lamp

for December 28, 2007 (Chick-Fil-A Bowl Special)- The Disco Ball

for January 23, 2008- Noxzema Shave Cream

for February 27, 2008- "Sanford and Son", one of NBC-TV's most popular series of the 1970s

for March 26, 2008- The Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier heavyweight boxing classic bouts

for April 23, 2008- W.E.G.L. 91.1 FM went on the air April 25, 1971

for May 28, 2008- Grease was the word in the summer of 1978

for June 4, 2008- The Watergate scandal begins

'70s ALBUM SPOTLIGHT

for August 17, 2007- Rumours by Fleetwood Mac ("Dreams"/'Don't Stop")

for August 24, 2007-Saturday Night Fever soundtrack ("A Fifth of Beethoven"/"If I Can't Have You")

for August 31, 2007 (Kansas State Gameday Weekend episode)- The Eagles' Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ("One of These Nights/"Already Gone")

for September 7, 2007 (South Florida Gameday Weekend episode)- Bridge Over Troubled Water by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel ("Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "El Condor Pasa")

for September 14, 2007 (Mississippi State S.E.C. Opener Gameday Weekend episode)- Frampton Comes Alive by Peter Frampton ("Show Me The Way" and "Baby, I Love Your Way")

for September 21, 2007 (New Mexico State Gameday Weekend episode)- Tapestry by Carole King ("It's Too Late" and "I Feel The Earth Move")

for September 28, 2007 (Florida Road Trip episode)- Songs in the Key of Life by Stevie Wonder ("I Wish" and "Sir Duke")

for October 5, 2007 (Vanderbilt Gameday Weekend episode)- Parallel Lines by Blondie ("Heart of Glass" and "One Way or Another")

for October 12, 2007 (Arkansas Road Trip episode)- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John ("Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" and "Bennie and the Jets")

for October 19, 2007 (L.S.U. Road Trip episode)- Cosmo's Factory by Creedence Clearwater Revival ("Who'll Stop The Rain?" and "Up Around The Bend")

for October 26, 2007 (Ole Miss Gameday episode)- Grease 1 soundtrack ("Grease" megamix and Olivia Newton-John's "Hopelessly Devoted to You")

for November 2, 2007 (Homecoming episode)- 52nd Street by Billy Joel ("My Life" and "Zanzibar")

for November 9, 2007 (Georgia Road Trip episode)- Boston ("More than a Feeling" and "Peace of Mind")

for November 16, 2007 (football off week)- Spirits Having Flown by the Bee Gees ("Too Much Heaven" and "Love You Inside Out")

for November 23, 2007 (Iron Bowl 2007 Special)- Gold and Platinum by Lynyrd Skynyrd ("Sweet Home Alabama" and "Free Bird")

for November 30, 2007 (Bowl Selection episode)- Superfly soundtrack by the late Curtis Mayfield ("Superfly" and "Freddie's Dead")

for December 7, 2007 (Fall 2007 Dead Day episode)-Running On Empty by Jackson Browne ("Running On Empty" and "The Road")

for December 14, 2007 (Fall 2007 Finale)-Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt ("It's So Easy" and "Blue Bayou")

for December 28, 2007 (Chick-Fil-A Bowl Special)-Hotel California by The Eagles ("Hotel California" and "New Kid in Town")

for January 11, 2008 (Spring Semester 2008 return)-We Are Family by Sister Sledge ("We Are Family" and "Lost in Music")

for January 18, 2008- (Martin Luther King Week episode) Night Moves by Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band ("Night Moves" and "Main Street")

for January 25, 2008 (in memory of Bronner Burgess) All Things Must Pass by George Harrison ("My Sweet Lord" and "What is Life?")

for February 1, 2008 (Super Bowl 42 special/African American History Month 2008 kickoff)- Talking Book by Stevie Wonder ("Superstition" and "You Are The Sunshine Of My Life")

for February 8, 2008- (1st Lenten episode)-Why Can't We Be Friends? by War ("Why Can't We Be Friends?" and "Low Rider")

for February 15, 2008- (SGA Big Event episode)- All'n'All by Earth, Wind and Fire ("Serpentine Fire" and "Fantasy")

for February 22, 2008- (47th Birthday Weekend episode)-What's Going On? by Marvin Gaye ('What's Going On?" and "Mercy Mercy Me-The Ecology")

for February 29, 2008- (Leap Day episode)-Off The Wall by Michael Jackson ("Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough" and "Rock With You")

for March 7, 2008- (Tiger Stomp 2008 episode)-The Eagles' Greatest Hits 1971-1975 ("Peaceful Easy Feeling" and "The Best of My Love")

for March 14, 2008- (NCAA Selection 2008 episode)-Band on the Run by Paul McCartney and Wings ("Band on the Run" and "Jet")

for March 21, 2008-(Spring Break and Easter Weekend episode)-Jesus Christ Superstar original Broadway album ("Superstar" by Murray Head and The Trinidad Singers and "I Don't Know How To Love Him" cover version by Helen Reddy)

for March 28, 2008- (A-Day episode)-Aja by Steely Dan ("Peg" and "Josie")

for April 4, 2008- (Tiger Nights 2008 episode)- Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon ("Still Crazy After All These Years" and "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover")

for April 11, 2008- (Relay for Life 2008 episode)- Champagne Jam by Atlanta Rhythm Section ("Champagne Jam" and "Imaginary Lover")

for April 18, 2008- (Auburn Earthfest 2008 episode)- That's The Way Of The World soundtrack by Earth, Wind and Fire ("Shining Star" and "That's The Way Of The World")

for April 25, 2008- (Auburn City Fest 2008 episode)- Ladies' Night by Kool and The Gang ("Ladies Night" and "Too Hot")

for May 2, 2008- (spring 2008 finale)- Endless Flight by Leo Sayer ("You Make Me Feel Like Dancing" and "When I Need You")

for May 23, 2008- (Memorial Day weekend) Dreamboat Annie by Heart ("Magic Man" and "Crazy On You")

for May 30, 2008- Breakfast in America by Supertramp ("The Logical Song" and "Goodbye Stranger")

for June 6, 2008 (first for Black Music Month)- Ship Ahoy by The O'Jays ("Put Your Hands Together"/"For The Love Of Money")

for June 13, 2008 (second for Black Music Month)- Call Me by Reverend Al Green ("Call Me-Come Back Home"/"Here I Am-Come and Take Me")

for June 20, 2008 (third for Black Music Month)- Rags to Rufus by Rufus featuring Chaka Khan ("Tell Me Something Good"/"You Got The Love")

for June 27, 2008 (fourth for Black Music Month)- Fulfillingness' First Finale by Stevie Wonder ("You Haven't Done Nothing"/"Boogie On Reggae Woman")

'70s MEDLEY OF THE WEEK (since February 2006)

Blondie (The Tide is High/Heart of Glass), Sly and the Family Stone (Dance to the Music/Family Affair), Commodores (Three Times a Lady/Still), Quincy Jones composed hits (Stuff :Like That/Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough), Bruce Springsteen written hits (Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band/Fire by the Pointer Sisters), Sister Sledge (He's the Greatest Dancer/We Are Family), the O'Jays (Love Train/For the Love of Money), the Doobie Brothers (Black Water/China Grove), Rufus featuring Chaka Khan (Once You Get Started/Tell Me Something Good), Heatwave (Boogie Nights/Always and Forever), Barbara Streisand (2006 biography The Way She Is- You Don't Bring Me Flowers -with Neil Diamond/The Way We Were), Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel's original/Aretha Franklin's remake) for Holy Thursday April 2006 and Good Friday April 2007; If Loving You is Wrong, I Don't Want to be Right (Luther Ingram's original/Barbara Mandrell's remake), The Emotions (Best of My Love/Boogie Wonderland with Earth, Wind and Fire), Georgia/Alabama connection (Gladys Knight and the Pips' "Midnight Train to Georgia" and Lynyrd Skynard's "Sweet Home Alabama"), Billy Joel-The Stranger and commencement speaker- "Moving Out" and "Only the Good Die Young"; in memory of Billy Preston, who died on Alabama Primary Election Day June 6, 2006- "Nothing from Nothing" and "Will It Go Round In Circles?"), in honor of all fathers-"Your Song"- Elton John's first hit in late 1970 and "Be Thankful For What You Got" by William DeVaughn in 1974), Paul McCartney "Now That He's 64"- Listen To What The Man Said (with late first wife Linda and Wings in 1975)/The Long and Winding Road (last #1 with the Beatles in 1970); Donna Summer- "Hot Stuff" and "Bad Girls" from CD Bad Girls- second lady after Linda Ronstadt to have two top 5 in the same week in the 1970s and part of an all-female Billboard Top 5 the week of June 30, 1979- 1. Anita Ward's "Ring My Bell", 2. "Hot Stuff", 3. "Bad Girls", 4. Sister Sledge's "We Are Family" and 5. Rickie Lee Jones' "Chuck E.'s in Love"; Philadelphia International Records' 35th anniversary- "T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia)"- M.F.S.B. featuring the Three Degrees/"The Love I Lost"- Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes featuring Teddy Pendergrass); Jackson Browne- "The Load Out/Stay" from Running On Empty, Dr. Pepper '70s jingle stars David Naughton ("Makin' It") and Andrea True ("More More More"), The Sylvers from Memphis- "Boogie Fever" and "Hot Line"; two #1 "Best of My Loves"- The Emotions 1977 and the Eagles 1975 to salute Auburn summer 2006 graduates), in honor of Auburn's roots- two '70s songs about animals by former Auburn students- "Muskrat Love" by the Captain and Tennille/"Fins" by Jimmy Buffett, Commodores' two hits at the same time in 1977- Brick House/Easy, Louisiana Cuisine/2 1970s #1s about New Orleans people- Lady Marmalade by LaBelle/Brown Sugar by the Rolling Stones. in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month- "Eres Tu" by Mocedades/"Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" by Santa Esmeralda featuring Leroy Gomez; Carole King Living Room Tour (James Taylor's "You've Got A Friend"/Grand Funk Railroad's "The Locomotion"; Anthems of the Women's Rights Movement- Helen Reddy's "I Am Woman" and Gloria Gaynor's "I Will Survive"; 1970s hits about the Civil War "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by Joan Baez and "Billy, Don't Be A Hero" by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods; The Ohio Players "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster"; 1976 TV themes (for the November 2006 sweeps) "S.W.A.T." by Rhythm Heritage/"Welcome Back, Kotter" by John Sebastian.Queen's "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions"; Never Can Say Goodbye (1971 original by Jackson Five/1974-1975 remake by Gloria Gaynor); '70s James Bond themes-"Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings 1973/"Nobody Does It Better" (from "The Spy Who Loved Me") by Carly Simon 1977; winter holiday music- "Merry Christmas Darling" by the Carpenters/"Silent Night" by the Temptations) Fall 2006 and Fall 2007 Finales; '70s flower child Melanie Safka- "Brand New Key"/"Lay Down" (with the Edwin Hawkins Singers); a trip to imaginary Motown AL- "Boogie Down" by the late Eddie Kendricks from Union Springs 1974/"Easy" by the Commodores from Tuskegee University 1977; Grease is the word (in lieu of NBC-TV reality show/talent competition "Grease: You're the One That I Want")- "You're The One That I Want"- John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John and Cast/"Grease"-Frankie Valli; spreading Fleetwood Mac's Rumours "Go Your Own Way"/"Don't Stop"; "Take Me to the River" (Al Green 1974 original/Talking Heads 1979 remake); Reaping from Neil Young's Harvest- Neil Young's "Heart of Gold" 1972/the late Nicolette Larson's "Lotta Love" 1979; '70s African American anthems- Sister Sledge's "We Are Family"/McFadden and Whitehead's "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now" (46th birthday special episode); K.C. and the Sunshine Band "That's The Way I Like It"/"Shake Your Booty"; Calling all Angelas ("Angie"- The Rolling Stones 1973/"Angie Baby" -Helen Reddy 1974-1975); Remember the Pedestrians (Walk on the Wild Side-Lou Reed 1973/Walkin' In Rhythm-The Blackbyrds 1975); A Visit to the Afterlife (2 hits from 1974): Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun"/Righteous Brothers' "Rock'n'Roll Heaven"; week of VA Tech incidents ending April 21, 2007- Rod Stewart "Maggie May" 1971/"Do You Think I'm Sexy?" 1979/Peaches and Herb's two 1979 hits "Shake Your Groove Thing" and "Reunited"; Taking everyone home at end of 2006-07 academic year "Take Me Home" by Cher 1979/"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver 1971; bringing in the summer heat June 1, 2007 Hot's "Angel in Your Arms" 1977 and Heatwave's "The Groove Line" 1978 (June 1, 2007); Kansas "Carry On Wayward Son"/"Dust in the Wind"; Stax Records at 50- "If You're Ready, Come Go With Me" by The Staple Singers 1973-74/"Theme from 'Shaft' by Issac Hayes 1971; disco breakthrough in summer 1974- "Rock The Boat" by the Hues Corporation/"Rock Your Baby" by George McCrae; O Canada "American Woman" by The Guess Who 1970/"You Needed Me" by Anne Murray 1978; America the Beautiful folk rock band "A Horse With No Name"/"Ventura Highway"; Mobile's Wet Willie "Keep On Smilin'" 1974/"Street Corner Serenade" 1978; Lou Rawls "A Natural Man" 1971/"You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine" 1976; for 2007-08 Academic Year premiere August 17, 2007-Remembering Elvis Presley ("Way Down"/"The King is Gone" by Ronnie McDowell); Alpha & Omega of '70s Music ("Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" by B.J. Thomas January 1970/"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" by Rupert Holmes December 1979); Kansas State Gameday episode- Star Wars (original theme by John Williams conducting the London Symphony Orchestra and Meco Menardo's disco version in a medley with Cantina Band, both in 1977); South Florida Gameday episode- How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? (Bee Gees and the Reverend Al Green); Mississippi State S.E.C. Opener Gameday episode- Mississippi Soul (Dorothy Moore's "Misty Blue"'/B.B. King's "The Thrill Is Gone"); New Mexico State Gameday episode- The Guess Who ("American Woman" 1970/"Clap For The Wolfman" 1974); Florida Road Trip episode- Santana in salute to Hispanic Heritage Month ("Black Magic Woman"/"Oye Como Va"); Vanderbilt Gameday episode "Delta Dawn" (Tanya Tucker's 1972 country version and Helen Reddy's 1973 #1 version); Arkansas Road Trip episode- in preparation of Auburn University Hunger Awareness Week- songs by two 1970s acts named after food & drink (Hot Chocolate- "You Sexy Thing" and Ambrosia "How Much I Feel"); L.S.U. Road Trip episode- New Orleans music ("Witch Queen of New Orleans" by Redbone and "The City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie); Ole Miss Gameday episode- Carly Simon and James Taylor ("Nobody Does It Better" and "Fire and Rain"); Homecoming 2007 episode- "For the Good Times" (Ray Price's 1970 country and Top 40 hit and the Rev. Al Green's 1972 R&B remake); Georgia Road Trip episode- Gladys Knight and the Pips ("Midnight Train To Georgia" and "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me"); football off week 2007- "Fire" (the Pointer Sisters and Ohio Players), Iron Bowl 2007 Special- Ms. Dolly Parton ("Jolene" and "Here You Come Again"), Bowl Selection episode-Silver Convention ("Get Up and Boogie" and "Fly Robin Fly"), Fall 2007 Dead Day episode-Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours) (Stevie Wonder's 1970 original and Peter Frampton's 1977 remake); Chick-Fil-A Bowl Special- Saturday Night (The Bay City Rollers 1975-76 and Earth, Wind and Fire 1976-77); Spring 2008 return-the unsung Beatle Ringo Starr ("Photograph" and "You're Sixteen"); Martin Luther King Week episode-Teddy Pendergrass leading Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes ("The Love I Lost" and "Wake Up Everybody"), War Eagle Day dedication episode-"Mama Told Me Not To Come" (versions by composer Randy Newman and Three Dog Night, both from 1970), Super Bowl 42 special/African American History Month 2008 kickoff-Chic ("Dance Dance Dance" and "Le Freak"), African American History Month 2008 2nd episode-B.B. King ("Ain't Nobody Home" and "The Thrill is Gone"), African American History Month 2008/SGA Big Event episode-The Real Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin ("Rock Steady" and "Something He Can Feel"), 47th Birthday Episode-TK Records ("Clean Up Woman" by Betty Wright/"That's The Way I Like It" by K.C. and The Sunshine Band), Leap Day episode-the late Maestro of Love Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra with instrumental and vocal #1s in 1974("Love's Theme" and "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe"), Tiger Stomp 2008 episode-the works of former Fort Rucker trainer pilot Kris Krisstofferson ("Me and Bobby McGee" by the late Janis Joplin and "Help Me Make It Through The Night" by Sammi Smith, both in 1971), NCAA Selection 2008 episode-Johnny Nash ("I Can See Clearly Now" in late 1972 and "Stir It Up" in early 1973), Spring Break episode-Easter Passion music ("Put Your Hand in The Hand" by Ocean 1971, "The Lord's Prayer" by Sister Janet Mead 1974), A-Day episode (double dose of "Crazy Love" from spring 1979 by Poco and the Allman Brothers Band), Tiger Nights 2008 episode and in memory of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.-The Staple Singers ("I'll Take You There" in 1972 and "Let's Do It Again" from 1975-76- their 2 #1 pop singles of the '70s), Relay for Life 2008 episode-The Average White Band ("Pick Up The Pieces" and "Cut The Cake", both in 1975), Auburn Earthfest 2008 episode-Jackson Browne "Doctor My Eyes" from 1972 and "Running On Empty" from 1978), City Fest 2008 episode- in memory of Al Wilson and Paul Davis ("Show and Tell" and "I Go Crazy"), spring 2008 finale- the late Joe Tex ("I Gotcha" from 1972 and "Ain't Gonna Bump No More" from 1977), Memorial Day Weekend episode- Parliament ("Tear The Roof Off The Sucker" from 1976/"Flash Light" from 1978), May 30, 2008- Gerry Rafferty ("Stuck in the Middle With You" with Stealers Wheel in 1973/"Baker Street" with the sax performance of Raphael Ravenscroft in 1978); first for Black Music Month 2008- the late Johnnie Taylor ("Jody's Got Your Girl and Gone" in 1971/"Disco Lady" in 1976, first single to ever be certified platinum); Fathers' Day Weekend 2008/2nd for Black Music Month- A Thom Bell-Linda Creed Production ("You Make Me Feel Brand New" by the Stylistics 1974/"The Rubberband Man" by the Spinners 1976-1977); summer season 2008 kickoff/3rd for Black Music Month- Maxine Nightingale ("Right Back Where We Started From" in 1976/"Lead Me On" in 1979); 4th for Black Music Month- The B.T. Express ("Do It 'Til You're Satisfied" in 1974/"Express" in 1975)

CLASS ROLL CALL (since June 1, 2007)

for June 1, 2007 War Eagle '70s Weekend show- 1979 (the year the host and others graduated from high school and college; the United Nations' International Year of The Child) "Hot Stuff" by Donna Summer- #1 disco single of 1979

for June 8, 2007- 1977 (the year that Jimmy Carter became the 39th President of the U.S., that New York City suffered blackouts and Son of Sam murders, but celebrated the Yankees' first World Series title since 1962, and Roots & Star Wars) "Luckenbach, Texas" by the late Waylon Jennings- #1 country single of 1977

for June 15, 2007- 1972 (the year of the Punt, Bama, Punt game; President Nixon's reelection; major league baseball's first players' strike, terrorist acts marring the Munich Summer Olympics and the introduction of Cartrivision, the first home videocassette) "Let's Stay Together" by the Rev. Al Green- #1 soul single of 1972 and the biggest soul hit of the 1970s

for June 22, 2007- 1970 (the year of the first Earth Day, the first year of Monday Night Football, the year of the premiere of IMAX, and the year George Wallace won a bitter campaign for Alabama Governor) "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon and Garfunkel- #1 Hot 100 single of 1970 from the #1 album of 1970 of the same name

for June 29, 2007- 1973 (the year the host's baby sister Beverly was born and the host's father graduated from college, the Chinese Zodiac Year of The Ox, the year that major league baseball brought the designated hitter, Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs and O.J. Simpson became the first N.F.L. running back to gain 2,000 yards in a season) "Money" by Pink Floyd from longest running album in Billboard chart history Dark Side of the Moon

for July 6, 2007- 1976 (the year of the American Bicentennial and the Montreal Summer Olympics) "Disco Lady"by the late Johnnie Taylor- #1 soul single of 1976 and first single to ever be certified platinum (two million records sold)

for July 13, 2007- 1971 (the year Pat Sullivan won the Heisman and Henry Aaron hit career home run #600) "Easy Loving" by Loachapoka's Freddie Hart, the #1 country single of 1971

for July 20, 2007-1978 (the year of the Camp David Accords, California Proposition 13 and the first Sundance Film Festival) "Serpentine Fire" by Earth, Wind and Fire, the #1 R&B single of 1978

for July 27, 2007- 1975 (the U.N. International Year of the Woman, the year of the Thrilla in Manila- the 3rd Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier heavyweight boxing fight, and the late Auburn Coach Ralph "Shug" Jordan's final season as Head Football Coach of the Tigers) "Love Will Keep Us Together" by The Captain & Tennille, the #1 Hot 100 single of 1975. Toni Tennille, who graduated from Auburn Unviersity in 1962, has been married to her Captain (Daryl Dragon) since 1974.

for August 4, 2007 (Auburn University Move In Day special broadcast on W.E.G.L. 91)- 1974 (the year that President Nixon resigned from office, the year of two feats by Baseball Hall of Famers- Henry Aaron's record-breaking 715th career home run and Frank Robinson's appointment as Major League Baseball's first Black Manager- and Muhammad Ali's T.K.O. of George Foreman in Zaire to retake the world heavyweight boxing championship) "The Way We Were" by Barbra Streisand, the #1 Hot 100 single of 1974 from the movie that she starred in with Robert Redford (and a dedication to those moving into Auburn University as freshman, transfers and/or graduate students and those moving out through summer commencement)

for August 24, 2007- 1973 (the year that the host's newly married baby sister was born and his father graduated from now Troy University, the year that Cliff Hare Stadium became Jordan-Hare Stadium and Dr. William Highfill became the R.B.D. Library director, the year of the Watergate hearings and major league baseball's introduction of the designated hitter)- Mr. Herb's Role Models- Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford, tennis Hall of Famer/activist Billie Jean King and AL Sports Hall of Famer Wilbur Jackson (the first African American football scholarship player at the Capstone); Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Blaxploitation movie pioneer Pam Grier, Ms. Kathy Martin (former Sunday School teacher at Church of God by Faith in Ozark) and fellow 6th grader/diehard Auburn fan Brenda Corliss. "Brother Louie" by the Stories was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending August 25, 1973.

for August 31, 2007- 1977 (the year that the host's father, retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Herbert Walter Denmark Sr., graduated from the Sergeant Majors' Academy at Biggs Army Airfield near Fort Bliss and El Paso TX; the year that the New York Yankees won their first World Series title since the early 1960s; the year of Roots and Star Wars) At Auburn University, Dudley Hall was built, Dr. Joseph Gianbonne joined the Poultry Science Department, the Dobbins Collection came to RBD Library, the Haley Center opened its study area, the men's track team won the S.E.C. indoor championship and the football team went 5-6. Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late author Alex Haley and main character Kunta Kinte from Roots, and the late comedy pioneer Richard Pryor (who was no saint but told it like it was). Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- show business diva Debbie Allen, Debby Boone (who had the 1970s' biggest hit and who just celebrated her 28th year of marriage to Gabriel Ferrer) and Mr. Herb's favorite Charlie's Angel- Birmingham's own Kate Jackson. "Best of My Love" by The Emotions was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending September 3, 1977.

for September 14, 2007- 1979 (the International Year of the Child, the year of Disco Demolition Night, the Iranian hostage crisis and the host's high school graduation) At Auburn University- the Nursing School was established, the RBD Library received its one millionth volume, Aubie became a costumed mascot, Jordan-Hare Stadium began renovation, the track teams won S.E.C. and A.I.A.W. region titles and the football team went 8-3. Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late journalism/media pioneer Ed Bradley, Rev. Andrew Young and his late first wife Mother Jean (for their involvement in the United Nations) and the late Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Stargell. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- the Pointer Sisters, Sister Sledge (particularly the still sexy Joni) and fellow Morrow High School 1979 classmate Laurie Steele. The #1 Hot 100 single of 1979, The Knack's "My Sharona" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending September 15, 1979.

for September 21, 2007- 1970 (the year of the first Earth Day and the merger of the American & National Football Leagues under the N.F.L. umbrella) At Auburn University, the first U.S. Air Force woman Lieutenant General Leslie Kenne graduated; while on campus, she was the first woman R.O.T.C. student at Auburn. The football team outlasted the Enemy from Tuscaloser 33-28 in the Iron Bowl, then won the Gator Bowl from Archie Manning and Ole Miss 35-28 to finish at 9-2. Mr. Herb's Role Models- Baseball Hall of Famer Henry Aaron, former Alabama Governor Albert Brewer and Enterprise all-around good guy Junior Mallisham. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- two who have aged but still prove that Black is Beautiful - Diahann Carroll and Denise Nicholas, not to mention former next door neighbor Patricia McCraig in Fort Rucker. Diana Ross' version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending September 26, 1970.

for October 5, 2007- 1974 (the year that President Ford succeeded President Nixon, who resigned under pressure from Watergate. Mr. Ford and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller are the only President and Vice President in American history that the people never elected.) At Auburn University, Delta Sigma Theta formed its campus chapter; astronaut Kathryn Thornton, cartoonist Jimmy Johnson and Rural Studio founder Dr. Samuel Mockbee graduated. The football team went 10-2, was robbed of a victory in the Iron Bowl and then beat Texas 27-3 in the Gator Bowl. Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late Maynard Jackson (Atlanta's first African American Mayor), "the Greatest" Muhammad Ali and Baseball Hall of Famer and pioneering Manager Frank Robinson. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Cher, Helen Reddy and Raquel Welch. Olivia Newton-John's "I Honestly Love You" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending October 5, 1974.

for October 12, 2007- 1978 (the year of the Camp David Accords and the signing of the Panama Canal Treaties, Auburn graduate Fob James' election to his first term as Governor and the first 16-game regular season in the N.F.L.). At Auburn University, Dr. James Foy retired as Dean of Students, U.S.G.S. maps came to the R.B.D. Library, the men's indoor track and baseball teams won S.E.C. championships and the 6-4-1 football team prevented the undergraduate alma mater of both the host/producer of War Eagle 1970s and Auburn football Defensive Coordinator Will Muschamp from going to the Sugar Bowl. Unlike the host/producer, Mr. Muschamp has a graduate degree from Auburn (the host/producer is still getting a Ph.D.). Mr. Herb's Role Models- President Carter, the late T.V. newsman Max Robinson and Mr. October Reggie Jackson. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Morrow Senior High Class of 1980 graduate Anita Blaine, L.P.G.A. Hall of Famers Nancy Lopez and Jan Stephenson, and Wonder Woman herself Lynda Carter. "Kiss You All Over" by Exile was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending October 14, 1978. (Exile is from Lexington KY. The host wonders if they performed that song after Kentucky's football upset of L.S.U.)

for October 26, 2007- 1971 (the year that Samford Head Football Coach and 1972 Auburn alumnus quarterback Pat Sullivan won the Heisman, Loachapoka's Freddie Hart became a big country music star and W.E.G.L. 91.1 FM went on the air). Mr. Herb's Role Models- former MA Republican U.S. Senator Edward Brooke (the first African American elected to the U.S. Senate), Black Enterprise founder/publisher/editor emeritus Earl Graves Sr. and the man behind Soul Train, Don Cornelius. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Tina Turner, Fort Rucker neighbors Patricia McCraig and Ruth Ann Stanton (in a puppy love triangle) and Fort Rucker Elementary School 4th grade teacher Mrs. Parrish. Rod Stewart's "Maggie May" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending October 30, 1971.

for November 2, 2007- 1976, the Bicentennial Year. At Auburn University, Alpha Kappa Alpha's Kappa Chi chapter was formed, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist and editor Cynthia Tucker graduated, Harvey Glance won three N.C.A.A. track and field titles and helped the U.S. 4 x 100 relay team win the Gold at the Montreal Summer Olympics, the baseball team won the S.E.C. West and made the N.C.A.A. Tournanment and Doug Barfield had his first season as Auburn Head Football Coach (a 3-8 season). Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late Texas U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan and the Arizona U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater and Mr. Arizona Pro Sports Jerry Colangelo. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Three who had a crush on the host in junior high and high school (Dorice Bell, Janice Hayden and Chris Yess) and Marie Osmond. Those that listened should have noted that the host did not mention that Charlie's Angels was among the TV shows premiering in 1976- in fact, it was the highest-rated new show of the 1976-77 season. The Steve Miller Band's "Rock 'n' Me" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending November 6, 1976.

for November 16, 2007- 1975, the U.N. International Year of the Woman and the Thrilla in Manila. At Auburn University, the Walker Pharmacy Building opened, two cathode ray terminals were installed, Dr. James Foy was named the National Dean of the Year, the late Ralph "Shug" Jordan ended his coaching career, and actor/entrepreneur Thomas Gossom and C.B.N. Senior News Anchor (and former W.E.G.L. 91 Station Manager Lee Webb) graduated. Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late Arthur Ashe, Bryant Gumbel and Mary Tyler Moore. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- Chaka Khan and Chris Evert. Elton John's "Island Girl" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending November 15, 1975.

for December 14, 2007- 1972, the year of the Punt Bama Punt game, the terrorism-marred Munich Summer Games and President Nixon's historic visit to the People's Republic of China. On campus, N.A.S.A. astronaut/Auburn graduate Hank Hartsfield and his professor Dr. Fred Allison developed the space shuttle's early flight systems, and Lee Hayley succeeded Jeff Beard as Athletic Director. Off campus, Mary E. Brooks became the first African American to serve on the Auburn City Council. Mr. Herb's Role Models- the late Shirley Chisholm, the late Lloyd Haynes (Mr. Dixon on Room 222), Bill Cosby and George McGovern. Mr. Herb's Secret Crushes- fellow fifth grader Dinha Coman, Laugh In's Teresa Graves and Hee Haw/Hugh Hefner's longtime girlfriend Barbi Benton. Billy Paul's "Me and Mrs. Jones" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending December 16, 1972.

for January 18, 2008- 1972 again. Among those born in 1972 included the star? of the Icebreakers Super Bowl commercial Carmen Electra, baseball free agent catcher Mike Lieberthal, Angie Harmon of ABC-TV's "Women's Murder Club," safety Rodney Harrison of the Super Bowl 42 runnerup Patriots, Selma native/soccer legend/Mrs. Nomar Garciaparra-Mia Hamm, the founder/CEO of Under Armour Kevin Plank and Mary the Danish Crown Princess. From VHI's I Love the 70s- Issac Hayes' follicle fad of 1972 was hair all over your body. Lynda Carter's Wonders were frozen yogurt, the Atkins Diet and white zinfindal. Peter Frampton's Guitar Gods were Neil Young, Yes' and Asia's Steve Howe and Mick Ronson of David Bowie's band in the early '70s. Erik Estrada's Foxy Ladies of 1972 were Gloria Steinem and Barbi Benton, and Bo Derek's Macho Men were the late Steve McQueen and world chess champion Bobby Fischer. Don McLean's classic "American Pie" was the number one Billboard single for the week ending January 15, 1972

for February 1, 2008- Super Bowl Highlights of the 1970s (Super Bowls IV through XIII) and "Don't Do Me Like That" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who performed the Super Bowl 42 halftime show.

for February 15, 2008- 1974. Among those born in 1974 included NBA All-Star and Shaq's new teammate Steve Nash, several stars of "Saved by the Bell", Da Brat, the late Jay-Dee and the late NFL offensive guard Korey Stringer. From VH1's I Love the 70s- Issac Hayes' Follicle Fads were disposable razors and mutton chops. Lynda Carter's Wonders were People, lyposuction, Miller Lite and the V.C.R. Erik Estrada's Foxy Ladies were Bebe Buell, Britt Eklund and Sgt. Pepper Anderson of Police Woman Angie Dickinson. Bo Derek's Macho Men were Mikhail Baryshnikov, Eric Clapton and the late Freddie Prinze. The #1 single of 1974, Barbra Streisand's "The Way We Were" from the movie of the same name, was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending February 16, 1974.

for February 29, 2008- 1971, the year that Walt Disney World opened, that Soul Train premiered and Auburn graduate QB Pat Sullivan (current Samford Head Football Coach) won the Heisman Trophy in college football. Among those born in 1971 includes TLC's Chilli, Mary J. Blige, several pro wrestlers, Formula One racing champion Pedro de la Rosa, country superstar Sara Evans, and the late Lisa Left Eye Lopes of TLC and the late Queen of Tejano music Selena. From VH1's I Love the 70s: Issac Hayes' Follicle Fad was Jesus hair or he-man hair worn by members of the Who, Queen, Led Zeppelin and others. Lynda Carter's Wonders related to food and drink- Betty Crocker's Hamburger Helper, the McDonald's Big Mac and yes Starbucks Coffee (that's right, Starbucks originated in the 1970s. As you know, Starbucks closed all its stores for one day recently). Erik Estrada's Foxy Ladies were pre-Boston Legal Candice Bergen, Tina Turner and James Bond Girl Jill Saint John. Bo Derek's Macho Men were the original movie James Bond 007 Sean Connery, Rod Stewart and the late Godfather of Soul James Brown. The Osmonds' "One Bad Apple" was the #1 Billboard single for the week ending February 27, 1971.