The Year - 1974

The Family News..:

Shannon was born to Sharynn (Adaska) & Raymond Jennings on Sep. 4th in Chicago.


The #1 Songs Were .....
Angie BabyHelen Reddy
Annie's SongJohn Denver
Bennie and the JetsElton John
Billy, Don't Be a HeroBo Donaldson & The Heywoods
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, BabeBarry White
Cat's in the CradleHarry Chapin
Coutry BumpkinCal Smith
Dark LadyCher
Feel Like Makin' LoveRoberta Flack
Having My BabyPaul Anka with Odia Coates
Hooked on a FeelingBlue Swede
I Honestly Love YouOlivia Newton John
I Shot the SheriffEric Clapton
The JokerSteve Miller Band
The Loco MotionGrand Funk
The Night Chicago DiedPaper Lace
Nothing from NothingBilly Preston
Rock the BoatThe Hues Corporation
Rock Your BabyGeorge McCrae
Seasons in the SunTerry Jacks
Show and TellAl Wilson
The StreakRay Stevens
SundownGordon Lightfoot
Sunshine on My ShouldersJohn Denver
Then Came YouDionne Warwick & The Spinners
The Way We WereBarbra Streisand
You Ain't Seen Nothing YetBachman-Turner Overdrive
You Haven't Done Nothin'Stevie Wonder
You're SixteeRingo Starr


AT THE MOVIES....
Best Picture - Godfather: Part II, Francis Ford Coppola; Gray Frederickson; Fred Roos
Other Nominees - Chinatown, Robert Evans (I), The Conversation, Lenny, Towering Inferno.

Best Actor - Art Carney, Harry and Tonto.
Other Nominees - Jack Nicholson, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman, Albert Finney.

Best Actress - Ellen Burstyn, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore.
Other Nominees - Faye Dunaway, Diahann Carroll, Valerie Perrine, Gena Rowlands.

Supporting Actor - Robert De Niro, Godfather: Part II.
Supporting Actress - Ingrid Bergman, Murder on the Orient Express.
Best Director - Francis Ford Coppola, Godfather: Part II.
Original Screenplay - Robert Towne, Chinatown.
Adapted Screenplay - Francis Ford Coppola; Mario Puzo, Godfather: Part II.
Best Sound - Earthquake, Ronald Pierce; Melvin M. Metcalfe Sr.
Best Song - "We May Never Love Like This Again", Towering Inferno, Al Kasha; Joel Hirschhorn


In The News..:
Patricia Hearst, age 19, daughter of publisher Randolph Hearst, kidnapped by Symbionese Liberation Army (Feb. 5).
House Judiciary Committee adopts three articles of impeachment charging President Nixon with obstruction of justice, failure to uphold laws, and refusal to produce material subpoenaed by the committee (July 30).
Richard M. Nixon announces he will resign the next day, the first President to do so (Aug. 8).
Vice President Gerald R. Ford of Michigan is sworn in as 38th President of the US (Aug. 9).
President Ford grants "full, free, and absolute pardon" to ex-President Nixon (Sept. 8).


Last updated on Saturday, May 13, 2000