Magazine Cover of the Week

 LIFE MAGAZINE

March 5th 1971 

Ali vs Frazier

These two legends would meet at Madison Square Garden in NYC.  Called the "Fight of the Century" by the media, a scheduled 15 round fight for the  Heavyweight championship of the world,.  Ali was in just his 3rd fight after 2 and 1/2 year absence due to being stripped of the title for refusing  induction into the US Army.

Joe Frazier would win a unanimous 15 round decision to become the new champion.  This was the first  of 3 fights between Ali & Frazier, the "Super Fight II" 1974 and "Thrilla in Manilla" in 1975.  Ali would win both of those bouts. 

 

WE LOVE THE 70s - TIMELINE 1971

Weird History's Timeline is taking you back to 1971 to revisit all the crazy news, politics, culture, and sports events. From the Watergate scandal heating up, to DB Cooper's infamous disappearance, to the premiere of Soul Train, 1971 had its share of crazy happenings. Hop on and let's take a trip together back to the groovy 70s on the Timeline train.

1971 NBA MVP

1971 NBA MVP

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

(Milwaukee Bucks)

Led the Milwaukee Bucks to the 1971 NBA World Championship

31.7 Points per Game

16.0  Rebounds per Game

3.3  Assists per Game

Led the NBA in total points with 2596

3rd in total rebounds with 1311

Accepting the MVP trophy 

The 44th Annual Academy Awards

April 10th 1972

The Oscar for Best Original Song

Theme From "Shaft" - Isaac Hayes

WE LOVE ALL IN THE FAMILY!

44 Years ago this week

The cover of TV Guide November 20-26 1971

 Jack Davis illustration

Sports Illustrated Cover of the Week

October 18th 1971

Classic Movie Poster of the Week

SHAFT

released July 2nd 1971

grossed over $13 million

All In The Family On TV Guide

May 29th 1971

May 27th 1972

TV Classics

January 12th 1966 

Batman debuts on ABC television

January 12th 1971

All In The Family debuts on CBS television

Emmy Awards 1971

From May 9th 1971, the 23rd Annual Emmy Awards and radio and tv legends Jack Benny and Lucille Ball handout the Emmys for Outstanding Performance by an Actor/Actress in a Supporting Role in a Comedy.

The nominees for Actor:
Ed Asner as Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Michael Constantine as Seymour Kaufman on Room 222 (ABC)
Gale Gordon as Harrison Carter on Here's Lucy (CBS)

The nominees for Actress:
Valerie Harper as Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (CBS)
Agnes Moorehead as Endora on Bewitched  (ABC)
Karen Valentine as Alice Johnson on Room 222  (ABC)

My Record Collection

I am going to start randomly going into my record collection and grabbing an album and give some info about it and hopefully posting some of the songs.

Today we start with Charley Pride's 1971 album "Charley Pride Sings Heart Songs" 

The album went to #1 on the Billboard Country chart but only to #38 on the Top 200 album chart.  However it did produce what has become a country standard and Charley Pride's signature song "Kiss an Angel Good Morning".  He made it to  #1 on the hot country chart, spending the entire month of January in the top spot. This was his 8th #1 country hit and his first to his only song to Billboard Top 40 pop hit going to #21 and also reaching #1 on the Canadian country singles chart.

Happy 40th Birthday Dingbat!

Today in 1971 CBS television aired the first episode of a show that would go on to change television and sitcoms forever.
This was the premier of "All in the Family" starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Rob Reiner and Sally Struthers.