Rock music and new ownership at The Fraternity House
Local venue The Fraternity House changes hands and plans rock shows to attract long-haired crowds. Dragonwyck headlines Kanawha City tonight and tomorrow. Morris Brothers win a minor foundation grant for mountain music festivals to foster local talent this summer. Celebration of Life festival set for June on a Mississippi Island near New Orleans with 40 acts including B B King Allman brothers Beach Boys Ike and Tina Richie Havens. Four Seasons visit Charleston June 19 and Jackson Five headline Civic Center August 1. Mike Smith clashes with Stonewall Jackson at graduation. principal bans the student from receiving his diploma.
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Fraternity
Dragonwyck
Kanawha City
Morris Brothers
Mississippi River
New Orleans
B.B. King
Allmans
Beach Boys
Ike and Tina
Richie Havens
Charleston
Jackson Five
Civic Center
Rock death reports called premature says Columbia
New York critics debate rock music's status as Fillmores close and labels like Columbia emphasize metamorphosis. Clive Davis notes ongoing vitality and evolving sound, with artists from James Taylor to Elton John poised to shape the era alongside Dylan, Simon, and McCartney. Critics label soft rock as art song evolution, while Davis predicts coexistence of soft singles with top groups.
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New York
Fillmores
Columbia Records
Janis Joplin
Chicago Santana
Johnny Winter
Bob Dvnlan
the Raiders
Boz Scaggs
Columbia
Clive Davis
Davis
James Taylor
Carole King
Laura Nyro
Etton John
Bob Dylan
Paul Simon
McCartney
Lennon
Miss King
Elton John
Top weekly chart record list muddled with artist names
A cluttered compilation of top singles and album entries from Billboard Magazine. Includes songs by Rolling Stones Three Dog Night Carole King Partridge Family Doors Doors and other artists with various misprints and garbled titles.
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Brown Sugar
Rolling Stones
Honey Cone
Ringoie J
Carpen
Aretha Franklin
Donny Osmond
JaChsny
Carole King
Boo—Lobo
Partridge Family
Ocean
Helen Reddy
Murray Head
Trinidad Singers
Cornelius Brothers
Sister Rose
Richie Mavens
Daddy Dewdrop
Doors
Ay Dove Jrison Pickett
Sticky Fingers
Jesus Christ
Way Streete Crosby
Slills
Nash & Young
Tapastry
Carole Kin
Mugauge
Sim and She Blue Horizon
James Taylor
Ram—Paul & Linds McCartney
Tuli
Survival
Grand Funk Railroad
Golden Biscuits
Ringo Starr Signes First Straight Dramatic Role
London Ringo Starr has signed to star in Blindman for Saul Swimmer and Tony Anthony. The production will shoot starting Monday in Italy and Spain, marking Starr’s first straight dramatic film after Candy The Magic Christian and two Beatles films.
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London
Ringo Starr
Leslie Perrin
Saul Swimmer
Tony Anthony
Italy
Spain
Save Spaceship Earth motto shapes high school graduation
Morris Harvey College education professor Dr. Donald McGarey challenged Stonewall Jackson High School graduates to treat Earth as a spaceship with 3 billion passengers needing conservation and shared responsibility. He urged ecological leadership and unity across faiths, warning against overpopulation and inaction. Charleston High School valedictorian Brent Warner noted change accelerates since 1947 and urged focus, while student Ted Kanner prayed for an end to war so youth can pursue peaceful careers.
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Morris Harvey
Stonewall Jackson High School
Spaceship Earth
Donald McGarey
Paul Erlich
Buckminster Fuller
Buckminster Fuller, Dr. McGarey
Earth
Stonewall
James Dillinger
Charleston High School
Brent Warner
West
Tom Jones Ledger of Love and Loss in Wales Tale
The account follows Our Tom Jones from early life in Glamorgan to marriage with Linda at 16. He parents Linda and Mark faced hardship as he pursued singing in London. Manager Gordon Mills urged a move to stardom, prompting separation and Linda’s factory work to survive. Linda and Mark await Tom Jones’s Charleston visit July 16 as the couple endures misgivings.
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Thomas Jones Woodward
Out
Linda
Pontypridd
Tom
Mark
The
Senators
Gordon Mills
London
Tom and the
Squires
Mills
Wales
Sunbury- on-Thomas
Tom Jones
Charleston
Civic Center
Kerr and Rollins head humorists of Bay Area scene
Kerr and Rollins, Berkeley alums, rise as the Bay Area’s best known head humorists. They sign with Berkeley’s resident label to export a San Francisco humor style, mixing pun heavy bits with situational irony and pop culture references. Their edgy satire aims to redefine 1970s youth culture through sharp wordplay and comic risk.
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Rollins
Kerr
Congress of Wonders
John Lennon
John
Lenny
Stepheny Fetchnik
Gremlin
Berkeley
Bay Area
Congress of Won- Beans
Jerry Garcia
Phil Lesh
Billy Eckstine
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Mike
Mike Smith
Et Cetera
Stonewall Jackson
Smith
Garland Barnhart
Rock
Barnhart
West Virginia State College
Parents-Relatives
Michael Stuart Smith
Civic Center Stage
Frankie Walling
Lawrence Pierce
Wilda Mae
Wilma
Faye Southall
Claude Southall
Stuart St
Ferrell Friend
T-T-T
Terry Knight
Alex Hedrick
Beckley
Grand Funk
Fifth Ave
N.Y
Lady Linda
Sueer Londa
Treforrest
Glamorgan
Record
Congress
Eckstine
Richard Rollins
Howard Kerr
Lenny Bruce
Billy Dogs
Rod McKuen
Nancy Wilson
Billy
Carpenters
Karen Carpenter
Joe Smith
Billy Eckneaig
Martha Smit
Head Comics
San Francisco
Genesis Once Sights & Sounds
Second Floor Arcade
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