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[…] Train show stood for and represented to our communities back in the day when it first came on national television in December 1971. In those very early 70s, entire families—from grandma to very young kids—gathered around their television sets to enjoy young people dancing and looking oh, so good! Young people who were creatively […]

Sarah Dash, best known as a powerful one third of the groundbreaking 70s group Labelle, celebrates milestone birthday with a 70’s disco brunch *54 Below, Broadway’s Supper Club will host Sarah Dash’s upcoming milestone birthday on Sunday, August 23, 2015 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. This 70s Disco themed brunch is a play on […]

*Comedian Jay Pharoah steps into the 70s for his role as record executive Cecil Holmes in the true-life music industry-based film, “Spinning Gold.” The film tells the story of one of the biggest independent record labels that came of age during the disco explosion of the 70s. Pharoah plays the right-hand man of Neil […]

*“Spinning Gold” is a new film that takes viewers back to the 70s to give the backstory on the early beginnings of one of the music industry’s most prolific independent labels. “Spinning Gold” has an all-star cast including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise, Gone Baby […]

[…] and give her assessment of the project. Here it is, straight, no chaser. Tower of Power’s Soul Side of Town project is stuck in time in the 70s for Tower of Power’s original fans who loved them in the first place. Most bands update a little bit since the 70s, nope, by listening to […]

*Oprah Winfrey is stepping back a few decades to pay tribute to the ’50s, ’60s and ’ 70s in the October 2015 issue of O magazine. Bringing back the ’50s, the media mogul channeled Audrey Hepburn to appear with upswept hair, a red lippie with matching red nails and a heavy cat eye, which […]

*Los Angeles, CA — Grammy-Nominated Artist/Percussionist Victor Orlando known as The Percussionist to the Stars presents “70’s at 70 Birthday Concert” on Tuesday, November 22, 2022, at Catalina Jazz Club, 6725 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90028.  The red-carpet opens at 7:00 PM and the Show begins at 8:30 PM. 70’s style dress is optional. Victor […]

[…] Here’s more on Rogers via Soul Tracks which was the first media outlet to report Rogers’ passing. Rogers had a string of popular R&B albums in the 70s and several songs that are revered more than four decades after their release, including the beautiful ballad “Say You Love Me” (later recorded by Natalie Cole) […]

[…] pictures with fans and did not stop until the last request was completed. Yep, he was very accommodating. His last Los Angeles concert was a Michael Henderson’s 70s House Party, where the advertisement mentioned dressing in 70s attire. Although yours truly was the only one I noticed who accepted the 70s dress assignment, not […]

[…] in his sleep. At this point, we don’t have any details regarding his health before his death, but Simmons was said to be in his mid - 70s. Here’s what his friend, singer Howard Huntsberry, posted on Facebook: “My heart is heavy right now. My friend for over 40 years has passed away. Super […]

Cast of One Day at a Time *Netflix has landed the long-rumored Latino remake of Norman Lear’s 70s sitcom “One Day At A Time” with Rita Moreno in the lead role, reports Deadline.com. The streaming service ordered 13 episodes from Sony Pictures TV, which owns rights to Lear’s library. The update revolves around a […]

[…] / Catalina Jazz Club Los Angeles / Photo by Ian Foxx *Los Angeles, CA — Grammy-Nominated Artist/Percussionist Victor Orlando, known as The Percussionist to the Stars’ “ 70s at 70 Birthday Concert” held recently at Catalina Jazz Club, was the place to be!  Black Hollywood and Victor’s fans enjoyed a night of great music, […]

*Tameka ‘Tiny’ Harris is said to be all types of turned-on by the fact that her man is playing a 70s pimp in the upcoming Netflix feature “Dolemite Is My Name!” The film is set to tell the story of Rudy Ray Moore, a legendary comedian, musician, singer, actor, and movie producer who popularized the […]

*African-American network Bounce TV is moving into the subscription VOD biz with Brown Sugar, a $3.99-per-month service for ’ 70s-era blaxploitation films including “Shaft,” “Foxy Brown,” “Super Fly,” “Cleopatra Jones,” “Blacula” and “The Mack.” At launch, Brown Sugar has 111 movie titles, but several hundred additional films, for which the company has already obtained streaming […]

[…] on Twitter. We don’t know what prompted it, but it seems he has a problem with mothers of today. He posted a meme comparing mothers in the 70s to mothers today. On the left side, fictional mother “Florida Evans” from Good Times is pictured. On the right side an unidentified young woman in a […]