Major Headlines for 1974
- Nixon Rejects Ervin Subpoena
- Heirs Patty Hearst Is Kidnapped By Symbionese Liberation Army
- House votes 410-4 To Investigate The President
- Solzenitsyn Is Deported From Russia
- Grand Jury Indicts presidential Aids Halderman, Erlichman, Colson
- India Announces It Has A-bomb
- Juan Peron Dies Wife Isabel Takes Over
- Nixon Resigns…Ford Sworn In As President
- Ford Gives Nixon Absolute Pardon
In The News
- 55 mile-per hour speed limit is inacted
- OPEC oil embargo ends
- Nixon agrees to pay $432,000 in back taxes
- Nelson Rockefeller is appointed Vice President as Ford becomes President
- Died, Jack Benny, Dizzy Dean, Duke Ellington, Chet Huntley, Ed Sullivan
- Muhammad Ali using "Rope a Dope" knocks out George Foreman in the 8th round
- The "String" Bikini is in fashion (Webmaster's note: Yesssss!)
- Because of gasoline shortage, daylight savings time is observed all year to save fuel
- Lt. William Calley convicted of his part in My Lai massacre is paroled
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1974 Movies
The Sting was number one at the box office while The Godfather, Part II won Best Picture at the Oscars. Other notable movies of the year include:
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1974 Sports Champions
Super Bowl IX - Pittsburgh Steelers 16, Minnesota Vikings 6, Franco Harris of Pittsburgh is the MVP
World Series - Oakland Athletics defeats the Los Angeles Dodgers, 4 games to 1, Rollie Fingers of Oakland is the MVP
Stanley Cup - Philadelphia Flyers defeats the Boston Bruins 4 games to 2, Conn Smythe (MVP) is Bernie Parent of the Flyers
NBA Champions - Boston Celtics defeat the Milwaukee Bucks, 4 games to 3, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar of the Milwaukee Bucks is the MVP
Kentucky Derby - Cannonade, 2:04, Angel Cordero (jockey), John M. Olin (owner), Woody Stephens, trainer
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1974 Grammy Awards
- Record of the Year “I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
- Album of the Year Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder (Tamla/Motown)
- Song of the Year “The Way We Were,” Marilyn and Alan Bergman and Marvin Hamlisch, songwriters
- Best New Artist of the Year Marvin Hamlisch
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Male Fulfillingness' First Finale, Stevie Wonder
- Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female “I Honestly Love You,” Olivia Newton-John
- Best Pop Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus “Band on the Run,” Paul McCartney and Wings
- Best Pop Instrumental Performance “The Entertainer,” Marvin Hamlisch
- Best Rhythm and Blues Song “Living for the City,” Stevie Wonder, songwriter
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Male “Boogie on Reggae Woman,” Stevie Wonder
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance, Female “Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing,” Aretha Franklin
- Best Rhythm and Blues Vocal Performance By a Duo, Group or Chorus “Tell Me Something Good,” Rufus
- Best Rhythm and Blues Instrumental Performance “TSOP” (The Sound of Philadelphia), MFSB
- Best Jazz Performance By a Soloist First Recordings!, Charlie Parker
- Best Jazz Performance By a Group The Trio, Oscar Peterson, Joe Pass and Niels Pedersen
- Best Jazz Performance By a Big Band Thundering Herd, Woody Herman
- Best Country Song “A Very Special Love Song,” Norris Wilson and Billy Sherrill, songwriters
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Male “Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends,” Ronnie Milsap
- Best Country Vocal Performance, Female Love Song, Anne Murray
- Best Country Vocal Performance By a Duo or Group “Fairytale,” Pointer Sisters
- Best Country Instrumental Performance The Atkins-Travis Traveling Show, Chet Atkins and Merle Travis
- Best Gospel Performance “The Baptism of Jesse Taylor,” Oak Ridge Boys
- Best Soul Gospel Performance In the Ghetto, James Cleveland and the Southern California Community Choir
- Best Inspirational Performance “How Great Thou Art,” Elvis Presley
- Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording Two Days in November, Doc and Merle Watson
- Best Instrumental Arrangement “Threshold,” Pat Williams, arranger
- Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalists “Down to You,” Joni Mitchell and Tom Scott, arrangers
- Best Instrumental Composition “Tubular Bells” (Theme From The Exorcist), Mike Oldfield, composer
- Best Score From an Original Cast Show Album Raisin, Judd Woldin and Robert Britten, composers (Columbia)
- Album of Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or a Television Special The Way We Were, Marvin Hamlisch and Alan and Marilyn Bergman, composers (Columbia)
- Album of the Year, Classical Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony (London)
- Best Classical Performance, Orchestra Berlioz, Symphonie Fantastique, Sir Georg Solti conducting Chicago Symphony
- Best Chamber Music Performance Brahms and Schumann Trios, Artur Rubinstein, Henryk Szeryng and Pierre Fournier
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (With Orchestra) Shostakovich, Violin Concerto No. 1, David Oistrakh
- Best Classical Performance, Instrumental Soloist(s) (Without Orchestra) Albeniz, Iberia, Alicia de Larrocha
- Best Opera Recording Puccini, La Bohème, Sir Georg Solti conducting London Philharmonic; solos: Caballé, Domingo, Milnes, Blegen and Raimondi (RCA)
- Best Choral Performance, Classical (Other Than Opera) Berlioz, The Damnation of Faust, Colin Davis conducting London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Ambrosian Singers and Wandsworth School Boys' Choir; solos: Gedda, Bastin, Veasey and Van Allen
- Best Classical Vocal Soloist Performance Leontyne Price Sings Richard Strauss, Leontyne Price
- Best Comedy Recording That Nigger's Crazy, Richard Pryor (Partee/Stax)
- Best Spoken Word Recording Good Evening, Peter Cook and Dudley Moore (Island)
- Best Recording for Children Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too, Sebastian Cabot, Sterling Holloway and Paul Winchell (Disneyland)
- Best Album Package Come and Gone, Ed Thrasher and Christopher Whorf, art directors (Warner Bros.)
- Best Album Notes (tie) For the Last
Time, Charles R. Townsend, annotator (United Artists)
The Hawk Flies, Dan Morgenstern, annotator (Milestone) - Best Album Notes, Classical The Classic Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Rory Guy, annotator (Angel)
- Best Producer of the Year Thom Bell
