Our class was special and the years we spent at school were a unique time in our lives.
This page is dedicated to popular culture of the time. Go back in time with
Music, TV, Movies, Sports, Fashion, Technology, Politics, Personalities and more.

Do you remember:

TOP SONGS

"The Way We Were" by Barbara Streisand

"Seasons In The Sun" by Terry Jacks

"Dacing Queen" by The Jackson 5

"The Loco-Motion" by Grand Funk Railroad

"The Streak" by Ray Stevens

"Bennie and the Jets" by Elton John

"Hooked on a Feeling" by Blue Swede

"Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce

"Boogie Down" by Eddie Kendricks

"The Night Chicago Died" by Paper Lace

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John 

"Beach Baby" by The First Class

POPULAR TV PROGRAMS

Kung Fu

The Waltons

Kojak

The Six Million Dollar Man

RADIO STATIONS

KLIF and DJ Ron Chapman

KNUS and DJ Randy Coffey ('73 alumnus)

WRR and show "Library of Laughs"

WBAP and DJ Bill Mack "The Midnight Cowboy"

KKDA "Soul Sockin 73"

KBOX Country

SPORTS

Dallas Cowboy games at the Cotton Bowl

Texas Rangers games at Arlington Stadium (formerly Turnpike Stadium)

And of course our Bison games at Sprague Field 

FASHION

Lowrise ellephant bell bottoms

Hotpants

Guys getting in trouble and Miss Spencer confiscating their shirt for wearing a Bisonette t-shirt

I guess Streaking could go under Fashion...

TECHNOLOGY

Pocket calculators start to appear in stores

The first use of the UPC (Universal Product Code) scanner installed in supermarkets

POLITICS

55 MPH becomes the standard maximum speed limit

Richard Nixon becomes only US president forced to resign after the Watergate Scandal

THAT COST WHAAAAT?

The average cost of a new house was $34,900 and average monthly rent was $185

The average income per year was $13,900

Cost of a gallon of gas was 42 cents

A Buick Station Wagon cost was $4,371

A Ford Galaxie 500 cost $3,883

A dozen eggs cost 45 cents

A ten acre ranch with 3 bedroom house, barn, fruit and oak trees in Calf cost $59,200

POPULAR FILMS

The Sting

The Exorcist

Blazing Saddles

The Great Gatsby

Serpico