1975

1975

MCMLXXVVIII

''This is a draft model/template of what a Year page could look like. ''This idea partly courtesy of TV Cream:
 * FA Cup Winners: West Ham Utd (2-0 v. Fulham)
 * Football League winners: Derby County
 * Christmas Number One: Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
 * UK Eurovision Entry: The Shadows - Let Me Be the One (2nd)
 * Eurovision Song Contest Winner: Teach-In - Ding-A-Dong (NL)
 * Blue Peter Team: John, Pete and Lesley
 * Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee (S12 / S13)
 * Radio 1 Breakfast Show DJ: Noel Edmonds
 * Big Christmas Day Film On BBC1: The Wizard of Oz

Main events

 * Home: Brian Clough is appointed manager of struggling Nottingham Forest (Jan.), Margaret Thatcher becomes leader of Conservative Party (Feb.), EEC Referendum (05 June), unemployment exceeds 1m., European Space Agency founded, football hooliganism rife on opening day of League season, Spaghetti House siege (Sept.), Sex Discrimination Act, Ray Bradbury's 'The History Man' published.
 * Abroad: death of Spanish dictator General Franco, fall of Saigon ends the Vietnam War, Altair personal computer launched,

New shows:

 * The Good Life (BBC1), Survivors (BBC1), Jim'll Fix It (BBC1), Seaside Special (BBC1), Angels (BBC1), Look Alive (ITV), Fawlty Towers (BBC2), Poldark (BBC1), Bod (BBC1), The Sweeney (ITV), Edward the Seventh (ITV), Winner Takes All (1975), Celebrity Squares (ITV), Space: 1999 (ITV), The Cuckoo Waltz (ITV)

Shows ending

 * The Golden Shot, Top of the Form, Til Death Us Do Part, Upstairs, Downstairs.

Other TV events

 * Coronation Street 15th anniversary,

Music

 * Biggest selling singles: Bay City Rollers - Give A Little Love, Rod Stewart - Sailing (Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody will become the biggest ever selling single released in 1975).
 * Biggest selling albums: The Best of the Stylistics, BCR - Once Upon A Star, Rod Stewart - Atlantic Crossing
 * Debut albums: AC/DC - High Voltage, Patti Smith - Horses, Gloria Gaynor - Never can Say Goodbye.
 * Eponymous debuts: Andrew Gold, Crystal Gale, Fox, Journey, Ian Hunter, The Tubes.
 * Alternative/independent albums: Brian Eno - Another Green World, Be-Bop Deluxe - Futurama, Vangelis - Heaven & Hell, Neu! - Neu! 75, Kraftwerk - Radio-Activity, Tangerine Dream - Rubycon, Sparks - Indiscreet,

Other music events:

 * Peter Gabriel leaves Genesis, Slade In Flame (movie), Tommy (movie), Sex Pistols play first live gig, Bohemian Rhapsody released, David Bowie releases Young Americans, John Lennon releases Rock n Roll, Wings release Venus and Mars.

Births

 * David Beckham (02 May), Jamie Oliver (27 May), Mel B (29 May), Russel Brand (04 June), Chris Hawkins (23 September), Declan Donnelly (25 September) and Anthony McPartlin (18 November) - [Ant & Dec], Kate Winslet (05 October), Sean Ono Lennon (09 October)

Birthdays

 * 20:
 * 30: Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, Bryan Ferry,
 * 40:
 * 50: Margaret Thatcher
 * 60:
 * 70:

Deaths

 * William Hartnell (23 April), Ross McWhirter (27 November),