Information contained in the Seventies Almanac was compiled from The Rock On Almanac by Norm N. Nite (New York: Harper & Row, 1989); The Top Ten by Bob Gilbert and Gary Theroux (New York: Fireside, 1982); The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits by Joel Whitburn (New York: Billboard Publications, 1989); The All Music Book of Hit Albums by Dave McAleer (San Francisco: Miller Freeman Books, 1995); People Weekly Entertainment Almanac (Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996); The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows by Tim Brooks and Earl Marsh (New York: Ballantine Books, 1981); and The Complete Guide To Videocassette Movies by Steven H. Scheuer (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1987).