Pop Culture Happy Hour
1970s classics you should listen to and read now
What‘s Making Us Happy (1970s Version)
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Marvin Gaye performing in 1976.
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We’re traveling way back in time to 1971 — when Richard Nixon was president, the Beatles were newly broken up, and Fiddler on the Roof was one of the biggest movies at the box office. Today in this encore episode, we’re revisiting a special edition of What’s Making Us Happy, recommending pop culture from the 1970s – including Isaac Hayes’ Shaftsoundtrack, Carol King’s Tapestry,Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, and The Monster at the End of This Book.
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