Alta High School - Accipitor Yearbook (Sandy, UT)

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Music has been a major in- fluence on teenagers' lives for decades. This holds true at Alta today. Top runners in popular- ity were Journey and R.E.O. Speedwagon. These bands had been around for a while but reached their heights of popu- larity during 1981. Groups from the 60’s such as the Rolling Stones, The Who, The Doors, and The Bea- tles still rocked in the 80's, go- ing as strong as ever. Out of the early 70's, Neil Diamond is still a chart buster. Musicland claimed that they couldn't keep his new album Yester- day’s Songs in stock long enough to satisfy Utah’s needs. It seems as if “yesterday’s songs are what today’s people are listening to. BEST SELLING ALBUMS OF 1981 1 INFIDELITY REO Speedwagon 2. PARADISE THEATER Styx 3. KENNY ROGERS’ GREATEST HITS Kenny Rogers 4 DOUBLE FANTASY John Lennon Yoko Ono 5. THE JAZZ SINGER soundtrack Neil Diamond 6. 4. FOREIGNER Foreigner 7. ESCAPE Journey 8. MOVING PICTURES Rush 9. CRIMES OF PASSION Pat Benatar 10 BACK IN BLACK AC DC BEST SELLING SINGLES OF 1981 1. BETTE DAVIS EYES Kim Carnes and ENDLESS LOVE Diana Ross Lionel Richie 2. 9 TO 5 Dolly Parton 3. JESSIE’S GIRL Rick Springfield 4. MORNING TRAIN Sheena Easton 5. KEEP ON LOVING YOU REO Speedwagon 6. QUEEN OF HEARTS Juice Newton 7. CELEBRATION Kool and the Gang 8. THEME FROM THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO Joey Scarbury 9. THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE Air Supply 10. STARS ON 45 PART I Stars On Styx rock the Paradise Theater. Parton. Tomlin, and Fonda in 9 to 5. Billy Joel, the piano man. Geilguld and Moore in Arthur. 44 • Books and Music

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Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. The cast of M'A'S'H. THE MOST WATCHED T.V. SHOWS OF 1981 ACCORDING TO THE NIEL SEN RATINGS 1 M A S H (CBS) Still 1 after all of these years, and no one needs to ask why. 2 THE DUKES OF HAZZARD (CBS) Good ol’ boys Bo and Luke try to stay out of trouble in Hazzard County. 3 60 MINUTES (CBS) The first of the news magazine programs still holds a curious au dience of Sunday night viewers. 4 THREE S COMPANY (ABC) New addition Priscilla Barnes adds spice to the comedy trio. 5 THE JEFFERSONS (CBS) The movin’on-up couple still make jabs at everyone's preju dices. 6. DALLAS (CBS) J.R. lives on but Jock is dead, and the series still finds entangle ments to keep night time soapers hooked. 7. THE LOVE BOAT (ABC) Sailing into their fifth successful season. Doc. Julie. Isaac, and Go- pher struggle to keep a tight ship under Captain Stubing's com- mand. 8 DIFF’RENT STROKES (CBS) Gary Coleman, an adult in a child's body stars in the most popular black and white show on color t.v. 9 TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT (ABC) Imagine having an apartment of your very own — right beneath your parents. 10 THE FACTS OF LIFE (NBS) Charlotte Rae moves from Dif f'rent Strokes to a job as a house mother at a girls academy, where the girls teach her as much about life as she teaches them. And what were Alta students watching on ''boob tube during 1981? Well Well M’A’S'H was the runaway favorite just as it was na tion wide, and if you were a real Hawkeye addict one could even supplement the weekly new epi- sodes with reruns shown twice a day — and many people did. Chan- nel 20 s offering of Benny Hill drew a large percentage of viewers from the ten o’clock news on the net work stations. Daytime viewers (what are you doing out of school?) favored the soap opera prob lems of General Hospital. Series not appearing in national ratings, but among the most popular among students were Magnum P.I., WKRP. Mr. Merlin. Happy Days, and the Greatest American Hero. General Hospital's Luke and Laura. Wilder and Pryor in Stir Crazy. Movies And T.V. • 43

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 In Tune With ’81 - Books And Music If you were reading any of Stephen King's books (The The Jazz Singer. Neil Diamond Best selling author. Stephen King. Stand. Firestarter. Cujo, The Dead Zone), you were in the mainstream of Alta readers. Books on the macabre and oc- cult were also popular (Petals in the Wind. Flowers in the At- tic, If There Be Thorns) as were a host of fantasy novels dealing with heroes, dragons, and castles. One of the most carried paperbacks out this year was Mommie Dearest. Those who were obsessed with their weight, responded in our book survey, naming many diet books (too numerous to count- —just like calories). And final- ly, locally published L.D.S. books (Sam. Charly, and A Soul So Rebellious) were read frequently. Only one reader claimed to have read (or at least purchased) a generic book: Western. Larry Hagman as Dallas' J R. Ewing. The legendary John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Books And Music •