Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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Movies were as popular as tale of a nice kid named Tony ever in 1977 and 1978. The who lived and worked in block buster Star Wars Brooklyn, New York, and was seen by many students hated every minute of it. His more than once or twice only escape from his nagging during the course of the family and boring job was summer and fall. It has to be dancing at the local disco, one of the longest running Tony was the best dancer in movies in the history of Brooklyn and every guy Billings. wanted to dance like him and Smokey and The Bandit every girl wanted him. was also profitable and a John Travolta played the crowd pleaser. Other popular part of Tony and was an choices were Semi-Tough, instant superstar after the The Goodbye Girl, He- movie was released. The roes, Oh God, The BeeGees cashed in on the Turning Point and Close music part of the film, with Encounters of the Third four consecutive hits from the Kind. soundtrack. AAovieland of Perhaps the biggest movie 1978 will be remembered as of the year in the eyes of Travolta Fever and Stay- many students was Satur- in' Alive on the dance floor, day Night Fever ' It was the to WA Music is a part of nearly v every teenager's life. Even though records are not cheap, students will readily pay six to ten dollars for an album they can't live without. The music business is boom- ing during 1977-78 and a few artists may have turned out some records that outsell any others in the history of rock'n'roll. A five-member group named Fleetwood Mac re- leased a record called Ru- mours, a semi-autobiogra phical album with a soft rock sound, and by mid summer it was no rumor that this group was hot. The record spawned such hits as Dreams, Don't Stop, and You Make Lovin' Fun. Ru- mours hung onto the num- ber one spot for an incredible 18 weeks and seemed destin- ed to stay there for an eternity. A family conglomerate called The BeeGees took the record world by storm in the winter of 1978. They knocked Fleetwood Mac out of the number one spot with a double-record album from the soundtrack of the movie Saturday Night Fever. The Brothers Gibb had been popular for nearly a decade, but now they were super- stars. Disco had always been popular, but they brought it to a new high, high, HIGH. They had four consecutive hits. They are How Deep Is Your Love? — released two months before the movie — followed by Stayin' Alive, Night Fever, and More Than A Woman. They also f0rEI6 ' .ib K wrote a hit for Yvonne Elliman called If I Can't Have You. — also from the soundtrack — and a number one song for Samantha Sang called Emotion. Barry, Robin, and Maurice also helped baby brother Andy Gibb get his start in the business with hits I Just Want To Be Your Every- thing and Love Is Thicker Than Water. The BeeGees dominated the charts like The Beatles had a decade before. Other popular groups are: Boston, Aerosmith, Kansas, ELO, Queen, Foreigner, The Eagles, Firefall, Santana. Popular male artists are: Barry Manilow, James Tay- lor, Rod Stewart, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Leo Sayer, Ted Nugent. Popular female artists are: Linda Ronstadt, Dolly Par- ton, Olivia Newton-John, Cry- stal Gale, Debby Boone, Rita Coolidge, and Carly Simon.

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Signs of the Times For all of you who just can't remember what year it was, when or who did what, we have prepared a summary of the year's events, of course, realizing that this year was the biggest and best part of your life and will be the only one you remember anyway! Words like parity, canal, and coal were heard for what seemed all over the nation. Farmers, in their struggle to gain a profit from their crops, were demanding 100 percent parity for their production. They argued that it was becoming a real fight to survive as profits gradually dwindled. A nationwide strike was called in early November and hasn't been definitely settled yet. The U.S. Senate passed by one vote, on two treaties to give up control of the Panama Canal at the turn of the century. Many disputes had arisen over the treaties and the apparent view of Montan- ans was a defeat of the treaties. The longest coal strike ever, lasting 110 days, reduc- ed energy supplies around most of the middle West as soft coal miners demanded better working conditions, higher salaries, and better health benefits. They got most of what they wanted. Two deaths left politics without the leadership of two of the Senate's most respect- ed members during the year. Senators Hubert Humphrey (MN)and Lee Metcalfe (MT) died on successive days-MeT- calfe on January 13 and Humphrey on January 14- prompting political action of particular interest in Mont- ana. Both Senators were aged 66 and had long records of service on the political scene. Metcalfe was replaced by Governor Judge's appoint ment of Chief Justice Paul Hatfield in February. School District H2 was introduced to a new superin- tendent in September with Dr. James F. Wisecup being hired for the job. However, Wisecup resigned in March and was replaced by action superintendent Virgil Poore. Billings was treated to a new hockey team and Senior High was treated to two of the Billings Bighorns' players, Harvie Pocza and Dan Earl ey, a senior and a junior. Finally, Senior High was livened up a bit when a molotov cocktail exploded near the journalism room on the second floor in the old building. Mike Strabel, an annual staff photographer, quickly extinguished the blaze by leaping through the flames to a fire extinguisher on the wall. Now that you're re oriented about what time it was when, let's see if the fads of the time will jog your memory even further.

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