Douglas MacArthur High School - MacArtair Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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..J'!'-5 104 seniors Seniors '78! A crowd of enthusiastic sen- iors display their school spirit during the. . Aldine pep rally, the last of the season. ,i 6' SJ

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Ba-Br Basquez, Flicky Bates, Norman Bazile, Cassandra Beard, Joyce Berger, Karla Berry, Gwen Berry, Joey Betts, Joe Bidwell, Mark Bilbo, Brian Blackshear, Julia Blakeley, David Blanton, Cheryl Bludworth, Foy Bonnett, Melissa Booker, Shirley Bowers, Naomi Braggs, Ervin Brainerd, Sandy Branham, David Branham, Joey Brickey, David Brown, Ruth Brown, Tammy 106 senio Kiss has 1st million seller in Alive The band headlined for the first time in 1975 and another album, Dressed to Kill, was released. From it came their first hit single Rock and Roll All Nite. Their first live album, Alive, was released and became Kiss' first gold record. In 1976, the three earlier albums became gold. A re- release of these three in one cover, Kiss -- The Originals, also went gold. Kiss began to tour internationally and was a success everywhere they went. They achieved more gold with the Destroyer and Rock and Roll Over albums. Peter Criss' single Beth, off the Destroyer album, became their award-winning second smash single. Kiss toured Japan in 1977, setting attendance records, then returned to the U.S. to record the Love Gun album, which very quickly went Platinum. They have now put out the Alive II album, which includes live songs from the three previous albums, plus a few newly recorded songs. Ccon't. on pg. 1083 QE? Are you looking for trouble? Senior Susan Lembcke shows the tough side of her personality while classmate Frank Agui lar tries staying away.