Original Publication: Newsweek 7/26/76 By Maureen Orth with Lisa Whitman The first thing that the posh New York restaurant 21 did in honor of the Democratic National Convention was to…
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Newsweek June 28, 1976 Diana Ross is the glamourous dark horse of the female superstars. Like Barbra Streisand and Liza Minnelli, she projects an electrifying presence on records, stage and screen. She…
Read moreOriginal Publication: New Times Magazine — June 25, 1976 With the help of handwriting analysis, a test called the Psychological Assessment System and 30,000 personality files, Jim Keehner spent seven…
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Original Publication: Newsweek – June 14, 1976 Angus Deming with Elaine Shannon and Lucy Howard in Washington and Maureen Orth in New York. For the 10,000 or more women who…
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In 1976, pop stars are being pursued by some politicians the way
corporate executives and fat cats used to be. Under the new campaign laws, individuals are limited to donations of $1,000, but thanks to a loophole in the legislation, entertainers can donate their services for whatever they can bring in at the gate.
After his first American concert in ten years, Paul McCartney was flushed and triumphant. It had been six years since the breakup of the Beatles, and the audience in Fort Worth, Texas, had just given the former Beatle and his band, Wings, a screaming ovation. Paul McCartney had proved that he could make it on his own.
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