20 Amazing Photographs of Meat Loaf on Stage

Meat Loaf, the singer and actor whose debut album Bat Out of Hell in 1977 became one of the best-selling of all time, has died at the age of 74.

“Our hearts are broken to announce that the incomparable Meat Loaf passed away tonight with his wife Deborah by his side,” his family said in a statement. “Daughters Pearl and Amanda and close friends have been with him throughout the last 24 hours.” The cause of death was unclear.

Born Marvin Lee Aday on September 27, 1947, the rock musician’s career spanned six decades across the music and film industries. He was beloved by fans and soared to unlikely rock stardom with theatrical, dark-hearted anthems and an iconic long-haired look.

He was also known for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)” and for playing Eddie in the cult film Rocky Horror Picture Show, with his show-stopping song “Hot Patootie (Bless My Soul).”

“We know how much he meant to so many of you and we truly appreciate all of the love and support as we move through this time of grief in losing such an inspiring artist and beautiful man. We thank you for your understanding of our need for privacy at this time,” the post continued. “From his heart to your souls…don’t ever stop rocking!

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30 Portraits of Lovely Ladies Featured on the Covers of Radio Control Modeler Magazines From the 1970s and 1980s

We all know about the lovely ladies who graced the covers of such manly car and bike magazines as Easy Rider, Hot Rod, and Lowrider... but there was another type of magazine that gave those macho muscle car magazines a run for their money, the radio control airplane magazine.

A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is controlled remotely by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on the position of joysticks on the transmitter. The control surfaces, in turn, affect the orientation of the plane.

The first official contest for RC model airplanes was technically held in 1936, but no contestants flew radio-controlled models that year. The first official RC contest with entrants was in 1937. And it was not until the 1970s that this form of aeromodeling became so massively popular.

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Jelly Tits: Jelly Moulds For Party People

The 1970s were a time when a few people really were having wild swinger parties, but rather more suburbanites were looking enviously on, hoping that their get-togethers might evolve into something more than fondue, mini sausages and pineapples on a stick and glasses of Babycham.

Perhaps these hopeful characters – trying their best to spice up otherwise dull parties with a hint of harmless naughtiness – were the audience for Jelly Tit moulds, which were sold by Russell Gay’s Item Publications from the pages of his magazines Knave and Fiesta.

Designed to make wibbly-wobbly breast-shaped jellies, you can imagine that in real life, these moulds would rarely result in the sort of perfectly formed examples show in the ad. At least they came in a presentation pack – though quite who you would be presenting them to is a matter of conjecture.

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32 Cool Photos Show What Weddings Looked Like in the 1970s

Weddings in the 1970s were influenced by many different trends — like hippie style, rock-and-roll style, and even a few pantsuits — as opposed to a single dominant style. Still, it was a time of change for many couples. Colored tuxedos for men became popular in the ’70s.

1970s wedding dresses from the actual decade range from prim Gunne Sax designs (a throwback Victorian look even for that era) to bombastic pantsuits (Bianca Jagger’s iconic moment), simple beaded styles to over-the-top lace and sexy boho styling. There’s no one singular look to unite the decade’s fashion, but there’s something inimitably fabulous about its most iconic details.

These cool photos from Flickr members show what weddings looked like in the 1970s.

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22 Portraits of Dolly Parton From the 1970s Proved the Higher the Hair, the Closer to Heaven

Dolly Parton is famous for her sky-high hairdo, usually in a bright shade of bleach blond. But despite it being one of her trademarks, her hair hasn’t always been that way, as she revealed: “I used to try to keep my own hair teased as big as I like it, and having the bleach and all of that, it just broke off. I thought, ‘Why am I going through all that? Why don’t I just wear wigs?’ That way, I never have a bad hair day! I have a big hair day, but not a bad hair day.”

Parton isn’t shy about the fact that she has worn wigs throughout her career. Parton has rocked lots of different wigs over the years and may be known for the high-style ones but she favors big hair.

“Well, the higher the hair, as they say…” she quipped. “But actually, I like the curls. I like the different ones. Gospel singers and country singers just have to have that big hair. It’s just a thing.”

Parton revealed that while she does sport wigs when she’s doing an appearance or performing these days, she doesn’t wear them at home all the time. “I don’t always wear [wigs] in my daily life, but I always still poof up my hair. I still like to have that flashy hair,” Parton explained.

“When I’m around home, I wear my little scrunchies,” she said. “I always put on some makeup and fix my own hair as cute as I can fix it. Wigs are just so handy. I’m so busy, and I have so many choices. I never have a bad hair day, and that’s a good thing.”

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Boston in the 1970s Through Fascinating Black and White Photos

The 1970s was a tumultuous decade in Boston. Vietnam War protests were held across the country – 50,000 people attended one such event in April 1970 in Boston.

On a local level, the Boston school desegregation conflict dominated the whole decade. The John Hancock Building went up – and down – after a 1973 storm sent some of its glass panels crashing to the ground. And, in 1978, a massive blizzard struck Boston.

These fascinating black and white photos were taken by Meredith Jacobson Marciano that show street scenes of Boston in the late 1970s.

Boston. Dover Station, circa late 1970s

Boston street vendor, 1975

Boston street graffiti, 1979

Boston. Buzzcocks, Financial Zone, 1979

Boston. Church garden near Arlington T stop, 1978

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Intimate Pictures of the London Underground in the 1970s

Back in the 1970s, when it was still acceptable to talk, kiss and smoke on the London Underground, Mike Goldwater couldn't help but feel captivated by the life of the underground community. 

“Almost everyone on the tube travels with a purpose and a destination,” said Goldwater. “On the days that I chose to photograph on the underground I would travel on a whim; jumping on and off trains, wandering a corridor here, taking an escalator there, lingering at places that felt that they might produce interesting images. This set me apart from everyone else. I felt in some way I could enter a different time, a sort of time in-between.”

Northern Line, 1974

At the time, Goldwater was still a young photographer honing his craft. For a decade, he wandered the intricate system under the city, documenting passengers traveling from place to place, capturing chance moments of intimacy and humor across this iconic network of tunnels that live beneath the capital.

“Being in very close proximity to one another during rush hours people have to shrink their personal space, while at other times of the day, parts of the system could be almost deserted.” Goldwater said. “How people responded to both situations had picture potential.”

Take a look back at the London Underground through these intimate shots below. Goldwater's work during the seventies was also selected and published as a book, London Underground 1970 – 1980, by Hoxton Mini Press.

Kings Cross, 1972

Moorgate, 1973

Northern Line, 1975

Tottenham Court road, 1977

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35 Beautiful Photos of Margaux Hemingway in the 1970s and ’80s

Born 1954 in Portland, Oregon, American fashion model, actress and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway Margaux Hemingway earned success as a supermodel in the mid-1970s, appearing on the covers of magazines including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and Time.

Hemingway signed a million-dollar contract for Fabergé as the spokesmodel for Babe perfume. Her later years were marred by highly publicized episodes of addiction and depression, before her suicide from a drug overdose on July 1, 1996, at the age of 42.

These beautiful photos captured portraits of a young Margaux Hemingway in the 1970s and 1980s.

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Ronnie Spector Photographed by Anthony Barboza, 1978

Ronnie Spector, the cat-eyed, bee-hived rock and roll siren who sang such 1960s hits as “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You” and “Walking in the Rain” as the leader of the girl group The Ronettes, has died. She was 78.

Spector died Wednesday after a brief battle with cancer, her family said. “Ronnie lived her life with a twinkle in her eye, a spunky attitude, a wicked sense of humor and a smile on her face. She was filled with love and gratitude,” a statement said. No other details were revealed.

Only a few artists in history have been capable of defining an entire era in pop music. Ronnie Spector is one of those artists: the embodiment of the heart, soul, and passion of female rock and roll in the 1960s. And to this day, no one has ever surpassed Ronnie's powerful trademark vocals, her gutsy attitude, or her innocent but knowing sexuality. For these qualities and more, Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in March 2007.

Ronnie Spector was born and raised in Spanish Harlem. She formed the Ronettes while in her teens and released her first records in 1961 on the Colpix label.

The Ronettes were also professional singers and dancers at New York’s Peppermint Lounge. There they were discovered by legendary disc jockey “Murray the K" (Murray Kaufman), who promptly hired them as dancers for his Brooklyn Fox Theater rock and roll revues.

Beginning in 1963, Ronnie Spector—as lead singer of the ultimate girl group, The Ronettes—recorded a long string of classic pop hits: powerful, poignant teen anthems like the Grammy Award-winning “Walking in the Rain,” “Do I Love You,” “Baby I Love You,” “The Best Part of Breaking Up,” “I Can Hear Music,” and the international Number One smash “Be My Baby.” These records are among the best-loved and most-emulated recordings in the history of rock and roll.

As the Number One pop group in England, Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes headlined over acts like the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton and The Yardbirds. The Beatles personally requested that the Ronettes join their final U.S. tour in August 1966; later that year, at Basin Street East, a talented young come­dian named Richard Pryor was the opening act for the Ronettes' final live performance.

In 1970, Ronnie sang on Jimi Hendrix’s recording of“Earth Blues”. In 1971, Ronnie Spector released her Apple Records debut single, “Try Some, Buy Some”—written and produced by George Harrison, with a backing band that included George, John Lennon, and Ringo Starr.

In 1976, Billy Joel wrote “Say Goodbye to Hollywood” as a tribute to Ronnie. The next year, she recorded the song with backing by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and it was issued as a single on Epic Records.

“Dental Plumper” Jaw Prosthetic Worn by Marlon Brando in ‘The Godfather’ (1972)

Marlon Brando did it for the screen test in order to make Vito Corleone “look like a bulldog.” For the filming of the movie, he had a dentist make him a custom mouthpiece to create his sagging jowls.

This dental plumper was designed by legendary makeup artist Dick Smith, and made by a New York dentist named Henry Dwork. Their first prototype used more comfortable foam latex, but it made Brando’s face look too soft and droopy, so he had them remake it in steel and resin. ⁣⁣

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This jaw prosthetic must have made Brando extremely drooly, much like the bulldogs he sought to resemble.⁣⁣ Here are some behind the scenes photos from the make-up:

Vintage Photos Capture Street Scenes of Taegu in the Early 1970s

Daegu, formerly spelled Taegu, is a city in South Korea. It is the third-largest urban agglomeration in Korea after Seoul and Busan; the third-largest official metropolitan area in the nation; and the second-largest city after Busan in the Yeongnam region in southeastern Korean Peninsula.

Daegu is located in south-eastern Korea about 80 km (50 mi) from the seacoast, near the Geumho River and its mainstream, Nakdong River in Gyeongsang-do. The Daegu basin is the central plain of the Yeongnam region.

Daegu was an economic motor of Korea during the 1960s–1980s period and was especially known for its electronics industry. The humid subtropical climate of Daegu is ideal for producing high-quality apples, thus the nickname, “Apple City”. It is also known as “Textile City”. Textiles used to be the pillar industry of the city.

These photos were taken by DRC from May 1970 to June 1971 when he served in the United States Army stationed at Camp Walker in Tague.

Downtown Tague, 1970-71

Downtown Tague, 1970-71

Downtown Tague, 1970-71

Downtown Tague, 1970-71

Downtown Tague, 1970-71

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