Maybe the 1970s had too many great songs, although some may have had too much respect. The decade certainly covered a wide range of genres. Right through from rock, glam or heavy or somewhere in ...

The 1970s were an interesting time for music fans. By late in the decade, disco was ruling the charts, for better or worse.

That sardine-can experience got me daydreaming about the golden age of flying—the 1950s to the 1970s—when airlines went all out to create a genuinely luxurious experience. Think of real meals ...

The easy money policies of the Federal Reserve were meant to generate full employment by the early 1970s. Instead, they caused inflation to soar. Under new leadership, the central bank reversed ...

The answer may lie in how investors survived the stagflationary 1970s, when annual inflation soared globally from the low single digits to double digits even as the economy in much of the West ...

The 1970s was one of tech's golden eras, marking the dawn of personal computing and video games. From gadgets like the first digital watch to the classic Atari 2600 game system, there was no ...

But in the 1970s, she was a normal student at the Saegertown Area Junior/Senior High School in western Pennsylvania. Throwback photos show her as a sophomore at the language arts club and the ...

Roberta Flack, a classically trained pianist who taught in the D.C. school system before launching a singing career that made her one of the most popular performers of the 1970s, with such No. 1 ...

During the 1970s, various musical genres and styles converged in the mainstream — for better or worse. And during the decade, there were certainly special musical moments that either flew under ...

The 1970s was a decade which saw tens of thousands of people move out of the city into new housing estates on the outskirts. It was a time when music and fashion were taking over and people were ...

The 1960s may have brought the pill and the sexual revolution but as the 1970s dawned equality of the sexes was still a long way off. Women could be paid less than a man for doing the same job ...

Explore collection items related to the 1970s. The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's shared history, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural ...