Sunday, August 23, 2020

Sunday Showcase August 19, 1973

It's Sunday again so let's grab an old issue of The Tennessean and see what's in my favorite section of the paper. This week's Sunday Showcase is from the August 19, 1973 paper and features a bunch of people wearing chimpanzee suits. The 29th edition of Holiday On Ice was coming to town soon.


There was a big concert on that very Sunday night over at Riverside Raceway Park. It was billed as the 2nd annual Rock 'N Roll Holiday. Check out the awesome line-up! The first Rock 'N Roll Holiday had been held in July in 1972 at the Fairgrounds and it boasted a killer bill also. 


 

Focus live October 1973

Johnny Cash was helping Hendersonville High School raise money for band uniforms. 


Holiday On Ice would be at Municipal Auditorium for 5 days of its "world famous ice show." I guess the Holiday On Ice was like car models as this was the all new 1974 edition, but 1973 wasn't over.


Holiday On Ice 1973 Spectrum Rock

Cain-Sloan had some handsome 10 speed racing bicycles for sale this week. 


Once you picked up a new 10 speed you could roll on over and pick up a pair hiker biker shoes.


The Tennessee State Fair was coming up in September and fair goers would have 2 chances to see Sonny and Cher one day and Frank Zappa was playing 2 shows a couple days later. Far out! I'm pretty sure those shows ended up being canceled.



Zappa 1973 Stockholm

I wonder if the Charles Dickens Restaurant was a chain concept? Perhaps someone will stumble across this blog who knows. 


If you thought K Furniture only sold furniture then think again. I don't remember specifically going into K Furniture, but I do remember when furniture stores would have record sections. You could buy your console stereo along with the latest LP's and 45's.


What was the hottest records in Nashville pop music for this week. Helen Reddy's version of "Delta Dawn" took the top spot. I know that I learned all the words to Jim Croce's "Big, Bad Leroy Brown" that summer. 


Badder than ole King Kong

need a shot of rhythm and blues

they called her Delta Dawn



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