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1971 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1971st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 971st year of the 2nd millennium, the 71st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1970s decade.
"Joy" is a 1971 instrumental pop hit record by Apollo 100. It is a contemporary rendition of a 1723 composition by Johann Sebastian Bach entitled "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring", shortened to simply "Joy". It reached number 6 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 in January 1972 and number 2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Joy" reached ...
"Joy" has been featured on the soundtracks of the films Boogie Nights, [5] One Day in September [4] and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, [6] as well as the television series The Man Who Fell to Earth. [7] While not featured on the Battle of the Sexes soundtrack, the song is heard during a scene in the film and is cited in the end credits. [8]
The year 1971 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. ... Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing. May 19 ...
The Twenty-sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified on July 1, 1971, lowering the voting age for all federal and state elections from 21 years to 18 years. The primary impetus for this change was the fact that young men were being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War before they were old enough to vote. [33]
The melody was derived from a previous song by Cook and Greenaway, originally called "True Love and Apple Pie," that was recorded in 1971 by Susan Shirley. [3] Cook, Greenaway, Backer and Billy Davis reworked the song into a Coca-Cola radio jingle, which was performed by British pop group The New Seekers and recorded at Trident Studios in ...
Apollo program: Apollo 14 returns to Earth after the third crewed Moon landing. Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro league player to become voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. February 11 – The U.S., United Kingdom, and the USSR (along with others) sign the Seabed Treaty, outlawing nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. February 20
In September 1974, King released her album Wrap Around Joy, which was certified gold on October 16, 1974, and entered the top ten at #7 on October 19, 1974. Two weeks later, it became King's third album to reach #1. Wrap Around Joy spawned two singles, "Jazzman" and "Nightingale". "Jazzman" peaked at #2 on November 9 but fell out of the top ten ...