Playboy
November 1977
November, 1977. I remember that Fall being unusually wet and soggy, with rain seemingly every weekend. On the radio, Firefall had a hit with 'Just Remember I Love You,' while England Dan and John Ford Coley had lots of airplay for their single 'Gone Too Far.' Two classics of 'mellow' 70s gold !!!!!!!!!
Taking a look at the November issue of Playboy, the somber state of the weather is matched in the men's fashion advertisements, where Earth Tones and muted plaids were very much the 'in' look.
In 1977 Jimmy Carter, in his first year as President, was burdened (if that's the right word) by his brother Billy Carter (1937 - 1988). Author Roy Blount, Jr. traveled to Plains, Georgia, to hang out with and report on Billy. Blount's portrait of Billy is reasonably kind, although one suspects that Billy - who was quite shrewd in how he presented himself in public - was carefully calibrated when under Blount's scrutiny.
The article does much to present the South as it was in the mid-70s, at a time when Smokey and the Bandit and the Sun Belt and Southern Rock were implanting Georgia into the nation's pop culture.
One of the more devious personalities of the 1970s was author Clifford Irving (1930 - 2017), who claimed to have interviewed reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, publishing 'The Autobiography of Howard Hughes' in 1971. The book soon was revealed to be a hoax and Irving served 17 months in jail in 1972 - 1973 for conspiracy. His account of his stay in prison should be read with some degree of skepticism.....
Arguably more appealing than Billy Carter, is the 'Bunnies of '77' portfolio.........
No implants, no BBLs, just 'natural beauty,' with those Bunnies of '77..............
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