Diamond Dogs ( 1974 ), parts of which found him heading towards soul and funk, was the product of two distinct ideas: a musical based on a wild future in a post-apocalyptic city, and setting George Orwell's 1984 to music.

To promote it, Bowie launched the Diamond Dogs Tour, visiting cities in North America between June and December 1974.

* Diamond Dogs ( 1974 )

The Hope Diamond in 1974.

Bowie released nine more studio albums with RCA, all of which reached the top five of the UK Albums Chart, of which Aladdin Sane ( 1973 ), Pin Ups ( 1973 ), Diamond Dogs ( 1974 ) and Scary Monsters ( and Super Creeps ) ( 1980 ) reached the number one position.

It was first introduced as " Shine On You Crazy Diamond " on the British tour in November 1974.

Scholars have compared this film to other films which track a single object traded among various persons ( such as Diamond Handcuffs, Tales of Manhattan, The Gun ( 1974 ), Dead Man's Gun ( 1997 ), The Red Violin, etc.

Some of the acts that played in this configuration included Frank Zappa in 1973, 1976 and 1977 ; David Bowie's Diamond Dogs Tour in 1974 ; Bob Marley's Natty Dread Tour in 1975 and Kaya Tour in 1978 ; Bruce Springsteen in 1976 ; Peter Gabriel's tour in 1982 and Howard Jones in 1987.

) Although the recording of " I Don't Like It Like That " was the girls ' last chart-topper, they continued to record for a series of record labels, including Diamond, RCA Victor and Mayhew, before disbanding in 1974.

With Adrian Fisher on guitar and Dinky Diamond on drums, in the midst of power strikes and a threatened vinyl shortage, they recorded their breakthrough Kimono My House in 1974, scoring a number 2 hit with the single " This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us ", despite Elton John betting producer Muff Winwood that the song wouldn't break into the charts.

He also starred in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond ( 1960 ), Return of the Seven ( 1966 ), The Shooting ( filmed in 1965, released in 1968 ), The Thief Who Came to Dinner ( 1973 ), Cockfighter ( 1974 ), Drum ( 1976 ) and China 9, Liberty 37 ( 1978 ).

* Diamond in the Sky ( 1974 )

#: Originally from the David Bowie album Diamond Dogs ( 1974 )

#: Originally from the David Bowie album Diamond Dogs ( 1974 )

#: Originally from the David Bowie album Diamond Dogs ( 1974 )

Some remakes of the song in other languages include the 1967 French version by Graeme Allwright, covered by many, such as Françoise Hardy ( 1968 ), " Pauline Julien " ( 1969 ), Neil Diamond on Stones ( 1971 ), Nana Mouskouri ( 2002 ), Sylvie Vartan ( 2007 ), Alain Bashung ( 2008 ) ; the 1969 Dutch version by Herman van Veen ; and the 1974 Italian version by Fabrizio de André ( in his album " Canzoni ").

Individual members of the Band had played with the invitees on the following albums: in 1972 with Bobby Charles for his eponymous album ; in 1973 with Ringo Starr on Ringo ; in 1974 with Joni Mitchell on Court and Spark and with Neil Young for On the Beach ; in 1975 with Muddy Waters and Paul Butterfield on The Muddy Waters Woodstock Album ; in 1976 with Eric Clapton on No Reason to Cry and with Neil Diamond on Beautiful Noise.

Errico joined the David Bowie band for his Diamond Dogs 1974 tour of the U. S. during September 1974.

By the time of Bowie's 1974 Diamond Dogs Tour ( which was choreographed by Toni Basil ), Michael Jackson was among those attending Bowie's Los Angeles shows, later remarking on Bowie's strange moves.

On 15 November 1974 – exactly a year after the Superior Court decision – an agreement-in-principle was signed between the governments of Canada, Quebec, publicly owned Hydro-Québec, the Grand Council of the Crees, headed by Billy Diamond, and the Northern Quebec Inuit Association.

As a child, Diamond had small parts in the 1974 ABC Afterschool Special Sara's Summer of the Swans and in the 1976 film Two Minute Warning.

Diamond Dogs ( 1974 ) is an album by David Bowie.

Guests in 1974 included Rod Stewart, Joni Mitchell and Neil Diamond.

Another progressive rock act, Genesis, released the concept album The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway in 1974, a double disc that told the story of the street punk Rael.

Also in 1974, Gloria Gaynor released the first side-long disco mix vinyl album, which included a remake of The Jackson 5's " Never Can Say Goodbye " and two other songs, " Honey Bee " and " Reach Out ( I'll Be There )".

MFSB released " TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia )", a 1974 hit recording featuring vocals by The Three Degrees, which became the first disco song to reach number one, after " Love's Theme ", on the Billboard Hot 100 ; it was written as the theme song for Soul Train.

In 1974, Technics released the first SL-1200 turntable, which evolved into the SL-1200 MK2 in 1979 — which, as of the early-2010s, remains an industry standard for DJing.

In 1974, German electronic music band Kraftwerk released the 22-minute song " Autobahn ," which takes up the entire first side of that LP.

He was imprisoned in 1967 for taking part in robbing a branch of the Bank of America while brandishing a machine gun, but was released in late 1974 along with other Sandinista prisoners in exchange for Somocista hostages.

Posthumously, two albums of demo recordings from 1974 to 1977 — Hardcore Devo: Volume One ( 1990 ) and Hardcore Devo: Volume Two ( 1991 )— were released on Rykodisc, as well as an album of early live recordings, DEVO Live: The Mongoloid Years.

On 9 August 2010, Eagle Rock Entertainment released Live – The Early Years in the UK as a DVD compilation that includes Fusion – Live in London ( 1976 ) along with never before released live performances at Brunel University ( 1973 ) and on a German TV show Rockpalast ( 1974 ).

The Conversation, which Coppola directed, produced and wrote, was released that same year, winning the Palme d ' Or at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival.

The movie was released in 1974, and went on to receive tremendous critical acclaim, with many deeming it superior to its predecessor.

* In addition, in 1974, Greg Lake ( of Emerson, Lake & Palmer ) wrote and recorded the song, " I Believe In Father Christmas ", which was released as a single in 1975.

The study, released on May 25, 2007, emphasized that in real dollars, this generation's men made less ( by 12 %) than their fathers had at that same age in 1974, thus reversing a historical trend.

The original screenplay that Yukiko Takayama created after winning Toho's story contest for the next establishment in the Godzilla series, which was picked by assistant producer Kenji Tokoro and was submitted for approval on July 1st, 1974, less than four months after Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla ( 1974 ) was released.

Dungeons & Dragons was first released by TSR in January 1974 as a boxed set.

Although it received enthusiastic reviews, the release failed to chart ; his next album, Grievous Angel ( released posthumously in 1974 ) met with a similar reception, and peaked at number 195 on Billboard.

Parsons is credited as producer on Quacky Duck's only album, Media Push, released by Warner Bros. in 1974.

Other notable ' 70s slasher films include Bob Clark's Black Christmas ( 1974 ), which was released before Halloween, and was another start of the sub-genre.

Also, development of the Torana continued in with the larger mid-sized LH series released in 1974, offered only as a four-door sedan.

The Intel 8080 was the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel and was released in April 1974.

Friedman released Kinky Friedman in 1974 for ABC Records, then toured with Bob Dylan in 1975-6.

In 1974, Track Records / MCA released a Moon solo single that covered The Beach Boys songs " Don't Worry, Baby " and " Teenage Idol ".

* Animals are Beautiful People, film released in 1974

Exports to the West began in 1974 ; under the original agreement with Fiat, the car could not be sold in competition with the 124 until its replacement ( the Fiat 131 Mirafiori ) had been released and all Fiat production of the 124 had ceased.