1975ROCK MUSIC
ROCK MUSIC AWARDS, RECORDED LIVE AT THE SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM, AUGUST 9, 1975 AND HOSTED BY DIANA ROSS AND ELTON JOHN.
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COLOR TEST PATTERN AND STATIC
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OUT OF FOCUS DISCO BALL, CU, SLOWLY SPINNING, COUNTDOWN TO AIR TIME IS HEARD, MUSICIANS WARMING UP
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BLACK SCREEN
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TITLE CARD FOR ROCK MUSIC AWARDS
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STAR BILLINGS SUPER-IMPOSED OVER OVERHEAD PAN OF AUDIENCE, ELTON JOHN, DIANA ROSS, COCA COLA LOGO, ANN-MARGRET, CHUCK BERRY, SONNY BONO, CHER, ALICE COOPER, ROGER DALTREY, KIKI DEE, NICHAEL DOUGLAS, LLA FITZGERALD, LABELLE, MANHATTAN TRANSER, KEITH MOON,OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN, TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN, VALERIE PERRINE, ROLLING STONES, BERNIE TAUPIN, BRENDA VACCARO, RAQUEL WELCH, EDGAR WINTER GROUP, RICK DERRINGER, NELSON RIDDLE, CARL JABLONSKI AND DANCERS
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CREDITS CONTINUE OVER DANCERS PERFORMING IN MYLAR FRINGED, SKIMPY COSTUMES, TO MEDLEY OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM THE LATE 1970S
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MUSICAL NUMBER END, DANCERS BACK OFF AND ELTON JOHN AND DIANA ROSS ARE DRIVING ON STAGE, SMALL GOLF CART TYPE VEHILCE, DECORATED WITH REFLECTIVE MYLAR, PODIUM RISES FROM BELOW STAGE, DIANA WEARS YELLOW FEATHERED DRESS, ELTON WEARS SILVER SUIT
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LONG SHOT OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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MS OF DIANA ROSS AND ELTON JOHN INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, CORNY JOKES, DISCUSS ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC, 21 YEARS OLD, BILL HALEY AND FRANKIE LYMAN, PRUNE JOKE, MANY GOOFY ROCK AND ROLL BAND NAMES
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CUT TO AUDIENCE, MS, LAUGHING, MEN WITH LONG HAIR, SMOKING IN AUDIENCE
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LS OF AUDIENCE AT SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM
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ELTON MENTIONS DIANA ROSS IS EXTREMELY PREGNANT, ELTON IS BEING VERY SILLY, DIANA MORE SERIOUS, ELTON READS FROM SCROLL ABOUT THE PRESENTATIONS, ELTON JOKES? ABOUT QUALUDE, SPECIAL COMPUTER SOFTWARE, PODIUM BECOMES FAKE COMPUTER
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REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COMPUTING COMPANY WALKS ON STAGE, NERDY ACCOUNTANT TAKES BOW, DIANA TALKS ABOUT THE AWARD-THE ROCKY, A MEDALLION
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VIEWS OF AUDIENCE AT THE SANTA MONICA CIVIC AUDITORIUM
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ELTON JOHN AND DIANA ROSS INTRODUCE KIKI DEE
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KIKI DEE
I GOT THE MUSIC IN ME
(live)
BLACK BACKUP SINGERS
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END MUSICAL NUMBER/SHOW'S LOGO SUPERIMPOSED, KIKI LEAVES STAGE, CAMERA PAN TO THE LEFT, ZOOMS IN ON CAMERA MEN AND CAMERA IN AISLE
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CAMERA ZOOM IN AND OUT OF SUNKEN PODIUM ON STAGE
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SLOPPY VIEW OF ELTON AND DIANA ON STAGE, WAITING, COMMERCIAL BREAK, COUNTDOWN HEARD UNTIL AIR TIME, DIANA ROSS SPEAKS ABOUT PAUL SIMON, INTRODUCES ANN MARGRET AND ROGER DALTREY
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ROGER DALTREY DRIVES CHROME AND RED BEACH BUGGY, ON STAGE WITH ANN MARGRET IN BACK, FIRE TRUCK TYPE DECORATIONS, AN MARGRET RECITES NOMINEES FOR BEST NEW FEMALE VOCALIST, PODIUM AS COMPUTER BEEPS AND FLASHES, ROGER ANNOUNCES WINNER PHOEBE SNOW, ANN CLAPS
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PHOEBE SNOW WALKS THROUGH AUDIENCE UP TO STAGE, HOLDING HER FACE IN SURPRISE, ANN MARGRET PUTS MEDALLION AROUND HER NECK AND PHOEBE SAYS THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SPEECHLESS
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VIEWS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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ANN-MARGRET AND ROGER DALTREY ANNOUNCE THE BEST FEMALE VOCALIST NOMINEES. ROGER CRACKS UP, GIGGLES
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BLACK AND WHITE DRAWINGS OF NOMINEES: ARETHA FRANKLIN, GLORIA GAYNOR, GLADYS KNIGHT, JONI MITCHELL, LINDA RONSTADT, CARLY SIMON. JONI MITCHELL WINS.
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CUT TO AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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ANN MARGRET AND ROGER DALTREY CLAP AND CLAP, BERNIE TAUPIN ACCEPTS AWARD FOR JONI MITCHELL
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DIANA ROSS AND ELTON JOHN INTRODUCE LABELLE
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LABELLE
LADY MARMALADE
(live)
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END MUSICAL NUMBER, CAMERA PANS CEILING LIGHTS, SHOW'S LOGO, COMMERCIAL BREAK TIME, PAN OF STAGE, CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND OUT OF MICROPHONES ON STAGE
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VIEW OF ORCHESTRA PIT, ZOOM INTO CURTAINS, CURTAIN RISES TO REVEAL DIANA AND ELTON, COUNTDOWN, DIANA MENTIONS UPCOMING BI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION, ELTON INTRODUCES MANHATTAN TRANSER
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MANHATTAN TRANSFER WALK ON STAGE AND SING INTRO TO RHYTHM AND BLUES NOMINEES-HERBIE MANN, GLADYS KNIGHT, LABELLE, GLORIA GAYNOR, EARTH WIND AND FIRE. WINNER IS LABELLE
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LABELLE STANDS AND WALKS UP TO STAGE TO ACCEPT, SAY THANK YOU
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LS OF AUDIENCE
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MANHATTAN TRANSFER ANNOUNCE BEST RHYTHM AND BLUES ALBUM- ANTHOLOGY BY THE TEMPTATIONS, CAUGHT UP BY MILLIE JACKSON, NIGHT BIRDS BY LABELLE, RUFUSIZED BY RUFUS, THAT'S THE WAY THE WORLD OIS BY EARTH,WIND AND FIRE. SHOW ALBUMS. FAKE COMPUTER PODIUM, THE WINNER IS EARTH, WIND AND FIRE. MINNIE RIPERTON ACCEPTS THE AWARD FOR THEM, DOES HER HIGH NOTE
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CUT TO AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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DIANA AND ELTON INTRODUCE RAQUEL WELCH AND BERNIE TAUPIN
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RAQUEL WELCH AND BERNIE TAUPIN DESCEND SITTING ON A LARGE CRESCENT MOON, ELTON GOES OVER AND GIVE BERNIE HUGS AND TRIES TO HELP HIM OFF, NOTHING WRONG. THEY INTRODUCES NOMINEES FOR BEST NEW GROUP, AVERAGE WHITE BAND, ACE, BAD COMPANY, JUSTIN HEYWOOD AND JOHN LODGE, RUFUS. THE WINNER IS BAD COMPANY. KEITH MOON ACCEPTS AWARD FOR THEM, WEARING VELVET SPANISH OUTFIT, TELLS SOME RAMBLING STORY ABOUT MARRIAGE AND ACAPULCO AND ROCK AND ROLLERS.
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AUDIENCE
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RAQUEL WELCH ANNOUNCES NOMINEES FOR BEST GROUP-STEELY DAN, THE EAGLES, ELTON JOHN BAND, ROLLING STONES, LED ZEPPELIN. CUT TO BLACK GUY SMOKING IN AUDIENCE, THE WINNER IS EAGLES. ACCEPTING THE AWARD FOR THE EAGLES IS JOE WALSH, CUT TO AUDIENCE, JOE WALSH IN LARGE TOP HAT, THANKS PRODUCTION AND GIVES SPECIAL THANKS FOR THE ROAD CREW
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AUDIENCE APPLAUDING
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DIANA ROSS INTRODUCES MANHATTAN TRANSFER
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MANHATTAN TRANSFER
OPERATOR
(live)
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END MUSICAL NUMBER/SHOW'S LOGO, COMMERCIAL BREAK TIME, STAGE CREW AT WORK, BEHIND THE SCENES
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COCA COLA LOGO SUPERIMPOSED OVER AUDIENCE, COUNTDOWN IS HEARD
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COCA COLA COMMERCIAL, SPONSOR
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DIANA ROSS ANNOUNCES STATION BREAK, STAGE CREW, BEHIND THE SCENES, CAMERA ZOOMS IN AND OUT
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DIANA ROSS AND ELTON JOHN IN GOLD SUIT, INTRODUCE TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN
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TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN DRIVE ON STAGE IN GOLD VEHICLE MADE OF TOILET AND PORCELAIN BATHTUBS, SILLY, THEY INTRODUCE BEST SONG COMPOSERS, LADY MARLALADE, THE BEST OF MY LOVE, IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL, POETRY MAN, YOU HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING, SHEET MUSIC. CUT TO AUDIENCE WITH CUTE BALCK GIRL ON FATHER'S LAP AND GREG ALLMAN. THE WINNER IS... TONY ORLANDO CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE MESSAGE FROM THE "COMPUTER", BEST OF MY LOVE WINS.
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BILL WALTON WALKS UP TO STAGE TO ACCEPT AWARD FOR J.D. SOUTHARD
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PAN OF AUDIENCE IN 1970S CLOTHING
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TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN NAME THE BEST PRODUCERS NOMINEES. THE WINNER IS... START COMPUTER
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MS OF GREG ALLMAN AND CHER IN AUDIENCE
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TONY ORLANDO AND DAWN ANNOUNCE WINNER-GEORGE MARTIN. AN ENGINEER ACCEPTS THE AWARD
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SLIGHT PAN OF AUDIENCE, LS, MUSIC STOPS, COMMERCIAL BREAK, BEHIND THE SCENES,
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ELTON JOHN AND DIANA ROSS ON STAGE WAITING, ELTON TOUCHES DIANA ROSS' VERY PREGNANT BELLY, DIANA SAYS "THE BIGGEST BOOBS I EVER HAD", AUDIENCE APPLAUSE STARTS AND ELTON INTRODUCES THE ROLLING STONES
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THE ROLLING STONES
IT'S ONLY ROCK AND ROLL
(music video)
WEARIGN SAILOR SUITS, PERFORMING IN A BLUE AND WHITE STRIPED, DOMED TENT WITH BUBBLE MACHINE
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AUDIENCE APPLAUDING, LS
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ELTON JOHN AND DIANA ROSS INTRODUCE OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN, CORNY JOKE, AND KEITH MOON
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OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN PULLS SMALL CARRIAGE/RICKSAW ON STAGE WITH KEITH MOON IN IT, DUMPS HIM BACKWARDS, KEITH MOON AKS OLIVIA TO SLEEP WITH HIM, AUDIENCE LAUGHS, PHYSICAL COMEDY. THEY INTRODUCE THE BEST NEW MALE VOCALIST NOMINEES-DAN FOGELBERG, MICHAEL MURPHY, PAUL ROGERS AND GIL SCOTT-HERON, BILLY SWANN. DAN FOGELBERG IS THE WINNER
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JOE WALSH ACCEPTS FOR DAN FOGELBERG. JOE WALSH AND KEITH MOON JOKE AROUND, CUTS TO A LAUGHING AUDIENCE. KEITH MOON IS VERY FUNNY
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AUDIENCE MS
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KEITH MOON AND OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN INTRODUCE NOMINEES FOR BEST MALE VOCALIST- BOB DYLAN, MICK JAGGER, ELTON JOHN, PAUL MCCARTNEY AND STEVIE WONDER. CUT TO STEVIE WONDER IN AUDIENCE, MS OF WOMAN IN AUDIENCE WITH LARGE HAT. STEVIE WONDER WINS
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STEVIE WONDER RISES IN AUDIENCE AND WALKS TO STAGE ACCOMPANIED BY WOMAN, STANDING OVATION, AUDIENCE SCREAMS, THANKS AUDIENCE ASKS THEM TO STAND IN MEMORY OF CANNONBALL ADDERLY, AUDIENCE STANDS
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BLACK SCREEN
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