Browsing: 1970s pop

From bubblegum TV tie-ins to adult-contemporary polish, Cheryl Ladd’s singing career is a surprisingly serious side quest worth revisiting.

Australian-born Olivia Newton-John represented the UK in 1974, sang four arrangements, placed 4th – and called the whole Eurovision thing awkward.

How Karen Carpenter became the 1970s’ most intimate voice, why the industry pushed her off the drums, and how anorexia turned pop perfection into tragedy.