If there is any one individual who was sitting right at the intersection of the music, politics, and culture of the 1970s, it was Dolly Parton. Her appearances on "The Porter Waggoner Show" helped make her a country star, but she had eyes on more than being a side act. She had eyes on being a star and she accomplished that, all while navigating the sexism and the questions and the decisions that she made to push her career in the direction she wanted it to go. This episodes examines those choices and the inconic music that she has left as part of her enduring legacy.

EPISODE PLAY LIST

1. My Tennessee Mountain Home (1972)

2. I Will Always Love You (1974)

3. Jolene (1973)

4. Light of a Clear Blue Morning (1977)

5. Here You Come Again (1977)

6. Two Doors Down (1977)

7. 9 to 5 (1980)

Magazines were an important part of the 70s music experience. Rolling Stone, CREEM, and yup, even Tiger Beat gave information and access to our favorite singers and bands. Their influence was definitely not the same because their target audience was not the same. You were not going to see a Charles Manson interview in Tiger Beat, but that was not the reason for Tiger Beat's existence, but in a pre-internet world, there is little debate that print media was a strong influence in promoting the careers of musicians who made some of the seminal music of the era.

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PLAYLIST

1. "Your Song" by Elton John (1970)

2. "Sugar Mama" by Bonnie Raitt (1975)

3. "Changes" by David Bowie (1971)

4. "Bad Reputation" by Joan Jett (1979)

5. "We're an American Band" by Grand Funk Railroad (1973)

6. "Heartbeat, It's a Love Beat" by The DeFranco Family (1973)

7. "Hey Deanie" by Shaun Cassidy (1977)

As the U.S. approaches the 150th anniversary of The Declaration of Independence, FTR70 looks back to Episode 31, which examines 1976 and state of the nation -- and pop music -- in that bicentennal year. Things were a bit dicey in America in 1976. Gerald Ford was president, even though he only became president because of Nixon's Watergate scandal. The country was dealing with high gas prices, a shaky economy, the challenges of living with the civil rights legislation of the 1960s, and the consequences of American involvement in Vietnam. Not matter how much you trusted Walter Cronkite, the nightly news could be a bit stressful. If you were looking for an escape from all that, the pop music world was just the ticket! "Afternoon Delight," anyone?