1979 Flashback
Cost of Living
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Cost of Living (taken from The People History)
- Yearly Inflation Rate USA11.2%
- Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 838
- Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 15.25%
- Average Cost of new house $58,100.00
- Average Income per year $17,500.00
- Average Monthly Rent $280.00
- Cost of a gallon of Gas 86 cents
- Sony Walkman $200.00
- Jox Trainers $14.99
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TV Shows
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Music
- Ain’t No Stopping Us Now - MacFadden & Whitehead
- Bad Girls - Donna Summers
- Boogie Wonderland - Earth, Wind & Fire
- Do You Like What You Feel – Rufus & Chaka
- Don’t Stop ‘Til You get Enough – Michael Jackson
- Flashlight – Parliament Funkadelic
- Good Time – Chic
- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk
- I Wanna Be Your Lover – Prince
- Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang
- Ring My Bell – Anita Ward
- We Are Family – Sister Sledge
- Still – The Commodores
- I Got My Mind Made Up (You Can Get It Girl) - Instant Funk
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Commercials
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