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Subject: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. version)
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/09/03 at 10:40 a.m.
For those of you who might be interested, here is the list of songs that were #1 in the U.S. on Christmas Day for each year of the 1970's. Please feel free to rate the songs! :D
1970 - The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
1971 - Brand New Key - Melanie
1972 - Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
1973 - The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
1976 - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
1977 - How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees
1978 - Le Freak - Chic
1979 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Subject: Re: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. vers
Written By: bj26 on 12/09/03 at 12:12 a.m.
1970 - The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - yuk
1971 - Brand New Key - Melanie - yukky
1972 - Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul - sickning
1973 - The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich - nice
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin - sad but nice memories
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention - ech
1976 - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart- double ech
1977 - How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees - nice
1978 - Le Freak - Chic - ok dance
1979 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holme - my fave of the decade!
Subject: Re: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. vers
Written By: Howard on 12/09/03 at 04:19 p.m.
What about the Christmas songs that were played during Christmas day during the 70's?
Howard
Subject: Re: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. vers
Written By: Paul_UK on 12/11/03 at 06:16 a.m.
1970 - The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The
Miracles
You've got us to thank for this! Motown in the UK had learned by this stage how to re-issue product, they came up trumps with this long-forgotten LP track from '67 and managed to make it sell almost everywhere!...superb...5
1971 - Brand New Key - Melanie
Poor old Mel! Up to this point she was the critics' favourite, then came up with this piece of enjoyable fluff and almost killed her career stone dead! Did make our top in a roundabout way, when the Wurzels re-hashed it as 'Combine Harvester' (but that's enough of that!) 4
1972 - Me And Mrs Jones - Billy Paul
Gut-wrenchingly beautiful song...and no mistake! Superb! 5
1973 - The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich
The 'Silver Fox' doing the business with yer typical guilt-ridden country favourite...maudlin, of course, but enjoyable...4
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin
Top-notch singer/songwriter who was taken from us much too early...undoubtedly his finest...5
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention
Attractive-ish song with catchy violin hook...3
1976 - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart
Fine one from Roderick...well-remembered number...4
1977 - How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees
Lovely, drippy, mellow effort from the brothers...one of their finest...5
1978 - Le Freak - Chic
There's good disco and there's great disco...Chic had the uncanny knack of making everything of theirs sound great...this included...5
1979 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
Good number with unexpected story-twist...this guy also did some other wonderful stuff apart from this...4
Subject: Re: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. vers
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 12/11/03 at 10:11 a.m.
1970 - The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles Great song! Hadn't realized it was originally from 1967 tho'! 5
1971 - Brand New Key - Melanie Sorry, this one grates on me! 2
1972 - Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul Very soulful! 4.5
1973 - The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich Mediocre. 3
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin This man made some wonderful music! 5
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention So-so. 3
1976 - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart Pretty. 5
1977 - How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees Lovely song. 4.5
1978 - Le Freak - Chic I totally agree with Paul's comments regarding this band. 5
1979 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes And this one as well! 5
Subject: Re: #1 Song On Christmas Day Back In....(U.S. vers
Written By: Jarlnian_DelAxle on 12/14/03 at 09:51 a.m.
1970 - The Tears Of A Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles--OK, but overplayed (like all Motown) around here.
1971 - Brand New Key - Melanie--Ack.
1972 - Me And Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul--OK.
1973 - The Most Beautiful Girl - Charlie Rich--Don't know it.
1974 - Cat's In The Cradle - Harry Chapin--Great ballad, probably my second-favorite Chapin song.
1975 - Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention--Huh?
1976 - Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) - Rod Stewart--Good song...gotta love something banned in the UK.
1977 - How Deep Is Your Love - The Bee Gees--I. Hate. The. Brothers. Gibb.
1978 - Le Freak - Chic--OK...not a big disco fan, though.
1979 - Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes--Good song...and I think Holmes was/is a New Englander (like me).