"One Love/People Get Ready" by Bob Marley and the Wailers (1977)

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Love this Badfinger smash!  With slide guitar contributions by George Harrison...

Badfinger - Day After Day (1971)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E

Love this Badfinger smash!  With slide guitar contributions by George Harrison...

Badfinger - Day After Day (1971)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XonFZjuyc6E
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I just love a Beatles connection to a song.

You really? Wow! That's awesome. :)



Very cool!  8)

I saw Melanie live in the 70s and then again just a few years ago. Nowadays she performs with her son backing her on guitar and her daughter on backing vocals.


I was friends for years with her before I knew who her sister was-and I didn't learn it from her. She doesn't announce it-but she doesn't deny it,either. The most she ever told me was when I had her & her significant other over for dinner and we were talking about sibs and the question was "how many" and she said it was just her & her sister. There are some issues between the two of them. I never pressed her for any info. I figure if she wants to talk about it, she will.


Cat

This thread is great!  Why do I love it so much?

How about Deep Cuts:
How about 70's Hits:
How about Smash Hits:
:D

So I'm going deep cut.  This is an outstanding album cut from Sir Paul on the 1971 "Ram" album    :)

Paul & Linda McCartney - Too Many People
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RFXpNh4KGU


How about making this into a mixtape of some sort? :)

"Cosmic Dancer"
by T. Rex  1971
A classic!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5pw8BNPn6U

Strawbs
"Lay Down" 1973

Strawbs were far bigger in the UK and Canada than in the US, but those of us with cool taste in the US knew them.  8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-biMaqHQvpI

This thread is great!  Why do I love it so much?

How about Deep Cuts:
How about 70's Hits:
How about Smash Hits:
:D


And today I'm going to share one that probably falls into the category of "smash hits"....

"Play That Funky Music" by Wild Cherry (1976)
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This is the whole song, unedited. For some reason, lots of radio stations that play it cut out the second verse (and second instance of the chorus). Don't know why that is. This clip contains the whole thing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0
Happy Birthday to Kathy Danoff from Starland Vocal Band. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu1UXCdyNo0
Happy Birthday to Kathy Danoff from Starland Vocal Band. :)
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You and Me Against the World by Helen Reddy (1975)

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Happy birthday to Helen Reddy!

Country Joe McDonald
"Save The Whales"
A classic. received quite a bit of FM airplay in 1975.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcjbQqXyvyw

Jim Capaldi
"Love Hurts"

Capaldi was the drummer in Traffic but also an excellent singer and songwriter in his own right. He made numerous albums before his passing in 2005. This classic cover of "Love Hurts" was something of a dance hit in the UK in 1975/76.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzvDhkBnC_8

Jim Capaldi
"Love Hurts"

Capaldi was the drummer in Traffic but also an excellent singer and songwriter in his own right. He made numerous albums before his passing in 2005. This classic cover of "Love Hurts" was something of a dance hit in the UK in 1975/76.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzvDhkBnC_8
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Brings back memories of my first job in my long career in employment, and one certain work colleague, I wonder where he is now?

You and Me Against the World by Helen Reddy (1975)

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Happy birthday to Helen Reddy!



This song will always bring tears to my eyes. It was mine & my mother's song. Now the lyrics:

And when one of us is gone,
And one of us is left to carry on,
Then remembering will have to do,
Our memories alone will get us through
Think about the days of me and you,
Of you and me against the world.

really hit home because one of us is gone and I miss her dearly.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


Cat

This song will always bring tears to my eyes. It was mine & my mother's song. Now the lyrics:

And when one of us is gone,
And one of us is left to carry on,
Then remembering will have to do,
Our memories alone will get us through
Think about the days of me and you,
Of you and me against the world.

really hit home because one of us is gone and I miss her dearly.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


Cat
Unknown I had no idea of the meaning of this song for you, and reading the lyrics, and I can feel your emotion, and I can see more into the song for me over the last few years..

Gorgeously lyrical song. Beautifully written, arranged and performed. Did the 70s have staggeringly good music or what?

Rod Stewart
"Mandolin Wind"
1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlCLTWRFVyI

...Did the 70s have staggeringly good music or what?...
Rod Stewart  "Mandolin Wind"  1971


^ Yes!  :D

R.I.P. to the now late, great Wah Wah Watson

Herbie Hancock - Hang Up Your Hang Ups (1975)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgBrPQCSdW4

This song will always bring tears to my eyes. It was mine & my mother's song. Now the lyrics:

And when one of us is gone,
And one of us is left to carry on,
Then remembering will have to do,
Our memories alone will get us through
Think about the days of me and you,
Of you and me against the world.

really hit home because one of us is gone and I miss her dearly.  :\'( :\'( :\'( :\'(


Cat


That's so emotional Cat. :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=husf6po76mU
Bootsy Collins- Bootzilla

BTW, Happy Birthday Bootsy Collins, he turns 67.

A sparkling gem!

Mott the Hoople
"I Wish I Was Your Mother"
1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9IOKo6UPBg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=husf6po76mU
Bootsy Collins- Bootzilla

BTW, Happy Birthday Bootsy Collins, he turns 67.


Here's a fun one - it brings back memories of those party-hearty college days!  :)

Time for some Philly Soul!  The Stylistics had a fantastic run singing (mostly) slow jams in the early 70's.  This wasn't a huge hit, not as well known as (for instance) Betcha By Golly Wow, but it was the first hearing of the group for many of us.  And it's oh-so-sweet!  :)

The Stylistics - Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U9Y8VfJUvI

THIS is how loose and cool things were in the 70s. I remember seeing this on TV when it was broadcast on PBS, then known as NET (National Educational television), in 1971. Lives were changed by things like this.

Leon Russell
"Delta Lady" live
1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o93jTKhil9Y

...Leon Russell  "Delta Lady" live  1971...


Awesome!  :D  Leon Russell was a tremendous talent and I always liked his music

Awesome!  :D  Leon Russell was a tremendous talent and I always liked his music


The entire hour long concert is on Youtube. It can be seen here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bwMqliLXZQ

As I said in the previous post, I saw it on PBS when it aired in 1971. It blew my head off. The broadcast was called "Full Circle" and it was an hour of Leon Russell and a half hour of Cat Stevens. Both were playing in what looked like an old warehouse or something. I loved the looseness of it, with kids and dogs running around and people just hanging out.  The incredible thing about the Leon Russell segment is that there was a woman who appeared to be baking a cake from scratch while the concert was taking place, and she went around serving everybody! What a trip. The Cat Stevens segment was a bit more stripped down and subdued than Leon Russell's riotous set, but equally excellent.

Buffy Sainte-Marie
"He's An Indian Cowboy In The Rodeo"
1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E706U58tbwY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDTXljIqxRE
Wiliam Devaughn- Be Thankful For What You Got


I heard some guy on the bus this afternoon coming home singing it. ;D

Timmy Thomas
"Why Can't We Live Together"
1973

Steve Winwood also does a wonderful version of this on his 2003 album "About Time".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYx2uZRlJCk

Time for some Steely Dan!  :)  Here's an awesome deep cut -

Steely Dan - Any World (That I'm Welcome To) from their 1975 album, Katy Lied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7XQGB-kcfE

A little bubble gum/musack for your listening pleasure.  ;D ;D ;D Captain & Tennille-Circles.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J47ZWLs93w


Yeah, this one is a guilty pleasure for me.


Cat

Joe Cocker
"Cry Me A River"
from
"Mad Dogs And Englishmen"
1970

Man, people were passionate in those days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHA2afBxmbs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3HIM0z0w9Y
Fleetwood Mac- Over My Head

Another side of Fleetwood Mac.

"Bermuda Triangle"
1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNycYnn3oAE

Buckingham Nicks
"Crystal"
1973



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jpOp7u9Rok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE
Happy Birthday Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane  :)
Great song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUbMWtUyIIE
Happy Birthday Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane  :)


"Somebody To Love" came out in 1967.  Here's a 70s Jefferson Starship song featuring Grace Slick, Paul Kantner and Marty Balin on vocals.

Jefferson Starship
"There Will Be Love"
1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-QRJ5wkspA

Happy Birthday Grace Slick from Jefferson Airplane  :)


Happy Birthday indeed!  Here's Grace Slick in the 70's

Jefferson Starship - Play On Love (1975/1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IepQrwJ0d_0

This one ROCKS!  :D

Heart - Barracuda (1977)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0OX_8YvFxA

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

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The Cars - Just What I Needed (1978)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvy2yqUHLLg

8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0F9lh8TiSM
Gladys Knight & The Pips- Midnight Train To Georgia

It's just a jump to the left.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqy_czC8Fns


Cat

The Mickey Mouse cartoon makes this extra Halloween-nie...

Jackson 5 - The Boogie Man (1973)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3Pi4nXKN10

never seen that before

never seen that before


It's a little unique, but good for Halloween.  I hope you liked it!  :)

Mickey is to mush like a smiley face

A day late, and originally released in 1962, but re-released in (1973).

Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kicker 5

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A day late, and originally released in 1962, but re-released in (1973).

Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kicker 5

I was actually thinking of it the other day!!

A day late, and originally released in 1962, but re-released in (1973).

Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kicker 5

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They play that a lot on Halloween.

They play that a lot on Halloween.
...and once banned by the BBC.

A day late, and originally released in 1962, but re-released in (1973).

Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett and the Crypt-Kicker 5


Love it!  :)  I remember it getting a ton of airplay in the fall of '73.

Did you know that Leon Russell played piano in this?  He wasn't well known at that time...

The Radha Krsna Temple
"Govinda"
1971

Produced by George Harrison on Apple Records. (I remember when "Apple" was synonymous with the Beatles record label and not with electronic products, but that's another story). Harrison's style is all over it.  I love the way it starts kind of solo and builds to a swirling pitch of singing, bells, percussion, etc. Beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lmNw89rVQw

The Radha Krsna Temple
"Govinda"
1971

Produced by George Harrison on Apple Records. (I remember when "Apple" was synonymous with the Beatles record label and not with electronic products, but that's another story). Harrison's style is all over it.  I love the way it starts kind of solo and builds to a swirling pitch of singing, bells, percussion, etc. Beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lmNw89rVQw


Oh my, memories come flooding back with song!

Oh my, memories come flooding back with song!


Yes, my understanding is that the "Hare Krsna Mantra" from the same album was quite a big hit in the UK.  Believe it or not I actually heard "Govinda" on a top 40 station here in the US in 1971 as part of a "Beatles Weekend" type thing. That's where I first heard it and sought out the album. It rapidly became a collector's item around here among Beatle fans. Years later it was reissued on CD as "Chant and Be Happy".

Yes, my understanding is that the "Hare Krsna Mantra" from the same album was quite a big hit in the UK.  Believe it or not I actually heard "Govinda" on a top 40 station here in the US in 1971 as part of a "Beatles Weekend" type thing. That's where I first heard it and sought out the album. It rapidly became a collector's item around here among Beatle fans. Years later it was reissued on CD as "Chant and Be Happy".
It was played on the radio, and was considered different to hear.

I have been hearing this all over the place today-and some have nothing to do with the new movie coming out.

Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ


Cat

Time for something Funky!  :D  Larry Graham, former Sly and the Family Stone bass player, formed his own group Graham Central Station in the mid 70's before going solo in the 80's.  This one's fun...

Graham Central Station - The Jam (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Wewcu0PSs

I have been hearing this all over the place today-and some have nothing to do with the new movie coming out.

Bohemian Rhapsody-Queen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ


Cat

Time for something Funky!  :D  Larry Graham, former Sly and the Family Stone bass player, formed his own group Graham Central Station in the mid 70's before going solo in the 80's.  This one's fun...

Graham Central Station - The Jam (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Wewcu0PSs

Funky Friday!

Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg

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I used to hear this in punk clubs in the late 70s. There was also a version with French lyrics floating around, although the French lyrics apparently had nothing to do with the English lyrics.

Elton Montello
"Jet Boy Jet Girl"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO8wV6iM7e4

...and once banned by the BBC.


Why was it banned?  ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8rkTi3wv90
Happy Birthday Maxine Nightingale, She is 66. :)

Why was it banned?  ???
The BBC had banned "Monster Mash" from airplay in 1962 on the grounds that the song was "too morbid".

Here's a much beloved 70's duo with one of their best known hits -

Seals and Crofts - We May Never Pass This Way Again (1973)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvyDKkMYEZ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGyZh0VbPQ
Happy Birthday To Nick Simper from Deep Purple

The BBC had banned "Monster Mash" from airplay in 1962 on the grounds that the song was "too morbid".


nothing morbid about Monster Mash. ???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGyZh0VbPQ
Happy Birthday To Nick Simper from Deep Purple



AAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!


I used to live next door to a band and this is the ONLY song they knew how to play. It seemed like 24/7 that was all we heard. And they were pretty awful, too. Now, I can't listen to this song without cringing. (And no, I didn't listen to the video.)


Cat

AAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHH!!!!


I used to live next door to a band and this is the ONLY song they knew how to play. It seemed like 24/7 that was all we heard. And they were pretty awful, too. Now, I can't listen to this song without cringing. (And no, I didn't listen to the video.)


Cat


Every amateur guitarist tried to play this song (usually badly) when I was young. The song has turned into a cheesy cliche and I can't listen to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN1YN8x1HEo

This song reminds me of a time when I lived in an apartment complex with my mother & step-father. Each building had 3 doors and each door had 3 floors with 2 apartments on each floor. Our apartment was on the top floor and I went to visit some people who lived in the bottom floor (but the same door). Someone said that there was a party going on somewhere. So, I joined them and found myself in the middle of a field somewhere with a whole bunch of other people partying. I can't remember how long we were there for before heading back. I got home when I was supposed to and my parents thought I was downstairs all along.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5rztWa1TM


Cat

This song reminds me of a time when I lived in an apartment complex with my mother & step-father. Each building had 3 doors and each door had 3 floors with 2 apartments on each floor. Our apartment was on the top floor and I went to visit some people who lived in the bottom floor (but the same door). Someone said that there was a party going on somewhere. So, I joined them and found myself in the middle of a field somewhere with a whole bunch of other people partying. I can't remember how long we were there for before heading back. I got home when I was supposed to and my parents thought I was downstairs all along.  ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY5rztWa1TM


Cat


Appropriate you were in a field. Pete Townsend said he wrote the song after the Who played at Woodstock. He said he looked out at the crowd and it looked like everybody was dead.  Leave it to him to have a negative spin it.  ;)

cant hear the words right  but know of the sight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZk9CmJIDLQ
Happy Birthday to Harry Elston from Friends Of Distinction  :)

Dolly Parton
"Jolene"
1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrje2rXLMA

Dolly Parton
"Jolene"
1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrje2rXLMA



I can only take country in VERY small dosages but this is one country song that I do love.


Cat

I can only take country in VERY small dosages but this is one country song that I do love.


Cat


Yes, some of Dolly's songs have universal appeal and cut across all genres. "Jolene" is certainly at the top of that list.

This is my song for the day-Moondance by Van Morrison

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lFxGBB4UGU

I choreographed & preformed a dance to this. In fact, I think it was the last time I preformed on stage.


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaBjY-zm0sI
Happy Birthday Art Garfunkel.  :)

Matthews Southern Comfort
"Woodstock"
1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4S1BEH2crEs

This one ROCKS!  :D

Heart - Barracuda (1977)

Good choice; even though that one still gets played a lot (especially on classic rock stations), I like listening to this one too. O0

Dueling Banjos by Eric Weissberg



another classic instrumental O0

The Closer I Get to You by Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jhYENBxRVo

The Closer I Get to You by Roberta Flack with Donny Hathaway:


Awesome slow jam!  :)

Here's another fine slow dance classic

Eagles - Best Of My Love (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvcGv0TWek

"Love The One You're With"
Stephen Stills
big hit right around this time of year back in 1970.

"If you can't be with the one you love, honey, love the one you're with..."

A sentiment of the times.  ;)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HH3ruuml-R4

Awesome slow jam!  :)

Here's another fine slow dance classic

Eagles - Best Of My Love (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnvcGv0TWek


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm8h1-E1KuE

speaking of "Best Of My Love". :)

Cat Stevens
"Sitting"
1972
Very philosophical lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8_qVPyh3c

From '73, "I'm Just A Singer (in a Rock And Roll Band)" by The Moody Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwBpx1d6hSc

Cat Stevens
"Sitting"
1972
Very philosophical lyrics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ8_qVPyh3c
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Great song!

Celebrating Joni Mitchell's birthday today!

"Big Yellow Taxi" from 1970

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When I was in New York City, the taxis were all the same size.  ;D

Celebrating Joni Mitchell's birthday today!

"Big Yellow Taxi" from 1970

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When I was in New York City, the taxis were all the same size.  ;D


I always liked this one, from her classic "Hejira" album .

Joni Mitchell
"Song For Sharon"
1976

"There was a gypsy down on Bleeker Street
I went in to see her as a kind of joke
She lit a candle for my love luck
And 18 bucks went up in smoke!..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG0kNny3WlY

Celebrating Joni Mitchell's birthday today!

"Big Yellow Taxi" from 1970


When I was in New York City, the taxis were all the same size.  ;D

Happy 75th birthday Joni! I'm sure they all are the same size. ;)

Happy 75th birthday Joni! I'm sure they all are the same size. ;)


She also mentions yellow New York taxis in this song. Whenever I've been in New York and see those seeming fleets of taxis going by, I always think of the line from this song:

"Yellow schools of taxi fishes
Jonah in a ticking whale
Caught up at the light in the fishnet windows
Of Bloomingdale's"

That's exactly what they look like! "Yellow schools of taxi fishes".

Joni Mitchell
"Harry's House/Centerpiece"
from
The Hissing of Summer Lawns" (Prince's favorite album!)
1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RS0wzDMfzOQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsjqR1IlvE
Enjoy Yourself- Jacksons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IsjqR1IlvE
Enjoy Yourself- Jacksons
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Enjoy that song!

An unusual hit, this smash quickly burned its way into this H.S. Sophomore's adoring ears  :D

Billy Swan - I Can Help (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZZeU8Vf3E

An unusual hit, this smash quickly burned its way into this H.S. Sophomore's adoring ears  :D

Billy Swan - I Can Help (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdZZeU8Vf3E


Billy Swan has always been a close friend and collaborator of Kris Kristofferson. Kristofferson mentions Swan in the spoken intro, a litany of musical and other outlaws, to this classic song.

Kris Kristofferson
"The Pilgrim (Chapter 33)"
1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVUILVM0Xw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kE0pwJ5PMDg
Happy Birthday to the late great Minnie Riperton, She would've been 71. :\'(

Michael Nesmith & The First National Band
"Joanne"
A hit in 1970. I used to hear it on the radio back then. A lovely song with a touch of the metaphysical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8I9WKMi37U

Gold!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVUtpUdY3Uo

Stevie Nicks does backup on this.


Cat

Gold!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVUtpUdY3Uo

Stevie Nicks does backup on this.


Cat


I saw John Stewart live a number of times. Excellent musician and songwriter. After his time in the Kingston Trio (1961-1967) he recorded over 40 solo albums before his untimely death in 2008 at age 68.  We shall delve into some of them here in the coming times.  ;) 8)

This duo had pretty much stopped recording together by about '72 or so.  Nonetheless they got together and recorded this catchy tune out of the blue...

Simon and Garfunkel - My Little Town (1975)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBN3u1cGZEA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOmhKpwpDkc
Linda Clifford- Runaway Love

I saw John Stewart live a number of times. Excellent musician and songwriter. After his time in the Kingston Trio (1961-1967) he recorded over 40 solo albums before his untimely death in 2008 at age 68.  We shall delve into some of them here in the coming times.  ;) 8)



I didn't realize he was with the Kingston Trio. Learn something new everyday.


Cat

Time for a little CCR!  One of my early favorites  :D

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' Out My Back Door (late 1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aae_RHRptRg

I can do that today, take a ride on the flying spoon

I can do that today, take a ride on the flying spoon


;D  ;D  ;D

What's so funny?

I didn't realize he was with the Kingston Trio. Learn something new everyday.


Cat


John Stewart
"Chilly Winds"
A 1973 remake of a song he originally did with the Kingston Trio several years before. This version has more of a 70s singer/songwriter feel to it. Incidentally, he co-wrote this song with John Phillips of the Mama & Papas.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sk86jBkIxA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDRLZFgEoGw
Happy Birthday to Dave Loggins. :)

This duo had pretty much stopped recording together by about '72 or so.  Nonetheless they got together and recorded this catchy tune out of the blue...

Simon and Garfunkel - My Little Town (1975)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qBN3u1cGZEA



I love this song but the pics in this video just doesn't go with it. The pics, while being nice, are of Europe. This song is about NYC.  Had to state that.  ;)


Cat

This song touched my soul when I first heard it when I was about 9 or 10. What was really strange that it now reminds me of a man I used to know. At the time, I worked in the theatre and he was going for his pilot's license. "She was going to be an actress and I was going to learn to fly." Yes, we parted ways but whenever I hear this song, I think about him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=545Rlj1hITo

And I cried the day Harry Chapin died.


Cat

Neil Young
Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)
1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhEvfeJocM

Neil Young
Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)
1979

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQhEvfeJocM



I was listening to Neil Young this morning-not this one but the Harvest album.


Cat

I was listening to Neil Young this morning-not this one but the Harvest album.


Cat


I love the Harvest album. I bought it when it came out in February 1972.

I love the Harvest album. I bought it when it came out in February 1972.


This haunting song from the Harvest album rang true in 1972 - and sadly, as the opioid crisis continues, perhaps today...

Neil Young - The Needle And The Damage Done
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi2XCsPKlY8

Justin Hayward (of the Moody Blues)
"Forever Autumn"
1978
Gorgeously evocative song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHYFYaB6Gzc

And the lesser known original version by the little known Vigrass and Osborne from 1972. Somewhat folkier in style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uev3KxhIbxE

Rockin!!!  :D

Joe Cocker - High Time We Went (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK3Uz42ADDQ

A powerful and visionary song of science fiction, California earthquakes and hippie idealism, which by 1971 was waning. The original album came packaged in a brown paper bag designed to look like those from the old A&P supermarket chain. I still have mine!

Jefferson Airplane
"When The Earth Moves Again"
1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnnXKsZbTUo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYx2uZRlJCk
Happy Birthday To Timmy Thomas. :)

Chicago - doin' it slow - gorgeous!  :)

Chicago - Wishing You Were Here (late 1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jj3TOw8DIDw
Incidentally, that's the Beach Boys on backup vocals...

Suicide
"Cheree"
1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_rlpOSqg4

An abridged version of the choral movement of the Ninth Symphony by Beethoven by Wendy Carlos. Used in the 1971 film "A Clockwork Orange" by Stanley Kubrick.

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Happy birthday to Wendy Carlos.

sorry,  had some yesterday when I put in my 70's CD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljuJnUYozUg
Happy Birthday Stephen Bishop  :)

Ultravox
"Dangerous Rhythm"
1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z74upZee5YI

Happy 90th Birthday C.W. McCall, "Convoy" (1975)

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The song was the inspiration for the 1978 Sam Peckinpah film Convoy.

Your Song by Sir Elton John:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVRNRbaZbnI

Your Song by Sir Elton John:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVRNRbaZbnI

Firstly, this video is not available for me to watch (copyright?)

and secondly, "Your Song" is being used for a Christmas advert for the department store  John Lewis here in the UK.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas/john-lewis-christmas-advert-2018-elton-john-your-song-video-watch-a8633671.html

btw, it does not appear to be available on YouTube yet.

Giorgio Moroder - pioneering those awesome electronica sounds back in the day!

Giorgio - Son Of My Father (1972)  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KSLfhx_10M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKh7gSvsowQ
Trammps- The Night The Lights Went Out

Firstly, this video is not available for me to watch (copyright?)

and secondly, "Your Song" is being used for a Christmas advert for the department store  John Lewis here in the UK.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/christmas/john-lewis-christmas-advert-2018-elton-john-your-song-video-watch-a8633671.html

btw, it does not appear to be available on YouTube yet.


I saw the John Lewis advert on YouTube this morning, which is why I posted the song here! I am still able to watch the videos from the US...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbSgMEZ_Tw

I saw the John Lewis advert on YouTube this morning, which is why I posted the song here! I am still able to watch the videos from the US...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNbSgMEZ_Tw
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This tune was my first ever hearing of Queen.  In an instant, I was hooked!  :)

Queen - Killer Queen (early 1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM

guaranteed to blow your mind          anytime

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8rR7E6NfY4 (Sundown)
Happy Birthday Gordon Lightfoot  :)

yep, 80 years old today!

I was going to share a song of his, too. I mean, I like this one, but I also enjoy his other hits.



Here is "Carefree Highway":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHaGBhl0U6E

yep, 80 years old today!

I was going to share a song of his, too. I mean, I like this one, but I also enjoy his other hits.



Here is "Carefree Highway":


I saw Gordon Lightfoot live twice back in the 70s.  He was excellent. Here is one of his I always liked a lot. It is very evocative. I was never quite sure what it meant, but seems to a reference to a soldier in the Vietnam War perhaps.

Gordon Lightfoot
"Summer Side of Life"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iUcVuCagf0

...Happy Birthday Gordon Lightfoot  :)



yep, 80 years old today!...:



I saw Gordon Lightfoot live twice back in the 70s...



Can I pile on?  Yes, Happy Birthday, Gordon Lightfoot!  I too enjoyed the pleasure of a Gordon Lightfoot concert, but in the mid 80's.  Nonetheless, he was amazing!  Here's another gem -

Gordon Lightfoot - Beautiful (1972)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YCG6pbD2OQ

I saw Gordon Lightfoot live twice back in the 70s.  He was excellent. Here is one of his I always liked a lot. It is very evocative. I was never quite sure what it meant, but seems to a reference to a soldier in the Vietnam War perhaps.

Gordon Lightfoot
"Summer Side of Life"

My parents have always been huge fans of his music too. They've seen him in concert a number of times, I might add.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4p1k6YIc1U


according to Wikipedia, this song appeared on the charts for 3 consecutive weeks in a row. :o

I didn't know whether to put this in this thread or obscure hits. Truthfully, how many people remember this song?

Back When My Hair Was Short-Gunhill Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpA4pvmeMQU


Cat

I didn't know whether to put this in this thread or obscure hits. Truthfully, how many people remember this song?

Back When My Hair Was Short-Gunhill Road
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpA4pvmeMQU


Cat


That type of hit makes me think of this one, which was very big in the Fall of 1971, but nobody really thinks of it now. It was rather lightweight.

Bobby Russell
Saturday Morning Confusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLoqDnfdfkE

That type of hit makes me think of this one, which was very big in the Fall of 1971, but nobody really thinks of it now. It was rather lightweight.

Bobby Russell
Saturday Morning Confusion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLoqDnfdfkE


I remember that one. Yeah, it is obscure today.


Cat

...Back When My Hair Was Short-Gunhill Road...


I remember this one!


...Bobby Russell ... Saturday Morning Confusion...


I don't seem to recall this one - I would've liked it though, being I was 11 at the time  :)

This Stevie Wonder album cut always put a smile on my face!

Stevie Wonder - Smile Please (from Fulfillingness First Finale, 1974)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0vWKboD-Ow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih4t58iajA0
First Choice- Smarty Pants

Robert John
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

This version was a big hit in 1972 for Robert John. For many in the 70s it was their first introduction to the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7mDzwYcZiM

Tokens- Lion Sleeps Tonight



Robert John  "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" ... This version was a big hit in 1972 for Robert John. For many in the 70s it was their first introduction to the song.


Like me - when I first heard the Tokens' version (well after the fact) I was amazed how true Robert John's version sounded to the original.

Like me - when I first heard the Tokens' version (well after the fact) I was amazed how true Robert John's version sounded to the original.


This might partly be because the Tokens actually sing backup on the Robert John version. The differences I find in the Robert John arrangement are the subtle addition of congas and acoustic guitar. Very 70s flourishes, but, like I said, they are subtle.

Robert John
"The Lion Sleeps Tonight"

This version was a big hit in 1972 for Robert John. For many in the 70s it was their first introduction to the song.


I actually didn't know that he covered it! (But then again, it was before my time; however, I still know older songs that are covers.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCRS4DRmf_w
Allman Brothers- Midnight Rider

As a college freshman I obtained this album; this soulful smoothie struck a chord  :)

Maze (featuring Frankie Beverly) - Happy Feelings (from their 1977 self titled debut album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbpajI3ODzI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QYbZsBPawI
The Meters- People Say

Remembering David Cassidy who died this day last year.

"How Can I Be Sure" from 1972

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT4RainY-lY
Happy Birthday Dr. John

Just a wonderful song!

"Longer" by Dan Fogelberg (1979)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWPbLxtsLs
Blood Sweat And Tears- You've Made Me So Very Happy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cWPbLxtsLs
Blood Sweat And Tears- You've Made Me So Very Happy
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Mick Ronson
"Slaughter On 10th Avenue"
1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR1EAFQVUL8

Celebrating the birthday of Joaquín Rodrigo (d. 1999)

The Concierto de Aranjuez is a guitar concerto by the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo. Written in 1939, it is by far Rodrigo's best-known work, and its success established his reputation as one of the most significant Spanish composers of the 20th century.

Was made more known by Manuel & The Music of the Mountains in 1976.

The second movement, Adagio
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This one seems appropriate for today...

Steely Dan - Black Friday (from their 1975 album, Katy Lied)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSTxdmaH2Q4
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW4VZ5J0fNQ
Express Yourself- Charles Wright

Ralph McTell
"Zimmerman Blues"
1972

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPLAqktYKqs

Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves-Cher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLTETaWswCY

This was one of my favorites at the time-even if I didn't understand at the time.


Cat

Gypsies, Tramps, & Thieves-Cher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLTETaWswCY

This was one of my favorites at the time-even if I didn't understand at the time.


Cat


I can't believe she's half Cherokee. :o

I've loved this gem since the minute I heard it -

King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight (early 1973)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMc8naeeSS8

I can't believe she's half Cherokee. :o



Why is that so hard to believe?


Cat

Why is that so hard to believe?


Cat


I just never knew she was until I looked it up and found it to be true.

I can't believe she's half Cherokee. :o


Speaking of Cherokee...  recall this storytelling smash from my early listening days

Paul Revere & The Raiders - Indian Reservation (Cherokee People) (1971)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21ixwIaN7qw

8)

We don't seem to have any Jackson Browne in this thread yet... so here's one from him.

"The Load-Out/Stay" from 1977:
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The first 5 1/2 minutes, "The Load-Out" is a storytelling of his concert tours and what goes on; he then segues into "Stay", a cover performance of a song originally recorded by Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs in 1960. Browne's lyrics have more to do with the content of "The Load-Out."

In "Stay" there are two guest vocalists: Rosemary Butler and David Lindley. (Lindley provides the falsetto verse.)

If you REALLY want to know what the late 70s were like, listen to the SOME GIRLS album by the Stones from beginning to end. This album captures it more than any single other album. The disco, the punk, the soul, the sexuality, the dismally beautiful glitter of it all, all merged into one cohesive whole. I don't know how they did it, but they did. You'll SMELL the late 70s...

Rolling Stones
"Miss You"
from "Some Girls"
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuRxXRuAz-I

I Feel the Earth Move by Carole King:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6913KnbMpHM

under thy fleet?

under thy fleet?


That should go in the "misheard lyrics" thread.  ;D

...Rolling Stones...from "Some Girls"...1978


May I steal a bit of that thunder?  ;)

Rolling Stones - Shattered (single released early 1979)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BjQYQ5p2Ko

I was a college student in dorm at the time this came out.  One of my fellow dormies had this album, had a very loud stereo, and used to blast this at top volume.  Usually her stereo annoyed me, but not when she played this gem...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhg2OuE7ef4
Happy Birthday to Meco. :)

That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be-Carly Simon


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCX5qGu60AY

For some strange reason, this always reminded me of a trip that I took with two of my sisters and both of my parents to a place called Vermont to buy some property.


Cat

This is from the one solo album John Phillips of the Mamas and Papas made during his lifetime, called "John, the Wolfking of L.A.". It was largely ignored at the time of it's release and was delegated to the cutout bins. In more recent years it has been recognized for the brilliant gem, basically a masterpiece, that it is. There are better songs on it than "Mississippi", but that one was a reasonable hit, so you might know it.

John Phillips
"Mississippi"
1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU8TTLSh7gM

That should go in the "misheard lyrics" thread.  ;D


but I,  I cant hear right any more.  I feel this guy is going down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAUCVbnDUg
Happy Birthday Luther Ingram  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAUCVbnDUg
Happy Birthday Luther Ingram  :)


O0

Awesome find, Howard! 

Time for a deep cut!  Here's a laid back album cut from the group America

America - Rainy Day (from their self titled debut album, early 1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6dA88mepxw

8)

what made you come up with that song?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCW1i5HQ0o0
Lou Rawls would've been 85 today.  :\'(

Sutherland Brothers and Quiver
"Dark Ship"
1977
Nobody's birthday, just felt like posting it.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKKr2YCMcLw

Sutherland Brothers and Quiver..."Dark Ship"...


Cool song!  I only knew them for You Got Me Anyway...  :)

Even though this dandy is an album cut, it's well known - and well loved!  :)

Led Zeppelin - Dancing Days (from their 1973 album, Houses Of The Holy)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1hnkLU9V5M

Van Morrison
"Wavelength"
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhHfcrOwBas

You'll never find another love like mine
Lou Rawls would've been 85 today.  :\'(

:\'(

He also had a great hit in 1971 with "A Natural Man":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3FGqImCKm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_f6w40vVQio
Pattie Brooks- Let's Make Love To The Music

Based on a Beethoven theme, "Song of Joy" sung by Miguel Rios (1970)

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qanF-91aJo
Happy Birthday Ozzy Osbourne who turns 70 today. :)

Celebrating the 74th birthday today of Raplh McTell, with his "Streets of London" (1974, when finally released as a single)

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This smoothie is a long-time favorite of mine -

Jefferson Starship - With Your Love (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyp0f8L5nd4

2018  R.I.P. Marty Balin

"Anak" by Freddie Aguilar (1976)

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Such a beautiful song.

Lyrics in English:

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/anak-child.html

"Child"

The day you were born to this world
Your parents were full of joy
And their arms are your light

And your mother and father
Worry and don't know what to do
Watch over you even in your sleep

And in the night, a sleepless night, your mother
Is still awake to prepare your milk

And in the morning you are in the lap
Of your father, who is so joyful because of you

Now you are all grown up
You desire to be independent
Even if your parents forbid, they can't stop you

Isn't it you that changed a lot
Disobeyed them, remained stubborn
And you did not follow their advice

You did not take the time
To think about all the things they've done for you

For you desire, only what is pleasurable
You just ignored them

And the days have passed
And you took a wrong turn in life
You are imprisoned in a horrible vice

And you approach
Your dear crying mother
And she asks "Child, what happened to you?"

And your eyes immediately shed tears
Without you noticing

You are regretful and realize
That you were at fau

Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (1979)

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Pink Floyd - Another Brick in the Wall (1979)

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It was only last September I finally caught up in viewing the film, after working for it on it's release!

It was only last September I finally caught up in viewing the film, after working for it on it's release!


Was that the film with Bob Geldof?

Was that the film with Bob Geldof?
Yes indeed.

Yes indeed.


Then I saw it.

The Wall is an excellent album. I have a copy of the movie on VHS as well as the concert Live At The Berlin Wall with an all-star cast. Gotta love Bryan Adams singing Young Lust.


Cat

Al Green - he was much beloved by me back in the day  :)

Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)  (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr8fT_W78d0

Al Green - he was much beloved by me back in the day  :)

Al Green - Here I Am (Come And Take Me)  (1973)

O0

I have heard this original version of the song many a time. I also know that British reggae band UB40 later covered it, and it was a hit for them in the early 90's.

Anyway, I agree that Al Green is a great musician. O0

You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) by Sylvester:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyAHULpMXKQ

What do you want for nothing'? Rubber Biscuit?


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5FH0NkkTYE


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPoFG2-ysiU
Tymes- You Little Trustmaker

Jefferson Starship
"Ride The Tiger"
1975

A Paul Kantner classic. Papa John Creach wails on violin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmJEIVZo538

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoiSjVBvpso

Happy 68th Birthday in heaven Dan Hartman  :\'(

We knew how to rock in the day!  When Rod Stewart was still with Faces...

Faces - Stay With Me (early 1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSQp7YOPdJ8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauHDIlhvTk
Mac Davis- Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me

Ten Years After
"I'd Love To Change The World"
1971

When rock stars were rock stars.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSYFJB7o9ZQ

Ten Years After..."I'd Love To Change The World"...


O0  Love it!!!  It captures the essence of those amazing early 70's --

This soulful gem, though somewhat obscure, is quite engaging  :)

King Floyd - Woman Don't Go Astray (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEwFQKup-GE

This soulful gem, though somewhat obscure, is quite engaging  :)

King Floyd - Woman Don't Go Astray (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEwFQKup-GE


You know at first I really thought that King Floyd sounded just like a woman who sang it, till I realized after that it was a guy. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0CeFX6E2yI
Happy Birthday Manu Dibango  :)

The boys didn't hang it up when the calendar said December 31, 1969 -

Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6dgEgbMNU

8)

Happy Birthday Manu Dibango  :)


Hey - I just quoted you this on the 80's Song Of The Day thread...  ;)

The boys didn't hang it up when the calendar said December 31, 1969 -

Beach Boys - Sail On Sailor (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zx6dgEgbMNU

8)


No, they certainly did hang it up. Here is my favorite of their early 70s songs. It received quite a bit of airplay.

Political events referenced in this song include:

Autumn 1964 – Berkeley Free Speech Movement
May 1969 – People's Park
June 1970 – rioting in Isla Vista, California
May 14–15, 1970 – Jackson State killings
May 4, 1970 – Kent State shootings

The fuzzy vocal effect was achieved by singing through an inexpensive tape recorder which was then fed into the high tech studio equipment.

Beach Boys
"Student Demonstration Time"
1971

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unn8wIQzAeE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCJHHoYm5zE
Doobie Brothers- Take Me In Your Arms

Hey - I just quoted you this on the 80's Song Of The Day thread...  ;)


Why there?

Argent
"Hold Your Head Up"
1972
featuring Rod Argent, formerly of the Zombies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anpMFcae9rI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47floRRAFs
Happy Birthday Ted Nugent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I47floRRAFs
Happy Birthday Ted Nugent


Ted Nugent? Really?  ::)

Last Song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbvcKvy8RqI

Man, this song brings me back to another place, another time.


Cat

Why there?

Probably because the song you posted, "Soul Makossa", had a certain chant that was later rephrased by Michael Jackson as he used it in his 1983 hit "Wanna Be Starting Something" (repetitively during the end). The original phrase was "ma-mako, ma-ma-sa, mako-mako ssa"; Michael Jackson rephrased it as "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" (not "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma Microsoft"). That very same version of the chant was borrowed by Rihanna for her late-2000s hit "Don't Stop The Music."

Happy Birthday Manu Dibango  :)



Hey - I just quoted you this on the 80's Song Of The Day thread...  ;)



Why there?



Probably because the song you posted, "Soul Makossa", had a certain chant that was later rephrased by Michael Jackson as he used it in his 1983 hit "Wanna Be Starting Something" (repetitively during the end). The original phrase was "ma-mako, ma-ma-sa, mako-mako ssa"; Michael Jackson rephrased it as "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma-ma-ko-ssa" (not "Mama-say, mama-sa, ma Microsoft"). That very same version of the chant was borrowed by Rihanna for her late-2000s hit "Don't Stop The Music."


O0  Indeed!  Well put, nally!

(I just saw the Microsoft reference  ;D )

A little Kiss  :-*

Kiss - Rock and Roll All Night (late 1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8mzIyIOdm0

Ted Nugent? Really?  ::)


Yeah, Why not?  ??? It's his birthday today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT5ms2Nvpco
Tony Orlando And Dawn - Knock Three Times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT5ms2Nvpco
Tony Orlando And Dawn - Knock Three Times
O0

I know that location for the video. it's Kew Gardens in London!

Tony Orlando And Dawn - Knock Three Times


I concur O0

Yeah, Why not?  ??? It's his birthday today.


If you can get behind Nugent and all he stands for, that's your business. Is this a birthday tribute thread where  somebody just checks some  "whose birthday is it today" site and then posts any old song, or is it supposed to be a thread about good music?

I usually only knock 2 times

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT5ms2Nvpco
Tony Orlando And Dawn - Knock Three Times

I usually only knock 2 times
"Shave and a Haircut", "two bits"?

I probably could use a hair trim

O0  Indeed!  Well put, nally!

(I just saw the Microsoft reference  ;D )

Yes, that phrase has had a lot of mishearings... check out Amiright: http://www.amiright.com/misheard/song/wannabestartinsomethin.shtml

Jeffrey

Anyways... here is my selection for today.

How about some early new wave, with "Rock Lobster" by the B52's (1979):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shBdbm7BNw0

This is the full version, unedited.

Honouring the birthdate for Charlie Rich, "Behind Closed Doors" from 1974.

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Anyways... here is my selection for today.

How about some early new wave, with "Rock Lobster" by the B52's (1979):
This is the full version, unedited.



In high school, I was trying to convince a friend of mine that was indeed a song called Rock Lobster.  Not sure if she ever believed me or not. ;D ;D ;D 


Cat

If you can get behind Nugent and all he stands for, that's your business. Is this a birthday tribute thread where  somebody just checks some  "whose birthday is it today" site and then posts any old song, or is it supposed to be a thread about good music?


Why do you have to bring his situations into this? I don't care about Ted Nugent's politics or whatever he's into, this is all done in fun, take a chill pill.  ::)

Jackie Wilson - Baby, Workout (1963)



Jackie Wilson- (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher

^ (Both from the Your 60's Song Of The Day thread)

As we seem to be on a Jackie Wilson kick, how about...

Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1R8MP3GGGs

^ (Both from the Your 60's Song Of The Day thread)

As we seem to be on a Jackie Wilson kick, how about...

Van Morrison - Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1R8MP3GGGs


I just love the title cut from that album.

Van Morrison
St. Dominc's Preview

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1FQgTJE2CM

We've previously delved into the better known songs from "Some Girls", that extraordinary document of the late 70s. But now let's really get into the nitty-gritty of it.

Rolling Stones
"When The Whip Comes Down"
from "Some Girls"
1978

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSpUlgINYyQ

sounds painful

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Bobby Bloom: Montego Bay

I like this version of the song.  In this video, Bobby explains where Montego Bay is and the peacefulness of the country?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss-f2hy-gD0
Chairmen Of The Board- Pay To The Piper

His rare 1972 Christmas single. Nice! Great picture sleeve too.

Leon Russell
"Slipping Into Christmas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yg8CxbcHq0

For it is Gaudete Sunday today, from 1973, "Gaudete" by Steeleye Span

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7duPNQCp-w4
Hollies- The Air That I Breathe

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1976

I am not

Hollies- The Air That I Breathe

Very much a classic O0

Country Roads

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTeUdJky9rY


Cat

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD-f8BxgqPI
Eddie Kendricks- Boogie Down

A2qJG7LdpLE

1971

A2qJG7LdpLE

1971


I got the "All Things Must Pass" album, from which this song comes, at Christmastime 1970. It was the biggest album of the season. And a triple album at that!! George Harrison amazed everybody with this one. Oh what a time!  :)

I got the "All Things Must Pass" album, from which this song comes, at Christmastime 1970. It was the biggest album of the season. And a triple album at that!! George Harrison amazed everybody with this one. Oh, what a time!  :)


Oh yeah, George was the only one who had a post-Beatles hit with that song.  :) My mom had ATMP too with a little poster inside.  Guess who soiled the poster with her artwork? ;) Of course, at the time I was a toddler so I didn't know any better.

Oh yeah, George was the only one who had a post-Beatles hit with that song.  :) My mom had ATMP too with a little poster inside.  Guess who soiled the poster with her artwork? ;) Of course, at the time I was a toddler so I didn't know any better.


I remember that poster. George standing in silhouette in front of a stained glass window. The whole thing was very mystical. Actually it wasn't so little, it was pretty large! I had it on my wall for years and now still have it saved inside the album. Too bad you "defaced" yours, the original album with the poster in mint condition is worth a few bucks now. Of course, my copy of the album(s) isn't mint, I played it to death.  :)

I remember that poster. George standing in silhouette in front of a stained glass window. The whole thing was very mystical. Actually, it wasn't so little, it was pretty large! I had it on my wall for years and now still have it saved inside the album. Too bad you "defaced" yours, the original album with the poster in mint condition is worth a few bucks now. Of course, my copy of the album(s) isn't mint, I played it to death.  :)


I probably thought it was paper?  I didn't know it was a poster?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B0Y3LUqr1Q
Rolling Stones- Brown Sugar

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1972

I've never been to Hollywood

Neil Young Heart of Gold

1972

One that I still hear regularly. Good selection O0

Getting Funky in '75!

War - Low Rider (1975)    :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeKw6c9aTJ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RZB1ON0fxk
EWF- Saturday Night

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSFmotba2I
Kiss- I Was Made For Loving You

When this song came out in 1975 it was only available as a single and somewhat of a rarity. It received a lot of seasonal airplay though. Excellent lyrics. Overall great song.

Greg Lake
"I Believe In Father Christmas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm6CheT6rs

When this song came out in 1975 it was only available as a single and somewhat of a rarity. It received a lot of seasonal airplay though. Excellent lyrics. Overall great song.

Greg Lake
"I Believe In Father Christmas"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPm6CheT6rs
You beat me to it. This is my favourite Christmas song...

...and I have the single!

...and I have the single!


Wow, cool!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlSFmotba2I
Kiss- I Was Made For Loving You



One of the few Kiss songs that I like.


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPVk-m1Pr4s
Betty Wright- Clean Up Woman

Happy Solstice, Everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbBCCqPtEV8


Cat

Happy Solstice, Everyone.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbBCCqPtEV8


Cat
O0

I can remember watching this live on Top Of The Pops, it must be on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6nfpxZ2Nz4
Anne Murray- You Needed Me

Stylistics "knock-offs", maybe - but they certainly deserved their day in the sun  :)

Blue Magic - Sideshow (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscxLlhMiig

Bing Crosby/David Bowie
"Little Drummer Boy"/"Peace On Earth"

I saw this when it first aired on TV in 1977.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9kfdEyV3RQ

Stylistics "knock-offs", maybe - but they certainly deserved their day in the sun  :)

Blue Magic - Sideshow (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TscxLlhMiig


OMG, What a coincidence, I'm listening to this song right now. ;D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1_vsu2DyLs
Esther Phillips- What A Difference A Day Makes

I remember liking this then at age eleven.  Incidentally the band had their last previous big hit in '65...

The Fortunes - Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again (1971)    :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aO1LbkuPfqo

Tin Tin
"Toast and Marmalade for Tea"
(produced by Maurice Gibb)
1970

A pretty song. People used to buy this record and take it back because they thought it was warped due to the warbling effect on the keyboard (or whatever instrument it is), but it's all part of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUSBswWO5Ns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwz7cerVuKE
Peter Brown- Dance With Me

BT Express- Express

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2It6_FGJXw

Candida by Tony Orlando & Dawn:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WROdwlk9_h8

A fantastic cruisin' tune!  :D  Um hmmm, I wanna go...

Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFPK5paOXnU

QRvY-I9pNpI

1973

Ooh feeling fine mama
painted ladies and a bottle of wine mama
Ooh feeling good mama
they took my money like I knew they would
la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la

I mistakenly thought that the voice in this song belonged to Neil Young because Ian Thomas and Neil Young sound so much alike when they're singing it's unbelievable.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsqcQLGXn2E
Funk Inc.- Goodbye, So Long

Fleetwood Mac
"Sentimental Lady"
1972
Beautiful guitar tones on this.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gjw318rKss

Fleetwood Mac
"Sentimental Lady"
1972


O0  Love this version - the 1977+ cover is great but gotta give props to the original!

I Want Your Love by Chic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWcCl-EhRVE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY3nylfpLyw
Lonnie Liston Smith- Space Lady

Pacific Gas & Electric
"Are You Ready?"
1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20HmSomEHZ0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhkpOf6nSo
Roger Voudouris - Get Used To It

"Silver Raven"
from the all time classic "No Other" album by original member of the Byrds, Gene Clark
1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZilyzMGvRBE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_BcivBprM0
Patti Smith- Because The Night

Al Stewart
"Flying Sorcery"
1976

Probably my favorite song on the "Year Of The Cat" album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8OPP7HWCFg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cWW_w61AEY
Donna Summer- Sunset People

George Harrison
"Ding Dong Ding Dong"
1974

What a wild, satirical video. Of course, when it came out in 1974 they weren't called "videos". They were called "promo clips".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrXswIbWA7Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMG-Mi9I0-k
Guess Who- No Sugar Tonight

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_BcivBprM0
Patti Smith- Because The Night



Excellent song.


Cat

As we countdown to the New Year:

Blondie-11:59


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-iQ5bN3y3A


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RY0nlEfXUo
Brides Of Funkenstein- Disco To Go

VJ2itQvyBY8

1977

You're a rich girl and you've gone too far
cause you know it don't matter anyway
you can rely on your old man's money
you can rely on your old man's money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QNEf9oGw8o
CAPTAIN & TENNILLE ❖ Love Will Keep Us Together

CAPTAIN & TENNILLE ❖ Love Will Keep Us Together


RIP "Captain" Daryl Dragon  :\'(

bnVXIUyshng

1976

Always a favorite...    :D

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (from their 1979 album Fear Of Music)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwZvg46jms

Mott the Hoople
"All The Young Dudes" (written and produced by David Bowie)
1972


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKvNtAVZyOc

Mott the Hoople
"All The Young Dudes" (written and produced by David Bowie)
1972


Cool!  8)

Always a favorite...    :D

Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (from their 1979 album Fear Of Music)


That one is good to listen to. I admit when I first heard it (on the radio) I didn't know the title and couldn't figure it out... but it turns out that this is one that actually never mentions the title anywhere in the lyrics! (Unlike most other popular songs of theirs.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuDTy286CZU
Jungle Jazz - Kool & The Gang

Alice Cooper
"I'm 18"
1970

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nptFEl-nwM

Alice Cooper
"I'm 18"
1970


O0  Cool tune!  Didn't it just sound amazing on those tinny transistor radios?  ;D

The Bee Gees were one of those small number of groups who were able to reinvent themselves, which they did in the mid-70's, to phenomenal success.  Many forget that they were making hits prior to their "reinvention".

This melodic tune hit the scene before the brothers changed up their act, and I'm rather fond of it!  :)

Bee Gees - Run To Me (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Njp-NeuZ6M

O0  Cool tune!  Didn't it just sound amazing on those tinny transistor radios?  ;D


Keep in mind, a lot of songs back then were specifically produced to sound good on transistor radios and tinny AM car radios (which were the only kind cars had back then). Producers would often mix a song listening back through a cheesy car radio speaker. This also accounts for the differences between the "single mix" and the "album mix" of some songs. The single would be mixed "hotter" to burst through those cheap speakers.

Keep in mind, a lot of songs back then were specifically produced to sound good on transistor radios and tinny AM car radios (which were the only kind cars had back then). Producers would often mix a song listening back through a cheesy car radio speaker. This also accounts for the differences between the "single mix" and the "album mix" of some songs. The single would be mixed "hotter" to burst through those cheap speakers.


Having read numerous versions of the Motown story, I recall their producers were masters at this - it's one part of the reason for their success...

Neil Sedaka's lengthy career included two different smash hit versions of the same song!  I posted the original on the 60's board; here's the remake:

Neil Sedaka - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do (late 1975)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33NNuwqDDTI

(I actually still have this version on a 45...  ;D)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj23_nDFSfE
Van McCoy- Hustle

Van McCoy- Hustle


Regarding this song, I always wondered what the actual dance, the Hustle, looked like  ???  (I'm pretty sure it was a "hand to hand" dance variety, but never quite certain...)

Van McCoy- Hustle

Regarding this song, I always wondered what the actual dance, the Hustle, looked like  ???  (I'm pretty sure it was a "hand to hand" dance variety, but never quite certain...)

For that matter, I wonder about it too.

I do know that today would have been his 79th birthday, but he sadly passed away from a heart attack exactly half that long ago. :\'(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS52sEUqxMo
Kenny Loggins - This Is It

Kenny Loggins - This Is It


O0  Excellent choice from late 1979!

Rockin'!    :D

The Sweet - Ballroom Blitz (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewFBuYHldeY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf2VYAtqRe0
Elvis Presley - Burning Love

O0  Excellent choice from late 1979!


I know, it was his birthday. :)

7m8izf-oXY4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS52sEUqxMo
Kenny Loggins - This Is It


I love, love, love this song.  With Michael McDonald on the background!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRD0ghlFSgk
David Bowie - Golden Years

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG_5Ejr3wgY
BIG" AL DOWNING - "TOUCH ME"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwPRm5UMe1A
Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown

Bad bad
Bad bad

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl3hPGl7Yz8
Chic - Chic Cheer!!

Van Morrison
"Snow In San Anselmo"
1973
Written about the time it snowed in San Anselmo, California, a place where it rarely, snows, for the first time in 30 years. Morrison turns it into a most cosmic experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpcsThJEgWM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4O8t4Y90cc
Dennis Parker - I'm A Dancer

Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown

One that I have actually heard fairly regularly in recent months. Good selection. O0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbT_ask1Cco
Sly & The Family Stone ~ Family Affair

it's a family a fai air

Sly & The Family Stone ~ Family Affair


O0  Good call! (from late 1971)

This awesome gem never got a fair shake  :-\\  (Seems someone got offended by the line the radio just seems to bring me down...)

Doobie Brothers - Another Park, Another Sunday (1974)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUDgSAs_ks

Personally I love it!  :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpD4siBSUOE
Earth, Wind & Fire - Keep Your Head to the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2u6Hrw3FUK4&list=OLAK5uy_kVU8sVYUfh9eAH6cI9R2uqLmIt-2uQw9o&index=1
BT Express- Shout It Out

This cover of a song by The Band was a big hit for Joan Baez in 1971.

Joan Baez
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wanJQC5KAfo

Joan Baez
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down


Ahh - whizzes me back to 7th Grade, Fall 1971.  This was among my favorites!  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5BuYf8q4o
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

lord I've heard a  nuf of you

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR4PdZ9EW1c
B.T. Express - Do You Like It

His biggest smash hit - and much beloved by me  :)

Todd Rundgren - Hello, It's Me (Late 1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLeCB7Kn-VE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw86ftq-Fe8
Emotions - I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love

This song brings me back to another place, another time. Samantha Sang: Emotion. You can hear the BeeGees in this one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPwpVJ-eIgg


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmneugiD7Ig
David Ruffin - Walk Away From Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rf3_viTxk
10cc - The Things We Do For Love

Elton John's versatility abounds in this delightful, touching softie  :)

Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word (late 1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3nScN89Klo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UauHDIlhvTk
Mac Davis- Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me

I don't always seek out live performances to post, but this one's pretty nice  :)

(Formerly) Cat Stevens - The Hurt (Live performance of his 1973 hit) 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZ0TeN3Jxqo

I don't always seek out live performances to post, but this one's pretty nice  :)

(Formerly) Cat Stevens - The Hurt (Live performance of his 1973 hit) 


Excellent! Remember when artists and music actually REACHED people in a meaningful way like this? I was in a fool's paradise back then because I thought it wouldn't go away. Little did I know.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GymGszRFN8
Exile - kiss you all over

I Think I Love You by The Patridge Family:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb4FMn-IWEY

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-GI4TZxHIo
KC & The SUNSHINE BAND - QUEEN OF CLUBS

Many people have heard of the Brothers Johnson.  Few remember where they came from...

Quincy Jones - Is It Love That We're Missing  (from 1975's Mellow Madness, featuring the Brothers Johnson)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnsHn80dnE

The Brothers' breakout album Look Out For #1 was released in 1976...

    8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGemtjVtfZM
Neil Diamond Cracklin Rosie

Sir Elton-Better Off Dead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv5TxOExr0Y


Cat

Neil Diamond Cracklin Rosie

Happy birthday Neil; he's 78 today. Great tune. O0

So is another male singer, Aaron Neville, who didn't really have notable hits in the 1970s. However, he did team up with his brothers in the band The Neville Brothers and they released a few albums, the first of which came out in the latter part of the decade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErU8Lo2WcO4
The Sylvers - HOTLINE

The last Top-40 hit for this iconic Motown group, as a unit...

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (1971)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrsd7O_Ffmk

The last Top-40 hit for this iconic Motown group, as a unit...

Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - I Don't Blame You At All (1971)  :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrsd7O_Ffmk


In the next couple of years after that, he was replaced by Billy Griffin when Smokey went out on his own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f4CyQto-0E
Happy Birthday Jean Knight :) Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff

Happy Birthday Jean Knight :) Jean Knight - Mr Big Stuff


O0  Happy Birthday, Jean Knight!  Good choice for today...


In the next couple of years after that, he was replaced by Billy Griffin when Smokey went out on his own.


Indeed - that's exactly how it went.  Smokey released the touching "Sweet Harmony" around the announcement; it was dedicated it to his now ex-bandmates.  Say, why don't I post it?  (This live version seems slightly slowed from the studio version, but works nicely.)

Smokey Robinson - Sweet Harmony (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOuuCMXqU3w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyQ-tScuzwM
Thin Lizzy - Whiskey In The Jar

the 70s are the fudgeING best

Found this - I gotta post it!  Love this song, this group!  :D

America - Sister Golden Hair (1975)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oNULFXLuMc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0iuaxvkXv4
Uriah Heep - Wizard

This smash permeated our collective consciousnesses in the Spring of '76.  (Man were we spoiled!  ;D)

Gary Wright - My Love Is Alive (1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihh8njyYfgY

        8)

Found this - I gotta post it!  Love this song, this group!  :D

America - Sister Golden Hair (1975)

I still hear that one quite a bit on radio... as well as on SiriusXM! O0 (As well as other classics by that band.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ1PfB59zf8
Whitesnake - Long Way From Home (1979)

Frederick -Patti Smith (1979)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFiyxiRqARE


Cat

This smash was among my favorites (as a new radio listener back then)  :D

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcDG_xLWPY

This smash was among my favorites (as a new radio listener back then)  :D

Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes (1970)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqcDG_xLWPY


This one brings me back to another place, another time.


Cat

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOrZ-nCp-_U
Dr. Hook - Sexy Eyes

Not the best known song around, but as for me, I was an instant fan  :)

Joe Simon - Power Of Love (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIWBBMV0XJQ

it is ?

Rolling Stones
Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
1973

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqUiWpGGCmI

Not the best known song around, but as for me, I was an instant fan  :)

Joe Simon - Power Of Love (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIWBBMV0XJQ


Did you realize that Joe Simon became a pastor in his later years?

"Back Home Again" by John Denver, from 1974.

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doo doo doo doo

Remembering The Day the Music Died with "American Pie" by Don Mclean (1971)

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Remembering The Day the Music Died with "American Pie" by Don Mclean (1971)

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I was going to post this. You beat me to it.


Cat

I feel like so whisky now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z-hKprKdII
Would've been his 84th birthday today. :\'(

I've Got the Music in Me by the Kiki Dee Band:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahUUQ1SQ0nY

"Vincent" by Don McLean, honouring William Dafoe's portrayal of Vincent van Gogh in the movie "At Eternity's Gate".

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw
Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBqiC5ox8Bw
Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972) Happy birthday to Vincent Furnier!

Alice Cooper - School's Out (1972)

Happy birthday to Vincent Furnier!

71 years old today, I believe.

Of course, he first used the Alice Cooper moniker as his band name, then used it for himself as a solo artist.

1976 was a big year for Boz Scaggs  :)

Boz Scaggs - What Can I Say (late 1976)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUg315xTNtk

Honouring the 66th birthday of the Philippine folk musician Freddie Aguilar.

From 1977:

"Anak" (Tagalog version)
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"Child" (English version, with lyrics on screen)
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Not their best known hit - but as my brother had the single, I got to enjoy it plenty  :)

The Isley Brothers - Pop That Thang (1972)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MvBBKqD8Qk

Let Your Love Flow by The Bellamy Brothers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4Bl_VQ2inM

Always liked this one!  :)

Loggins and Messina - My Music (late 1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQM9tChA1z4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUVgKT4roQ
England Dan & John Ford Coley - I'd Really Love To See You Tonight