A Subjective Selection Of Great Music From The Seventies…
In 1971 Dutch duo Mouth And MacNeal had a Number One hit in the Netherlands with “How Do You Do”. They went on to hit No. 8 in the United States in July of the following year. As someone has commented, Mouth And MacNeal seemed to like making videos of it, because they made a […]
The Les Humphries Singers were better known in Europe than the USA, but the one song of theirs that sticks in my mind is their 1972 hit “Mexico”. It is actually an adaptation of the song “The Battle of New Orleans”, written by musician and school teacher Jimmy Driftwood (James Corbitt Morris) in 1936 to […]
Tags: Adaptation, Battle Of New Orleans, Corbitt, Country Folk, Folk Song, Folk Songs, Gulf Of Mexico, James Corbitt Morris, Jimmie Driftwood, Jimmy Driftwood, Johnny Horton, Large Group, Les Humphries Singers, Melody, Mexico, Mexico Mexico Mexico, Mississipi, Music of the Seventies, Original Country, Pupils, School Teacher, Scraps, Taking A Closer Look, The Battle of New OrleansIt was the age of miniskirts and hot pants when Scottish band Middle Of The Road with lead singer Sally Carr had a string of pop hits in 1971 and 1972, including “Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep”, “Tweedle Dee, Tweedle Dum”, “Soley Soley” and “Samson and Delilah”. For some reason the lines “Last night I heard […]
Tags: Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Germany, Hot Pants, Lead Singer, Mama, Middle Of The Road, Middle Of The Road Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep, Miniskirts, Music, Music of the Seventies, Netherlands, Pop Hits, Reason, Sally, Samson and Delilah, Samson Delilah, Scottish Band, Singing A Song, Soley Soley, Top Of The Pops, Tweedle Dee Tweedle DumIn 1973 Dobie Gray sang the most popular version of “Drift Away”, sometimes known as “Give Me The Beat, Boys”, which had originally been recorded a year earlier, and has since become a classic ending song for concerts. He took it to Number 5 in the USA, though it didn’t enter the charts in the […]
Tags: Bbc, Boys Free, Charts Uk, Concerts, Dobie Gray, Drift, Drift Away, Ending Song, Free My Soul, Give Me The Beat Boys, Modern Music, Music of the Seventies, Rock N RollThe first solo Number One hit by Cher of Sonny and Cher fame was “Gypsys, Tramps And Thieves” in 1971. “Half Breed” and “Dark Lady” also reached the top spot in 1973 and 1974 respectively. Cher has had any more hits over the years, but two of my favourites after the Seventies were “If I […]
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