A Subjective Selection Of Great Music From The Seventies…
Talk to me about daisies and I’m likely to respond with “I’ll Give You A Daisy A Day”… that was the title line of a song by a man called Jud Strunk in the early Seventies (1973 to be precise). It’s a simple love song about a couple together from childhood to old age and […]
Although initially written and released on his second album in 1969, “Streets Of London” by Ralph McTell came out as a single in the UK in 1974, having earlier been successfully launched as a single in the Netherlands. I remember when I flew into Britain for the first time a week before Christmas in 1977, […]
Tags: Big Train, Bristol, Busking, Carrier Bags, Clouds, Concrete, Continent, Cup Of Tea, Frankfurt, Hitchhiking, Hotel Bristol, Hotel Window, Irony, Music of the Seventies, Next Morning, Old Girl, Old Man, Pension Payment, Ralph McTell, Streets Of London, Tarmac, Victoria Station, Week Before ChristmasIn 1978 The Commodores had their first Number One hit on the Billboard Hot 100 with the Lionel Richie love song “Three Times A Lady”. It turned out to be the only Motown track to reach the Top Ten in 1978 and was also one of very few Motown songs to go to Number 1 […]
Tags: Billboard 100, Billboard Hot 100, Easy, Easy Listening, Funky Sound, Hot Love, Jackie Wilson, Lead Singer, Lionel Richie, Love Song, Marvin Gaye, Motown, Motown Songs, Music of the Seventies, Nightshift, Number 1, One Of Those Songs, Orange, Previous Year, Solo Career, Soul Music, The Commodores, Three Times, Three Times A Lady, Tribute, William "Clyde" OrangeWhen Anne Murray reached No. 1 on the U.S. charts with her single “You Needed Me” in 1978, she was the first Canadian female solo singer to ever achieve that honour. Previously she had hit No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970 with “Snowbird”, which got to No. 2 on the pop charts […]
Tags: Adult, Adult Contemporary, Album Charts, Anne Murray, Australia, Billboard 100, Billboard Hot 100, Canada, Canadian Pop, Country Charts, Female Solo, First Draft, Honour, Mobile Connection, Music, Music of the Seventies, Netbook, Number 1, Pop Charts, Snowbird, Solo Singer, You Needed MeThe Captain & Tennille certainly picked the right song when they sang “Love Will Keep Us Together” back in 1975 – not only did the record go to Number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 nine weeks after its debut, the husband and wife team really are still together. “Do That To Me One More […]
Tags: Art Garfunkel, Bicentennial Celebration, Billboard Hot 100, Captain Tennille, Daryl Dragon, Do That To Me One More Time, Elizabeth Ii, Elton John, Gerald Ford, Howard Greenfield, Husband And Wife, Love Will Keep Us Together, Music of the Seventies, Neil Sedaka, Nice Beach, Nine Weeks, Pink Floyd, President Gerald Ford, Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elizabeth II, Sedate Pace, Session Singer, The Beach Boys, The Captain & Tennille, Toni Tenille, Toni Tennille, Wife Team
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