March 6th, 2010 by Paul
Another New Zealand band in the Seventies I remember was a young outfit called Golden Harvest with their single “I Need Your Love”. I don’t recall whether they had any other successes, but this one sticks in my mind. In any case the chorus is definitely catchy and I found myself singing it this evening, […]
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March 5th, 2010 by Paul
New Zealander Max Merritt of Max Merritt and The Meteors has been in the music business a long time, but “Slipping Away”, released in 1976, is the only song I spontaneously connect with him. “Woh oh oh you’re slipping away from me…and it’s breaking me in two, watching you, slipping away” This is the promotional […]
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March 4th, 2010 by Paul
And now for something completely different… In 1972 Vicky Leandros had a European hit with “Après Toi” (After You), and I went on my first overseas trip from New Zealand, to the French Pacific colony of New Caledonia. All the time we were in Nouméa, its capital, we heard the song “Après Toi” again and […]
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March 3rd, 2010 by Paul
In 1970 English band Pickettywitch, with female lead singer Polly Brown (sometimes billed as Polly Browne) had a hit single with “Same Old Feeling”. It reached Number Five on the UK singles chart that year, and No. 67 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 in the summer of 1970. Pickettywitch only actually […]
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March 2nd, 2010 by Paul
“Indiana Wants Me” was a hit for Canadian-born Motown artist and songwriter R. Dean Taylor in 1970, going to Number One in his native Canada, No. 2 in the UK and reaching No. 5 in the United States on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. In addition to his own moderate success as an artist in […]
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