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 […]
The 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 […]
Tags: Cher, Cher Bono, Dark Lady, Decades, Fame, Favourites, Gypsies Tramps And Thieves, Gypsys Tramps And Thieves, Half Breed, If I Could Turn Back Time, Jesse James, Just Like Jesse James, Marriage, Music of the Seventies, Popular Music, Seventies, Solo Number, Sonny and Cher, Sonny Bono, Sonny Cher, Successes, Tramps And ThievesWhile I wasn’t really a follower of U.S. Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd at the time, I became very familiar with three of their tracks from the early Seventies, namely “Gimme Three Steps”, Free Bird” and “Sweet Alabama”. This was largely through working with a band in Germany called Nuthin’ Fancy who were big fans […]
Tags: (pronounced 'lĕh-'nérd 'skin-'nérd), Alabama, Band Members, Debut Album, Endorsement, Follower, Free Bird, Germany, Gimme Three Steps, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Misunderstanding, Music of the Seventies, Neil Young, Nuthin' Fancy, Rock Anthem, Ronnie Van Zantz, Second Helping, Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Signature Song, Singer Ronnie, Southern Man, Southern Rock Band, Sweet Alabama, Sweet Home Alabama, Three Steps, Tragic Plane CrashThe late Seventies were the years of punk rock, and although not the first punk rock band, The Sex Pistols were the epitome of the movement, with songs like “Anarchy In The UK”, “God Save The Queen”, “Pretty Vacant” and “Holidays In The Sun”. I didn’t actually get a (taped) copy of their only album, […]
Tags: 1980s, Anarchy In The UK, Bass Player, Beatles, Berlin Wall, Bollocks, Catalyst, Demise, Epitome, God Save The Queen, Holidays In The Sun, Living In Germany, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Music of the Seventies, Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols, Occasions, Pretty Vacant, Punk Band, Punk Rock Band, Punk Sex, Seventies, Seventies Rock Bands, Sex Berlin, Sex Pistols, Sex Pistols Anarchy, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, ZZ TopIn addition to topping the U.S. country chart, in late 1970 country singer Lynn Anderson scored a Number 3 Billboard Hot 100 pop chart hit with “(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden”. The following year the song, written by Joe South, also hit No. 3 in the United Kingdom and became one of the […]
Tags: (I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden, Anderson I Never Promised You A Rose Garden, Anne Murray, Best Female Country Vocal Performance, Billboard Hot 100, Country Singer, Crossover, Europe, Grammy Award, Joe South, Lynn Anderson, Music of the Seventies, Number 3, Pop Chart, Seventies, Snowbird, United Kingdom, Vocal Performance
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