Over the years there have been a few artist who have gone just by one name. The 60’s artist Donavan and from the 80’s Madonna and Prince. Beginning in the late 1960’s and even into today, Melanie is one of those one name artist.
She was just a young singer when she was invited [...]
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It was on Friday the 13th, February 1970 that the album that many consider the first Heavy Metal album was released. It was released in the United Kingdom. The debut album of a [...]
The 1970s began just like the 60s ended, at least at the top of the charts. Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head sung by B.J. Thomas, written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David and from the movie Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid spent 4 weeks at Number 1. The first week was [...]
The song about infidelity, first by the wife of the singer and then the singer himself towards his secretary Maria.
The song reached Number 2 on the Billboard charts towards the end of 1969 and really shouldn’t be classified as a song of the 1970s. But it was a favorite of this author’s and I [...]
The song One Tin Soldier was written by the songwriting team Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. It was recorded in late 1969 by the Canadian group The Original Caste and was a minor hit in the United States, but a big hit, reaching Number 1, in Canada.
Most people will remember the version of the [...]
Two clips of Edwin Starr singing his 1970 war protest song War. One is from the 70’s. Not sure when the second one is from, but it’s obviously much later than the first.
The song was written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong. It was Edwin Starr’s most successful song as well as [...]
I have seen Rose Garden by Lynn Anderson listed as a One-Hit wonder. While it may be true that this was the only song that may have crossed over to the Pop charts to any one who was listening to Country Music in the late 60’s and early 70’s she sure wasn’t a One-Hit [...]
Joni Mitchell was not at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival, but she composed the song that many consider the anthem of the festival. Her manager felt that it was more important to be at a taping of the Dick Cavett Show and was afraid had she gone to the festival she would not [...]
1969 is technically not the 70s, but every once in awhile I like to include some of the songs from that year since in some ways there is little difference between 1969 and 1970. At least in my opinion.
Rich Evans, the Evans of the duo, wrote the song in 1964 and it was originally [...]
It was the summer of 1970 and everyone around the world was singing this little tune written by Ray Dorset and just thinking about the joys and the carefree days of summer.
The song was a Number 1 hit in their home county of England and peaked at Number 3 in the United States.
The group is [...]
In 1969 Neil Diamond was perhaps known more as a songwriter than a singer. he had written hits for acts such as The Monkees (I’m a Believer) and others. While he had had a couple of hits in the late 60s including the top 10 Cherry Cherry and Kentucky Woman.
Brother Love’s traveling [...]
Eric Burdon was one of many that arrived in the United States during the British invasion of 1964. He was the lead singer of the Animals, later called Eric Burton and the Animals and later with a new band of musicians as Eric Burton and the New Animals.
By the end of the decade he [...]
Fancy written and first performed by Bobbie Gentry is a a story song told by Fancy recalling her youth and escape from poverty by being “nice to the gentleman”
Fancy rose to #26 on the U.S. Country charts and #31 on the pop charts.
It was on the Album of the same name and was the [...]
In 1969 Tony Joe White released his song Polk Salad Annie. After nearly a year sitting in limbo, the single was released but not selling, it finally caught on and ended up reaching Number 8 on the charts.
Elvis Presley soon afterward added it as one of the songs for his live performances remaining as [...]