It seems as if nearly everyone has a single year that stands out as the one the produced their favorite songs. Or maybe I should say a year that produced more of their favorite songs than any other. For me that year was 1971. It was the year that I became a teenager and listened [...]
Jessi Colter, born Mirriam Johnson, took the stage name about the same time that she married Waylon Jennings. Prior to her marriage to Jennings she was married to Duane Eddy. Jennings and Colter sang duets in 1970s, but when her first album on RCA records failed to sell she lost her contract. Then in 1975 [...]
One of the biggest recording of all time and the biggest of the 1970s was the title song of the movie You Light up My Life written by Joe Brooks. Kasey Cisyk recorded the song for the movie, it was lip-synced by Didi Conn. The movie version was released as a single but peaked at [...]
The song For All We Know was written by Fred Karlin, Jimmy Griffin, Robb Royer and was featured in the film Lovers and Other Strangers. Karlan composed the music. Griffin and Royer supplied the the lyrics first using the names Arthur James and Robb Wilson. Robb Royer and Jimmy Griffin were both members of the [...]
Minnie Riperton had one of the most unforgettable voices. She could easily reach five octaves. Her most remembered song, as well as her best selling recording, is Lovin’ You from 1974 album Perfect Angel. It was the song that pushed her into stardom although she had been entertaining since 1961. Just prior to this she [...]
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 [...]
When thinking about the Queens of Pop music of the seventies the first one that comes to mind is the King, Carole King. Carole King was born Carole Klein in 1942. She along with her then husband, Gerry Goffin, pen some of the greatest pop hits of the early 70s, “Will You Still Love Me, [...]
The decade of the seventies were full of songs featuring the voice of Karen Carpenter. While her brother Richard was playing the keyboards, Karen was a drummer. This clip features many performances of her playing the drums. And as you can see from the huge smiles on her face as she’s playing she looks as [...]
If Not For You was the first International hit for Olivia Newton-John. The song written by Bob Dylan and it appeared on his 1970 album, New Morning. Newton-John recorded in 1971 and was a minor hit in the US reaching Number 25. It wouldn’t be until 1973 years before she would have her breakout year [...]
Kiki Dee’s solo hit on Elton John’s Rocket Records