The brother and sister duo The Carpenters recorded this song in 1970 early in their career. When they release their Christmas Portrait album in 1978, they recorded a newer version of the song. The only difference between the versions is that in 1978. Karen Carpenter requested to rerecord the song since in 1970 she felt [...]
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 [...]
In 1977 Emerson, Lake and Palmer would release their album Works Volume 1. The album was divided into four parts, each recorded on a side of the 4 record set. Each section highlighted a member of the band. On side 4, the Band’s side, they recorded two tracks. Fanfare for the Common Man, a classical [...]
I doubt if any site dealing with the 1970′s doesn’t mention Lynynd Skynyrd’s Free Bird wouldn’t really be a 70′s music site. Although I have spoken with many people who remember the 70′s feel that this song was over played I still put it up there as one of the best songs of the Decade. [...]
The Undisputed Truth was assembled by Motown producer Norman Whitfield as a means to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe Harris was the male lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce as additional leads and background vocals. Smiling Faces Sometimes composed by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong was their biggest single [...]
By 1975 Pete Townsend and The Who was pushing the bubble on what could be played on the radio. This song from their 1975 Album The Who By The Numbers. A squeeze box is a slang term for accordion. Although it was also a term for a sex toy. The words could be taken in [...]
10 cc had been around for a couple of years, mostly in the United Kingdom and I’m Not In Love helped to push them International. It was a Number 1 song in the UK and reached the Top 10 in the US. The spoken phrase: “Be quiet, big boys don’t cry…”, was spoken by Kathy [...]
“It was the 3rd of September, that day I’ll always remember, yes I will. ‘Cause that was the day that my daddy died.” These are the first lines from the 1972 Temptations hit, Papa was a Rolling Stone. On the album, All Directions, producer Norman Whitfield, who along with Barrett Strong composed the song, created [...]
Ann and Nancy Wilson were hot and the group rocked.
Slow Ride was the biggest hit for Foghat, it reached Number 20 on the charts and the Album that it came from Fool for the City was their biggest Album. The single version of the song was 1/2 the length (3:56) of the Album version (8:21)
Shambala was written by Daniel Moore and the version by Three Dog Night reached Number 3 on the Charts. As it turns out it would be their 2nd to last Top 10 song 1974′s The Show Must Go On would reach Number 4. The song appeared on their 10th album, Cyan. It was released by [...]
Chicago released their first album in 1969, their 2nd in 1970 and their 3rd in 1971. But unlike most groups each of these albums were 2 record sets, so you could say that in three years they had released six records. Chicago III is not considered one of their best albums, perhaps because side 4 [...]