1974 was a big year for county singer Charlie Rich, not to say that 1973 wasn’t big too. However in 1974 Charlie, known as the Silver Fox, reached Number 1 on the county charts with 5 different songs. In March it was There Won’t Be Anymore for 2 weeks, April came with A Very Special [...]
Posting this in tribute to Ellie Greenwich who passed away on August 26, 2009. Not everyone may know her name, but we do know the music that she and her writing partner Jeff Barry wrote in the early 1960s. Among some of her songs were this one Da Do Ron Ron first done in 1963 [...]
Part 2: The song is best known as the “Hey Song” and has been played at countless sporting events since its recording in 1972. Part 2 is the best known part of the song. Part one is more of a vocal track, with actual lyrics, while the only words in part 2 is ‘Hey’. The [...]
One of my biggest introduction to music in the 1970s came each Friday night with the Partridge Family. There are plenty of places to see songs from the show, including the DVD releases. But not only was David Cassidy a star of the show he was also a singer with album and single releases of [...]
The early 70s had a number of instrumental hits and Billy Preston had two of the biggest. The first was Outa-Space a funky song with a spacey sound which is where the title originated. The song came from an experiment with running the keyboard instrument clavinet through a wah-wah pedal. The song appeared on his [...]
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 Salvation Show [...]
Gerry Rafferty had been part of the Duo Stealer’s Wheel along with Joe Egan. When the duo separated it was not without problems. Rafferty had been banned from the recording studio for three years after the break up. Baker Street was the first released single from the Album City to City. The single reached Number [...]
By 1974 the Jackson 5 had not only added their younger brother Randy to the group, but were also on a downturn in the music industry. Before Dancing Machine their last top 10 hit was in 1972 with Sugar Daddy. Part of this was that Motown wasn’t sure in what direction they wanted the act [...]
Michael Joseph Jackson * August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009
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 [...]
Taxi was Harry Chapin’s first hit single and although it wasn’t his biggest seller, it’s one of the songs that he he best remembered. The song was released in 1972 on his debut album Head and Tales. Nearly ten years later he continued the story of Harry and Sue with the song Sequel from the [...]
If there was a theme song for the sexual freedom of the 1970s Let’s Get It On the 1973 hit by Marvin Gaye could easily be it. Marvin along with Ed Townsend wrote the song which was also the title of his followup to What’s Going On. The song reach the top of the Billboard [...]
During the Early 1970s cartoon producers Rankin/Bass produced a series of saturday morning cartoon featuring two of the popular music groups. Both of these groups featured brothers. The Jackson Five and The Osmonds. The Jackson 5ive series debuted on September 11, 1971 with the last episode showing on September 1, 1973 on ABC. Season 1 [...]
Greg Lake of Emerson Lake and Palmer released his only solo song during the Christmas season of 1975. Upon listening to the song, without really listening to the lyrics, this song written Greg Lake (Emerson, Lake and Palmer) and writing partner Peter Sinfield, it sounds like a nice little Christmas song. But it’s really a [...]