In 1977 Bing Crosby was the old crooner from the 1930s and 1940s. He was more well known then for his annual Christmas Specials and his recording of White Christmas, as well as his old films, when on September 11th he and 30 year old glam rocker David Bowie recorded this song for Bing’s 1977 [...]
The clip of this song is not from the 70′s but was made later. Not sure when. Anyway it was the spring of 1974, near the end of the Streaking craze when Ray Stevens reached the top of the Charts with this song. It also hit Number 3 on the Billboard Country chart. It was [...]
Another song by the late Jim Croce an artist who died way too early. This clip is his performance as well as him telling how he came to write the song. The song was on his Life and Times album. It reach the Top Spot on Billboard charts on July 21, 1973 and was still [...]
Some may remember Jerry Reed as the Snowman in the Smokey and the Bandit movies. Others will remember him as the singer of songs such as Amos Moses, When You’re Hot, You’re Hot or Lord, Mr. Ford. And there are still others who knows that he was a songwriter having written the songs to Smokey [...]
In late 1978 Kenny Rogers recorded what would become his signature song. The Gambler, Kenny Roger as the singer is the narrator and not the Gambler, is an old gambler who sits with Rogers on a ‘train bound for nowhere’. The song reached Number 16 on the Pop Charts and was a Number 1 Country [...]
Gary Wright was the keyboard player of the Progressive Rock band Spooky Tooth when they broke up for the second time in 1974. He went solo and recorded the album Dream Weaver which featured just himself on synthesiser/keyboard and Jim Keltner on drums. Wright has said that he was inspired to write the song after [...]
Advertising man Bill Fries created the character C.W. McCall for Old Home Bread brand of the Metz Baking Company in 1972. C.W. McCall was the trucker who, along with his dog Sloan and his adventures at the Old Home Cafe. From those commercials came the first songs and an Album in 1975. During the height [...]
Herb Albert was the leader and played the trumpet from the 1960′s group Herb Albert and the The Tijuana Brass. In the ’70′s he was the ‘A’ in A&M records, one of the biggest record companies of the decade with acts like the Carpenters, Styx and many others. He also release a couple of solo [...]
1978 was the height of the Disco Era, but there were many other genres being played during this time. One unusual hit came from Jazzman Chuck Mangione. This version is of the 4 minute edit, on the album it was over 8 minutes long, from an appearance on Midnight Special.
In tribute to the great artist who passed away at the age of 65 on August 10, 2008. Your music will last forever. This is from a live appearance in 1973.
The song was not written by Barry Manilow, but it became his first hit. The song originally was titled Brandy when it was a minor UK hit in 1971 by another artist.
John Denver was one of the biggest artist of the early 1970′s. Before his 1971 hit Take Me Home (Country Roads) he was known more as a song writer. He wrote the Peter, Paul and Mary hit Leaving on a Jet Plane. Follow Me was one of his best songs. This is from a 1974 [...]
One day before the release of Jim Croce’s third Album, I Got a Name, was released he died when the charter plan that he, Maury Muehleisen, and George Stevens, the comic who was the show’s warm up act were flying to the next concert site. All on the plane died when it failed to gain [...]