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 [...]
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 [...]
Ann and Nancy Wilson were hot and the group rocked.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
Kiki Dee’s solo hit on Elton John’s Rocket Records