Great song from B.J. Thomas and most people know it was used in the movie “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.’ Here’s a great sequence from the film with Paul Newman and Katherine Ross riding a bicycle. Great song, great film!
The Carpenters – “(They Long to Be) Close to You”. Karen Carpenter had one of the great voices of her generation and it was beautifully displayed on this song from 1970. “(They Long to Be) Close to You” was written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The most popular version is that recorded by The Carpenters for their second studio album of the same name in 1970 and was released…
Some listeners like this version better that the Joan Baez version we’ve played before. Here’s the version by The Band of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” Which one do you prefer??
“Bridge over Troubled Water” is a song by folk duo Simon & Garfunkel, released in January 1970 as the second single from their fifth studio album of the same name. It was composed by Paul Simon and produced by Simon & Garfunkel and Roy Halee.
The Bay City Rollers are a Scottish pop rock band known for their worldwide teen idol popularity in the 1970s. They have been called the “tartan teen sensations from Edinburgh” and “the first of many acts heralded as the ‘biggest group since the Beatles’”. Here’s their performance of “Saturday NIght” from a Dutch TV show called TopPop in 1976. Enjoy!
Here’s a great version of “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” sung by Joan Baez and released in October 1971. Here’s more on the song from Wikipedia: “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down” is a song written by Robbie Robertson and originally recorded by the Canadian-American roots rock group the Band in 1969 and released on their eponymous second album. Levon Helm provided the lead vocals. The song…
Another one of our Songs We Love to Hate: Its Paper Lace with “The Night Chicago Died” from 1974. How true was the story about mobsters trying to gain control of the “Windy City?” Here’s more about the issues people had with the lyrics from the YouTube Description: From 1974. *LYRICS EXPLAINED… from an interview with songwriter Mitch Murray: “I’d like to start by thanking your contributors for so many…
Another great song from REO Speedwagon, one of my favorite bands of the 1970s. It’s off their “You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can’t Tuna Fish” album and rose to #58 on the charts, their biggest hit at so far. The band made a music video for the song–well before there was MTV–and it became popular on that music channel when it first took off. Still a great song…
“Love Hurts” by Nazareth was somewhat of an anthem for those of us who grew up in the 70’s. A great slow song to dance to, but painful lyrics to listen to, a great combo for raging teen angst. Here’s more about the song from Wikipedia: The song was introduced in December 1960 as an album track on A Date with The Everly Brothers, but was never released as a…
Who remembers the iconic music video for this song from 1986, featuring puppets from the 1980s British sketch show Spitting Image? “Land of Confusion” is by the English rock band Genesis from their 1986 album Invisible Touch and it reached No. 4 in the U.S. in late 1986. Many of your are more familiar with lead singer Phil Collins, who gives a great LIVE performance here. And if you miss…