Even if you do remember the song, you probably don’t remember the artist, English singer/songwriter Charlie Dore. She came out of nowhere in 1979 with the catchy tribute to late-night disc jockeys, “Pilot of the Airways’ and the song went on to reach No. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and also earned her the Record World New Female Artist of the Year, and an ASCAP award. The song…
What a great live performance! First off, the video itself says it was recorded in 1978, but my research claims that The Cars were on the BBC’s Rock Goes to College on January 13, 1979 at the University of Sussex, although the series did run in both ’78 & ’79. But close enough. The Cars were formed in late 1976 and spent 1977 touring the east coast developing their sound and…
When I think of great music to listen to while driving in the car, Molly Hatchet’s smash ‘Flirtin’ With Disaster’, immediately comes to mind. For some reason, it makes you want to hit the gas, and go just a little bit faster. (I’m even convince the song speeds up as it goes along, almost egging you on!) This 1979 song was off Molly Hatchet’s second album by the same name,…