Maybe there’s some debate about who was the biggest band of the 1970s. But if you lived in the 1970s, you know the answer – at least the first half of the decade.
Led Zeppelin, hands down.
Okay, I’ll admit that I thought for decades that “Legend of a Mind” had a different title. Admit it, you thought it was “Timothy Leary”.
Atlantis was not supposed to be the hit of the 45 released, but apparently disc jockeys like it better than the expected hit.
“Yes Sir, No Sir” is a classic anti-war song by The Kinks, released on the Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) album in 1969.
There’s a lot of reasons why Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is a classic Christmas TV special: fun story, fun characters, excellent animation… but the sound track by Johnny Marks left us with many memorable holiday tunes.
You can find music all sorts of different ways. Sometimes you find them as background music of commercials. I *think* that’s how I tuned into “Cissy Strut” by The Meters.
Elvis Presley is not a performer from my generation. Sure, I was alive during some of his hits, but I have always considered him to be of my parents’ generation. As such, most of his recordings don’t really capture my attention.
Suspicious Minds is the exception.
How can you not love Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) by Sly & The Family Stone? Funk riffs, plenty of horns delicately placed in the background, and that fantastic slap of the bass.
Somewhere in my basement are a few old 45s that I have had since the 1960s. Two of them are recordings of the Lemon Pipers, including “Green Tambourine”. The term “psychedelic pop” was invented for bands like the Lemon Pipers.
Dizzy is at the top of bubblegum pop created at the time, by Tommy Roe.