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Michael Cook
Aug 5, 20221 min read
Rainy Days and Mondays - Carpenters (1971) 8/6/22
Several times since I started my "Great Songs of the '70s" blog back in 2019, I've mentioned The Wrecking Crew...the group of Los Angeles...
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Michael Cook
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Give Me Just a Little More Time - Chairmen of the Board (1970) 8/5/22
When the songwriting/producing team of Holland, Dozier, and Holland broke away from Motown records in the late '60s, they became a...
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Michael Cook
Aug 3, 20221 min read
Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen (1979) 8/4/22
Queen's Freddie Mercury was not a good guitar player, and was always quick to say so. But in 1979, his creative juices were flowing and...
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Michael Cook
Aug 2, 20222 min read
You Don't Bring Me Flowers - Neil Diamond/Barbra Streisand (1978) 8/3/22
Lots of links to the SAME song today--all of them worthy! The year: 1957. The place: Erasmus High School in Brooklyn, New York. More...
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Michael Cook
Aug 2, 20221 min read
I Like Dreamin' - (1977-78) 8/2/22
When your debut single from your debut album spends 27 weeks on the Hot 100, you definitely have a "Great Song" on your hands--not to...
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Michael Cook
Jul 31, 20221 min read
You Sexy Thing - Hot Chocolate (176-77) 8/1/22
Sometimes you've got to tinker with a song before it becomes "Great," and the group Hot Chocolate can certainly attest to that. "You...
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Michael Cook
Jul 30, 20222 min read
Landslide- Fleetwood Mac (1975) 7/31/22
The history of today's "Great Song of the '70s" spans a couple of decades, and is a worthy "Great Song" candidate no matter how--or...
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Michael Cook
Jul 29, 20221 min read
Let It Ride - BTO (1974) 7/30/22
Road rage...or a "Great Song of the '70s?" It could have gone either way for Canada's Bachman Turner Overdrive. While on tour with the...
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Michael Cook
Jul 28, 20221 min read
Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas (1973) 7/29/22
Way back in the 1840s, the name "Jim Dandy" started showing up in both British and American slang as a term for "an outstanding person or...
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Michael Cook
Jul 27, 20221 min read
Joy - Apollo 100 (1972) 7/28/22
Every so often during the rock era, someone would take a piece of classical music and update it in a way that spoke to current musical...
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Michael Cook
Jul 26, 20221 min read
Smiling Faces (Sometimes - Undisputed Truth (1971) 7/27/22
The Motown in-house songwriting team of Norman Whitfield and Barret Strong liked to have multiple artists record and release their...
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Michael Cook
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Whole Lotta Love - Led Zepplin (1970) 7/26/22
Very few "Great Songs" of ANY decade can generate a list like this: *Top 10 chart positions in 13 countries. *The Rock & Roll Hall of...
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Michael Cook
Jul 24, 20221 min read
Ships - Barry Manilow (1979) 7/25/22
What fascinates me the most about today's "Great Song of 1979," is how it resonated so similarly between the man who wrote and...
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Michael Cook
Jul 23, 20221 min read
Talking in Your Sleep - Crystal Gayle (1978) 7/24/22
Back on 9/1/21, we highlighted the Scottish group Marmalade, who scored one of the very first "Great Songs of the '70s:" "Reflections of...
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Michael Cook
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Mainstreet - Bob Seger (1978) 7/23/22
To those of us who grew up where I did (the northern suburbs pf Toledo, Ohio), Bob Seger was almost a local boy...born and raised just 40...
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Michael Cook
Jul 21, 20221 min read
Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley (1976) 7/22/22
On the heels of their FIRST Great Song of 1976--and their careers--England Dan (Seals) and John Ford Coley released their SECOND Great...
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Michael Cook
Jul 20, 20221 min read
Cut the Cake - Average White Band (1975) 7/21/22
How 'bout a "Great Song of the '70s" that sounds like a funky cross between Earth, Wind & Fire and Chicago!?" The Average White Band...
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Michael Cook
Jul 19, 20221 min read
Already Gone - Eagles (1974) 7/20/22
Today's "Great Song of the '70s" came through The Back Door. Literally. In 1968, Songwriter Jack Tempchin was managing a folk music club...
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Michael Cook
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Piano Man - Billy Joel (1973) 7/19/22
There is so much cool trivia behind today's Great Song of 1973," it's hard to know where to begin! But I'll give it a shot. In 1972,...
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Michael Cook
Jul 17, 20221 min read
If I Could Reach You - Fifth Dimension (1972) 7/18/22
The Fifth Dimension had several hit records during the late '60s and early '70s...and one of main reasons for their success was Marilyn...
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