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Great Songs of the '70s!
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Michael Cook
Jun 25, 20221 min read
Love On a Two Way Street - The Moments (1970) 6/26/22
With its soulful falsetto vocals and smooth backing track, today's "Great Song of 1970" sounds an awful lot like The Stylistics, but...
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Michael Cook
Jun 24, 20221 min read
Forever in Blue Jeans - Neil Diamond (1979) 6/25/22
Cashbox Magazine described today's "Great Song of 1979 as "a pleasant tribute to doing okay...without the glitter of wealth and fame."...
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Michael Cook
Jun 23, 20221 min read
Flash Light - Parliament (1978) 9/24/22
Today's "Great Song of 1978" is masterpiece of theatrical funk that came out the triple group collective all featuring pretty much the...
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Michael Cook
Jun 22, 20222 min read
Hooked on You - Bread (1978) 6/23/22
For almost 3 years, whenever I've given chart information about a "Great Song of the '70s, I've mentioned SPECIFIC Charts. Some of them...
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Michael Cook
Jun 21, 20221 min read
Breakdown - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers (1976-77) 6/22/22
Tom Pettty and the Heartbreakers had already recorded and completed "Breakdown, "today's "Great Song of 1976-77," for their self-titled...
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Michael Cook
Jun 20, 20221 min read
Summer -War (1976) 6/21/22
Summer has arrived! On this date in 1976, in honor of the summer solstice, the group War released one of their biggest hits...and a...
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Michael Cook
Jun 19, 20221 min read
Best of My Love - Eagles (1975) 6/20/21
If you went by just the title of today's "Great Song of the '70s, you'd think it was a love song. In fact, many people think "Best of My...
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Michael Cook
Jun 18, 20222 min read
Rub It In - Billy "Crash" Craddock (1974) 6/19/22
Unless you're a real hardcore country music fan, you've probably never heard of Layng Martine, Jr, so let me give you a little...
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Michael Cook
Jun 17, 20221 min read
One of a Kind (love Affair) - Spinners (1973) 6/18/22
We're heading back to Philadelphia today for another "Great Song" by the Spinners. This time, however, there's a bit of controversy...
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Michael Cook
Jun 16, 20222 min read
We've Got to Get It On Again - Addrisi Brothers (1972) 6/17/22
You can't make this stuff up! Today's "Great Song of the '70s" is by two brothers who started their show business careers as part of a...
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Michael Cook
Jun 15, 20221 min read
I'm a Man - Chicago (1969-71) 6/16/22
It's gotta be the must-see double-bill of 2022: Chicago is back on tour, with opening act Brian Wilson (with Al Jardine and Blondie...
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Michael Cook
Jun 14, 20221 min read
Up Around the Bend/Run Through the Jungle - CCR (1970) 6/14/22
As the '70s began, Creedence Clearwater Revival was hot...scoring "Great Song" after Great Song!" Today's we're focusing on the first...
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Michael Cook
Jun 14, 20222 min read
Knock On Wood - Amii Stewart (1979) 6/14/22
Today's "Great Song of the '70s" was a hit four times....by four different artists...over the course of 13 years (1966-79). It started...
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Michael Cook
Jun 12, 20221 min read
Sharing the Night Together - Dr. Hook (1978) 6/13/22
Sometimes a Great Song isn't a "Great Song" until it finds the right artist to record it." For today's choice, the "third artist was the...
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Michael Cook
Jun 11, 20221 min read
You & Me - Alice Cooper (1977) 6/12/22
Alice Cooper was annoyed. After years of filling stadiums for shows full of theatrical hard rock, the critics just wouldn't cut him a...
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Michael Cook
Jun 10, 20221 min read
Evil Woman - ELO (1978) 6/11/22
Sometimes a "Great Song" can come after all the other Good Songs" have been written, recorded and produced. In late 1975, The Electric...
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Michael Cook
Jun 10, 20222 min read
Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey (1975) 6/23/22
I don't get it. Some people do NOT like today's "Great Song of 1975," and I can't figure out why. Perhaps it's because the original radio...
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Michael Cook
Jun 8, 20221 min read
The Bitch is back - Elton John (1974) 6/9/22
Yes, the title of today's "Great Song of 1974" was controversial at the time-- and still is to a certain extent--but it's one of Elton...
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Michael Cook
Jun 7, 20221 min read
"We May Never Pass This Way Again - Seals & Crofts (1973) (Jim Seals Tribute) 6/8/22
Sad news: Jim Seals of Seals & Crofts has passed away at the age of 80. For a definitive obituary, I defer to Rolling Stone Magazine:...
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Michael Cook
Jun 6, 20221 min read
I'm Doin' Fine Now - New York City (1973) 6/7/22
Today, we're looking at a one-hit wonder that actually had about a half-dozen charted singles between 1973 and 1975...but their first...
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