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Great Songs of the '70s!
With Mike Cook
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Michael Cook
Apr 6, 20221 min read
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney (1971) 4/7/22
There' was no middle ground on today's "Great Song of the '70s." Cashbox Magazine said the song was "bursting with fine melodies and...
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Michael Cook
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Shilo - Neil Diamond (1970) 4/6/22
The history of popular music is littered with stories about record company executives who torpedoed an artist's planned release because...
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Michael Cook
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Renegade - Styx (1979) 4/5/22
It's the lament of an outlaw who has been caught and is about to be executed by hanging. It's also a "Great Song of 1979." What it's...
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Michael Cook
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Deacon Blues - Steely Dan (1977) 3/4/22
Steely Dan's 1977 album, "Aja" is a masterpiece of experimentation, and an all time classic. We highlighted the first single from the...
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Michael Cook
Apr 2, 20221 min read
Telephone Line - ELO (1977) 4/3/22
For those of you who might not know, The Electric Light Orchestra was a British group. That has some bearing on today's "Great Song of...
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Michael Cook
Apr 1, 20222 min read
If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Willie Nelson (1976) 4/2/22
Well, a "Great Song" doesn't get any more country than this: Way back in 1950, a singer/songwriter was working the honky-tonk circuit,...
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Michael Cook
Mar 31, 20221 min read
Fallin' In Love - Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds (1975) 4/1/22
Back on March 13th, we highlighted the first "Great Song of the '70s" by the the 3 guys with 4 names: Hamilton, Joe Frank, and Reynolds....
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Michael Cook
Mar 30, 20221 min read
I Shot the Sheriff - Eric Clapton/Bob Marley (1974) 3/31/22
Bob Marley & The Wailers, Part II: Yesterday, we talked about the song that finally got Bob noticed in North America after years of being...
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Michael Cook
Mar 29, 20222 min read
Stir It Up - Johnny Nash/Bob Marley (1973) 3/30/22
Bob Marley was a legend...but it took a while. His pioneering blend of genres (reggae, ska and rocksteady) were as uniquely Jamaican as...
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Michael Cook
Mar 28, 20221 min read
Family of Man - Three Dog Night (1972) 3/29/22
When compiling a list of "Great Songs" by Three Dog Night, today's choice might not immediately come to mind...but it should definitely...
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Michael Cook
Mar 27, 20221 min read
I Found Someone of My Own - The Free Movement (1971) 3/28/22
You may not remember this one, but it was a big hit in 1971...and truly a "Great Song." "I've Found Someone of My Own" was released from...
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Michael Cook
Mar 26, 20222 min read
Come and Get It - Badfinger (1970) 3/27/22
When many of us heard today's "Great Song of 1970" for the first time, we said to ourselves, "That's GOTTA be the Beatles." We were...
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Michael Cook
Mar 25, 20222 min read
(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right (1972, 1974, 1979) 3/26/22
Today's "Great Song of the '70s" was a hit on three separate occasions by three separate artists! And no matter what genre of music might...
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Michael Cook
Mar 24, 20221 min read
Straight On -Heart (1978) 3/25/22
Over the years, Heart's 1978 album "Dog and Butterfly has become iconic, and one of the main reasons why is the album's first single...
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Michael Cook
Mar 23, 20221 min read
Save It For a Rainy Day - Stephen Bishop (1977) 3/24/22
When you're putting together your debut album, it's nice to have some friends who can help out. In Stephen Bishop's case, when he was...
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Michael Cook
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Lost Without Your Love - Bread (1976) 3/23/22
In the past, I've mentioned that the group Bread could really rock. I witnessed it first hand at a Bread concert in Toledo, back in 1972....
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Michael Cook
Mar 22, 20222 min read
Love Machine (Pt.1) - The Miracles (1975) 3/22/22
It may surprise you to learn that the biggest hit the Miracles ever had came AFTER Smokey Robinson left the group. In 1972, Smokey went...
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Michael Cook
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Hooked on a Feeling - Blue Swede (1974) 3/21/22
B.J. Thomas and Mark James grew up together in Texas. B.J., of course, became a singer of "Great Songs," and Mark grew up to be a WRITER...
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Michael Cook
Mar 19, 20221 min read
Hurting Each Other - The Carpenters (1972) 3/20/22
Until The Carpenters recorded and released today's "Great Song of 1972," it had a long history of failure...with one exception. When...
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Michael Cook
Mar 19, 20222 min read
I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmonds (1971) 3/19/22
It's a sad, but fairly well known fact that in the early days of rock and roll, many songs by black artists were co-opted by white...
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