Get It On! (1971) 2/10/20

When I first started "Great Songs of the '70s," I said that from time to time, I'd feature a "Great Song" that you may have forgotten...or never heard in the first place.

Today is one of those times!

In 1971, jazz artist Bill Chase put together a jazz/rock fusion band and named it after himself: Chase. The band featured a killer brass section that rivaled--and possibly out-performed--Blood, Sweat and Tears, Chicago. and Canada's Lighthouse.

Before you raise any objections, I would like to present my evidence: 1971's "Get it On!"

This song smokes from the first measure, and several times before it's over, there's what I call a "rain of trumpets" that will blow you away. The song was recorded in quadraphonic sound, so if you listened with a four-speaker quad set-up and cranked the volume, it could probably melt steel (or brass, as it were)!

Unfortunately, on 1970s AM monaural radio, the effect was lost. The song only made it to #24 on the Hot 100--but it spent more than a dozen weeks on the chart.

The good news is, when you click the link, you can hear it in stereo, which will give you a good idea of what I'm talking about!

The bad news: Chase was a one-hit wonder. There may have been more to come, but Bill Chase and two of his band mates were killed in a Minnesota plane crash in 1974.

But as far as I'm concerned, they left this Great Song of 1971 as a lasting legacy to their talents!