7 of the 70s: 8/9/12...
Hey folks, it's time for this week's "7 of the 70s", with nuggets from the "Me Decade", and today it's seven from 1972...
Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Clair"
from the album Back To Front (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2
One of my favorite AM songs, a love songs that reveals itself to be one from an uncle to his niece, I hold this close to my heart.
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The Spinners - "I'll Be Around"
from the album Spinners (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
One of my top-5 favorite pop songs of ALL TIME. The conversational delivery, the frankness of the lyrics, and the selflessness of the meaning brings me to tears. every. time. Flawless.
The Delegates - "Convention '72"
from the album The Delegates (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8
Politics was just as nutzoid 40 years ago, with this cut-and-paste novelty mashup done in the Dickie Goodman style by a Pittsburgh DJ and characters like "Walter Klondike"...
Honey Cone - "One Monkey Don't Stop No Show (Part 1)"
from the album Soulful Tapestry (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #15
Legendary ex-Motown songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland's 70s girl-group proved they still had the infectious pop hook goods..
Chi Coltrane - "Thunder And Lightning"
from the album Chi Coltrane (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17
Firebrand rock singer from Wisconsin gets a hit that belongs in every 70s-themed movie...
Joey Heatherton - "Gone"
from the album The Joey Heatherton Album (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24
60's film vixen and my dad's star-crush revises the Ferlin Husky song with really not-bad results...
Mott The Hoople - "All The Young Dudes"
from the album All The Young Dudes (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #37The pinnacle of glam-rock, written and produced by Bowie himself, with all the angst of teen uncertainly of the new decade shoved into one prenatal emo package...
That's it for this week...stay tuned later on for "8 of the 80s"...
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