The 70s. What can I say? You had to be there.
1. Are You Ready? – Pacific Gas & Electric (1970)
2. American Pie – Don McLean (1971)
3. I Didn’t Know I Loved You (Till I Saw You Rock and Roll) – Gary Glitter (1972)
4. Brain Damage – Pink Floyd (1973)
5. Tell Me Something Good – Rufus (1974)
6. Gloria – Patti Smith (1975)
7. Pick Up The Pieces – Average White Band (1976)
8. Bat Out Of Hell – Meat Loaf (1977)
9. One Nation Under A Groove, Pt. 1 – Funkadelic (1978)
10. Rainbow Connection – Kermit the Frog (1979)
I think that’s a pretty good cross-section of the music of that decade, but let’s be honest. This is what the 70s was all about:
Though I confess I prefer this version:
Now quit calling me Shirley.
Entire song list report: Started with “When I’m Cleaning Windows”, by the Austin Lounge Lizards. Ended with “Wild Night” by Van Morrison, song #6048. That’s 106 tunes this week, and 269 to go till the end and the do over. Maybe three more weeks? We’ll see.
Layla — Derek and the Dominos (1970)
You’ve Got a Friend — Carole King (1971)
Give It Up or Let Me Go — Bonnie Raitt (1972)
Diamond Girl — Seals and Crofts (1973)
Before the Deluge — Jackson Browne (1974)
Many Rivers to Cross — Linda Ronstadt (1975)
Do You Feel Like I Do — Peter Frampton (1976)
Go Your Own Way — Fleetwood Mac (1977)
Cheeseburger in Paradise — Jimmy Buffett (1978)
My My, Hey Hey (Into the Blue) — Neil Young (1979)