Music lists are us: Best '70s songs by year with comments
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Favorite '70s Songs by Year (my favorite decade for popular music)
1970
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel
Long, Long Time by Linda Ronstadt
Maybe I'm Amazed by Paul McCartney
Let It Be by Aretha Franklin (of course the original by Macca & Co. Is also great)
Fire and Rain by James Taylor
Signed, Sealed, Delivered by Stevie Wonder
The Long and Winding Road by The Beatles
(They Long to Be) Close to You by The Carpenters
Unfaithful Servant by The Band
I'll Never Fall in Love Again by Dionne Warwick
Into the Mystic by Van Morrison
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) by Melanie & the Edwin Hawkins Singers
25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago
ABC by The Jackson 5
The Man in Me by Bob Dylan (I thank the Coen Bros for igniting my interest in this song, by including it in The Big Lebowski's soundtrack)
Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell
Cecilia by Simon & Garfunkel
Yesterday by Marvin Gaye
Lookin' Out My Back Door by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Golden Slumbers/You Never Give Me Your Money by George Benson
Mother by John Lennon
Sunny by Ella Fitzgerald
Take Me to the Pilot by Elton John
The Tears of a Clown by Smokey Robinson & the Miracles
A Song for You by Leon Russell
Let It Be by The Beatles
We've Only Just Begun by The Carpenters
Son of Your Father by Elton John (from Elton's greatest album, Tumbleweed Connection)
Call Me by Aretha Franklin
Our Sweet Love by The Beach Boys
Heaven Help Us All by Stevie Wonder
Sweet Baby James by James Taylor
Woodstock by Joni Mitchell
Oh! Darling by George Benson
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum
Son of a Preacher Man by Aretha Franklin (there is strong evidence that Ms. Franklin did indeed carry a torch for an actual preacher's son, Sam Cooke)
Across the Universe by The Beatles
A Child is Born by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson
I Want You Back by the Jackson 5
If Not for You by Bob Dylan
It's Magic by James Brown
Isn't It a Pity by George Harrison
Hummingbird by B.B. King
The Shape I'm In by The Band
1971
What's Going On by Marvin Gaye
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
So Far Away by Carole King
Got to Be There by Michael Jackson
Layla by Derek and the Dominoes
Bridge Over Troubled Water by Aretha Franklin
Imagine by John Lennon
Never Can Say Goodbye by the Jackson 5
Without You by Harry Nilsson
Cry Baby by Janis Joplin
Oh You Pretty Things by David Bowie
Strawberry Letter 23 by Shuggie Otis
Surf's Up by The Beach Boys
Just My Imagination by The Temptations
A Case of You by Joni Mitchell
Levon by Elton John
Mr. Big Stuff by Jean Knight
Ain't No Sunshine by Bill Withers
You've Got a Friend y James Taylor
For All We Know by the Carpenters
Move On Up by Curtis Mayfield
Spanish Harlem by Aretha Franklin
Day After Day by Badfinger
That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be by Carly Simon
Tired of Being Alone by Al Green
An Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night
Theme From Shaft by Isaac Hayes
Me and Bobby McGee by Janis Joplin
Baba O'Riley by The Who
Inner City Blues by Marvin Gaye
River by Joni Mitchell
When I Paint My Masterpiece by The Band
Outa-Space by Billy Preston
Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison
Me and My Arrow by Harry Nilsson
It's Too Late by Carole King
If You Really Love Me by Stevie Wonder
Peace Train by Cat Stevens
Superstar by the Carpenters
Mercy Mercy Me by Marvin Gaye
American Pie by Don McLean
Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton
Oh My Love by John Lennon
1972
Superstition by Stevie Wonder
Baby Blue by Badfinger
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face by Roberta Flack
Mona Lisa's and Mad Hatters by Elton John
Lean On Me by Bill Withers
Changes by David Bowie
You're So Vain by Carly Simon
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard by Paul Simon
Papa Was a Rollin' Stone by The Temptations
I Can Remember by The Raspberries
Whatever's for Us by Joan Armatrading
Thirteen by Big Star
Ben by Michael Jackson
Reelin' in the Years by Steely Dan
Waves Within by Santana
Hello It's Me by Todd Rundgren
Trouble Man by Marvin Gaye
In My Reply by Linda Ronstadt
Rocket Man by Elton John
Nomali by Hugh Masekela
Brandy (Your a Fine Girl) by Looking Glass
Where Have You Been by Astrud Gilberto
Don't Let Me be Lonely Tonight by James Taylor
Love Train by The O'Jays
Operator by Jim Croce
A Brand New Me by Aretha Franklin
Morning Has Broken by Cat Stevens
I Can See Clearly Now by Johnny Nash
Goodbye to Love by the Carpenters
I Believe (When I Fall in Love it Will be Forever) by Stevie Wonder
Doctor My Eyes by Jackson Browne
I'll Take You There by The Staple Singers
Melissa by the Allman Brothers
If You Don't Know Me by Now by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
10538 Overture by E.L.O. (the Electric Light Orchestra)
You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio by Joni Mitchell
Lift Every Voice and Sing by Ray Charles
Make It Good by The Beach Boys
All the King's Horses by Aretha Franklin
Turn On Your Radio by Harry Nilsson
I Won't be Hangin' Round by Linda Ronstadt
Will It Go Round In Circles by Billy Preston
Perfect Day by Lou Reed
I Wanna Be Where You Are by Michael Jackson
The Ballad of El Goodo by Big Star
The Big Apple by Hugh Masekela
Honky Cat by Elton John
For the Roses by Joni Mitchell
Do It Again by Steely Dan
Oh Me Oh My by Aretha Franklin
Political Science by Randy Newman
Let's Stay Together by Al Green
Tumbling Dice by The Rolling Stones
Me and Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul
All the Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople
Where is the Love by Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway
Your Mama Don't Dance by Loggins & Messina
There'll Be No Peace Without All Men As One by Ray Charles
City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie
Day Dreaming by Aretha Franklin
Everything I Own by Bread
General Da Banda by Astrud Gilberto
Roundabout by Yes
You Are the Sunshine of My Life by Stevie Wonder
Jackie Wilson Said by Van Morrison
Brand New Key by Melanie
Pancho and Lefty by Townes Van Zandt
Rockin' Robin by Michael Jackson
Listen to the Music by the Doobie Brothers
1973
Desperado by The Eagles
Killing Me Softly with His Song by Roberta Flack
Baby Blue by Badfinger
Higher Ground by Stevie Wonder
Feeling Stronger Every Day by Chicago
Raised On Robbery by Joni Mitchell
Piano Man by Billy Joel
Across 110th St. By Bobby Womack
These Days by Jackson Browne
Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight & the Pips
Dancing in the Moonlight by King Harvest
Could It Be I'm Fallin' in Love by The Spinners (aka The Detroit Spinners)
Angie by The Rolling Stones
Jolene by Dolly Parton
Just You 'n' Me by Chicago
Drift Away by Dobie Gray
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Joker by the Steve Miller Band
Sail On Sailor by The Beach Boys
Space Race by Billy Preston
Dream On by Aerosmith
I Can't Stand the Rain by Ann Peebles
Kodachrome by Paul Simon
Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) by George Harrison
Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock
Life on Mars by David Bowie
I Reach for the Light by the Raspberries
Yesterday Once More by the Carpenters
Day After Day by Badfinger
Jessica by the Allman Brothers
Mighty Love by The Spinners (aka The Detroit Spinners)
Money by Pink Floyd
All in Love is Fair by Stevie Wonder
Brother Louie by Stories
The Fast One by Linda Ronstadt
I Got a Name by Jim Croce
One of a Kind (Love Affair) by The Spinners (aka The Detroit Spinners)
If I Only Had the Words by Billy Joel
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Angel by Aretha Franklin
Aubrey by Bread
Golden Lady by Stevie Wonder
Rock and Roll by the Velvet Underground
Call Me by Al Green
Stuck in the Middle with You by Stealers Wheel
China Grove by the Doobie Brothers
Let's Get It On by Marvin Gaye
Loves Me Like a Rock by Paul Simon
Kuiama by E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)
Samba de Sausalito by Santana
My Old School by Steely Dan
Masterpiece by The Temptations
Ol' '55 by Tom Waits
Jungle Boogie by Kool & the Gang
Knockin' On Heaven's Door by Bob Dylan
Just Right Tonight by Aretha Franklin
When Love Has Grown by George Benson
She by Gram Parsons
The Light That has Lighted the World by George Harrison
Rocky Mountain Way by Joe Walsh
All I Know by Art Garfunkel
Moody's Mood by Aretha Franklin
Spain by Chick Corea & Return to Forever
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John
4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy) by Bruce Springsteen
Seven Seas of Rhye by Queen
I Shall Sing by Art Garfunkel
Half-Breed by Cher
1974
Louisiana 1927 by Randy Newman
Rikki Don't Lose That Number by Steely Dan
Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing by Stevie Wonder
Mockingbird by Carly Simon & James Taylor
Tell Me Something Good by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Come and Get Your Love by Redbone
Birmingham by Randy Newman
Then Came You by Dionne Warwick & The Spinners
(I've e Been) Searchin' So Long by Chicago
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) by Aretha Franklin
Wishing You Were Here by Chicago
You're the First, the Last, My Everything by Barry White
September Gurls by Big Star
Shoorah! Shoorah! by Betty Wright
Best of My Love by the Eagles
Take Me to the River by Al Green
Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Smile Please by Stevie Wonder
Marie by Randy Newman
Lady Marmalade by LaBelle
Killer Queen by Queen
Living for the City by Stevie Wonder
Mr. President (Have Pity on the Working Man) by Randy Newman
Waterloo by ABBA
Eight Days on the Road by Aretha Franklin
Lonely You by Badfinger
Black Water by the Doobie Brothers
Poetry Man by Phoebe Snow
Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me by Elton John
Free Man in Paris by Joni Mitchell
Kingfish by Randy Newman
Let Me in Your Life by Aretha Franklin
Don't Forget Me by Harry Nilsson
Lovin' Arms by Etta James
Forever Young (slow version) by Bob Dylan
Overnite Sensation by The Raspberries
Mighty Mighty by Earth, Wind & Fire
Time by Pink Floyd
You Haven't Done Nothin' by Stevie Wonder
Guilty by Randy Newman
Every Natural Thing by Aretha Franklin
Know One Knows by Badfinger
T.S.O.P. (The Sound of Philadelphia) by M.F.S.B. & The Three Degrees
I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton
You Got the Love by Rufus & Chaka Khan
A Dream Goes On Forever by Todd Rundgren
Help Me by Joni Mitchell
A Wedding in Cherokee County by Randy Newman
They Won't Go When I Go by Stevie Wonder
Mod Lang by Big Star
I'm in Love by Aretha Franklin
Travelin' Prayer by Billy Joel
Late for the Sky by Jackson Browne
Mind Games by John Lennon
Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede
Nothing From Nothing by Billy Preston
Pick Up the Pieces by Average White Band
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe by Barry White
Rock the Boat by Hues Corporation
Sundown by Gordon Lightfoot
Rock Me Gently by Andy Kim
Rollin' by Randy Newman
1975
Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
It Makes No Difference by The Band
In France They Kiss on Main Street by Joni Mitchell
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Love of My Life by Queen
When Will I Be Loved by Linda Ronstadt
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Tangled Up in Blue by Bob Dylan
Jackie Blue by The Ozark Mountain Daredevils
Have a Good Time by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Hurricane by Bob Dylan
Magic Man by Heart
Philadelphia Freedom by Elton John
Mr. DJ (5 for the DJ) by Aretha Franklin
How Sweet It Is (To be Loved By You) by James Taylor
Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas
Edith and the Kingpin by Joni Mitchell
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon
Love is a Rose by Linda Ronstadt
Take It to the Limit by the Eagles
Love Rollercoaster by the Ohio Players
You're Gonna Make Me Lonesome When You Go by Bob Dylan
Out in the Country by the Meters
Fire On High by E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)
This Will Be by Natalie Cole
I'm Not in Love by 10cc (no other song sounded like this one)
Acadian Driftwood by The Band
Crazy on You by Heart
Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow
At Seventeen by Janis Ian
Someone Saved My Life Tonight by Elton John
Over My Head by Fleetwood Mac
Black Friday by Steely Dan
Fire on the Bayou by the Meters
Shelter From the Storm by Bob Dylan
Sweet Bird by Joni Mitchell
Welcome to the Machine by Pink Floyd
Shining Star by Earth Wind & Fire
Ophelia by The Band
Rhiannon by Fleetwood Mac
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain by Willie Nelson
Squeeze Box by The Who
I'm Not Strong Enough to Love You Again by Aretha Franklin
Evil Woman by E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)
Please Pardon Me (You Remind Me of a Friend) by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Dimming of the Day by Richard & Linda Thompson
The Rockford Files (theme) by Mike Post & Pete Carpenter
Boulder to Birmingham by Emmylou Harris
Lovin' You by Minnie Ripperton
1976
I Wish by Stevie Wonder
Summer Highland Falls by Billy Joel
Brother John by Wild Tchoupitoulas (Big Chief Jolly, the Neville Brothers. The Meters, etc al)
Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
Amelia by Joni Mitchell
Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers
Down to Zero by Joan Armatrading
Strange Magic by E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)
Welcome Back by John Sebastian
Sing a Song by Earth Wind and Fire
More Than a Feeling by Boston
Something He Can Feel by Aretha Franklin
Lost Without Your Love by Bread
Dancing Queen by ABBA
The Things We Do for Love by 10cc
Gitano by Santana
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago
Sweet Thing by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Sunrise by Eric Carmen
Pancho and Lefty by Emmylou Harris
Forgotten Love by Jaco Pastorius
Breezin' by George Benson
Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway) by Billy Joel
Love and Affection by Joan Armatrading
Livin' Thing by E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra)
Someone to Lay Down Beside Me by Linda Ronstadt
Blinded by the Light by Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Joy Inside My Tears by Stevie Wonder
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot
Heijira by Joni Mitchell
Somebody to Love by Queen
Midnight Sun by Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson
Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas
Wake Up Everybody by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
Still Crazy After All These Years by Paul Simon
Lo Siento Mi Vida by Linda Ronstadt
Fly Like an Eagle by Stevie Miller Band
Car Wash by Rose Royce
Beth by Kiss
Furry Sings the Blues by Joni Mitchell
I've Loved These Days by Billy Joel
Hey Pocky A-Way by Wild Tchoupitoulas
Lowdown by Boz Scaggs
Street of Dreams by Ella Fitzgerald & Oscar Peterson
Silly Love Songs by Paul McCartney & Wings
Only Love is Real by Carole King
Desperados Under the Eaves by Warren Zevon
Europa (Earth's Cry, Heaven's Smile) by Santana
Rock n Me by Steve Miller Band
Fernando by ABBA
Fly With the Wind by McCoy Tyner
Love of the Common Man by Todd Rundgren
Donna Lee by Jaco Pastorius
Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee
I'll Be Good to You by the Brothers Johnson
Something True by Harry Nilsson
There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon by Phoebe Snow
Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
You Never Can Tell (C'est la Vie) by Emmylou Harris
Don't Give Up on Us Baby by David Soul
Masquerade by George Benson
Sara Smile by Hall & Oates
Rain by Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass
Sara by Bob Dylan
Kid Charlemagne by Steely Dan
Song for Sharon by Joni Mitchell
Big Chief Got a Golden Crown by Wild Tchoupitoulas
Take the Money and Run by the Steve Miller Band
Everybody Loves the Sunshine by Roy Ayers
Never Gonna Fall in Love Again by Eric Carmen
Be for Real by Marlene Shaw
Let's Dance by The Ramones
You Stepped Out of a Dream by McCoy Tyner
You're My Best Friend by Queen
No Regrets by Phoebe Snow
I'm on Fire by Dwight Twilley
A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy
Takin' it to the Streets by the Doobie Brothers
Kiss and Say Goodbye by The Manhattans
(Don't Fear) The Reaper by Blue Oyster Cult
Little Bit of Love by Etta James
Sweet Love by the Commodores
Long May You Run by the Stills-Young Band
Black Crow by Joni Mitchell
Continuum by Jaco Pastorius
I Want You by Marvin Gaye
Let 'Em In by Wings
Love Really Hurts Without You by Billy Ocean
I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend by The Ramones
Blinded By Love by Etta James
That's Rock n Roll by Eric Carmen
1977
Hotel California by the Eagles
Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder
Peg by Steely Dan
Show Some Emotion by Joan Armatrading
Baby What a Big Surprise by Chicago
Poor, Poor Pitiful Me by Linda Ronstadt
Telephone Line by E.L.O.
Strawberry Letter 23 by the Brothers Johnson
The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You by Queen
Jet Airliner by the Steve Miller Band
Opportunity by Joan Armatrading
Lido Shuffle by Boz Scaggs
Dreamland by Joni Mitchell
Alison by Elvis Costello
Another Star by Stevie Wonder
Just a Song Before I Go by Crosby Stills and Nash
Songbird by Fleetwood Mac
Your Smiling Face by James Taylor
Lovely Day by Bill Withers
How Deep is Your Love by The Bee Gees
Willow by Joan Armatrading
Star Wars Main Title by John Williams
Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac
Birdland by Weather Report
Blue Bayou by Linda Ronstadt
The Pretender by Jackson Browne
Easy by the Commodores
Slip Slidin' Away by Paul Simon
Don't Stop by Fleetwood Mac
Turn to Stone by E.L.O.
What I Did for Love by Aretha Franklin
Jericho by Joni Mitchell
American Girl by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Rubber Band Man by The Spinners
She Did It by Eric Carmen
It's So Easy by Linda Ronstadt
Southern Nights by Glen Campbell
At Midnight (My Love Will Lift You Up) by Rufus & Chaka Khan
Aja by Steely Dan
Brick House by the Commodores
Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel
The Closer I Get to You by Roberta Flack & Donnie Hathaway
Barracuda by Heart
The Highwayman by Jimmy Webb
The Greatest Love of All by George Benson
Second Hand News by Fleetwood Mac
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes by Elvis Costello
Here You Come Again by Dolly Parton
More Than a Woman by the BeeGees
Tumbling Dice by Linda Ronstadt
Crackerbox Palace by George Harrison
Sheena is a Punk Rocker by The Ramones
Isn't She Lovely by Stevie Wonder
If You See Me Getting Smaller I'm Leaving by Jimmy Webb
Paprika Plains by Joni Mitchell
Sometimes When We Touch by Dan Hill
Swingtown by the Steve Miller Band
Tender Things by Bill Withers
Mull of Kintyre by Paul McCartney & Wings
1978
Children of Sanchez (Overture) by Chuck Mangione
(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding by Elvis Costello
Dust in the Wind by Kansas
September by Earth Wind & Fire
Mr. Blue Sky by E.L.O.
Close to You by Aretha Franklin
Till It Shines by Bob Seger
Emotion by Samantha Sang
Can We Still Be Friends by Todd Rundgren
I'm Your Speed by Aretha Franklin
The Sultans of Swing by Dire Straits
Fantasy by Earth Wind and Fire
Because the Night by Patti Smith
Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen
Baby I by Joan Armatrading
Only the Good Die Young by Billy Joel
Blues for C.T. by Count Basie & Oscar Peterson
Deacon Blues by Steely Dan
On Broadway by George Benson
Wuthering Heights by Kate Bush
How Much I Feel by Ambrosia
Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile) by Patti LaBelle
Roxanne by The Police
Use to be My Girl by The O'Jays
Running On Empty by Jackson Browne
Ease On Down the Road by Michael Jackson & Diana Ross
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
You're the One that I Want by John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
Dancing Jones by the Neville Brothers
Blowing Away by Linda Ronstadt
Lady Lady by Aretha Franklin
Who Are You by The Who
Everything Must Change by Nina Simone
Life is a Lady/Holiday by Santana
Lotta Love by Nicolette Larson
My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars
1979
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
In the Stone by Earth, Wind and Fire
Brass in Pocket by The Pretenders
Until the Night by Billy Joel
Street Life by The Crusaders & Randy Crawford
Heartache Tonight by the Eagles
Working My Way Back to You by The Spinners
Heart of Glass by Blondie
My Sharona by The Knack
After the Love Has Gone by Earth, Wind & Fire
The Devil Went Down to Georgia by the Charlie Daniels Band
Rock With Me by Michael Jackson
Out of My Hands by Dwight Twilley
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues by Emmylou Harris
Don't Bring Me Down by E.L.O.
So Good, So Right by Brenda Russell
Rockestra Theme by Wings (plus John Bonham, Pete Townshend, David Gilmore, John Paul Jones, et al)
Alison by Linda Ronstadt
Up the Junction by Squeeze
I've Always Been Lonely by B.B. King
Bright Side of the Road by Van Morrison
The Feeling by Aretha Franklin
Let's Go by The Cars
Dreaming by Blondie
After the Ball by Wings
We Are Family by Sister Sledge
Sara by Fleetwood Mac
Don't Do Me Like That by Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
Chuck E.'s in Love by Rickie Lee Jones
Send One Your Love by Stevie Wonder
There's No You by Shirley Horn
Romeo's Tune by Steve Forbert
One Way or Another by Blondie
The Long Run by the Eagles
Boogie Wonderland by Earth, Wind and Fire & The Emotions
It's All I Can Do by The Cars
Macarthur Park by Donna Summer
Blow Away by George Harrison
Sail On by the Commodores
Honesty by Billy Joel
Rydeen by the Yellow Magic Orchestra
Knock on Wood by Amii Stewart
Mama Can't Buy Your Love by Elton John
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat by Joni Mitchell
Morning Dance by Spyro Gyra
Tonight I'm Gonna Make You a Star by B.B. King
Spin it On by Wings
Ring My Bell by Anita Ward
My Baby's Request by Wings
Just One Look by Linda Ronstadt
Goodbye Stranger by Supertramp
Still by the Commodores
Up on the Roof by James Taylor
Arrow Through Me by Wings
The Logical Song by Supertramp
Rapper's Delight by the Sugarhill Gang
The unholy trinity of Universal - Sony - Warner rule some closing in on 90% of all world's music being produced and promoted. That brings the major public channels in a very sad state. And, most people are simply too distracted or too lazy to go find the musical jewels par excellence.
Okay, I just listened to the songs from Billy's debut album from 1976. The only song there that got to me was Love Really Hurts Without You. Maybe some of the others may grow on me? Anyway, thanks for reading and responding. Happy listening