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#1 2016-05-23 11:07:58

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1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Hi guys...im not up on this period and was wondering if anyone knew where to start..some recommendations would be great..

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#2 2016-05-23 11:49:17

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Doobies, America, Three Dog Night kind of vibe ?


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#3 2016-05-23 12:08:02

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Exactly that really....Doobie Brothers is sounding good and what's lead me into it with the good synth and keys work..good rhythm section too

Also thought ventura highway sounded decent...I guess Stephen Stills qualifies too?

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#4 2016-05-23 12:48:13

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Climax Blues Band was big back then. Marshal Tucker Band. Boz Scags.

 

#5 2016-05-23 12:50:04

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

"Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band. Probably epitomizes early 70s AM rock.

Fanny. Al Stewart. Hall and Oates. Tony Orlando and Dawn. ABBA. Wings. The Guess Who. The Carpenters. Steve Miller Band. Jim Croce. Mac Davis. Captain and Tenille. Elvin Bishop.

Oh, God, I'm starting to have some major flashbacks, not all of them good.

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#6 2016-05-23 12:55:56

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

What about Jefferson starship?

 

#7 2016-05-23 12:57:12

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#8 2016-05-23 12:57:13

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Yep. Jefferson. If I ever hear Miracles again, it will be too soon. Blech.

 

#9 2016-05-23 12:58:23

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#10 2016-05-24 05:21:16

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#11 2016-05-24 06:23:32

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Ha...I spent a lot of my younger years being driven around in a citreon safari being played that album
..doesnt My Angel is a Centrefold appear on that?

 

#12 2016-05-24 06:52:10

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#13 2016-05-24 09:13:24

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

/\  Bop, are you wondering about 1970 specifically or about the entire '70s?


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#14 2016-05-24 09:48:23

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

No im really looking at those early 1970s groups..not so much the later years

 

#15 2016-05-24 14:37:00

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

There were some killer breaks made by the bands above. Back when I was a vinyl addict I used to love cutting my double copies of the Jack and Diane intro (and plenty more).

The best has got to be Steve Miller: Take the Money and Run, Fly Like an Eagle and Macho City are all superb (the whole tracks not just the breaks).


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#16 2016-05-24 15:54:40

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

here is my personal selection from the 1970 AM Top 100, I included the song's the highest chart position, these are tunes I liked both then and now:

Billboard Year End Charts 1970

5       Edwin Starr     War *****
9       Beatles     Let It Be *****
19       Sly and The Family Stone     Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Again)***** really 1969 I know
22      Norman Greenbaum     Spirit In The Sky*****
24      Temptations     Ball Of Confusion (That's What The World Is Today)*****
31        Stevie Wonder     Signed Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours)*****
34       John Lennon     Instant Karma (We All Shine On)***
35      Clarence Carter     Patches***
36      Creedence Clearwater Revival     Lookin' Out My Back Door*****
45      Jaggerz     The Rapper
48       Badfinger     Come And Get It
52        Kinks     Lola*****
57        Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band     Express Yourself*****
67       James Taylor     Fire And Rain
71      Delfonics     Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)***
73      Creedence Clearwater Revival     Up Around The Bend*****
78        Mountain     Mississippi Queen
84      100 Proof Aged In Soul     Somebody's Been Sleeping
89      Creedence Clearwater Revival     Travelin' Band / Who'll Stop The Rain***
91       Temptations     Psychedelic Shack*****
93       Pacific Gas and Electric     Are You Ready?
94       Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young     Woodstock*****
95       Dionne Warwick     I'll Never Fall In Love Again***
98       B.B. King     The Thrill Is Gone***

plus:

Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed
Smokey Robinson & the Miracles - The Tears Of A Clown
Alice Cooper - Eighteen
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio
Stephen Stills - Love the One You're With


here's the bad news, a few real pains, mainly from the one-hitters, instant torture 1970-style:

Partridge Family - I Think I Love You

and

29     Bobby Sherman     Julie, Do Ya Love Me
40     Edison Lighthouse     Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
44     Eddie Holman     Hey There Lonely Girl
62     White Plains     My Baby Loves Lovin'
64     Brotherhood Of Man     United We Stand
81     Tee Set     Ma Belle Amie

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#17 2016-05-24 16:24:20

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

1971, same key as above:

the good, *** = still killer for me:

2     Rod Stewart     Maggie May***
5      Bee Gees     How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
9      Temptations     Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
11      Janis Joplin     Me And Bobby McGee
12     Al Green     Tired Of Being Alone
14     Undisputed Truth     Smiling Faces Sometimes***
15     Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose     Treat Her Like A Lady***
16      Rolling Stones     Brown Sugar*****
18      Jean Knight     Mr. Big Stuff*****
21       Marvin Gaye     What's Going On
22       Paul and Linda McCartney     Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey***
23      Bill Withers     Ain't No Sunshine
28     Jerry Reed     Amos Moses*****
31     George Harrison     My Sweet Lord***
43     Ringo Starr     It Don't Come Easy***
46     Dramatics     Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get
55     Ike and Tina Turner     Proud Mary*****
60     Paul McCartney     Another Day
62     Marvin Gaye     Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)
63     Brewer and Shipley     One Toke Over The Line
64     8th Day     She's Not Just Another Woman
74     Jerry Reed     When You're Hot, You're Hot*****
75     Beginning Of The End     Funky Nassau*****
77     King Floyd     Groove Me*****
81     Dave Edmunds     I Hear You Knocking*****
82     Bee Gees     Lonely Days
84     Who     Won't Get Fooled Again*****
89     Isaac Hayes     Theme From "Shaft"*****
93     Wilson Pickett     Don't Knock My Love, Pt. 1*****

plus: John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band - Power to the People

the bad and the ugly ....

aka the "if I have to hear this again I'm going to break something" department" ... some sorry tunes played by the radio morons but still, when you look at the good hits, you've got to admit it was a very good year on the AM dial .........

3     Carole King     It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move
4     Osmonds     One Bad Apple
7     Donny Osmond     Go Away Little Girl
10     Dawn     Knock Three Times
33     Ocean     Put Your Hand In The Hand
39     Cher     Gypsy, Tramps And Thieves
42     Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds     Don't Pull Your Love
53     Partridge Family     Doesn't Somebody Want To Be Wanted
56     Chicago     Beginnings / Color My World
58     Stampeders     Sweet City Woman
59     Lobo     Me And You And A Dog Named Boo
61     Bread     If
71     Mac and Katie Kissoon     Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
72     Andy Williams     Love Story (Where Do I Begin)
83     Fortunes     Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
87     Buoys     Timothy
88     Partridge Family     I Woke Up In Love This Morning
91     Neil Diamond     I Am..I Said

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#18 2016-05-24 21:35:45

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

1972 chart songs that are good according to me:

in this list the ones that I was truly into back in 1972 are asterisked:

the good:

4     Nilsson     Without You
6      Joe Tex     I Gotcha*
11      Al Green     Let's Stay Together
16     Luther Ingram     If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right*
17      Neil Young     Heart Of Gold*****
19     Staple Singers     I'll Take You There*****
21    Joe Simon     Drowning in the Sea of Love
22     Billy Preston     Outa-Space*
23     War     Slippin' Into Darkness*****
24      Hollies     Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress)
32     Moody Blues     Nights In White Satin
35     O'Jays     Back Stabbers*****
38     Mel and Tim     Starting All Over Again
39     Badfinger     Day After Day
43     Dennis Coffey and The Detroit Guitar Band     Scorpio
46     Rick Nelson     Garden Party
47     Johnny Nash     I Can See Clearly Now
48     Elvis Presley     Burning Love*****
49      Betty Wright     Clean Up Woman*****
50     Argent     Hold Your Head Up
51     Chakachas     Jungle Fever
54     Al Green     Look What You Done For Me
56     T. Rex     Bang A Gong (Get It On)*
57     Paul Simon     Mother And Child Reunion*
60     Derek and The Dominos     Layla*
66     Nilsson     Coconut*
73     Three Dog Night     Never Been To Spain
75     Alice Cooper     School's Out*
79     Sly and The Family Stone     Family Affair*
80     Jimmy Castor Bunch     Troglodyte
82     Curtis Mayfield     Freddie's Dead*****
91     Yes     Roundabout*
99     James Brown     Good Foot, Pt. 1*****
100     Isley Bros.     Pop That Thang*

some AM chart hits of 1972 that made/make me cringe:

3     Don McLean     American Pie
14     Gallery     Nice To Be With You
20     Michael Jackson     Ben
27     America     A Horse With No Name
67     Donny Osmond     Puppy Love
90     Godspell     Day By Day
94     Don Mclean     Vincent

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#19 2016-05-24 21:54:40

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#20 2016-05-24 22:05:40

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#21 2016-05-24 22:25:02

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#22 2016-05-24 23:45:33

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Re: 1970 AM Radio Rock Bands

Thanks for putting in the time on that stan...the 70s musically to me is pretty much a grey area compared to the 60s which i feel like I know like the back of my hand, I shall study the lists.

 

#23 2016-05-25 01:57:47

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#24 2016-05-25 02:48:23

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Im very much enjoying the Doobie Brothers at the mo..I was speaking to the FinL last night and he said when the label were discussing with Steely Dan whether Mcdonald or Fagan should be the lead singer, Fagan said words to the effect of...do you want someone who sounds like white the Stevie Wonder or a screeching Jew? They went with the screeching Jew..which is not a bad thing as its given us two great bands instead of one...

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#25 2016-05-25 06:46:55

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Two bands?


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