70s music
The 1970s were all about sex, drugs and rock and roll; Beat welcomes you to our Disco Inferno.
'One Man Dog'
It is perhaps understandable and in retrospect inevitable that after releasing two albums as strong as Sweet Baby James and Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon that the quality would taper off with James Taylor's fourth album. Entering A&R Recording Studio in New York and Clover Recorders in Summer 1972, Taylor and producer Peter Asher certainly had a lot to live up to.
By Sean Callaghan5 years ago in Beat
Jackson 5 gave love on Christmas Day but did not celebrate the holiday themselves
There is an old saying that "Looks can be deceiving," and it certainly is true. In the cover photo, you see from left, The Jackson 5, Marlon, Tito, Jackie, Jermaine, and Michael Jackson, posing in front of a Christmas tree with presents.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Beat
'Mud Slide Slim And The Blue Horizon'
In April 1971, Just six months after his hit song "Fire and Rain" hit the No. 3 spot on the Billboard charts on Halloween 1970 and propelled the album Sweet Baby James to classic status, James Taylor released his third LP, the more cumbersomely titled Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon. For the first time, Taylor would release an album to a public very aware of him and had to face all the attendant expectations involved in following up an absolute hit.
By Sean Callaghan5 years ago in Beat
Tony Orlando and Dawn
If you were around in the 1970s there is no way that you are not familiar with the singing trio Tony Orlando and Dawn whose hits are memorable even today a half decade later. Tony Orlando was born Michael Anthony "Tony" Orlando Cassavitis on April 3, 1944. His father was Greek, his mother Puerto Rican and he grew up in "Hell's Kitchen" in New York. Orlando began in the music industry as a songwriter, producer and eventually became the general manager of Columbia Records. He was later promoted to vice-president of Columbia/CBS Music.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Beat
Love in the Time of the 70s
In this decade, Bob Dylan is possibly most famous for his albums such as “Blood on the Tracks”, “Desire”, “Self Portrait” and even “Street-Legal”. But he is famous for one more thing as well. He is famous for his divorce from the stunning Playboy Model, Sara Lowndes, his wife of over ten years and mother of the majority of his children. This was a big deal since of course, everyone remembered the song “Sad-Eyed Lady of the Lowlands” which he wrote for her and confirmed in the song “Sara” from the album “Desire” in the seventies.
By Annie Kapur5 years ago in Beat
Glen Goins Just Funkin for fun
In 1976, Parliament/Funkadelic released The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein. One of the singles on the album was Funkin for Fun. The song was written by George Clinton, Gary Scheider and Glen Goins and Goins sang lead. The song can be interpreted in several ways, with most people think it's someone striking out on their own in the world. Others, however, believe the recording to be prophetic as the lead singer died only 2 years later.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Beat
That 70's Ish
I have the coolest dad in the world. Much of who I am today is because of the major role he plays in my life. It would only make sense that much of my taste in music was influenced heavily by this man, and his taste happens to be the 70s. The 70s would be the period where my dad was walking around, young stud in his early 20s; shirt buttoned down, chest hair showing, gold chain dangling with perfectly groomed messy hair much like our friend Neil below.
By Julia Alfred6 years ago in Beat
The Breakout of Blondie
I was born in the early 1970’s and this decade is my absolute must have for music. My earliest memories were artists like Elton John, Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles. If I find myself in a reminiscing mood I will definitely play songs from these artists, sit back and think back to those good old days. Songs like “Don’t Let the sun go down on me” takes me back to my days when I was living in Virginia Beach. Ah, there was nothing like the old style vintage stereo and those warm days of being a vibrant three years old. The Eagles classic “Hotel California” is another song that recaptures my early years of wonder and discovery.
By Marilyn Glover6 years ago in Beat
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
This American folk rock group is also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and is sometimes joined by their fourth member Neil Young. Singing as a trio they are David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. All four of them have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
By Rasma Raisters6 years ago in Beat
1970s—The Decade of Country Duets
Duets were big in country music in the 1970s. Couples with powerhouse voices like Conway Twitty and Lorretta Lynn, Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, and George Jones and Tammy Wynette burnt up the airwaves. They crooned of love, both broken and new, of wedding rings that weren’t so golden anymore, and living in a beautiful dream with the ones they loved.
By Rachel Carrington6 years ago in Beat
