Sounds of The Seventies
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1975
The Doobie Brothers Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me) suggested the direction the band would take behind new member Michael McDonald. One of the first inkings of the baby-boomers nostaigia to come, the song had been a searing Motown hit in 1965 for Kim Weston, although the Doobies based their interpretation on the 1968 version (also via Motown) by the Isley Brothers.
The Doobie Brothers Take Me in Your Arms (Rock Me) suggested the direction the band would take behind new member Michael McDonald. One of the first inkings of the baby-boomers nostaigia to come, the song had been a searing Motown hit in 1965 for Kim Weston, although the Doobies based their interpretation on the 1968 version (also via Motown) by the Isley Brothers.
1975
Rock n roll in the mid-70s indicated either eclecticism or lack of direction, depending on your point of view. The audience was dividing into factions as never before.Oklahoman Dwight Twilley--with his partner Phil Seymour, the Dwight Twilly Band--was a critics' darling for the way he merged Elvis rockabilly with Beatles pop on I'm on Fire, but he wouldn't see the charts again until 1984.
Rock n roll in the mid-70s indicated either eclecticism or lack of direction, depending on your point of view. The audience was dividing into factions as never before.Oklahoman Dwight Twilley--with his partner Phil Seymour, the Dwight Twilly Band--was a critics' darling for the way he merged Elvis rockabilly with Beatles pop on I'm on Fire, but he wouldn't see the charts again until 1984.
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Alice Cooper, on his first solo album after leaving the prototypical metal band that bore his name, abandoned the shock-rock life with Only Women, which today would be classified as a "power ballad." taken from Welcome to My nightmare, his most theatrical effort to date (it even won him a network-TV special), the single reinforced Cooper's new self-image as a mainstream show-biz kind of a guy, and was covered by several female artists. Tammy Wynette whom Cooper claimed to have written the song, was not one of them, However.
Alice Cooper, on his first solo album after leaving the prototypical metal band that bore his name, abandoned the shock-rock life with Only Women, which today would be classified as a "power ballad." taken from Welcome to My nightmare, his most theatrical effort to date (it even won him a network-TV special), the single reinforced Cooper's new self-image as a mainstream show-biz kind of a guy, and was covered by several female artists. Tammy Wynette whom Cooper claimed to have written the song, was not one of them, However.
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Roll On Down the Highway signaled the beginning of the Canadian hard-rock group's descent off the charts. Ready to take their place was Bad Company, a British supergroup built around vocalist Paul Rodgers of Free, guitarist Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople, and bassist Boz Burrell of King Crimson.
Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Roll On Down the Highway signaled the beginning of the Canadian hard-rock group's descent off the charts. Ready to take their place was Bad Company, a British supergroup built around vocalist Paul Rodgers of Free, guitarist Mick Ralphs of Mott the Hoople, and bassist Boz Burrell of King Crimson.