Get Together-The Youngbloods--1969-#5
M&L--Chester Powers
this was the best Hair song that didn't belong to hair
AM GOLD MUSIC OF THE 60s & 70s
Ain't No Mountain High Enough-Diana Ross-1970-#1
M&L--Nicholas Ashfold and Valerie Simpson
Diana Ross,who had just gone solo,was credited with discovering the Jacksons,an attempt by the label to boost the chances for both acts.it must have worked,because after one disappointment -" Reach Out and Touch,which later became her signature song,reach only number 20-she took Ain't No Mountain High Enough all the way.
M&L--Nicholas Ashfold and Valerie Simpson
Diana Ross,who had just gone solo,was credited with discovering the Jacksons,an attempt by the label to boost the chances for both acts.it must have worked,because after one disappointment -" Reach Out and Touch,which later became her signature song,reach only number 20-she took Ain't No Mountain High Enough all the way.
Green-eyed Lady--Sugarloaf-1970-#3
M&L--Jerry Corbetta,J.C.phillips and David Riordan
Make It With You--Bread-1970-#1
M&L--David Gates
Bread was formed when Oklahoman David Gates ,seeing the Hollwood success of his old Tulsa crony Leon Russell,went west and wound up producing Pleasure Faire,a group of studio player.He soon joined the group,and the name was changed.
M&L--Jerry Corbetta,J.C.phillips and David Riordan
Make It With You--Bread-1970-#1
M&L--David Gates
Bread was formed when Oklahoman David Gates ,seeing the Hollwood success of his old Tulsa crony Leon Russell,went west and wound up producing Pleasure Faire,a group of studio player.He soon joined the group,and the name was changed.
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)- Melanie -1970-#6
M&L--Melanie Safka
Melanie was a former drama student whose " Look What They've Done to My Song Ma",was a French hit for her and an American hit for the Seekers.Her husband-manager was able to get her onto the bill at Woodstock,where she performed through a rainstorm,inspiring " Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).
M&L--Melanie Safka
Melanie was a former drama student whose " Look What They've Done to My Song Ma",was a French hit for her and an American hit for the Seekers.Her husband-manager was able to get her onto the bill at Woodstock,where she performed through a rainstorm,inspiring " Lay Down (Candles in the Rain).
Share the Land--The Guess Who--1970-#10
M&L---Burton Cummings
Candida--Dawn---1970-#3
M&L---Tony Wine and Irwin Levine
Dawn was an accident.Tony Orlando,an early-60s semister,was working behind a desk at April-Blackwood when he was approached by his old friend Hank Medress,once of the Tokens.Medress had a demo of Candida with two Motown backup singers(Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins)and a lead voice he didn't like;Bell Records had already told him they would release it as a single if a better frontman could be found.Orlando,who had done plenty of demos in his days,agreed to add his voice if he remained anonymous.When the tune went to No.3,he over-dubbed his voice on a follow-up Knock Three Times,and that went to No.1.Only then did Orlando actually meet the two California women who made up Dawn(the name was taken from the daughter of one of the Tokens)
M&L---Burton Cummings
Candida--Dawn---1970-#3
M&L---Tony Wine and Irwin Levine
Dawn was an accident.Tony Orlando,an early-60s semister,was working behind a desk at April-Blackwood when he was approached by his old friend Hank Medress,once of the Tokens.Medress had a demo of Candida with two Motown backup singers(Joyce Vincent and Telma Hopkins)and a lead voice he didn't like;Bell Records had already told him they would release it as a single if a better frontman could be found.Orlando,who had done plenty of demos in his days,agreed to add his voice if he remained anonymous.When the tune went to No.3,he over-dubbed his voice on a follow-up Knock Three Times,and that went to No.1.Only then did Orlando actually meet the two California women who made up Dawn(the name was taken from the daughter of one of the Tokens)
She's A Lady-Tom Jones-1971-#2
M&L--Paul Anka
Welshman Tom Jones sold a grittier.more overly sexual brand of love song to roughly the same audience.Though he had just lost his network TV show when he cut "She's A Lady" his career was still peaking,and the Paul Anka song gave him his best-selling hit yet.
M&L--Paul Anka
Welshman Tom Jones sold a grittier.more overly sexual brand of love song to roughly the same audience.Though he had just lost his network TV show when he cut "She's A Lady" his career was still peaking,and the Paul Anka song gave him his best-selling hit yet.