AM GOLD MUSIC OF THE 60s & 70s

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 10:17 am

Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 9:37 pm

Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

Post by **noreply66** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:17 pm

1973

The state of Georgia cropped up in the titles of two No. 1 records in 1973: The Night the Lights Went out in Georgia by Vicki Lawrence and Midnight Train to Georgia by Gladys Knight and the Pips.The latter song originally referred to a different locale.Jim Weatherly wrote and recorded it as Midnight Train to Houston. Then Cissy Houston (Whitney's mother) cut it, and the destination was altered for the obvious reason. Knight and the Pips retained the change.

Post by **noreply66** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 8:12 am

1973

The Spinners' first Atlantic release,I'll Be Around, far surpassed the sales of their previous efforts for Motown. They kicked off 1973 with another collaboration with producer Thorn Bell and a second million-seller, Could it Be I'm Falling in Love.

Post by **noreply66** » Wed Dec 26, 2007 9:35 am

The Four Tops, defected from Motown, and they too experienced an immediate rejuvenation. Keeper of the Castle and Ain't No Woman (Like the One I've Got, overseen by producer Steve Barri, returned them to the top 10 for the first time in over five years.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 6:48 am

Isley Brothers ...............Shout

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:58 am

Green River - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Post by **noreply66** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 8:13 am

Jim Croce's Life and Times LP yielded his first No.1 single,Bad, Bad,Leroy Brown. At first, producers Terry Cashman and Tommy West rejected the line "meaner than a junkyard dog" as too crass, but it became the song's most memorable lyric.

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 3:08 pm

Little Bit O' Soul - Music Explosion

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:21 am

Indian Reservation - The Raiders

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 7:11 pm

Delta Dawn--Helen Reddy

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:17 pm

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown---Jim Croce

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:25 am

Jim Croce's Time in a Bottle, from his previous Lp, was released as a single after it was featured in the Tv movie She lives!, and it too topped the charts. After Jim died in an airplane crash in September 1973, album sales surged. With the release of a third album, I Got a Name, and a "greatest hits" package, Croce sold well through 1974.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 7:32 pm

Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree

Post by **noreply66** » Fri Jan 11, 2008 6:04 pm

Jim Seals and Dash Croft's second top-10 single,Diamond Girl, propelled the album of the same name onto the charts while their previous LP, Summer Breeze, continued its two year run.

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:27 pm

Shambala

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 7:08 am

DIAMOND, NEIL & BARBRA STREISAND - You Don't Bring Me Flowers

BubbleGumTiger · Post by **BubbleGumTiger** » Thu Jan 17, 2008 6:40 am

Silhouettes - The Platters

mustang_lvr · Post by **mustang_lvr** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:19 pm

Drift Away

Post by **noreply66** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:23 pm

1973

After Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show had a left-field hit with Shel Silverstein's country parody Sylvia's Mother, the cartoonist wrote The Cover of "Rolling Stone" for them. The public responded enthusiasticaly, and Rolling Stone actually put a cartoon likeness of the band on their March 23 cover.