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Post by mga707 on Feb 18, 2023 15:09:54 GMT -5
With the 2/13/71 in the Sirius/XM spotlight this weekend, here's a lost classic that peaked on the Hot 100 that same week. And though the it was ranked among the Top 40 (at #32) and was featured on the AT40 countdown, it's worthy of another play. Little Sister's "Somebody's Watching You", the follow-up to the group's "You're The One" from a year earlier, was a *related* R&B bonus track from the production talents of Sly Stone. And with two Hot 100 singles that both reached Billboard's Top 40, "Somebody's Watching You" wrapped up the group's mostly forgotten chart success. One more time... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1d7Yt8gvYI've always heard a bit of the "Family Affair" rhythm track in this song. Not surprising, given Sly's involvement.
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Post by mrjukebox on Feb 18, 2023 15:22:17 GMT -5
From this weekend's A show presentation 2/17/73:"Oh Babe,What Would You Say" by Hurricane Smith-Great song that could've been a hit in the 1920's or 1930's-It's got a nostalgic feel to it.
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Post by mga707 on Feb 19, 2023 12:31:13 GMT -5
From this weekend's A show presentation 2/17/73:"Oh Babe,What Would You Say" by Hurricane Smith-Great song that could've been a hit in the 1920's or 1930's-It's got a nostalgic feel to it. In my experience, that is a song people either love or hate. I'm in the former camp. Some years back, I played it for a then-co-worker who is a huge Beatles fan. As you probably know, Norman 'Hurricane' Smith had a major connection to the 'Fab 4'. She was too young to recall the song from '73, but upon hearing it she pronounced it the worst thing she'd ever heard.
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Post by 1finemrg on Feb 19, 2023 20:08:59 GMT -5
With the 2/13/71 in the Sirius/XM spotlight this weekend, here's a lost classic that peaked on the Hot 100 that same week. And though the it was ranked among the Top 40 (at #32) and was featured on the AT40 countdown, it's worthy of another play. Little Sister's "Somebody's Watching You", the follow-up to the group's "You're The One" from a year earlier, was a *related* R&B bonus track from the production talents of Sly Stone. And with two Hot 100 singles that both reached Billboard's Top 40, "Somebody's Watching You" wrapped up the group's mostly forgotten chart success. One more time... www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1d7Yt8gvYI've always heard a bit of the "Family Affair" rhythm track in this song. Not surprising, given Sly's involvement. Little Sister's "Somebody's Watching You" preceded Sly's "Family Affair" by about a year. Guessing that's what gave Sly the idea to write a song using that groove as a template. On the other hand, Little Sister's "You're The One" debuted in Hot 100 (after bubbling under for a week) the same week that "Thank You (Falettin Me Be Mice Elf Agin)" was replaced in the top spot by "Bridge Over Troubled Water". To me, it seems that the groove in the Little Sister song is a derivative of Sly's "Thank You". It happened all the time in rock & roll. One song inspires another. Nancy Wilson of Heart said that the intro to "Crazy On You" was inspired by the beginning of the Moody Blues "Question". She also said the riff on "Barracuda" was built off Nazareth's "This Flight Tonight", a cover of a Joni Mitchell song. Steve Miller loved to take a riff from someone's else song he liked and build a whole new song around it. If you really listen to his #1 hit "Rockin' Me", the riff could be a first cousin to Free's "All Right Now". Then there's what I like to call the "Cherry, Cherry" syndrome. Songs like the Romantics' "What I Like About You", "On The Dark Side" by John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band, and John Mellencamp's "ROCK in the USA" all employ a similar guitar riff to the Neil Diamond classic.
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Post by 1finemrg on Feb 20, 2023 14:02:26 GMT -5
From this weekend's A show presentation 2/17/73:"Oh Babe,What Would You Say" by Hurricane Smith-Great song that could've been a hit in the 1920's or 1930's-It's got a nostalgic feel to it. In my experience, that is a song people either love or hate. I'm in the former camp. Some years back, I played it for a then-co-worker who is a huge Beatles fan. As you probably know, Norman 'Hurricane' Smith had a major connection to the 'Fab 4'. She was too young to recall the song from '73, but upon hearing it she pronounced it the worst thing she'd ever heard. Not only did Hurricane Smith have a Beatles connection, he also produced 3 of Pink Floyd's early albums. How far apart in music genres is that?
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Post by at40petebattistini on Feb 23, 2023 11:52:33 GMT -5
This week's survey from February 20, 1971 connects two lost classics. 1) In its 5th and final week on the Hot 100, Linda Ronstadt's "(She's A) Very Lovely Woman" peaked the previous week at #70. As a solo artist, Ronstadt averaged one Hot 100 single nearly every year during the early 70s, with only the 1970 release of "Long Long Time" having any Top 40 success. It's also worth noting here that the song "(She's A) Very Lovely Woman" was released in 1967 by The Merry-Go-Round, a group headed up by singer/songwriter Emitt Rhodes. It peaked at #94, with just 3 weeks on the survey. Here's the 1971 version by Linda Ronstadt... www.youtube.com/watch?v=biR4ilv97iA2) And by coincidence, Emitt Rhodes was peaking at #54 on 2/20/71 with his only Hot 100 hit, "Fresh As A Daisy." While it failed to reach Billboard's Top 40, the single fared a little better on CashBox and Record World, with both publications taking it as high as #38. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFOA4URZFVQIn retrospect, both of these lost classics had considerable Top 40 potential (note the youtube comments on each) but, unfortunately, neither generated enough radio airplay / sales in 1971 to reach the AT40 countdown.
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Post by 1finemrg on Feb 23, 2023 21:28:13 GMT -5
Although it only reached #116 in a four week bubbling under chart run, the lost 70s classic from 2/20/71 was penned and credited to one of the most prolific songwriters of all time. He passed away February 8 at the age of 94. It would be the third and final single from him to chart. Like many of his memorable classics, his lifelong collaborator Hal David co-wrote this tune. Lead vocals were beautifully performed by Cissy Houston (Whitney's mom and Dionne Warwick's aunt). All Kinds Of People - Burt Bachrach
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Post by mga707 on Feb 23, 2023 22:12:47 GMT -5
Although it only reached #116 in a four week bubbling under chart run, the lost 70s classic from 2/20/71 was penned and credited to one of the most prolific songwriters of all time. He passed away February 8 at the age of 94. It would be the third and final single from him to chart. Like many of his memorable classics, his lifelong collaborator Hal David co-wrote this tune. Lead vocals were beautifully performed by Cissy Houston (Whitney's Mom and Dionne Warwick's aunt). All Kinds Of People - Burt BachrachOne night last month Turner Classic Movies showed several Elvis Presley tour movies, including the 1972 film that chronicled his early '72 U.S. tour, unimaginatively titled "Elvis On Tour". Started to notice that one of his four female backup singers looked a LOT like Whitney. Sure enough, it was her mom, Cissy (named in the end credits). Saw this right after Lisa Marie Presley had died, which got me to wondering whether the young Whitney (born in 1963) ever toured with her mom and met or hung out with Elvis' daughter (born in 1968), who was shown with her dad in some of the film.
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Post by 1finemrg on Feb 25, 2023 8:03:55 GMT -5
Although it only reached #116 in a four week bubbling under chart run, the lost 70s classic from 2/20/71 was penned and credited to one of the most prolific songwriters of all time. He passed away February 8 at the age of 94. It would be the third and final single from him to chart. Like many of his memorable classics, his lifelong collaborator Hal David co-wrote this tune. Lead vocals were beautifully performed by Cissy Houston (Whitney's Mom and Dionne Warwick's aunt). All Kinds Of People - Burt BachrachOne night last month Turner Classic Movies showed several Elvis Presley tour movies, including the 1972 film that chronicled his early '72 U.S. tour, unimaginatively titled "Elvis On Tour". Started to notice that one of his four female backup singers looked a LOT like Whitney. Sure enough, it was her mom, Cissy (named in the end credits). Saw this right after Lisa Marie Presley had died, which got me to wondering whether the young Whitney (born in 1963) ever toured with her mom and met or hung out with Elvis' daughter (born in 1968), who was shown with her dad in some of the film. Cissy made the Top 40 in 1968 as a member of the Sweet Inspirations. The song "Sweet Inspiration" peaked at #18. The Sweet Inspirations backed Elvis on tour in the late 60s. The famous live recording of "Are You Lonesome Tonight" that is known as the laughing Elvis version has Cissy playing it straight singing soprano. Meanwhile Elvis alters the lyrics singing "Do you gaze at your bald head and wished you had hair?" Elvis starts laughing and is barely able to finish the song. As Cissy is singing her background vocals, it make Elvis laugh even harder. At one point he looks and says "Sing it baby". Cissy went solo in the late sixties. She recorded the original version of "Midnight Train To Georgia", and had a disco hit in the late 70s "Think It Over". In the 90s, Cissy earned two gospel Grammy awards. Cissy's backing vocals were all over the Top 40 through the years. Credits include: - In The Midnight Hour - Wilson Pickett - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone - Aretha Franklin - Mother And Child Reunion - Paul Simon - Do You Wanna Dance? - Bette Midler - Young Americans - David Bowie - I've Got The Music In Me - Kiki Dee - I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan - From A Distance - Bette Midler Her son Gary Garland was a member of the DePaul Blue Demons basketball teams in the late seventies and spent a year in the NBA with the Denver Nuggets. He backed his half-sister Whitney Houston on several tours.
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Post by Rodney on Feb 25, 2023 21:26:18 GMT -5
Fantastic post 1finemrg. Thanks for all the info. :-)
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Post by at40petebattistini on Mar 8, 2023 12:24:25 GMT -5
This week's lost 70s classic comes from Billboard's number one album on 3/11/78, the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. MFSB's "K-Jee" never received singles chart action like many of its LP counterparts. However, the song's dance-contest appearance was one of the movie's more memorable scenes. Plus, give credit to the Nite-Liters, an R&B group who introduced the original in 1971, taking it to the Top 20 on Billboard's Soul Singles survey. As if you need any mood setting for this week's show (where Casey provided details about soundtrack sales), here's "K-Jee." www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_R6u1Cd1Us
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Post by mga707 on Mar 8, 2023 12:42:24 GMT -5
This week's lost 70s classic comes from Billboard's number one album on 3/11/78, the soundtrack to Saturday Night Fever. MFSB's "K-Jee" never received singles chart action like many of its LP counterparts. However, the song's dance-contest appearance was one of the movie's more memorable scenes. Plus, give credit to the Nite-Liters, an R&B group who introduced the original in 1971, taking it to the Top 20 on Billboard's Soul Singles survey. As if you need any mood setting for this week's show (where Casey provided details about soundtrack sales), here's "K-Jee." www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_R6u1Cd1UsThe Nite-Liters original version was also a 'one and done' #39 peaker on the 9/11/71 AT40. Group later were the musicians backing New Birth, who scored two top 40 hits that peaked in the mid-30s, "I Can Understand It" in '73 and "Dream Merchant" two years later.
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Post by 1finemrg on Mar 31, 2023 22:55:40 GMT -5
Don't see it on jlthorpe's list, and it isn't lost by any stretch of the imagination. Debuting at #85, it moved 47-43 in its 5th week on the Hot 100. The next week it would peak at #41, fall to #46 then...gone! Made it to #29 on Cashbox and #32 in Record World. Looking at local charts, it made the Top 10 in San Diego, Fort Lauderdale FL, Honolulu HI, Winston-Salem NC, Rochester NY, Stockton CA, Provo UT, and New Haven CT. The thread wouldn't be complete without this lost??? 70s classic from April 1, 1972. Tiny Dancer - Elton John
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 1, 2023 8:02:35 GMT -5
Don't see it on jlthorpe's list, and it isn't lost by any stretch of the imagination. Debuting at #85, it moved 47-43 in its 5th week on the Hot 100. The next week it would peak at #41, fall to #46 then...gone! Made it to #29 on Cashbox and #32 in Record World. Looking at local charts, it made the Top 10 in San Diego, Fort Lauderdale FL, Honolulu HI, Winston-Salem NC, Rochester NY, Stockton CA, Provo UT, and New Haven CT. The thread wouldn't be complete without this lost??? 70s classic from April 1, 1972. Tiny Dancer - Elton JohnAt least it made Ryan Seacrest AT40 sampled in "Hold Me Closer", an Elton duet with Britney Spears.
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Post by 1finemrg on Apr 21, 2023 23:52:00 GMT -5
On the Hot 100 survey for April 26, 1975, the Average White Band vaulted into the Top 40, leaping from 58-36 in its third week on the Hot 100 with "Cut The Cake". At the same time, another record that was a response song to AWB's first Top 40 single was spending its third and final week bubbling under the Hot 100. Holding at its #108 peak position for a second week, the lost 70s classic was actually recorded by James Brown's backing band The JBs. Pick Up The Pieces One By One - A.A.B.B.* * A.A.B.B. - Average American Black Band
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