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Post by at40petebattistini on Jul 15, 2024 4:42:27 GMT -5
This week’s lost 70s classic for July 21, 1973... A bluesy, mellow instrumental originally released in 1968, Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross” was re-issued by CBS Records in England in 1973 and reached the British Top 5 in July. The single was also released in the U.S. in 1973 by Epic Records as a deejay promo. Personal note: In my first radio job as a weekend board operator during the summer of ‘73, I recall using this instrumental track to fill airtime, just prior to the station’s top-of-the-hour ID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWopbo24uLk
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 15, 2024 6:35:22 GMT -5
This week’s lost 70s classic for July 21, 1973... A bluesy, mellow instrumental originally released in 1968, Fleetwood Mac’s “Albatross” was re-issued by CBS Records in England in 1973 and reached the British Top 5 in July. The single was also released in the U.S. in 1973 by Epic Records as a deejay promo. Personal note: In my first radio job as a weekend board operator during the summer of ‘73, I recall using this instrumental track to fill airtime, just prior to the station’s top-of-the-hour ID. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWopbo24uLkFrom the early blues band Mac era, of course.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Jul 21, 2024 19:56:48 GMT -5
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Post by dth1971 on Jul 21, 2024 20:29:34 GMT -5
Sounds like it could have been used in the movie version of "Grease" instead of "Hopelessly Devoted to You".
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Post by 1finemrg on Aug 1, 2024 13:14:21 GMT -5
The band had a swinging #4 hit earlier in the year. The lost 70s classic from August 4, 1979 was the follow up. A good one, it just missed reaching the Top 40, peaking at #45 over a 7 week chart run. Lady Writer - Dire Straits---------------------------------------------- It was the first time for this band, about two years before these yacht rockers began their assault on the Top 40. Saw them at Chicagofest in 1979 with Dr. Hook; they put on a great show. I had also heard them on Public Television's Soundstage, and this song was one of the highlights. The lost 70s classic from August 2, 1975 bubbled under The Hot 100 for a couple of weeks, peaking at #102. Island Woman - Pablo Cruise
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 18, 2024 18:40:37 GMT -5
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Post by lasvegaskid on Aug 23, 2024 19:24:32 GMT -5
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Post by at40petebattistini on Sept 2, 2024 9:29:55 GMT -5
This week’s lost 70s classic was at #67 on the Hot 100 dated September 15, 1979. “Boom Boom (Out Go The Lights)” by Pat Travers eventually peaked at #56, and spent all of 7 weeks on the survey. Though its chart performance was mediocre, it’s a crowd pleaser… www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4XbV3gCm2Y
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Post by Rodney on Sept 2, 2024 20:40:55 GMT -5
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Post by mga707 on Sept 2, 2024 22:14:05 GMT -5
Hooker's blues classic was almost a top 40 single (peaked at 43) by Eric Burdon's original Animals in early 1965.
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Post by Rodney on Sept 3, 2024 6:15:09 GMT -5
(In my best Johnny Carson voice)… “I did not know that” :-) I’ll have to check out his version.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 3, 2024 21:01:24 GMT -5
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Post by lasvegaskid on Sept 4, 2024 16:32:02 GMT -5
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