We have a few family acts that have made it big in the world of Rock and Roll like the Jacksons and the Osmonds, but no one can stand up to the Bee Gees. Like the Osmonds and Jacksons, these … Continue reading →
Just two songs back, we saw how Carole King put a double sided hit at number one. That record was “It’s Too Late”/”I Feel the Earth Move.” Both of these songs were from Carole’s album Tapestry. A third song from … Continue reading →
The Raiders started out as Paul Revere and the Raiders. You might remember them as the group that dressed in American Revolutionary costumes so that they would look like people who lived during the late 1700s. The costumes came about … Continue reading →
Carole King is one of the greatest songwriters to ever live. She is the most successful female songwriter of the last half of the twentieth century, having written or co-written 118 hits which charted on the Billboard Hot 100. Besides … Continue reading →
Look who kicked the Rolling Stones out of the top spot, a relative unknown girl group called the Honey Cone. And, this group did not work for Motown. Remember Holland-Dozier-Holland, the songwriting team who created so many hits for acts … Continue reading →
“Brown Sugar” was the sixth number one song by the Stones and the first of the Seventies decade. By now, the Stones had been around for a number of years and were trying to get rid of their “bad boy” … Continue reading →
All you have to do is hear the opening line of “Joy to the World,” “Jeremiah was a bullfrog” and you know instantly what song is being played. This was Three Dog Night’s second number one, so the early Seventies … Continue reading →
No one can deny that the Temptations were a power group. This was the third of four number ones the group had. (The fourth is coming up in 1972). It was their twenty-seventh Top 40 hit so far. They went … Continue reading →
Janis Joplin was a true hippie. She was born January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to a fairly normal family. Her Mom was a registrar at a business college and her Dad was an engineer for Texaco Oil. But, … Continue reading →
You couldn’t help but compare the Osmonds to the Jackson Five. There were five of them and the lead singer was the youngest, in the case of the Osmonds, Donny. The song “One Bad Apple” was actually written for the … Continue reading →