Fireball's Fantastic 500 -- Early 1970s, Part II

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Fireball's Fantastic 500 -- Early 1970s, Part II

#1 Post by Pastor Fireball » Fri Jan 26, 2018 5:08 pm

And now, let's take a few minutes away from the latest Tangredi game to check out some more of my favorite songs of the early 1970s. This is the second of eight posts honoring that period of musical history. Let's get funky!

#72. My Love, Paul McCartney & Wings (1973)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKuFyHwG188

#71. When You're Hot, You're Hot, Jerry Reed (1971)

We haven't had a true country song yet, so here is the first of many. A very short, but fun, tune.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGm3z7UleYg

#70. Coconut, Harry Nilsson (1972)

Another fun early '70s song with a familiar melody.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsSuueEGQSM

#69. Tighter, Tighter, Alive and Kicking (1970)

Tommy James (as in ... & the Shondells) co-wrote this song for the Brooklyn-based one-hit wonder band, which included Bruce Sudano (who would later marry Donna Summer) on keyboards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjG9wK-Cn-o

#68. Workin' at the Car Wash Blues, Jim Croce (1974)

This was one of several singles released after the tragic plane crash that claimed Croce at only 30 years old, but this was notable for being the last one to make the Top 40.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwuP7ILX32E

#67. The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down, Joan Baez (1971)

The signature song of one of America's most famous and hardest working folk singers, who was finally inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame last year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_ksYL26lZE

#66. Only You, Ringo Starr (1974)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIV1a4LMT2E

#65. Long, Long Time, Linda Ronstadt (1970)
Boney Hall for Fame: #203


One of my all-time favorite singers makes the first of many appearances on my list with her first solo hit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKAtM9xS-fA

#64. Always Something There to Remind Me, R.B. Greaves (1970)

Several other singers, including Sandie Shaw and Dionne Warwick, had already gotten their hands on this Hal David-Burt Bacharach composition before it got around to Greaves. This is the first version to make the Top 40, though. This was also Greaves' only significant hit outside of "Take a Letter Maria".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izvMbQpGDi0

#63. The Entertainer, Marvin Hamlisch (1973)

How about a little ragtime music to spice up this list? Hamlisch's version of the Scott Joplin classic remains one of the most recognizable melodies ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T4Uk7mDR-w

#62. My Melody of Love, Bobby Vinton (1974)

Yes, Bobby Vinton released a song as late as 1974. It was a #3 hit on the Hot 100, mind you. And it was the theme to his own syndicated variety show, which was produced by Alan Thicke and distributed by Chuck Barris Productions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnBxbDz77U

The next songs on my list will be revealed on Tuesday. Yes, you read that right! This coming Tuesday. I'm taking off for Atlanta (again!) on Wednesday morning, so this countdown will be the last thing that I do before I go to bed on vacation eve.
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