1973

The Faces and Rod Stewart were on borrowed time together when they reached their peak with Cindy Incidentally when it reached No.2 in February 1973. (more…)

This raucous, rousing rocker was Slade’s fourth number one, and another absolute belter. (more…)

Phil Lynott seemed the epitome of cool when I was a kid; there weren’t many black rock musicians in those days and Phil exuded a roguish, vagabond charisma that was the very opposite of the posh white boys I went to school with.

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Status Quo – Paper Plane

14th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

If ever there was a group that did exactly what it said on the tin it was Status Quo, who seem to have been playing the same song for half a century.

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Free – Wishing Well

13th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music
They didn’t last long – barely three years – but while they were around Free really were a breath of fresh air. And this takes me straight back to 1973.

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This is a quintessential slice of Philly soul – a lush, smooth and sentimental sound so perfectly described by Fred Wesley, the trombone player for James Brown and Parliament-Funkadelic, as “putting the bow tie on funk.”

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Focus – Sylvia

11th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

The list of hit records by Dutch bands a short one; the list of hit records with yodelling is even shorter. It’s therefore a fairly safe bet that this is the only Dutch record with yodelling on it. Incredibly, it’s not as bad as you would imagine. (more…)

Wings – C Moon

10th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

Paul McCartney might now be a national treasure, with John Lennon revered retrospectively as the edgy rebel of The Beatles, but back in the early Seventies it was Macca who upset the Establishment. (more…)

Mere months after his last two hits in two different bands – The Move and Electric Light Orchestra – Roy Wood returned to the charts leading an octet called Wizzard.

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Here’s another of those songs I wouldn’t be rushing to put on my own personal Best of 1973 album but it’s is as near to a standard as you can get. Everybody knows You’re So Vain. It’s beyond loving or hating, it just IS. It’s there. (more…)