1973
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…)
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…)
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…)
I’d had this catchy song lodged in my memory for about 40 years without remembering who or what it was until one day it popped up on a reggae compilation I’dbought. (more…)
Harmony greats The Heptones helped put Coxsone Dodd’s legendary Studio One on the map as the home of Jamaican rocksteady and reggae. (more…)