Clive Dunn – Grandad

21st December 2020 · 1970s, 1971, Music

Clive Dunn cashed in on his fame in Dad’s Army when his sentimental song Grandad topped the chart in January 1971. (more…)

David Essex – Rock On

20th December 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

This song is so strangely timeless: it sounded ahead of its time in 1973 and it still sounds futuristic half a century later. (more…)

The Rolling Stones – Angie

19th December 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

When I think of The Rolling Stones I think of Jagger pouting and strutting as Keith chops out a guitar riff with a fag in his mouth. Angie isn’t like that at all. (more…)

This song is my guiltiest secret. It’s so sentimental and cheesy yet so perfect, with a mood to match its title and a melody to match its lyric – a perfectly constructed coming-of-age story. (more…)

Suzi Quatro – 48 Crash

17th December 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Glam, Music

Suzi Quatro was Glam’s very own badass,  a rock chick version of Emma Peel from The Avengers, with the same taste in black leather catsuits. (more…)

Jim Croce’s aptly timeless Time In A Bottle soared to the top of the US charts after his death in 1973. (more…)

The hits kept coming for Slade and Skweeze Me Pleeze Me was as great as any of them. It gave them their fifth chart topper, making them the undisputed kings of Glam. (more…)

Here’s a tune that takes me straight back to the summer of 1973: one of two top ten hits – You Can Do Magic and Walking Miracle – for Limmie & The Family Cookin’. (more…)

Clifford T. Ward – Gaye

13th December 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

Schoolteacher Clifford T. Ward made an unusual addition to the parade of Glam rockers on Top of the Pops with his sensitive piano ballad Gaye. (more…)

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This was far from being Elton John’s best single. But it would spark a superior cover version by The Who nearly 20 years later. (more…)