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Slade – Coz I Luv You

13th November 1971 · 1970s, 1971, Glam, Music

Slade launched themselves on a squence of big hits that made them one of the kings of Glam when they topped the charts for the first time with Coz I Luv You at the end of 1971.
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This track is the “odd one out” from their album Led Zeppelin IV – a rare foray into bucolic folk, featuring fingerpicked acoustic guitar. Which is why I like it. (more…)

Al Green had his first big hit with Tired Of Being Alone in 1971, introducing me to soul music for the first time. Here he is at his performance peak. (more…)

Pink Floyd confirmed their status as one of the biggest and most adventurous bands in Britain with the release of Meddle in October 1971. (more…)

James Taylor and Carole King get together to perform You’ve Got A Friend, written by her and taken into the charts by him in 1972.

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Rod Stewart – Maggie May

9th October 1971 · 1970s, 1971, Music
This was the song that made Rod Stewart a star. And it happened by accident, when DJs flipped over a flop and found this on the B-side.

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Delroy Wilson was the Cool Operator immortalised by The Clash. Here’s the song that earned him the nickname. (more…)

Curved Air – Back Street Luv

18th September 1971 · 1970s, 1971, Music
The beautiful Sonja Kristina and her band of virtuoso music students took Curved Air into the charts with one of the era’s more unusual hits, Back Street Luv.

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John Lennon would have had his 80th birthday in 2020 and his album Imagine is soon to be 50. This protest song still stands up half a century later. (more…)

When people think of the soul greats, they tend to start with Aretha (which is fair enough) but bypass Diana Ross, which is unfair.

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