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Hot Chocolate brought a powerful message of racial unity to the charts when they broke into the top ten with Brother Louie. (more…)

Wizzard – See My Baby Jive

28th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Glam, Music

Top of the Pops often resembled a children’s party in the early Seventies. Especially when Wizzard were in the studio. (more…)

There was always a strong element of panto about Glam but Geordie took it one step further with this blatant send-up of Slade. (more…)

My all-time favourite David Bowie single followed The Jean Genie. It was another song from his forthcoming album Aladdin Sane – Drive-In Saturday. (more…)

Roxy Music – Pyjamarama

25th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

Song of the Day

Two of my favourite singles of all time hit the charts in the same week in the spring of 1973. This was the first of them. (more…)

The O’Jays – Love Train

24th November 2020 · 1970s, 1973, Music

This clip caught my eye (and ear) because of the synchronicity – it’s The O’Jays performing Love Train on the TV show Soul Train. (more…)

Tony Orlando and Dawn sang the biggest hit of 1973 with this sentimental slice of cheese, Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree. (more…)

This is the third and final song in a trilogy that always come to my mind together: The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face, Killing Me Softly With His Song and Help Me Make It Through The Night. (more…)

The history of this classic romantic ballad is a long and complicated one, involving two English folk singers, an American schoolteacher, a screen legend – and a dead cat. (more…)

The story behind Killing Me Softly is a salutary tale of music-biz shenanigans and chicanery. (more…)