The story goes that Keith Richards once fell asleep onstage while playing this song at a Stones concert. I have no idea if it’s true but if it is, I suspect other factors apart from its opiate-friendly tempo may have been at play. Continue reading “The Rolling Stones – Fool To Cry”
The Doobie Brothers – Long Train Runnin’
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In the mid-Seventies it was hard to get away from The Doobie Brothers. Believe me I tried. But there was no escape from their bland harmony-drenched soft-rock oozing out of radio speakers when all I wanted to hear in 1973 was T.Rex, Slade and The Sweet.
Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together
I first heard this song when Canned Heat had a hit with their 12-bar blues version called Let’s Work Together back in 1970. Six years later, along came Bryan Ferry to stamp his smooth sophisticated style all over it. Continue reading “Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together”
Melba Moore – This Is It
Full disclosure (as nobody said in the Seventies): I didn’t like disco at the time. But it was an inescapable part of my my late teens. Continue reading “Melba Moore – This Is It”
The Chordettes – Mr Sandman
There are oldies and then there are oldies – this one is from before I was born. It’s a proper earworm, with some great lyrics, and it’s had almost 50 million views on YouTube, making it surely one of the best known oldies of all time. Continue reading “The Chordettes – Mr Sandman”