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Subject: #1 Song On This Day Back In... (U.S. version)
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/28/03 at 01:24 p.m.
Please feel free to post your comments or song ratings. :D
1970 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters
1971 - Indian Reservation - Paul Revere & The Raiders
1972 - Lean On Me - Bill Withers
1973 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
1974 - Annie's Song - John Denver
1975 - The Hustle - Van McCoy
1976 - Kiss And Say Goodbye - The Manhattans
1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow
1978 - Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer
Subject: Re: #1 Song On This Day Back In... (U.S. version)
Written By: Paul_UK on 07/28/03 at 02:37 p.m.
1970 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - Carpenters - sheer, unadulterated class - with few exceptions, they rarely made a duff track...
1971 - Indian Reservation - Paul Revere & The Raiders - who, in my opinion, made much better records in their heyday...good sentiments, but I never really liked the song that much - Don Fardon had the hit here...
1972 - Lean On Me - Bill Withers - more class from a very under-rated soul singer, did well here, but Club Nouveau did better - which is nothing short of unforgivable...!
1973 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce - If anyone had the cruellest twist of fate lumped on 'em, it was this guy...absolutely tragic...not his very best, but very good...Frank Sinatra, in order to get more "with it", did a version of this in which he sounded hopelessly out of his depth...!
1974 - Annie's Song - John Denver - ...is his only solo hit here notwithstanding the string of hits in his homeland, and so he remains a one-hit wonder! Amazing! A bit twee, but okay...
1975 - The Hustle - Van McCoy - huge, and I mean HUGE, hit across dancefloors everywhere...there was no escape...great song which still sounds good today...
1976 - Kiss And Say Goodbye - Manhattans - ...more monologue than song by that man with the BIG voice...a bit ho-hum, these days - but listenable...
1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow - I like Barry Manilow! There! I said it! But - however pleasant this song may be - it still doesn't rank with his best...didn't stand a chance here...
1978 - Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb - ...still there after how long?! As I've said before, okay - but not his best...
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer - ...disco thumper with "ladies of the night" thrown in as a bonus - not as good as the previous biggie, "Hot Stuff"...
Subject: Re: #1 Song On This Day Back In... (U.S. version)
Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 07/29/03 at 00:22 a.m.
Okay, it's time for me to have a go at these! ;D
1970 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters Certainly not their best, but okay...3
1971 - Indian Reservation - Paul Revere & The Raiders Not bad...3
1972 - Lean On Me - Bill Withers Good song, but I have to admit that I liked the beat of Club Nouveau's version...3.5
1973 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce As Paul said above, very tragic end to a promising young singer. This guy was awesome!...4.5
1974 - Annie's Song - John Denver I grew up listening to John and this is one of his best...5
1975 - The Hustle - Van McCoy Great to listen to even if you're NOT dancing...5
1976 - Kiss And Say Goodbye - The Manhattans So many songs about affairs ::)...this one is good...4
1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow I like Barry but this one is not his best...3
1978 - Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb LOVE Andy's music...5
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer So-so...I liked "MacArthur Park" much better...3
Subject: Re: #1 Song On This Day Back In... (U.S. version)
Written By: lebeiw15 on 07/29/03 at 06:45 a.m.
1970 - (They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters 3
1971 - Indian Reservation - Paul Revere & The Raiders ?
1972 - Lean On Me - Bill Withers 1... there is just something about this song I hate... maybe hearing the Club Neuevo version too many times!)
1973 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce 3
1974 - Annie's Song - John Denver 2.5 (not really into John Denver but "I'm Sorry" was okay)
1975 - The Hustle - Van McCoy 4
1976 - Kiss And Say Goodbye - The Manhattans ?
1977 - Looks Like We Made It - Barry Manilow ?
1978 - Shadow Dancing - Andy Gibb I can't remember how it goes
1979 - Bad Girls - Donna Summer 1.5
Not the best batch of songs here IMO. :-/