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Subject: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/11/13 at 8:13 pm
Thought I would start at the end of the decade this time. Remember, 2-3 videos at a time, and if you are quoting a post, remove the video from the quote.
I will kick this one off with a song that's actually from 1978, but for Canada and Australia, it was not a hit until 1979. This is from Holland and it is just fantastic ...
Luv' - Trojan Horse
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uTqS3EyL4o
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Here is a classic rock song, that upon it's initial release in 1978, failed, but when re-released in 1979, became a world-wide smash. If you ever hear this song on the radio, they always cut off the fantastic guitar solo at the end, but here it is in all its wonderful glory ...
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFHQcLHKFHM
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Can't kick off a thread like this and not throw in some Canadian Content. Here is a cover song that is among my list of the greatest cover songs of all time ...
Long John Baldry featuring Kathi McDonald - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8wQxs0M_1Q
Long John Baldry was born and raised in England. Kathi McDonald is American, and this song is a cover of the song made famous by the Righteous Brothers. Where does Canada fit in, you ask? In 1978, Baldry moved to Canada, became a Canadian Citizen and recorded the album Baldry's Out which this song appears on
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: gibbo on 11/11/13 at 8:57 pm
I always think of The Doobies - What a Fool Believes' when I think of 1979.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: amjikloviet on 11/11/13 at 9:32 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dfc9EZShRw
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/12/13 at 6:40 am
I think of 3 songs when I think of 1979.
All these were huge that year.
Supertramp ~ The Logical Song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k3JVfxluFU
The Knack ~ My Sharona
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ded4MZVVAhE
Supertramp ~Goodbye Stranger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaMMvt2BpbA
Breakfast in America was such a huge album back then. I didn't know anyone who didn't own a copy. The Logical song was the #1 song in our city that year, and the other 2 were in the top 6.
The top 10 in Toronto:
1 The Logical Song Supertramp
2 Da Ya Think I'm Sexy Rod Stewart
3 What A Fool Believes Doobie Brothers
4 My Life Billy Joel
5 My Sharona The Knack
6 Goodbye Stranger Supertramp
7 Heartache Tonight Eagles
8 Babe Styx
9 Tragedy Bee Gees
10 Heart Of Glass Blondie
A very good representation of what we heard on the radio that year.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/12/13 at 6:41 am
Thought I would start at the end of the decade this time. Remember, 2-3 videos at a time, and if you are quoting a post, remove the video from the quote.
I will kick this one off with a song that's actually from 1978, but for Canada and Australia, it was not a hit until 1979. This is from Holland and it is just fantastic ...
Luv' - Trojan Horse
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Here is a classic rock song, that upon it's initial release in 1978, failed, but when re-released in 1979, became a world-wide smash. If you ever hear this song on the radio, they always cut off the fantastic guitar solo at the end, but here it is in all its wonderful glory ...
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
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Can't kick off a thread like this and not throw in some Canadian Content. Here is a cover song that is among my list of the greatest cover songs of all time ...
Long John Baldry featuring Kathi McDonald - You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling
Long John Baldry was born and raised in England. Kathi McDonald is American, and this song is a cover of the song made famous by the Righteous Brothers. Where does Canada fit in, you ask? In 1978, Baldry moved to Canada, became a Canadian Citizen and recorded the album Baldry's Out which this song appears on
Oh Wow, I love Sultans Of Swing.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/12/13 at 6:46 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhkpOf6nSo
Roger Voudouris- Get Used To It
His only hit in 1979, he passed away August 3rd, 2003.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/12/13 at 6:47 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Dfc9EZShRw
good song by a talented musician.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/12/13 at 7:55 am
I always think of The Doobies - What a Fool Believes' when I think of 1979.
A very good song. The album Minute By Minute in which it appears, I thought was their best album ever.
The Knack ~ My Sharona
Fantastic song! The Knack have the honour of being the only act of the 70s to have two #1 hit singles from a debut album in Canada. The follow-up was called Good Girls Don't
The Knack - Good Girls Don't
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc4l5EpCMEc
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/12/13 at 8:03 am
Fantastic song! The Knack have the honour of being the only act of the 70s to have two #1 hit singles from a debut album in Canada. The follow-up was called Good Girls Don't
The Knack - Good Girls Don't
It's a great song! I see this is the "clean lyrics" version. ;) Not the one we heard on the radio all the time.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/12/13 at 2:17 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-4vMQOOiUY
Ace Frehley- New York Groove
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/12/13 at 2:43 pm
Dire Straits - Sultans of Swing
The British single version of this is very subtly different from the album version, which is the one that normally crops up on compilations and whatnot (and was also used on the US hit single) - it was re-recorded after the record company said it sounded 'too polished' (the last verse was also missed out, I think) and it's one of those annoying songs that have never made it to CD (or whatnot)...
A rarity from Cliff in two ways...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htZir_Taizg
Firstly, he slips into falsetto mode near the end of the song and secondly, he achieved a US Top Ten with it!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/12/13 at 3:21 pm
The British single version of this is very subtly different from the album version, which is the one that normally crops up on compilations and whatnot (and was also used on the US hit single) - it was re-recorded after the record company said it sounded 'too polished' (the last verse was also missed out, I think) and it's one of those annoying songs that have never made it to CD (or whatnot)...
I hope it atleast had the guitar solo at the end.
Cliff Richard - We Don't Talk Anymore
Excellent song. His 4th US Top 40 hit. I'd often heard that many Americans thought he was just a fresh face on the scene when that song came out as prior to 1976's Devil Woman, he had almost NO success in the States.
I grew up hearing alot about Cliff Richard cause that whole "British Elvis" stature he had was seen in Canada as well. We Don't Talk Anymore was his 18th Top 40 hit in Canada, where it peaked in very early of 1980.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/12/13 at 3:28 pm
In 1979, the great Welsh rockabilly artist Dave Edmunds released his 5th solo album titled Repeat When Necessary. From this album came 2 great hits ...
Dave Edmunds - Girls Talk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkhBuNdMgY
Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
This would later become a BIG hit for American singer Juice Newton in the 80s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFN_H3Eqw1U
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/12/13 at 3:36 pm
The members of the band in the two videos above are: Billy Bremmer, Terry Williams and Nick Lowe, who along with Edmunds make up a group called Rockpile. At the same time Edmunds had released that album, Nick Lowe released his 2nd solo album titled Labour of Lust and featured the same musicians on his record.
It produced 3 hits. Here are all three ...
Nick Lowe - Crackin' Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCBm_IESaVA
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho
Nick Lowe - Switchboard Susan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-rK4Ee45dk
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/12/13 at 3:43 pm
"Cruel to be kind" is an awesome song!
The Police ~ Message In A Bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE
The Police were really in their hey day back in 1979. Reggatta de Blanc was such a great album. And so was Prism's Armageddon. Very popular in high school. Here is the title track:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkPhGRQzboE
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/12/13 at 3:48 pm
Sniff N' The Tears "Driver's Seat":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V88yyayq6AY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/12/13 at 3:50 pm
I hope it atleast had the guitar solo at the end.
Not having 'our' copy of the single to hand, I can't rightly say...
...but this guy appears to have it in its full-length alternate glory on a US 12inch - as I said, the differences are subtle, but noticeable...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JybLlsu_ZX0
An intensive scour of t'web tells me that 'our' version was full-length (as per the above video) - the edited version was only issued to radio stations, who got a bit squicky about playing something that long!
Glad I've settled that - I can go to bed happy now! ;)
Dave Edmunds - Queen of Hearts
This would later become a BIG hit for American singer Juice Newton in the 80s
...but a MUCH better version than hers, that's for sure!
What's that? How about some wimpy, sappy pop, you say? Well, why not? ;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2TYc-sX64A
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/13/13 at 6:16 am
The British single version of this is very subtly different from the album version, which is the one that normally crops up on compilations and whatnot (and was also used on the US hit single) - it was re-recorded after the record company said it sounded 'too polished' (the last verse was also missed out, I think) and it's one of those annoying songs that have never made it to CD (or whatnot)...
A rarity from Cliff in two ways...
Firstly, he slips into falsetto mode near the end of the song and secondly, he achieved a US Top Ten with it!
"We Don't Talk Anymore" was played during MTV's debut on television.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/13/13 at 6:21 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25o5_SdB71w
Donna Summer- Walk Away
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/13/13 at 5:53 pm
2 songs that were on the charts in 1979.
Billy Joel ~ My Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3JFEfdK_Ls
Orleans ~ Love Takes Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk2ht0Ceqyc
Both songs remind me of my time in high school. Cannot fully comprehend it's been 33 years since I graduated.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/13/13 at 7:04 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UaJAnnipkY
Patrick Hernandez-Born To Be Alive
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/13/13 at 7:10 pm
Billy Joel ~ My Life
Orleans ~ Love Takes Time
I have both those songs on my mp3, and I listen to them all the time on the way to work
Patrick Hernandez-Born To Be Alive
I don't mind the odd disco song, but that is one song I never cared for
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/13/13 at 7:18 pm
Patrick Hernandez-Born To Be Alive
I don't mind the odd disco song, but that is one song I never cared for
Yeah, even for a disco song, it was bad.
Back in high school, when this song was out, everyone in our school hated it except for a couple of guys. One time one of them left their locker opened and my buddy looked inside his locker and found the '45 of this song. So he takes it out of his locker, breaks it in 3 or 4 pieces and he screamed out "Born to be broken!" ;D
He said (but I cannot verify this story) that he took the broken pieces of the '45 home and threw it in the fireplace and set it on fire.
Ah...high school memories. ;D
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/14/13 at 6:59 am
Yeah, even for a disco song, it was bad.
I don't think it was meant to be a disco song.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/14/13 at 7:04 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPQmHwALAck
Jacksons- Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/15/13 at 11:36 am
The B-52s' "Rock Lobster" was also popular that year. (I used to think for years that it was an 80s song until finding out that it was recorded in 1978, along with the rest of the album it's on, which got released in 1979.)
Here is the full 6+ minute version:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2V2h_Bd_Gg
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/15/13 at 2:49 pm
I think this was the year when the 'Disco Sucks' campaign was in full swing, but everyone was at it in some shape or form...
...including this lot - whose 'Discovery' LP (patchy being the best description) was nicknamed 'Disco? Very!'
But at least it had this on it...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9nkzaOPP6g
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/15/13 at 3:06 pm
The B-52s' "Rock Lobster" was also popular that year. (I used to think for years that it was an 80s song until finding out that it was recorded in 1978, along with the rest of the album it's on, which got released in 1979.)
Here is the full 6+ minute version:
I love Rock Lobster.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/15/13 at 3:08 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQHBJs7xs2A
Bee Gees-Love You Inside Out
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: amjikloviet on 11/15/13 at 3:14 pm
This song is actually from 1978 but wasn't on the Billboard charts until 1979. Just want to add that the flute solo in this song is amazing!. Love it!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU3u5UDjYeY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/15/13 at 4:49 pm
This song is actually from 1978 but wasn't on the Billboard charts until 1979. Just want to add that the flute solo in this song is amazing!. Love it!
love this song.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/15/13 at 7:16 pm
I think this was the year when the 'Disco Sucks' campaign was in full swing, but everyone was at it in some shape or form...
...including this lot - whose 'Discovery' LP (patchy being the best description) was nicknamed 'Disco? Very!'
But at least it had this on it...
"Don't bring me down" is a great song.
I think the "Disco sucks" campaign started at our school before "Saturday Night Fever" was released but yeah by 1978/79 it was in full swing.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/16/13 at 3:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennMD1fPtXA
Herb Alpert- Rise!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/16/13 at 3:42 pm
The Commodores had 2 really good songs on the charts in 1979 from their Midnight Magic album
Commodores ~ Sail On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE
Commodores ~ Still
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oTxaL2NDkc
I think "Still" was one of the most beautiful slow songs from the 1970s. I remember dancing to it in 1979 with a girl named Louise. But I never had the guts to tell her how much I liked her... warped was really shy back then ;)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/16/13 at 5:14 pm
Love The Commodores. Sail On is one of my favourites!
The Top 40 had some great songs, but there are alot of great songs that never saw the Top 40. Here are three of them ...
Marc Tanner Band - Elena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnRAqTodiik
Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time to Lose
This re-charted in 1981 at US #74
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44
And just because you didn't make the Top 40 doesn't mean you didn't have a recognizable song. This one is in the running for my favourite song of 1979 ...
Carolyne Mas - Stillsane
This clip has videos for two of her other singles (Quote Goodbye Quote and Never Two Without Three, but the first one in the clip is the song at hand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg3sDnhAljQ
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/16/13 at 5:40 pm
Love The Commodores. Sail On is one of my favourites!
The Top 40 had some great songs, but there are alot of great songs that never saw the Top 40. Here are three of them ...
Marc Tanner Band - Elena
Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time to Lose
This re-charted in 1981 at US #74
And just because you didn't make the Top 40 doesn't mean you didn't have a recognizable song. This one is in the running for my favourite song of 1979 ...
Carolyne Mas - Stillsane
This clip has videos for two of her other singles (Quote Goodbye Quote and Never Two Without Three, but the first one in the clip is the song at hand
Now that's a couple of songs I haven't heard it awhile.
Out of the three, "Carolyne Mas - Stillsane" is my favorite too. If I recall, it also had more plays on the radio than the other two.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/16/13 at 9:05 pm
Now that's a couple of songs I haven't heard it awhile.
Out of the three, "Carolyne Mas - Stillsane" is my favorite too. If I recall, it also had more plays on the radio than the other two.
It did yes, even well into the 80s, it was still frequently played on the radio. I remember it oh so well
Here's a few more non Top 40s from 1979 ...
Nancy Brooks - I'm Not Gonna Cry Anymore
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXymIqbUM88
Desmond Child and Rouge - Our Love is Insane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLcWHU9tKjg
And last but not least, another contender for my favourite song of 1979. One of those few songs where the bass is everything. I just love it ...
Japan - Life in Tokyo
This peaked at #28 in the UK, but not until 1982. This was Japan's only hit single in Canada, and I am still surprised we made it a hit before their native UK did
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsbrw9Y6_ng
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/17/13 at 10:20 am
Tarney/Spencer Band - No Time to Lose
This re-charted in 1981 at US #74
Alan Tarney was probably getting bigger paychecks at this time as the writer of Cliff's 'We Don't Talk Anymore'...
Japan - Life in Tokyo
This peaked at #28 in the UK, but not until 1982. This was Japan's only hit single in Canada, and I am still surprised we made it a hit before their native UK did
They had a sizeable-ish following in Britain at that time, but their record company didn't quite know how to market them, which certainly didn't help them. Giorgio Moroder produced this, which probably explains a lot about that bassline!
For all his acclaim over a very lengthy career, Elvis C. has only had three top ten singles in Britain! This was the first and biggest...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow1S4DJtLOk
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/17/13 at 3:13 pm
The Commodores had 2 really good songs on the charts in 1979 from their Midnight Magic album
Commodores ~ Sail On
Commodores ~ Still
I think "Still" was one of the most beautiful slow songs from the 1970s. I remember dancing to it in 1979 with a girl named Louise. But I never had the guts to tell her how much I liked her... warped was really shy back then ;)
I liked both of their songs, "Sail On" was a song that puts you at ease.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/17/13 at 3:19 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koUAtkI2aB0
I'm sure you're familiar with this woman ^ Jackie Moore-This Time Baby
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/17/13 at 3:28 pm
I'm sure you're familiar with this woman ^ Jackie Moore-This Time Baby
I never heard of her or this song.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/17/13 at 5:56 pm
I'm sure you're familiar with this woman ^ Jackie Moore-This Time Baby
I only know of that song through a sample of it that was used in a very popular song in the late 00s, which I like much better than the original ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dn58UW97Qw
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/17/13 at 5:58 pm
They had a sizeable-ish following in Britain at that time, but their record company didn't quite know how to market them, which certainly didn't help them. Giorgio Moroder produced this, which probably explains a lot about that bassline!
I didn't know it was a Moroder production. That does explain the bass. I see the 1982 version that charted in the UK was a remix, but I do not know what it sounds like, or how different it is from the 1979 version
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/18/13 at 6:29 am
I never heard of her or this song.
to each his own.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/18/13 at 6:00 pm
In 1979, Canadian singer Bruce Cockburn (ahem, that's pronounced "co-burn") released his 9th album titled Dancing in the Dragon's Jaws. From this album, a single titled Wondering Where the Lions Are entered the charts in Canada and in November of that year, became his first ever Top 40 hit here. It also became a Top 40 hit in the US, but not until 1980.
Bruce Cockburn - Wondering Where the Lions Are
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6Lpx6JIMmk
In 1979, Canadian rock band April Wine released the single Roller and gave them a hit single in America, something they hadn't had since 1972's You Could Have Been A Lady. Though it was only their 2nd hit in America, it was their 20th hit in Canada and also was the start of a small run of hits they had in the US Hot 100 that ended when they first "officially" called it quits in 1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usWQOPTORn8
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/18/13 at 7:10 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBC_Vm6Sfms
Stephanie Mills-What Cha Gonna Do With My Lovin
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/18/13 at 9:56 pm
Here is one that is on the cusp of 1979/80. Released in late 1979, Peter Piper by Frank Mills peaked in the Canadian chart the 2nd last week of December 1979. It also went on to become a hit in the US but not until early 1980
Frank Mills - Peter Piper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwhb5Lex_bE
Here is a non Top 40 hit that I still hear on the radio from time to time ...
Sad Cafe - Run Home Girl
The lead singer of this band is Paul M. Young, who went on to become one of the singers of the 80s supergroup Mike + the Mechanics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gm8C7wlW9NU
In 1979, The Beach Boys released an album titled L.A. (Light Album) that featured a few hits, one such titled Lady Lynda. It was based on a classical composition by Bach and though it did not become a mainstream hit in North America, it did reach the UK Top 10. It is my favourite Beach Boys song of the 70s ...
The Beach Boys - Lady Lynda
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pzd4D9ndtok
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/19/13 at 7:34 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAzxdBkAdM
YMCA-Village People
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/21/13 at 8:58 am
Here is ex-Motors guitarist Bram Tchaikovsky with a great hit in 1979. This was his lone hit in North America ...
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl of My Dreams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zakfyqu5z_4
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Henk on 11/21/13 at 1:33 pm
Carolyne Mas - Stillsane
Here's something I bet you didn't know: that song actually reached #59 in our charts.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Henk on 11/21/13 at 1:39 pm
Here is ex-Motors guitarist Bram Tchaikovsky with a great hit in 1979. This was his lone hit in North America ...
But on this side of the pond, he is better known for this recording:
Sarah Smiles
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT-cco2ot3s
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Henk on 11/21/13 at 1:50 pm
The members of the band in the two videos above are: Billy Bremmer, Terry Williams and Nick Lowe, who along with Edmunds make up a group called Rockpile.
I take it you meant to type Billy Bremner there. ;) Maybe you'll find some of his work in the 1982 thread...
At the same time Edmunds had released that album, Nick Lowe released his 2nd solo album titled Labour of Lust and featured the same musicians on his record.
It produced 3 hits. Here are all three ...
Nick Lowe - Crackin' Up
Nick Lowe - Cruel to Be Kind
Nick Lowe - Switchboard Susan
None of which made it across the Channel to our charts. He did however manage to score a hit with I Love The Sound Of Breaking Glass, but that was 1978.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/21/13 at 2:11 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FIOjLwwj-U
Styx-Babe
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/21/13 at 3:19 pm
Here's something I bet you didn't know: that song actually reached #59 in our charts.
That's fantastic. A good song like that should be in there. I hoped somewhere it was in a Top 40 chart
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/21/13 at 4:21 pm
Here is ex-Motors guitarist Bram Tchaikovsky with a great hit in 1979. This was his lone hit in North America ...
Bram Tchaikovsky - Girl of My Dreams
This was a good song. Bram has more songs that got play on FM..just don't remember what they were. I listened to the song Henk posted "Sara Smiles" Another good song, but not the ones that I remember.
That's fantastic. A good song like that should be in there. I hoped somewhere it was in a Top 40 chart
I'm still suprised it wasn't in Canada. Caroline Mas...Stillsane .really good song...and love the start of the song
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/22/13 at 3:31 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YsXsWljxcY
Archie Bell & The Drells-Strategy
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 11/24/13 at 10:11 pm
1979 was the year of Ian ...
Ian Matthews - Shake It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW_mcA5bF9Y
Ian Gomm - Hold On
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs9PZ_g2QAY
Ian Thomas - Pilot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYK4MzAo4LY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 11/25/13 at 5:12 am
Another bloke who only had one visit to the British chart...this!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTzt7_bP27k
And yet another one that's quite difficult to obtain on CD...
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/25/13 at 6:43 am
Another bloke who only had one visit to the British chart...this!
And yet another one that's quite difficult to obtain on CD...
and what happened after this hit? ???
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/25/13 at 6:46 am
1979 was the year of Ian ...
Ian Matthews - Shake It
Ian Gomm - Hold On
Ian Thomas - Pilot
I liked the 3 Ian's. 3 really good songs.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/25/13 at 6:47 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxpYN-NK54Y
Dr. Hook- When You're Love With A Beautiful Woman
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/26/13 at 6:10 pm
One of the last songs to enter the charts that year...
"Cruisin'" by Smokey Robinson:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlzY6cWpoMQ
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: warped on 11/26/13 at 7:03 pm
Dr. Hook- When You're Love With A Beautiful Woman
Nice song, Howard.
George Harrison ~ Blow Away
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAVU3LNzsrw
Like most George songs, they always make me smile.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 6:23 am
One of the last songs to enter the charts that year...
"Cruisin'" by Smokey Robinson:
good tune by Smokey.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 6:26 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOhI_T_xdlU
Maxine Nightingale- Lead Me On
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 11/27/13 at 11:15 am
good tune by Smokey.
It sure is. I also liked Huey Lewis & Gwyneth Paltrow's cover version of it, from the film Duets (in which they both starred).
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 11/27/13 at 7:42 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkccYayMNhk
Bustin' Loose- Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/02/13 at 1:21 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vHvzybkqfo
Cat
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: CatwomanofV on 12/02/13 at 6:27 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yteMugRAc0
Cat
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/13 at 7:30 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF16uJwIE0U
Donna Summer- Dim All The Lights
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/14/13 at 4:14 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNqqs4h4M7c
Little River Band- Lonesome Loser
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 12/17/13 at 8:39 pm
This song spent 9 weeks at no 1 in the German charts. We know it better as the theme song from Grizzly Adams... "Maybe".
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/18/13 at 6:41 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhxdR-4NAlk
Bonnie Pointer- Heaven Must've Sent You
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: gibbo on 12/20/13 at 4:41 am
I have no rhythm ... but these two songs got me moving (of sorts). :-\\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pMyTMEttd8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 12/20/13 at 6:13 am
This song spent 9 weeks at no 1 in the German charts. We know it better as the theme song from Grizzly Adams... "Maybe".
A long time fixture of early Saturday evening TV in Britain, this was - probably how it charted!
Power pop, folks? My pleasure...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95AEzyWZX8I
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/20/13 at 4:16 pm
I have no rhythm ... but these two songs got me moving (of sorts). :-\\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo
What was that other hit she had? ???
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/20/13 at 4:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F47AfASOnA8
David Naughton- Makin It
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 12/20/13 at 4:34 pm
What was that other hit she had? ???
You mean other hits. She had quite a few in various countries, both in and out of the Top 40
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: gibbo on 12/20/13 at 10:21 pm
What was that other hit she had? ???
It wasn't another song by Amii Stewart Howard ... I just posted this one badly.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yURRmWtbTbo
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/21/13 at 3:48 pm
It wasn't another song by Amii Stewart Howard ... I just posted this one badly.
can't get enough of this dance track. :)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/21/13 at 3:51 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vphSSRJS7kk
Chaka Khan- Do You Love What You Feel
this song played on your radio 34 years ago today. :)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/25/13 at 5:52 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xUFnGWWtoQ
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rappin
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 12/27/13 at 7:57 pm
How about some Jazz? I still love this one ...
Spyro Gyra - Morning Dance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6IUUWzI7vg
Here is one from Canada by a singer named Zwol (real name Walter Zwolinski). I love pop songs that feature a saxophone. This never charted high, but don't let that fool you. It was a radio favourite in Canada ...
Zwol - Shaka Shaka
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHbi9Lzhg4
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/28/13 at 3:35 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61lke-zN8GU
Teddy Pendergrass- Turn Off The Lights
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 12/31/13 at 7:02 pm
Foreigner - Head Games
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4utyX3vXzY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/01/14 at 3:40 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKfzQt1pqm0&feature=kp
France Joli - Don't Stop Dancing
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/02/14 at 2:15 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJMw8cUGjwI&feature=kp
Chicago - Street Player
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/03/14 at 3:29 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2N1Hf2SPPF0
GLADYS KNIGHT AND THE PIPS - IT'S A BETTER THAN GOOD TIME
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 01/07/14 at 10:33 pm
Atlanta Rhythm Section recorded a cover of the Classics IV's "Spooky" which became a hit for them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w804N8q_RQ
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/08/14 at 7:25 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u65_D3FJ6Sw&feature=kp
Chic-My Feet Keep Dancing
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: CatwomanofV on 01/23/14 at 5:50 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pldfdclhQuc
Cat
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/24/14 at 3:22 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOKq1VmEbtc&feature=kp
GQ-I do love you
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: zcrito on 01/24/14 at 11:00 pm
Two from 1979 I like,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47YAcpCa5dM
Planet Claire - The B-52s (I'm not sure if it was ever released as a single, but it's from their July 1979 album)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qNduYgwM3s
From September 1979, Half The Way - Crystal Gayle.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 01/25/14 at 8:48 am
Planet Claire - The B-52s (I'm not sure if it was ever released as a single, but it's from their July 1979 album)
It was a single yes. Quite a good song as well. It was a Top 40 hit in New Zealand, and just missed the Top 40 in Australia and Canada
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AmericanGirl on 01/25/14 at 9:10 am
I couldn't find this on YouTube but it's a good watch: Prince "I Wanna Be Your Lover":
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15zj5c_prince-i-wanna-be-your-lover-official-video_music
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/25/14 at 3:03 pm
I couldn't find this on YouTube but it's a good watch: Prince "I Wanna Be Your Lover":
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x15zj5c_prince-i-wanna-be-your-lover-official-video_music
8)
He made an excellent video. :)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/25/14 at 3:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hihp_Jjdnsg
LEIF GARRETT, I WAS MADE FOR DANCING.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: SiderealDreams on 01/25/14 at 4:23 pm
I've come here to represent the dark side of 1979 8) .
Joy Division - Transmission
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnWPGSQjFUc
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Gary Numan (with Tubeway Army) - Are 'Friends' Electric?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0WNbm1jz6A
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Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 01/26/14 at 2:56 am
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: gibbo on 01/26/14 at 4:04 am
Nick Lowe - Cruel To Be Kind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho
Whenever I hear that Nick Lowe song ... I also think of his friend, Dave Edmunds!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTkhBuNdMgY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 01/26/14 at 3:24 pm
Doobie brothers sweet feelin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lSFjQwZDh0&feature=kp
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Nostalgic on 02/15/14 at 4:56 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0pifERkeEQ
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 02/15/14 at 3:26 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg-ivWxy5KE&feature=kp
Commodores - Sail On
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 02/26/14 at 3:50 am
Always loved his voice, and this concert captures the late 70s / early 80s nicely. Would've loved to have been there in the sunny outdoors.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 02/26/14 at 6:26 am
Doobie Brothers ~ What A fool Believes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJe1iUuAW4M&feature=kp
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 02/28/14 at 11:43 pm
I've come here to represent the dark side of 1979 8) .
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead
I know this one...and I kinda like listening to all 9 1/2 minutes of it. :D ;)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 03/01/14 at 3:28 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYRhHObvzNw&feature=kp
earth wind and fire : after the love has gone
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Foo Bar on 05/01/14 at 9:26 pm
Coming from the 1980 Odyssey post, you chose "1979", and although the episode of Buck Rogers aired in 1980, Johnny Harris (who had nothing to do with the disco band "Odyssey") composed this in 1979 for the TV show:
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- Johnny Harris, aka Andromeda, and this is Odyssey, aka that funky disco instrumental track from that episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
I'm not sure if you chose wisely or poorly. How do you think you did?
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 05/02/14 at 3:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPKFmVkVXP0
Undisputed Truth__Atomic Funk
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Visor765 on 05/08/14 at 5:33 pm
1979 and no one posts any disco songs?! Here! Sister Sledge - We Are Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVe_HcyP9Y
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-TM3q5-Cc
Earth, Wind, and Fire - September https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
How could anybody hate disco? It's so fun.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 05/09/14 at 3:38 pm
1979 and no one posts any disco songs?! Here! Sister Sledge - We Are Family http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMVe_HcyP9Y
Donna Summer - Hot Stuffhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27-TM3q5-Cc
Earth, Wind, and Fire - September http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
How could anybody hate disco? It's so fun.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: MaxwellSmart on 05/11/14 at 12:48 am
This song still reminds me of a dude from my town nicknamed Uncle Flappy who had the baddestass muscle car on Route 13. He loved that souped up Charger, we all did, and he said "Cars" was his song, and we agreed. We were all lost on the song's subtext!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ldyx3KHOFXw
This one's for mother...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBkTUzKAiXQ
The Police: Message in a Bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbXWrmQW-OE
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 05/11/14 at 7:06 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0B_ecRpevk
Uncle Louie-I Like Funky Music
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 12/02/14 at 11:27 am
The Cars' second album, Candy-O, was released in '79; its biggest hit was the single "Let's Go," which still gets ample radio airplay today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk2txnof-BY
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 12/02/14 at 2:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgYihsvdPRw
Rick James- Fire It Up
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/15 at 4:09 am
"Coward of the County" is a country song written by Roger Bowling and Billy Ed Wheeler, and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1979 as the second single from the Triple Platinum album Kenny. A million-selling gold-certified 45, it is one of Rogers' biggest hits.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Paul on 02/03/15 at 4:13 am
"Coward of the County" is a country song written by Roger Bowling and Billy Ed Wheeler, and recorded by American country music singer Kenny Rogers. It was released in 1979 as the second single from the Triple Platinum album Kenny. A million-selling gold-certified 45, it is one of Rogers' biggest hits.
It's success spilled over to Britain as the following decade dawned, somehow becoming his second #1!
AND someone managed to squeeze a full-length film out of it!
At the opposite end of Kenny's Chucky-sentimentality...this British charter from L.A.'s finest!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AymbqNG4mUA
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/13/15 at 2:34 pm
"Mary Ann" was the British entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, performed in English by Black Lace. At the close of voting, it had received 73 points, placing it seventh in a field of 19. The single reached No.42 in the UK charts, the lowest placing for a Eurovision entrant in many years, although Black Lace went on to greater chart success in the 1980s.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/06/16 at 11:44 pm
"I'll Never Love This Way Again" is a Grammy Award-winning, Gold-certified 1979 hit recorded by American singer Dionne Warwick. The song was composed by Richard Kerr (music) and Will Jennings (lyrics) and produced by Arista labelmate Barry Manilow. The hit song was recorded for Warwick's first Arista label album titled Dionne (1979).
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/25/16 at 1:48 am
"Longer" is a song written and recorded by the American singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg and released in 1979 by Full Moon Records and Epic Records. It became Fogelberg's highest-charting hit of his career, spending two weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1980. In the United Kingdom, "Longer" was Fogelberg's only song to reach the UK Singles Chart, where it peaked at No. 59.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/02/16 at 12:14 am
"Just When I Needed You Most" is the title of a 1979 hit single by the American singer-songwriter Randy VanWarmer. It spent two weeks atop the US Billboard adult contemporary chart in May of that year and in June 1979 reached its peak position of No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart accruing an overall Top 40 tenure of 14 weeks and earning RIAA Gold record status.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 04/10/17 at 11:36 pm
Another early new-wave track, "Money (That's What I Want)" as covered by The Flying Lizards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1Vfoq3PvU
I think this band was best known for this song.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/15/17 at 1:04 am
"Blue Peter" is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1979 on the Virgin label. It is a rendition of the theme tune for the British children's television show Blue Peter and was used by the show between 1979 and 1989. The Blue Peter opening theme is called "Barnacle Bill" and was composed by Ashworth Hope (1880–1962), who was a successful solicitor as well as a composer. It has been used ever since the programme began in 1958, apart from a brief period in autumn 2008 when a version of the "Sailors Hornpipe" was used instead. It charted at number 19 in the UK Singles Chart.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/02/17 at 1:29 pm
"With You I'm Born Again" is a 1979 duet written by Carol Connors and David Shire that originated on the soundtrack of the motion picture Fast Break. The song was performed by Motown recording artists Billy Preston and Syreeta Wright (credited as Syreeta) and became an international hit for the duo, reaching number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the UK singles chart.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AmericanGirl on 10/02/17 at 8:44 pm
In '79, Disco reigned supreme, so I'll add another one. Here's GQ's Disco Nights:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPITlS9DEqU
I spent quite a few minutes on the dance floor with this one :D
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: JBsptfn on 06/07/18 at 7:34 pm
This group was signed to Polydor records in late 78-early 1979. Then, they released an album called Blackjack that includes this single (which made it to 67 in the Billboard Hot 100). The lead singer went on to be famous for his solo career:
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 06/08/18 at 12:12 am
Another early new-wave track, "Money (That's What I Want)" as covered by The Flying Lizards:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC1Vfoq3PvU
I think this band was best known for this song.
Yes. In their native UK, it made it to #5 in 1979. By 1980, it had reached #50 in the US and #7 in Canada.
One of the members of that group, Julian Marshall, had previously been in a duo called Marshall-Hain and was later in a duo known as Eye to Eye, who reached reached the US Top 40 in 1982 with a song called Nice Girls
In fact, the biggest hit that Marshall-Hain had was called Dancing in the City. It reached UK #3 in the summer of 1978, but for those of us this side of the pond, it peaked in 1979, reaching #43 in the US and #40 in Canada. It is a very nice song!
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: JBsptfn on 06/08/18 at 10:49 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zboJdibmOU
Bell And James- (Living It Up) It's Friday Night
Good song. My sister had their 8-track back then.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Howard on 06/08/18 at 5:07 pm
Good song. My sister had their 8-track back then.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zboJdibmOU
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 06/09/18 at 11:38 am
Yes. In their native UK, it made it to #5 in 1979. By 1980, it had reached #50 in the US and #7 in Canada.
One of the members of that group, Julian Marshall, had previously been in a duo called Marshall-Hain and was later in a duo known as Eye to Eye, who reached reached the US Top 40 in 1982 with a song called Nice Girls
That is quite interesting!
In fact, the biggest hit that Marshall-Hain had was called Dancing in the City. It reached UK #3 in the summer of 1978, but for those of us this side of the pond, it peaked in 1979, reaching #43 in the US and #40 in Canada. It is a very nice song!
Now that one I do not know, but I'll take a listen to it sometime!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Alexander1956 on 06/14/18 at 3:25 pm
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AmericanGirl on 06/18/18 at 10:23 pm
How about some more CARS! :D
The Cars - It's All I Can Do
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6ysnuKh8vw
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 06/19/18 at 12:45 am
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This one is very catchy!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: AL-B Mk. III on 06/19/18 at 12:56 am
Blackfoot - Train, Train
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBP15lRprPs
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/23/18 at 5:12 am
"The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" is a song by American poet and songwriter Shel Silverstein. It was originally recorded by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (in 1974), with the name spelled "Jordon". The song describes the disillusionment and mental deterioration of a suburban housewife, who climbs to a rooftop "when the laughter grew too loud." In 1979, the song was also recorded by the English singer Marianne Faithfull. Taken from her 1979 album Broken English, it was released as a single in October 1979 and has become one of her highest charted songs. It is featured on the soundtracks to the films Montenegro, Tarnation and Thelma & Louise.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 05/12/19 at 4:12 am
"The Devil Went Down to Georgia" is a song written and performed by the Charlie Daniels Band and released on their 1979 album Million Mile Reflections. The original version of the song spent fourteen weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts in 1979, peaking at number 1 and holding the position for one week. It spent two weeks at a peak of number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. The single was certified Platinum by the RIAA on December 20, 1989, for sales of over one million copies in the United States.
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Subject: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Dude111 on 05/22/19 at 2:09 am
Im trying to find that song from 1979 that says
"ITS GONNA TAKE ALOT OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE TO CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE......... ITS GONNA TAKE ALOT OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE OR WE WONT GET TO FAR.. SO WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE WAITING I HOPE YOU SHOW UP TOO....... MY HEART NEEDS RELATING AND SO DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
Hehe I dont know if all the words are right but someone might no what song I mean :)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 05/22/19 at 7:07 am
Im trying to find that song from 1979 that says
"ITS GONNA TAKE ALOT OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE TO CHANGE THE WAY THINGS ARE......... ITS GONNA TAKE ALOT OF LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE OR WE WONT GET TO FAR.. SO WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE WAITING I HOPE YOU SHOW UP TOO....... MY HEART NEEDS RELATING AND SO DO IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Voiceofthe70s on 05/22/19 at 8:10 am
;D
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And it was written by Neil Young, by the way.
Subject: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Dude111 on 05/22/19 at 5:45 pm
Ah man!!
Now to find it on record (Hopefully in 100% analogue)
Thank you dues :)
Subject: I found it!!
Written By: Dude111 on 05/23/19 at 7:58 pm
I went to a record store today and got a 45 of this song!!!!!
One side is STEREO and the other is MONO and it says "Not for sale" on the record....
IT SOUNDS GOREGOUS IN ANALOG!!!!! -- Best I have ever heard it!!!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: violet_shy on 05/23/19 at 10:06 pm
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This song is from way before my time, but it's so beautiful!
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: nally on 05/23/19 at 11:02 pm
Nicolette Larson Lotta Love
This song is from way before my time, but it's so beautiful!
Agreed! It is a nice song to listen to; I've always enjoyed hearing it. :)
Subject: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Dude111 on 05/24/19 at 1:45 pm
I have heard it many years and im glad to finally have an analogue copy :)
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 06/12/19 at 10:00 am
From the 1979 debut album One Step Beyond by the British ska-pop group Madness, Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake"
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 09/16/19 at 7:44 am
I do not believe it, not listed in this topic...
"Rapper's Delight" is a 1979 hip hop track by the Sugarhill Gang and produced by Sylvia Robinson. While it was not the first single to include rapping, "Rapper's Delight" is credited for introducing hip hop music to a wide audience. It was a prototype for various types of rap music, incorporating themes such as boasting, dance, honesty and sex, with the charisma and enthusiasm of James Brown. The track interpolates Chic's "Good Times", resulting in Chic’s Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards suing Sugar Hill Records for copyright infringement; a settlement was reached that gave the two songwriter credits.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 10/20/20 at 12:17 pm
"(Ghost) Riders in the Sky" is a cowboy-styled country/western song written in 1948 by American songwriter, film and television actor Stan Jones. Johnny Cash made a recording of the song in 1979 for his album, Silver, which was faithful to the original, and peaked at No.2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Johnny Cash also performs the song in his guest appearance on The Muppet Show in 1980.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/24/21 at 12:27 pm
"Rainbow Connection" is a song from the 1979 film The Muppet Movie, with music and lyrics written by Paul Williams and Kenneth Ascher. The song was performed by Kermit the Frog (Jim Henson) in the film. "Rainbow Connection" reached No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 in November 1979, with the song remaining in the Top 40 for seven weeks total. Williams and Ascher received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song at the 52nd Academy Awards. In 2021, "Rainbow Connection" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 04/04/21 at 3:56 pm
"I Have a Dream" is a song by Swedish pop group ABBA. It was featured on side one of the group's sixth studio album Voulez-Vous and released as a single in December 1979. It was a major hit, topping the charts in many countries and peaking at No. 2 in the UK over the Christmas week of 1979. The recording is notable for being the only ABBA song to include vocalists other than the four band members; the final chorus features a children's choir from the International School of Stockholm. In the UK, "I Have a Dream" was held off the No. 1 spot by Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall", which also features a children's choir.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 04/04/21 at 8:47 pm
Here's a fun one called For Your Love by a German Eurodisco group called Chilly. It is a cover of the 1965 Yardbirds hit of the same name. It is technically from 1978, but it peaked at #8 on the US Bubbling Under Chart (aka US #108), #38 on the US Disco chart and at #96 in Canada during March/April of 1979
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: whistledog on 04/04/21 at 9:01 pm
Here is Run Home Girl by British group Sad Cafe. Released only in the US/Canada, this peaked at #71 in the US and #72 in Canada in March of 1979. I have three different "Best of" Sad Cafe collections and it is not on any of them, so the only place to really get it in North America is on their original 1978 album Misplaced Ideals
Despite never reaching the Top 40 in the US or Canada, lead singer Paul M. Young would later reach both Top 40s on several hits as co-lead singer for the supergroup Mike + the Mechanics
Despite it's low chart placing, I still hear this quite often when I am out and about in stores on their "musak"
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: robby76 on 04/06/21 at 6:28 am
Here is Run Home Girl by British group Sad Cafe. Released only in the US/Canada, this peaked at #71 in the US and #72 in Canada in March of 1979. I have three different "Best of" Sad Cafe collections and it is not on any of them, so the only place to really get it in North America is on their original 1978 album Misplaced Ideals
Despite never reaching the Top 40 in the US or Canada, lead singer Paul M. Young would later reach both Top 40s on several hits as co-lead singer for the supergroup Mike + the Mechanics
Despite it's low chart placing, I still hear this quite often when I am out and about in stores on their "musak"
I really loved that! Nice late 70s yacht-rock / disco feel. So funny to read that the lead singer is from Manchester (UK) as music like this is so far removed from a city like that. Then again the Bee Gees were also from Manchester.
Glad the song still gets airplay in some form.
edit : I've never heard of Sad Cafe, but doing some research and their biggest hit "Everyday Hurts" rings many bells. Definitely heard it as a kid.
Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Contigo on 06/03/21 at 1:18 pm
Damn she was sexy as hell
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/18/22 at 10:32 am
"I Don't Like Mondays" is a song by Irish new wave group the Boomtown Rats about the 1979 Cleveland Elementary School shooting in San Diego. It was released in 1979 as the lead single from their third album, The Fine Art of Surfacing. The song was a number one single in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks during the summer of 1979, and ranks as the sixth biggest hit of the UK in 1979. Written by Bob Geldof and Johnnie Fingers, the piano ballad was the band's second single to reach number one on the UK chart.
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: andersenb11775 on 02/18/22 at 12:54 pm
As a radio geek. i love this Charlie Dore song...
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Subject: Re: 1979: The Year in Music
Written By: Philip Eno on 03/08/22 at 12:39 pm
"I'd Rather Leave While I'm In Love" is a song co-written by Peter Allen and Carole Bayer Sager, popularized by Rita Coolidge in 1979, and recorded by a number of other artists.
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