Mott the Hoople ~ All the Way From Memphis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubBpu3MHmtM

Such a great rock song. Ian Hunter  8)

Pink Floyd ~ Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWTLUmUjo8A

One of my all time favorite songs.  The lyrics still blow me away.

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one of Elton's best songs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghj5V5cUo1s

The late great Billy Preston- Will It Go Round In Circles?

Kevin Stephen Johnson, the Australian singer-songwriter, most active in the 1970s, and is best known for his 1973 song "Rock and Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life", which peaked at #4 on the Australian singles charts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yuwhUx35Uc

The Pointer Sisters - Yes We Can Can -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Db-uqKLH-Bw

The extremely 'butchered' edit of Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', quickly chopped up and released due to its use in The Exorcist...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9bCkmykAs

Mike disowned this piece of butchery, but probably never returned the royalty check!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qa-mjjdt24g

Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross

'73 - a great year for music!  This one got lots of Top 40 airplay in Chicagoland:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QututWTCfJE

Here's a mostly forgotten soul gem from '73:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDeBOoE7dCk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqjQlry_P3g

Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy

Bette Midler - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy


Cool!  I remember the song well but not that performance.  Love it!    :)

The extremely 'butchered' edit of Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', quickly chopped up and released due to its use in The Exorcist...

Mike disowned this piece of butchery, but probably never returned the royalty check!


I recall this version of 'Tubular Bells' was a regular in the Top 40 rotation.  It likely increased interest in the movie as well as made Mike Oldfield's name a household name then.  Sometimes you don't fight success...

I have a 1973 story I have to get outta my system.  We Stevie Wonder fans might recall news reports of his near fatal car accident in August.  I remember being frightened by the grim sound of the news reports.  I recall my dad, after hearing the description of the accident, telling us something to the effect of 'brace yourself - he might not make it'.  Thankfully for all of us, he did make it.  This is his outstanding hit released right on the heels of that news:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X00XdLhFLSg

I have a 1973 story I have to get outta my system.  We Stevie Wonder fans might recall news reports of his near fatal car accident in August.  I remember being frightened by the grim sound of the news reports.  I recall my dad, after hearing the description of the accident, telling us something to the effect of 'brace yourself - he might not make it'.  Thankfully for all of us, he did make it.  This is his outstanding hit released right on the heels of that news:



Wow, thank god he was alright. :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-ODRdRYRso

Stevie Wonder - Too High

another Stevie classic.  :)

The extremely 'butchered' edit of Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells', quickly chopped up and released due to its use in The Exorcist...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP9bCkmykAs

Mike disowned this piece of butchery, but probably never returned the royalty check!


If not for that film, that song might never have seen the US Top 40.  The whole Tubular Bells album was gold!

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EwPRm5UMe1A

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EwPRm5UMe1A


fixed for you.  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHj7ZDkDRNg

Joe Simon - Theme from Cleopatra Jones

Joe Simon is now a preacher.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE2kQe0PghU



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George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGS9ylmIlQ

(I don't care what anyone says, George had the best solo material out of all the ex-Beatles.  ;))

George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)

(I don't care what anyone says, George had the best solo material out of all the ex-Beatles.  ;))


Fabulous song, my favorite of his post-Beatles. George has lots of great songs solo, yup. 

Fabulous song, my favorite of his post-Beatles. George has lots of great songs solo, yup.


Plus his solo debut album, All Things Must Pass, was released on the day I was born.  ;)

Plus his solo debut album, All Things Must Pass, was released on the day I was born.  ;)


Cool!

I think the Beatles were in Hamburg the day I was born.  Maybe that is why I like hamburgers  ;D

Cool!

I think the Beatles were in Hamburg the day I was born.  Maybe that is why I like hamburgers  ;D


Did they ever play in Cheeseburg?  :D

Fabulous song, my favorite of his post-Beatles. George has lots of great songs solo, yup.


I also enjoy I Got My Mind Set On You in 1987.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pbc70-93_o

Dawn featuring tony Orlando- Say has anbody seen my sweet gypsy rose?

Classic!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdfZnWsps34


Cat

One of my favorites from 1973:

Genesis ~ The Cinema Show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA1Jl3-_FQQ

Might be Genesis's best song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sgenkjmXZ4

Chicago Just You 'N' Me

Classic!




Cat


love this song.

Glam Rock eventually meets a Phil Spector-type production!

(Apparently, these records by Wizzard cost so much to make in terms of studio time, that they just HAD to be hits! Thankfully, this was...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHNdQJPmTRU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVxv6AFt7YM

Pointer Sisters - Yes we can can

Glam Rock eventually meets a Phil Spector-type production!

(Apparently, these records by Wizzard cost so much to make in terms of studio time, that they just HAD to be hits! Thankfully, this was...)


I love Wizzard.  Roy Wood made a good choice departing ELO as good Wizzard songs were born.  Their infamous Christmas tune is an absolute gem!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpbbuaIA3Ds

Money - Pink Floyd

Money - Pink Floyd


Yup, from "Dark Side of the Moon". One of the best albums ever. Dark Side of the Moon remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988.  Unbelievable. 741 weeks.

Here's another cut from the album.

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy8iUI_ayuo

Yup, from "Dark Side of the Moon". One of the best albums ever. Dark Side of the Moon remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988.  Unbelievable. 741 weeks.

Here's another cut from the album.

Pink Floyd - Brain Damage/Eclipse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy8iUI_ayuo
Please note, the light band emanating from the prism on the album cover (Dark Side of the Moon) has six colours, missing indigo compared to the traditional division of the spectrum into red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet. (An actual prism would exhibit a continuous spectrum with no defined boundaries between colours, and colour separation would be present inside the prism.)

Yup, from "Dark Side of the Moon". One of the best albums ever. Dark Side of the Moon remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988.  Unbelievable. 741 weeks.


Wow,incredible.  :o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6zxpM0fY1E

Ecstasy - Ohio Players

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c21vGTRgkZw&feature=kp

BTO - Let it Ride

Yup, from "Dark Side of the Moon". One of the best albums ever. Dark Side of the Moon remained in the charts for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988.  Unbelievable. 741 weeks.


Can't speak for your part of the world, but it NEVER made #1 in Britain! Even more unbelievable!

The Stylistics - Rockin' Roll Baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WCZEwagEXs&feature=kp

"Vaya con Dios" (translated as "Go with God") is a popular song written by Larry Russell, Inez James, and Buddy Pepper.

Released in 1973, a cover of this song reached the Top 20 in the first week of 1974, recorded by Millican & Nesbitt, two former miners from Northumberland, England, who won the UK television talent contest, Opportunity Knocks, in 1973.


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"Power to All Our Friends" is a song by Cliff Richard. He entered it as the British entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 1973. It came third. It was released in the UK as a single in 1973 and reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart.

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"Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" is a song from Paul McCartney & Wings album Band on the Run, released in 1973. It was not released as a single. Wings band member Denny Laine covered "Picasso's Last Words (Drink to Me)" in 2007 on his album Performs the Hits of Wings. An abbreviated performance of the song appears on the live album Wings over America.

In an interview on British TV channel ITV1 for the program Wings: Band on the Run, to promote the November 2010 2xCD/2xDVD rerelease of the original album, McCartney says he was on vacation in Montego Bay, Jamaica where he "snuck" onto the set of the film Papillon where he met "Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen". After a dinner with Hoffman, with McCartney playing around on guitar, Hoffman did not believe that McCartney could write a song "about anything", so Hoffman pulled out a magazine where they saw the story of the death of Pablo Picasso and his famous last words, "Drink to me, drink to my health. You know I can't drink anymore." McCartney created a demo of the song and lyrics on the spot, prompting Hoffman to exclaim to his wife: "…look, he's doing it…he's doing it!"

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I rapidly switched between radio stations in search of this song (it never got enough airplay for me):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwxgecA0W0

;)

"My Coo Ca Choo" is the first successful release for Alvin Stardust, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 1973. The glam rock single fared even better in Australia, where it spent seven weeks at the top and was the best charting single in the country in 1974.

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There are always those songs where it can take several listens before you "get it".  Here's one of those for me. Now it's one of my favorites from '73  :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3BJl5Zy7HQ

Elton John's album Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was released in '73, and generated several hits.

The title track was a hit in the U.S.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBwqdA7_4lo

The album also featured the original (studio) version of "Candle In The Wind", written in tribute to Marilyn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9JcBi8qIic

"Bennie And The Jets": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5rQHoaQpTw (although this one was actually released as a single in early 1974)

...and others.

"My Coo Ca Choo" is the first successful release for Alvin Stardust, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 1973. The glam rock single fared even better in Australia, where it spent seven weeks at the top and was the best charting single in the country in 1974.


This was also a minor hit in Canada.  Despite not making the Top 40 here, I have heard it on the radio

"My Coo Ca Choo" is the first successful release for Alvin Stardust, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart in December 1973. The glam rock single fared even better in Australia, where it spent seven weeks at the top and was the best charting single in the country in 1974.




This was also a minor hit in Canada.  Despite not making the Top 40 here, I have heard it on the radio


In addition: it made #12 in the Dutch Top 40 in 1974. But it's one of those songs that doesn't get any airplay in this day and age.
So...here's one that still does:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZfjGiZyi10

Alice Cooper - Halo Of Flies

Taken from the 1971 "Killer" album, this was a hit only in the Netherlands and Belgium.
At 8'21" it remains the longest 7" single to ever chart in the Dutch Top 40 (shared with Laurie Andersons "O Superman").

Still a regular in all kinds of nostalgia hit lists, and I've grown to like it as well.

"The Free Electric Band" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. The song reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart and #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973. The song appeared on his 1973 album, The Free Electric Band. The song was produced by Hammond and arranged by Michael Omartian.

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"The Free Electric Band" is a song written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood and performed by Hammond. The song reached #19 on the UK Singles Chart and #48 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973. The song appeared on his 1973 album, The Free Electric Band. The song was produced by Hammond and arranged by Michael Omartian.

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Cool!  I have a copy somewhere on one of my K-Tel albums...

:D

"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Hank Williams. The Carpenters featured the song, in an uptempo MOR version with country flourishes, on their 1973 album Now & Then. Their version was released as a single outside the United States in 1974 and sold well in the UK (peaking at number 12 in the charts) and Japan.

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Easily Elton John's best work.

I love, love, LOVE the guitar riff in this song beginning at 5:23.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck

"I Recall a Gypsy Woman" is a song written by Bob McDill and Allen Reynolds, and originally recorded by Don Williams in 1973. In 1976, at the height of the country and western boom in Britain, his version charted at number 13 on the UK Singles Chart,  the best position for Williams on this chart. The song was previously the B-side of Williams' 1973 single "Atta Way to Go", which peaked at number 13 on the Hot Country Songs charts in 1973.  :\'(

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There are always those songs where it can take several listens before you "get it".  Here's one of those for me. Now it's one of my favorites from '73  :)

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I hate it when a good video disappears  >:(

The subject song: Loves Me Like A Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i3JXGtC_os

"I Got a Name" by Jim Croce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHVBzLGAIbU

"When I Fall in Love" is a popular song, written by Victor Young (music) and Edward Heyman (lyrics). It was introduced in the film One Minute to Zero. Jeri Southern sang on the first recording released in April 1952 with the song's composer, Victor Young, handling the arranging and conducting duties. The song has become a standard, with many artists recording it. Donny Osmond covered the song in 1973 for his album, A Time for Us. It spent 13 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 55, while reaching No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart.

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"And I Love You So" is a popular song written by folk singer and guitarist Don McLean and released on his 1970 debut album, Tapestry. The song has been recorded by many artists in the years since McLean's original version, and it was a 1973 hit for singer Perry Como on his RCA Victor album of the same name, And I Love You So.

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"A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall" is a song written by Bob Dylan in the summer of 1962. In 1973, it was covered by Roxy's Music's Bryan Ferry, taken from These Foolish Things album. The single reached #10 in the UK Singles Charts.

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The first time most of us heard Kool and the Gang, it was this gem -

Kool and the Gang - Funky Stuff (1973)  :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdzIwwuh5Gs

It wasn't until I hit my 40's before I realized how awesome Waylon is.  I wish I'd have known that a lot sooner.  ;)

Waylon Jennings - Lonesome, On'ry and Mean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mw4ImMUmQ

El Chicano-Tell her she's lovely (this song's sound fits so perfectly for that time):

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El Chicano-Tell her she's lovely (this song's sound fits so perfectly for that time):


Yes indeed!  O0

"Jolene" is a song written and performed by American country music artist Dolly Parton. It was released in October 1973 as the first single and title track from her album of the same name, produced by Bob Ferguson. The song was ranked No. 217 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004. The song became Parton's second solo number-one single on the country charts after being released as a single in late 1973 (prior to the album's release). It reached the top position in February 1974; it was also a moderate pop hit for her and a minor adult contemporary chart entry. As of November 2016, the song had sold 733,000 digital copies in the US since it became available for digital download. The song was released as a single later in the UK, and became Parton's first top ten hit song in the country, reaching number seven in the UK Singles Chart in 1976. The song also re-entered the chart when Parton performed at the Glastonbury festival in 2014. The song has sold 255,300 digital copies in the UK as of January 2017.

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Here's one of those much beloved (for me) 1973 songs, their biggest US hit

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver - You Got Me Anyway (1973)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwxgecA0W0

:)

"Long Train Runnin'" (or "Long Train Running") is a song recorded by The Doobie Brothers and written by band member Tom Johnston. It was included on the band's 1973 album The Captain and Me and released as a single, becoming a top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 8. It was covered by Italian band Traks in 1982 and then by English girl group Bananarama in 1991. In 1993 the Doobie Brothers version was remixed and charted again in several countries, including reaching number 7 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is sometimes titled "Long Train Runnin' (Without Love)" due to the words "without love" being sung frequently during the song. The harmonica solo is played by lead vocalist Tom Johnston.

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"I'm Just A Singer (in a Rock And Roll Band)" by The Moody Blues

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwBpx1d6hSc

"The Way We Were" is a song recorded by American vocalist Barbra Streisand for her fifteenth studio album, The Way We Were (1974). It was physically released as the record's lead single on September 27, 1973 through Columbia Records. The 7" single was distributed in two different formats, with the standard edition featuring B-side track "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" and the Mexico release including an instrumental B-side instead. At the Academy Award it won Best Original Song.

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British folk rock group Steeleye Span had a hit with Gaudete in 1973 (No. 14, UK singles chart) with an a cappella recording of the song. Guitarist Bob Johnson had heard the song when he attended a folk-carol service with his father-in-law in Cambridge, and brought it to the attention of the rest of the band. (Unlike the album version which fades up slowly and fades down slowly, the single was at the same volume for the entire length of the song).

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OMG!!! Not included for this tear?

"The Joker" is a song by the Steve Miller Band from their 1973 album The Joker. It is one of two Steve Miller Band songs that feature the nonce word "pompatus". The song topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1974.

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"Band on the Run" is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings' 1973 album Band on the Run. The song was released as a single in 1974, following the success of "Jet", and became an international chart success. The song topped the charts in the United States, also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom. The single sold over one million copies in 1974 in America. It has since become one of the band's most famous songs.


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"Blinded by the Light" is a song written and recorded by Bruce Springsteen, which first appeared on his 1973 debut album Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. A cover by British rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States in February 1977 and was also a top ten hit in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada.

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"Summer (The First Time)" is a song by American singer Bobby Goldsboro, recorded for his album of the same name and released as a single in June 1973. It was written by Bobby Goldsboro, Ashley Abram and Timmy Tappan, and produced by Goldsboro and Bob Montgomery. The song was Goldsboro's second UK hit recorded on United Artists Records UP35558 and peaked at number nine in the UK Singles Chart, spending 10 weeks in the UK Top 50 singles chart. It reached number seven in the Australia, and became a Top 40 Pop and Adult Contemporary hit in both the U.S. and Canada.

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"Take Me to the Mardi Gras" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Paul Simon. It was the fourth single from his third studio album, There Goes Rhymin' Simon (1973), released on Columbia Records. The song only charted in the United Kingdom. It debuted on the UK Singles Chart on June 10, 1973 at a position of 36, rising over several weeks to a peak of number seven on July 8. In total, it spent eleven weeks on the chart.

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"Killing Me Softly with His Song" is a song composed by Charles Fox with lyrics by Norman Gimbel. The lyrics were written in collaboration with Lori Lieberman after she was inspired by a Don McLean performance in late 1971. Lieberman released her version of the song in 1972, but it did not chart. In 1973 it became a number-one hit in the United States and Canada for Roberta Flack, also reaching number six in the UK Singles Chart.

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"Piano Man" is the first single released by Billy Joel. It was released on November 2, 1973, and has been included on several subsequent albums. Joel's first major hit and his signature song, the song peaked at #25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in April 1974.

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"I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles in 1973, and written by Peebles, Don Bryant, and Bernard "Bernie" Miller. Other hit versions were later recorded by Eruption, Tina Turner and Lowell George. The original version is ranked at 197 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1984 Tina Turner recorded "I Can't Stand the Rain" for her fifth solo album, Private Dancer, and released it as a single in early 1985 in Europe. Turner's version would find minor success in the UK, but would be a success in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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