Category 1970s

“Yellow River” (Christie)

Yellow River, Christie

Today’s classic early ’70s song of the day is “Yellow River” by Christie. This one was released in April of 1970 and peaked at #23 on the Billboard Hot 100. It did considerably better in the group’s native England, where it went all the way to #1 on the UK Singles Chart. Christie was the name of the group fronted…

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“Montego Bay” (Bobby Bloom)

Montego Bay, Bobby Bloom

Today’s early ’70s song of the day is “Montego Bay” by Bobby Bloom. Released as a single in September of 1970, this one peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Cash Box Top 100. Bobby Bloom wrote “Montego Bay” with ace songwriter Jeff Barry. Mr. Barry is famous as half of a songwriting duo with…

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“Heart of Glass” (Blondie)

Heart of Glass, Blondie

Today’s classic song from the late ’70s of the day is “Heart of Glass” by Blondie. Released in January of 1979, this danceable little number went to #1 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100. (Surprisingly for a dance tune, it only hit #58 on Billboard’s Disco chart.) It was also a number-one hit in Australia,…

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“Bad Sneakers” (Steely Dan)

Katy Lied, Steely Dan

Today’s classic song of the day is “Bad Sneakers” by Steely Dan, the second track on side one of Steely Dan’s 1975 album, Katy Lied. It was released as the second single from the album (the first was “Black Lightning,” which peaked at #37 on the charts), even though it only hit #103 on the Billboard Hot 100—which, if you…

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