Soul Hits Of The Seventies
David Gregory Platt
hits of the Seventies? I know people think of this as a tacky time, but I
think it was the last great period for really good R&B (except for a few
hits). You can included disco for all I care, as a matter of fact you
GOTTA include disco. Here's my own list, year-by-year:
"Give Me Just A Little More Time" -- Chairmen of the Board (1970)
"Theme From Shaft" -- Isaac Hayes (1971)
"Could It Be I'm Falling In Love" -- The Spinners (1972)
"If You Want Me To Stay" -- Sly and The Family Stone (1972)
"Lean On Me" -- Bill Withers (1972)
"I Gotcha" -- Joe Tex
"I'll Take You There" -- The Staples (1972)
"Midnight Train To Georgia" -- Gladys Knight & The Pips (1973)
"Rock Your Baby" -- George McCrae (1974)
"Shame Shame Shame" -- Shirley & Company (1975)
"Car Wash" -- Rose Royce (1976)
"Easy" -- The Commodores (1977)
"Got To Be Real" -- Cheryl Lynn (1978)
"Ain't No Stopping Us Now" -- McFadden & Whitehead (1978)
"Good Times" -- Chic (1979)
"We Are Family" -- Sister Sledge (1979)
"Celebration" -- Kool & The Gang (1980)
"Upside Down" -- Diana Ross (1980)
I also would've put down "Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas, but
I didn't know the year, and "La La La La (Means I Love You)" but I didn't
know the artist.
Anybody else got any favorites?
Dave
Randal Gietzen
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: I also would've put down "Why Can't We Live Together" by Timmy Thomas, but
: I didn't know the year, and "La La La La (Means I Love You)" but I didn't
: know the artist.
: Anybody else got any favorites?
: Dave
La La La La (Means I Love You) was by the Delfonics. I couldn't find
a date.
RAG
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that penetrated my album rock parapets.
Then there's "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation.
An who could forget the immortal "Play That Funky
Music White Boy" by Wild Cherry?
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Steven Rubio
greatest albums of all time.
And any list of 70s soul that forgets to include Al Green has forgotten
something pretty damned important.
Steven who would also add _Dirty Mind_ by Prince if you're counting 1980,
too.
David Gregory Platt
>_There's a Riot Goin' On_ by Sly and the Family Stone is one of the ten
>greatest albums of all time.
>And any list of 70s soul that forgets to include Al Green has forgotten
>something pretty damned important.
D'Oh! I forgot about him. "Let's Stay Together" was released in 1972,
further proof that 1972 was the apex year for soul singles.
Dave
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my favorite cheesy group from the 70s, Bread ("Make it With YOu," "If,"
"Baby I'm - A - Want You"). Great tunes.
Howard A Carson
>In a serious vein, "Shining Star" was one of the few soul hits
>that penetrated my album rock parapets.
>
>Then there's "Rock the Boat" by the Hues Corporation.
>
>An who could forget the immortal "Play That Funky
>Music White Boy" by Wild Cherry?
Also, the seventies is when reggae made it to the
mainland. Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Bob Marley and
others generated some of the most soulful music
of that decade.
It was also the time that Bruce Springsteen's best
work was done -- his first several albums, which
were local hits mostly on the east coast in the
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania region. I remember
driving near San Rafael in the mid-seventies and
picking up a hitch hiker (yes we still did that
without a second thought). I had on a tape (8 track)
with Bruce's Rosalita. The guy had never heard of
Springsteen, and couldn't get over how hot the
band was, Clarence wailing away, Bruce's guitar
soaring ... I think my rider's next stop after
I dropped him off was a record store (yes we still
listened to music on vinyl).
The hits just keep on comin' ...
Howard Carson DOB 10/31/46
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David Gregory Platt
Okay, let's get this out of the way right now:
The Partridge Family, Bread, and Supertramp have NOTHING to do with soul
music. If you want to talk about "cheessy" stuff, start another thread. I
ain't talking about cheese.
Dave
-SLM-
Interesting. What I remember about the music of the '70s
was a lot more tolerance for other people's choice of music.
I mean, I listened to Bread, PF, the Osmonds, John Denver, the
Carpenters, Gordon Lightfoot, Jackson Brown (sp?), etc
as well as Queen, KISS, Allman Bros, 4 Tops, Spinners, Kool &
the Gang, Alan Parsons, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc. With the
advent of disco, tho', there was an almost instant Balkanization
of music -- "you listen to *that*?! Ewwwwwww!" It's true that
PF, Bread, etc aren't soul, but there's no need to label them
as "cheesy" either. Perhaps it was the town I lived in, but I
remember everyone (well, friends & acquaintances) listening to
just about everything... Lighten up, will ya?!
-SLM-
maresey doats
ha ha !! Dave has a point! soul music... chi-lites, al green ,
marvin gaye...
you dummies!!
Kurt A. Kistler
Earth Wind and Fire, Temptations, Aretha, Spinners.
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David Gregory Platt
It suggests that you have to make fun of something in order to like it.
However, I wanted to talk about soul music for a reason, because I feel
that the seventies were the last great era of soul music. The pop music of
the seventies was great, but it was different.
BTW, I thought of putting a few crossover hits, like Hall & Oates and
Franki Valli's "Grease" and "My Eyes Adored You," but I was worried I'd
tick off purists.
Dave