All entries by this author

Must-Have Abba Collection

Oct 10th, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs, Featured Music

This double-disc, 37-track Abba anthology is an excellent collection for every Abba and pop music fan should have in their archives.
I already had a copy of ABBA GOLD at the time I bought The Definitive Collection, but now this CD has rendered my ABBA GOLD CD obsolete - it contains all the tracks that were [...]



Origins of Pop Music

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Leading Articles

According to wikipedia, the origins of pop music can be traced back in Napoli Italy, in 1679, when Alessandro Scarlatti composed his first opera, or even earlier, when Francesco Provenzale coined the musical language that Scarlatti popularized: light, lively and catchy. They placed the emphasis on arias, clearly separated from the “recitativo”, and grounded the [...]



1978 Pop Music Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

Last Dance - Donna Summer
Disco Inferno - Trammps
Wonderful Tonight (Live) - Eric Clapton
Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel
Summer Nights - Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta
We are the champions - Queen
Stayin’ Alive - Bee Gees
We Will Rock You - Queen
Copacabana - Barry Manilow
Macho Man - Village People



1977 Greatest Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

Dancing Queen - Abba
Queen - We Will Rock You - Queen
Brick House - Commodores
Got To Give It Up - Marvin Gaye
Disco Inferno - The Trammps
Hotel California - Eagles
Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
Don’t Stop - Fleetwood Mac
Moondance - Van Morrison
Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd



1976’s Chart Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

December, 1963 - Oh What A Night! - Four Seasons
Shake Your Booty - KC and The Sunshine Band
Afternoon Delight - The Starland Vocal Band
You’ll Never Find Another Love Like Mine - Lou Rawls
Get Up Offa That Thing - James Brown
Take The Money And Run - Steve Miller Band
Dream On - [...]



1975’s Greatest Songs

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

Get Down Tonight - KC and the Sunshine Band
That’s The Way - KC and the Sunshine Band
Cut the Cake - Average White Band
Lady Marmalade - Patti & LaBelle
Jive Talkin’ - Bee Gees
You’re The First, The Last, My Everything - Barry White
Shining Stars - Earth Wind and Fire
Some Kind Of [...]



1974 Pop Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Takin’ Care of Business - Bachman Turner Overdrive
The Loco-Motion - Grand Funk
The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - Gladys Knight and
the Pips
Piano Man - Billy Joel
Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe - Barry White
The Way We Were - Barbara Streisand
Kung [...]



1973 Greatest Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

Let’s Get It On - Marvin Gaye
Love Train: The Best of the O’Jays - O’Jays
Money - Pink Floyd
Ramblin’ Man - Allman Brothers Band
Friends - Bette Midler
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Touch Me In The Morning - Diana Ross
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
You Are The Sunshine Of [...]



1972 Super Pop Hits

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

American Pie - Don McLean
Lean on Me - Bill Withers
Nights In White Satin - Moody Blues
I’ll Take You There - Staple Singers
Precious and Few - Climax
Let’s Stay Together - Al Green
Goodbye To Love - Carpenters
School’s Out - Alice Cooper
Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul



1971’s Pop Music Top Ten

Sep 1st, 2008 | By admin | Category: 70s Best Songs

You’ve Got A Friend - James Taylor
Joy To The World - Three Dog Night
Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
Imagine - John Lennon
What’s Going On - Marvin Gaye
Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner
Friends- Elton John
Maggie May - Rod Stewart
Hot Pants - James [...]