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It’s time for another Hit Song Redux This Time we’re going behind the top 10 songs of this VERY same week from the year 1975 47 years ago. This top 10 has some of the greatest songs of all time that we still hear today and as usual we have the actual artists tell us the stores.? Who is the real #1 all of these year later Is it the Doobie Brothers, Is it the Eagles, Or Grand Funk Railroad? or Stevie Wonder. Find out next on the Hit Song Redux of 70s
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It’s time for another edition of our show the Hit Song Redux where we travel back to a week in the golden era of the rock and roll and re rank the top 10 songs of THAT SPECIFIC week based on how much the world has listened to them since THEIR PEAK POSITION ON THE BILLBOARD HOT 100. With the actual artist commentary Your stories and your dedications To clarify, this isn’t my top 10. It’s the actual top 10 from this exact week 39 years ago. We count them down as they were then and then we run them through a recalibration system which tells us what the real top 10 is based on all time streams and views.
This program is a tribute to the great Casey Kasem’s american top 40 which we all grew up with… this time we travel back to this exact week in the year 1975.. like I said 47 years ago. When someone says 47 years ago I think of the 1940s. It doesn’t seem like almost 50 years ago would be the mid 70s it’s crazy town. So if you went to catch a movie at the local cinema you would’ve chosen from the Godfather part 2 one of my personal favorite films ever..as well as the man with the golden Gun with Roger Moore you also had the Stepford Wives and Shampoo with Warren Beatty on TV WHeel of Fortune and the Jeffersons both Debuted in January and the shows KUNG FU and Odd Couple both were in their final seasons Let’s get into it.
So coming in at #10 It’s a former Beatle with his 8th solo top 40 hit. It’s John Lennon with #9 Dream So apparently John Lennon was fascinated with the recurrence of the number nine throughout his life, for instance… Lennon was born on October 9.His first home was at 9 Newcastle Road, Wavertree, Liverpool - three names which each contain nine letters. Also the Beatles' first gig at The Cavern Club took place on February 9, 1961.. Brian Epstein, The Beatles' manager, first saw them perform on November 9 that same year.The Beatles' contract with EMI was confirmed on May 9, 1962. and the biggest 9 event Lennon's son Sean shared his father's birthday. So The mystery voice that calls Lennon's name "John" during the first bridge was performed by his lover, May Pang - on the second bridge he reversed the tape of her saying his name. According to May Pang's book Loving John, Lennon told her that he did not know what the song was about, but it wasn’t about her. He also did not "convince" her to sing the vocals, she sang them because the female vocalist that was scheduled for the session was a now show

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@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Poll: What songs would head up your perfect 70s 8-track playlist?

@dwaynewladyka577 2 года назад

Good question: 1)The Faces, Stay With Me. 2) Thin Lizzy, The Boys Are Back In Town. 3) Procol Harum live with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Conquistador. 4) Peter Frampton, Baby I Love Your Way. 5) Cheap Trick, I Want You To Want Me. 6) The Steve Miller Band, Take The Money and Run. 7) The Grass Roots, Sooner Or Later. 8) 3 Dog Night, Joy To The World. 9) Led Zeppelin, The Crunge. 10) ELO, Turn To Stone. There are others, but these are among them. Cheers! ✌️

@pauldhoff 2 года назад

Sorry, but I never owned a 8-track. Too much wow and flutter, pianos sounded terrible.

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

Stevie Wonder- Sir Duke; Steely Dan- Deacon Blues; Bruce Springsteen- Rosalita; Carole King- I Feel The Earth Move; Supertramp- Goodbye Stranger; Chicago- 25 0r 6 To 4; Bachmann-Turner Overdrive- Taking’ Care Of Business; Earth, Wind & Fire- September.

@dwaynewladyka577 2 года назад

Others would include the following. 11) Linda Ronstadt doing the Neil Young song, Love Is A Rose. 12) Heart, Crazy On You. 13) Carly Simon, Nobody Does It Better. 14) Dr. Hook, The Cover Of The Rolling Stone. 15) 25 Or 6 To 4, by Chicago. 16), Sweet Baby James, by James Taylor. 17) Take Me Home, Country Roads, John Denver. 18) Do It Again, by Steely Dan. 19) Lido Shuffle, by Boz Scaggs. 20) Welcome Back Kotter, by John Sebastian.

@surlechapeau 2 года назад

@Anna Trail I never had an 8 track either! just pick your best 8 :)

@delcrowe9712 2 года назад

I was a teenager throughout the 70s. I'm amazed that all the music I loved is still a staple on the radio today. The 70s was the golden age of Rock.

@livenhfree 2 года назад

I'll add the 80s as well. 90s were also very good, but not like the 70s/80s. After 2000, things really started going downhill. Too much auto-tune. Too little creativity.

@YahshuaLovesMe 2 года назад

@@livenhfree also the sixties.

@royjohnson465 2 года назад

@@livenhfree ~I graduated from high school in the 1970's, yes still some very good music in the 1980's but in the 80's music just started to go very bad down hill with the Ramones, Metallica, Punk music, etc.

@livenhfree 2 года назад

@@royjohnson465 I'm not a punk fan, so I get it. Metallica I'm OK with. But those are just genres. So much other great stuff that came out of the 80s. Just a lot of happy, partying, dance-worthy music!

@royjohnson465 2 года назад

@@livenhfree ~Yes a lot of great music in the 80's.! I agree Metallica is okay and not garbage, just not as good as...I was meaning. But Punk 'was' garbage music. "For me" the 60's and 70's were the best and better than the 80's. But the worst possible example is way, way over repetitive diarrhea c"RAP" tin ear trash that started in about 1989.

@dwaynehunt7095 Год назад

There never was or ever will be another decade of music that could match the 70s. I was lucky to be a teenager during that time.

@marypruitt444 9 месяцев назад

I was a teen through the 80's but I truly love the 70's, too! What a time to be alive... when life was simpler and we were young!! 🙋🏻‍♀️💕😎

@silviac221 9 месяцев назад

Me too!

@mikehenson819 7 месяцев назад

Amen

@lucyhare5799 6 месяцев назад

Agree, graduated in 76, listening to the best music ever.

@themaggattack 5 месяцев назад

Can't overlook the late 60's.

@bryantrowan6799 5 месяцев назад

I'm so lucky to be born in 68 with a sister who is 10 years older than me and had such great taste in music. I would sit up at night and listen to the music coming from her room at night.

@AFmedic 5 месяцев назад

Born 1968??? Egads! That was when I graduated from High School. I think I was luckier than you being born in 1950 with a sister 5 yrs older than me. I got to experience the tail end of the Do-Wop era, Buddy Holly & the Everly Brothers (both were inspirational to later artists including the Beatles), Temptations, 4-Tops, Chicago, Santana, etc. etc. etc.

@58MrMike 5 месяцев назад

I was born in ‘58 with a sister 10 years older and listened to her records

@patriciaann5637 5 месяцев назад

Born in 68 with brothers 15, 13 and 10 years older. I loved all the music they played.

@Fuzcapp 2 года назад

What a talent Linda Ronstadt was. So sad to hear what is happening with her now. She was simply brilliant in the day.

@mljones655 Год назад

She remains my favorite female singer!

@goobfilmcast4239 11 месяцев назад

She had her share of health problem but had an incredible run and still inspires many singers today.

@judycolson6047 10 месяцев назад

My idol and wannabe of the 70’s, my teen years🎉

@idagirl814 9 месяцев назад

Yes, she was incredible in every way.

@dianewilliams1125 9 месяцев назад

Saw her on Broadway in Pirates of Penzance! With Rex Smith and Kevin Kline! Long time ago! Great show!😊😊😊

@tomcartwright7134 2 года назад

Adam , you are not old enough to have heard this music when it was all new, but I really appreciate the respect and honor you give to the music of this era. I’m nearly 70 , and as time marches by , this music becomes even more dear to my heart . Thank you Sir for your care and insight.

@audiobooksproject4829 2 года назад

1970s music sucks. 1960s can s**k a bag of you know what. And today's music is even worse. All of it sucks. You need to go back farther than the 1970s to find quality. I want Boomer music to die too. Let's just undo this entire 1960s to 2020s era already.

@hippojuice23 2 года назад

@@audiobooksproject4829 1920s, you rekon?

@jonvecchione5879 2 года назад

As Kurt Vonneguts uncle used to say, "If this ain't happy I don't know what is."He says we must be satisfied. Beauty's in the eye of the beholder.

@tomwolf8721 2 года назад

Tom, Tom Wolf here. Another old timer from GA 67?

@johnypitman2368 2 года назад

I was 10 in 65 so for me the late 60s through the 70's were my time. I almost always gravitate there when I need some "tunes"

@juliesipes8007 Год назад

When I hear Frankie Vallie’s “My Eyes Adored You” I tearfully think of my father (who died from Covid on 11/9/2020). My father was a quintessential musician, music teacher, and band director. He loved jazz but was not a fan of rock-and-roll, and he and I would have battles over that. But he loved “My Eyes”. I love that song more b/c of him. Sweet memories. I miss him so much. 💜

@marypruitt444 9 месяцев назад

I'm so sorry 😞...

@LazyIRanch 8 месяцев назад

I'm so sorry you lost your sweet Dad, especially to this awful disease that took so many loved ones from us. As a music teacher who shared his passion with others, I'm sure he inspired and was loved by his students. I would have loved to have met your father and hear him talk about jazz. My mother loved black jazz music from the 30s and 40s and she got to hear some famous musicians live back then whose names meant nothing to me until I was much older. As a stupid teenager, I thought that old music was "lame", but now I love it so much! I discovered this fantastic music by looking up songs on YT that I remembered my mother singing and dancing to when I was a kid (she was the jitterbug queen), but I'd never heard the originals. Now I'm kicking myself for not making this discovery sooner, while Momma was still here and I could ask her about her favorite old songs. Some of them were really funny and even a little risque! A few months ago I was listening to a radio program about the music of "Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five", and realized I knew every song of his they played but only heard Mom sing them. "Saturday Night Fish Fry" is a hoot! I thought Mom was making up some of those hilarious "naughty" lyrics, such as: "...Now the women were screamin' and jumpin' and yellin' The bottles was flyin' and the fish was smellin'..." She obviously loved his music a lot and I wish I could talk to her about him now. I wish I could share RU-vid with her, she would have loved this interview for sure, because OF COURSE she loved Frankie Valli! It would have been so much fun to look up old songs with her. I even found "The Burglar Man" song from the 1920s that my aunt used to sing, not exactly "PC" but I think it's a funny song. Now I sing it, but have added some pantomime to make it even sillier when I sing it to kids.

@markberryhill2715 8 месяцев назад

It was one of my favorites as well,and a serious memory song thinking about my little girlfriend at the time.

@SleepyJukebox-vv9dy 5 месяцев назад

😢

@idagirl814 9 месяцев назад

I won a transistor radio in 1974, and heard many of these songs for the first time on that tiny hand held device. They still sounded amazing. It was my most prized possession.

@douglasstrother6584 5 месяцев назад

KHJ 930AM!

@BushcraftingBogan 5 месяцев назад

When I was 7 I found a small, square transistor radio in a box of the neighbors garbage. It was missing the battery cover but other than that seemed OK. I took it back home and put a 9v in it and Presto! I had my own radio. A little duct tape over the battery and I was in business. At night I tuned in to the rock station that all the older kids listened to and the rest is history. I use to try to write down all the songs and I'd patiently wait for the DJ to list the songs. I was a sponge. This was probably the same year, 1974. Even though I grew out of that little square, black transistor, It was still on my dresser when I graduated in 1984.

@douglasstrother6584 5 месяцев назад

@@BushcraftingBogan Nice!

@rb67mustang 2 года назад

I was almost 15 years old that week in 1975. I know all of those songs very well, and they are still favorites to me now in my 60's. Great music is timeless isn't it?

@josephliptak 2 года назад

I was 10 in 1970 and 20 in 1980 so I spent the best years of my young life in the 1970s and there were so many bands putting out top 10 hits like no other decade. Best era for all genres of music.

@FRAME5RS 2 года назад

Same age here. 20 in 1980. Good times

@jackdaniels2000 2 года назад

Well, guess there's three of us

@ROB-xm5fv 2 года назад

No......4

@rosshart9514 2 года назад

5th

@andysmith2417 2 года назад

Im number 6 then 😊

@tanyalarose8907 2 года назад

I was 12 years old in 1975 but very much into music. With two older step siblings, I was introduced to bands like America and The Doobie Brothers. I'm so grateful I was around in the 70s!!

@dustietu 2 года назад

I was 13 in 1975 and for Christmas that year I received a little cassette player and a cassette of Rod Stewards "every story tells a story" and a 500 piece jigsaw puzzle . A Christmas to remember!

@williambergman3840 2 года назад

Yes love those bands beautiful harmonies and great musicians 💜🤩

@gregorybolling6280 2 года назад

Same here. I was 11. Best music of all time.

@dgtom 2 года назад

I was also 12 in 1975, and in October of that year, I attended my first concert, Elton John at the Oakland Coliseum Arena.

@TheBrooklynbodine 2 года назад

I was 12 in '75 and had two older half-brothers myself. The oldest one died 15 years ago tomorrow. Posting 4-5-22.

@lorensims4846 5 месяцев назад

My favorite memory from '75 is when I went over to my old Jr. High School to put up a poster for our spring musical that I was starring in. Just as I was putting up the poster, as the kids were leaving for the day, a group of girls came tripping down one of the grand staircases, singing the acapella portion of Black Water. They sounded really great, with perfect harmony, and left running out the door laughing.

@michelemoneywell8765 Год назад

We were blessed to have grown up with the best music EVER!

@marypruitt444 9 месяцев назад

The absolute BeSt!! 🎉🎤😎🎷🎶🙋🏻‍♀️🥳💋

@michaelmueller7962 4 месяца назад

... and with much more freedom and tolerance than young people have today

@tracytuten5116 2 года назад

Don Henley and Glenn Frey were both in Linda Ronstadt's band and that time together led to the formation of the Eagles. My mother played Linda Ronstadts album constantly in 1975, I was 8 years old and knew every song. When I got married at the age of 22 that album came with me.

@cindyreeves5048 9 месяцев назад

Same.

@bocajrs7628 4 месяца назад

Same with me. Many people became fans of the Eagles after Hotel California in 1977. Like you, I beame a fan after their first album.

@lynby6231 3 месяца назад

It’s true that if you take on a Don Henley vocal you’re going to come second

@ianramage1593 2 года назад

I grew up in the 70's and IMHO, it was the best decade of music. Like them or loathe them, artists in the 70's were true musicians unlike most of the garbage that passes for music today.

@jaydenp4975 2 года назад

Yes! “Music” today is awful.

@mattcremer4348 2 года назад

If I may agree while disagreeing at the same time ... :) ... yes, popular music in the 70's was performed by true musicians. However there's sooo much music these days, it's everywhere, it's so easy to produce & record ... but the stuff that's popular, that's what's (let's be overly kind to it) "not great". :) But if you do some hunting, truffling around sifting through the mud, you can actually turn up music which is made by musicians that're easily as musiciany as Fleetwood Mac or The Eagles, and which is to your own taste. It's just not what all the kiddies listen to, and the kiddies is where the money is - as it was in the 70's when it was good musicians & good musicianship that the kiddies were into.

@rojoeditor 2 года назад

The 70s got a bad reputation because in addition to the best music the 70s also had the worst music.

@williambergman3840 2 года назад

@@rojoeditor hey it’s not rap garbage n that makes me love the old music even more. I don’t emwatch any money when/ if rap music starts. Nothing but garbage imo

@williambergman3840 2 года назад

No movies with rap. Period.

@beginningguitar1017 9 месяцев назад

Ah…1975…the year I graduated HS. Thanks for the walk down memory Lane!

@dianewilliams1125 9 месяцев назад

Me too!😊😊😊

@sp-lc1fy 4 месяца назад

I graduated from 8th grade in 75.

@EvelynKnuth 4 месяца назад

Me too!

@troysmom2132 4 месяца назад

I way a freshman...such great music. It dominated our lives. I don't believe there will be another time when music captures the soul of a generation. Todays youth have so much else to do with their time, TV 24/7 & social media 24/7. Our TV went off at midnight but late at night, in the midwest, we could get WLS Chicago on the radio. Such great memories.

@michaelszczys8316 11 месяцев назад

Recently been listening to billboard top 100 for 1960, 61, 62 ( when I was little kid ) and its hard to fathom just how many amazingly terrific tunes came to life in such a short time. And it doesn't stop there

@BeverlySkyles-id3oi 4 месяца назад

I loved a lot of the 60s music when it was new. I still love it. And I like the Big 80s music more than the 70s.

@realjaxon 2 года назад

1975 brings back great memories for me. I graduated from high school in '75. Lots of great tunes.

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

How did he forget the movie JAWS in 1975 though . His writers must have been drunk lol All in fun

@angelrivera2339 Год назад

That was the year that I was born...

@deannacechowski2927 Год назад

I also graduated in '75

@shannonblanchard8195 Год назад

I was six!!! Love it all!!

@dwaynewladyka577 2 года назад

The 1970s sure had great music. I'm glad I was around then. Cheers! ✌️

@sherylw4599 2 года назад

same! These are all so great! and The Professor brings them all back with fondness and warmth. I LOVE this channel!

@rayfabris2512 2 года назад

that's why music in the 80's were great because of the influences from music of the 70's and was lost in the 90's listen to Slash in his interviews there's soul in his playing not a thousand bpm crap 😳

@TheAgentAssassin 2 года назад

These songs are ingrained into my brain.

@johnnyk7304 2 года назад

Wow didn't have much cash for albums or concerts so we listened to the top songs on the radio and now I'm so glad we got to enjoy them all!

@edryba4867 2 года назад

I’m glad I was on the RADIO then!

@natashatomlinson4548 2 года назад

I graduated from high school in 75 so I remember this well. I admit that I’m a huge Linda Ronstadt fan, but listening to the other versions of “ You’re No Good” shows me that Linda sang it the best in great part because she interpreted the song best . It’s what she does. The song is best sung with bitterness, regret and disdain , which I don’t hear that much in the other earlier versions.

@edeledeledel5490 4 месяца назад

She also sang the lead female part in Gilbert & Sullivan's light opera Pirates of Penzance, live on Broadway for many months in the early 80s ; and she was f. good.

@jamesdaniel3326 4 месяца назад

NOTHING MATCHED her 'Heat Wave'!

@markportier5466 2 месяца назад

@@jamesdaniel3326 Right on. Those yeah-yeahs. Hot DAMN, girl!

@jmw689 Год назад

Black Water is my all time favorite song. The pictures it paints in my mind....I love it. The Doobies are pure talent.

@pipermccool 11 месяцев назад

Reminds me of cruisin’ on a Saturday night . . .

@patigulat4126 10 месяцев назад

I adore the Doobie Brothers... have seen them in concert 3 times. ❤

@kurtb8474 4 месяца назад

The Only Doobies song that appealed to me.

@scotchbudmeister9018 2 года назад

Born in '60, grew up with the best music. I had no clue that these songs I heard the radio every day would still have so much weight almost 50 years later or that I'd still be listening to them on something called a playlist. Thanks for the look back Professor!

@wakeupuk3860 2 года назад

Me too, I try listening to today's music but it is so bad and as you say so correctly, so much of the everyday pop music which we took so much for granted has so much 'weight'. Just think of so many multi-million dollar films and TV series have such songs at the pivotal moments of the film. For example Guardians of the Galaxy , who would have thought Hooked on a Feeling by Blue Swede, Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaum and Come and Get Your Love and Redbone the type of songs Terry Wogan he would play on Radio 2 made that film what is was. Just think today's generation around the world 175,088,991 of them had listen to RU-vids Guardians of the Galaxy playlist. That is 175 MILLION !! for our bands like Blue Swede and Redbone who really were just one hit wonders. I doubt very much if we are still around on this planet young people in 50 years will be wanting to listen to Adele or Sheeran let alone some one hit wonders of today. Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga Ooga-Chaka Ooga-Ooga [Verse 1] I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me Girl, you just don't realize what you do to me When you hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's all right [Chorus] I'm hooked on a feeling I'm high on believing That you're in love with me

@jennifertarin4707 2 года назад

@@wakeupuk3860 whenever this comes up on my playlist, I can't help but belting it out along with the singers (assuming of course, that I am not on a crowded subway car or bus, but sometimes even then)

@mattelfesso 2 года назад

I agree, the staying power of these songs is amazing. I can’t imagine the same will be said 5 decades from now about the current top 10.

@areneesouder 2 года назад

America's harmonies were always so spot on and clean. Love them so much and still listen to them.

@mljones655 Год назад

They were sorely underrated!

@brendawoods4750 2 года назад

I was a kid and this music had a profound impact on me. My friends never quite understood. This was a perfect year to highlight. Damn. I am fortunate. The diversity in the music and the people around me helped shaped who I am. 💕💕💕

@davefk 2 года назад

I turned 13 in 1970, so my teenage years were just amazing living in England. So many great songs, films and new innovations. The music of the 50's to the 90's will live forever, as a testament to a wonderful age.

@Rev22-21 2 года назад

As a 57 born baby...I can relate. What gets me is that we had a new hit every week and we're spoiled to that. Now....it's all trash.

@kevinkliegl9315 2 года назад

@@Rev22-21 57er myself, and I agree with you. A fantastic time to be alive, all those great concerts.

@thomasreynolds9713 Год назад

Became a teenager in 1970 too. I grew with the music of the 70's and came of age with it.

@helen9289 Год назад

they just dont write real songs any more

@jvyoung1258 Год назад

I was 12 in 1970

@Sasquatch64 2 года назад

The 70's were the most creative decade by far.

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

EASY hands and Feet down

@beastbee0118 Год назад

90s with it's alternative scene was pretty good too, but 70s beats any decade by a mile.

@The_Lord_has_it 2 года назад

Those of us that were there when this music came out are wondering what happened to a heck of a lot more than just music!

@marypruitt444 9 месяцев назад

🤔 indeed...😞

@dwaynemcallister7231 8 месяцев назад

You got that right!

@jeanettepugh6017 8 месяцев назад

Truly baffling…

@SBCBears 4 месяца назад

It was and is the socialist's long march thru educational institutions.

@StressJudoCoaching 2 года назад

I've been playing Grand Funk for the past several months. I always liked them as a kid but Holy Crap they were good! They do not deserve to be forgotten.

@joer5627 11 месяцев назад

Ok, I will have to pull out my 2 GFR albums.

@waynejohanson1083 9 месяцев назад

Did you know that Some Kind of Wonderful was a cover version.

@StressJudoCoaching 9 месяцев назад

@@waynejohanson1083 I didn't know that.

@madbrowniac7871 8 месяцев назад

One great Detroit Band covering astutely Great Original Music from a Detroit based Genre group.🚘🛣🎤🎼🎵🎶🎸🎹🥁B.W.

@mikehenson819 5 месяцев назад

They weren’t good. They were frikin off the chain GREAT!!! I had all their albums.

@1allanbmw 2 года назад

I turned 16 in early '75. Learned how to drive while "Black Water" played on the radio of the Chevy Nova they had for us at school. Just turned 63. I heard all of these tunes back in the day. Kinda makes me wonder after us old guys are gone, will this music from this era survive? Every one of those songs remind me of a place, person or moment in time... in THAT time, that partly make the music so special for me. I guess one can only hope it touches new generations to come as it did for those of us who heard it when it was brand new. Thanks for the countdown brother!

@reverendg5937 2 года назад

I was 10yrs old and heard "Black Water" every morning on the way to school on the school bus until school let out for summer that year. Life couldn't have been any better.

@sheilafontaine9021 11 месяцев назад

Your story is my story. Turned 14 in 1975 and drove to school in a Chevy nova. My Golden Childhood. Loved the Doobies too.

@KiroPhoto 4 месяца назад

I learned in a yellow AMC Gremlin.😆 I don’t miss it but I still love the Doobie Bros.

@charliedontsurf70 2 года назад

Ballads and love songs ruled the charts in the 70's. It was a golden ,mellow time.

@edbrediger2680 5 месяцев назад

I grew up in the deep south until 1974, then moved West at age 14. Before then my only music access was 3 mono AM stations. 70% Motown, 30 religious, on a cheap 5 transistor 9v radio. Imagine my surprise when I hit the West coast, got a proper FM sound system and had 8 Rock stations available. Never had I heard the stuff of legends, 70's Rock until I was 15 in '75. I was reborn! Absolutely fell in love!

@lsrose 10 месяцев назад

Boy this brought back some memories of my teen years! I can say that I’m honored to have experienced the music of the 1970s.

@cyndifoore7743 2 года назад

I saw Linda in concert at the Wheeling Civic Center and she was amazing! I never saw an artist get the response from an audience like she did. She didn’t say much but as soon as she started singing and the audience was totally silent, no cat calls, whistles or even talking to each other. When the last note left her lips there was deafening applause, then when she started singing again, total silence. Everyone was completely mesmerized by her. She’s always been my favorite female voice. It’s so sad that she now has Parkinson’s and can no longer sing, I cried when I heard this. Love you Linda.

@johntiggleman4686 2 года назад

Have you seen that "documentary" about her, "The Sound Of My Voice?" Not sure who has it streaming...but it is a great one to watch. Linda is my favorite female singer from the 70s. Love her albums with Nelson Riddle doing old standards.

@hannabaal150 2 года назад

I remember when she was the First Mama of California and have loved her all my life. What a set of pipes. She lived in that high register with her unmistakable clarity, like one of the ancient Sirens reborn to sing again. And sooo saucy...long live Linda! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hq2fV6kUJTw.html

@jimmcdonald7201 2 года назад

Saw her in Charleston. She could sing anything. Check her later albums.

@PNZV 2 года назад

I saw Sha Na Ana there in the late 70’s. I just thought I’d add that since I saw Wheeling Civic Center in a post. I don’t see that every day.

@racketman2u 2 года назад

@@PNZV no, that caught my eye too, since Neil Sedaka released a song about Wheeling West Virginia in the 70s that not even many Americans know about ! mainly because for some strange reason he released it in Australia, where it actually became quite popular.

@steelbat54 2 года назад

Born in 1954 and heard it all from the beginning with Elvis, ( I’m sure I heard him but wasn’t aware till the early 1960’s), I feel very privileged and fortunate to have heard Rock an Pop progress and grow as it came out in real time. To listen to it for the first time decades later is just not the same although the appreciation can still be there.. 👍

@antonnym214 2 года назад

My Perfect 70s Playlist includes: More Than a Feeling, Mandy, Free Bird, American Pie, Superstar, Limelight, My Sharona, Hot Child in the City, Night Movies, Go Your Own Way, Born to Run, Hotel California, Saturday Night, Baker Street, She Did It, First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, Band of Gold, Frankenstein, Children of the Sun, Two Out of Three Ain't Bad, S.O.S., Lido Shuffle, Two Tickets to Paradise, Seasons in the Sun, Do You Believe in Love, Crazy Train, and Rejoice in the Sun.

@poldidak 2 года назад

I wonder how many people even remember Billy Thorpe’s “Children of the Sun”! The intro just pulls you in, then hits you with that slammin groove.

@sandysmom100 2 года назад

@@poldidak i remember it .Heard it on utube the other day.

@kevinstaggs5048 Год назад

Crazy Train came out in 1982.

@bnic9471 4 месяца назад

Not bad! Except I never liked "My Sharona" much. The rest of that album was forgettable, except for that one other song . . . the name of which I have forgotten. 😉 😜

@timothykozlowski2945 3 месяца назад

Love More than a Feeling and Seasons in the Sun.

@Irridia 2 года назад

GFR was the first concert I went to because Bowie tickets were already sold out. It was awesome and I was 7 rows from the front at the Houston show. Both Some Kind of Wonderful and Blackwater are among my favorites to practice harmonies and counter melodies with.

@justsittinhere72 9 месяцев назад

I saw them in 1972 at the War Memorial in Syracuse, New York. My ears were ringing!

@d.thomas1541 8 месяцев назад

My first outdoor concert, too…Phoenix (Tempe) AZ 1975

@justsittinhere72 8 месяцев назад

Do you mean Black Water by the Doobie Brothers?

@Irridia 6 месяцев назад

@@justsittinhere72 Yep.

@justsittinhere72 6 месяцев назад

@@Irridia The early Doobies were great. I didn't care for the stuff that came out in the mid to late 70's.

@DoubleMrE 2 года назад

I’m a boomer and I consider the period from 1965-75 to be the greatest period in the history of Rock music. The cool thing is that we really knew and appreciated what a great period in music we were living through. To paraphrase Joni Mitchell…we did know what we got ‘til it was gone.

@darrelltiencken9421 Год назад

Actually what I was thinking also 1965 to 1975 music was transforming before 65 to innocent after 75 to much dico

@matthewadam7615 Год назад

I think I would go from 65 to 85. Two decades of the best music of all time.

@DoubleMrE Год назад

@@matthewadam7615 Well, maybe if you don’t count disco. Hehe…jk. 😜

@mrcryptozoic817 Год назад

@@matthewadam7615 I also am a boomer, I'm with you on rock from 65 to 85.

@kathleenking47 Год назад

Millenials love the 50s-early 90s music as well

@Vonlang001 2 года назад

I was a competitive swimmer through high school in the 70's and for away swim meets where we would be take a school bus Black Water would be a song we would sing as a group on the bus. Not the whole song, just the end part with all the vocals. Singing this would bring us together as a team. It was a great time in my life.

@guygrip9634 2 года назад

Love swimmers schools dead now

@48tomw 2 года назад

@@guygrip9634 Yep it seems that was a thing back in those days. My best friend and I would sing Ole Black Water during road trips to Yosemite Valley. His parents grew to hate it when we did that so you know what we did of course! I can see those memories with so much more clarity than I can remember what I did a day ago.Yikes!LOL

@guygrip9634 2 года назад

@@48tomw YES MEMORIES IN PAST NEVER LEAVE GOOD THINGS. I CAN REMEMBER CLARITY OF DAY AND GOING FROM GAS PUMP TO AMUSEMENT BEACH. EVERY THING WAS HAPPY IN GENERAL. I WAS MORE OF MOD SOUND. I CAN REMEMBER WHEN ABBEY ROAD BY BEATLES WAS OUT. BUT I CAN SEE HOW THAT SONG YOU SANG GOT ON PARENTS NURVES. BUT ITS ALL GOOD. He he.

@ObieGuppies 2 года назад

My best friend had the first boy-girl party in our grade. She was turning 12. "Best of My Love" was one of three songs that we played over and over that night. The others were Chicago's "Wishing You Were Here" and Helen Reddy's "Angie Baby," bothof which felt so sad and haunting to us preteens. That is the most memorable party I have ever gone to, due to the unfamiliarity of a party with boys and dancing to those three wonderful songs. The Eagles were my favorite band from then into college, and it all started (for me) with "Best of My Love."

@elflordsjourneys 5 месяцев назад

Grew up in the 60s and 70s, still listening to the music. It's the best😊

@kirbymarchbarcena 2 года назад

What I love about the songs in that era are the sincere lyrics and harmonious melodies.

@mljones655 Год назад

I am lyric oriented! The 70s were great in all genres becuz of lyrics.

@michele-kt 2 года назад

I turned 12 in 1970 and am the youngest of 4 children. Throughout the 70s I got to listen to my sister's music like Iron Butterfly, CS&N, to both of my brother's music like the Stones, Lennon, McCartney, the Doors, James Taylor and Led Zeppelin. I loved the Pop music too and like most in my age group, I spent the mid and late 70s in Discos!

@ellencourtney7187 4 месяца назад

Thank you!!! I was 15 in 1975-met my husband that year. Where does the time go? Great music never gets old

@catherinehoffpauir6323 5 месяцев назад

Love these stories. Graduated from high school in 1974. Now I have been listening closely to this decade’s music. The stories behind the music are fascinating, but filled with sorrow. Love yr channel. You have much more info than i have. Appreciate the hard work.

@leslieperkins2722 2 года назад

I was 18 in 1975 and graduated high school. I love and miss the 70’s. Best music ever.

@bernadettesandoval3990 2 года назад

Me, too!!! You're so right!

@frednovak506 2 года назад

75 also

@donniecothern9842 2 года назад

Me to class of 75 take me back !!!!!

@stevenhays5541 2 года назад

I was also a grad from 1975.

@claybladzik6755 5 месяцев назад

Ditto. 75 did ROCK.

@itrasheditgood 2 года назад

The 70’s was the supreme era of rock music, the sound quality of recording and playing recorded music was top notch and the talent bred in that time was absolutely elite. Even the instruments were killer. To be a an artist you had to have several things going for you, you had to know how to sing and hit the notes perfectly, you had know how to play your instruments with precision, you had know your music well a be entertaining all at the same time. Now a days being the perfect artist is not even necessary, with the help of technical “aids” it’s possible to make decent music with a sub par voice and not even having to have a full band in person. Kids at home can make music with the right ingenuity and equipment. The sound quality of this era suffers, but Hey it’s the trade off of easy to make music. I’m not saying you don’t need talent, but the tools are so much easier to use and way more assessable to the masses.

@LouiseKernow2024 2 года назад

Also you had to get "noticed" the old fashioned way, performing, demo records, no internet promotion then.

@mayorb3366 Год назад

I consider 1968-1982 to be the magic 15 year span in music. The list of strong, substantial works is endless. Excellence was the standard of the day. Many great songs did not make the Billboard Top Ten because there were BETTER songs out then! Compare to 2008 through today.

@johnkom2339 Год назад

Yes. Sort of like how a number of great movies were not Oscar winners because too much competition. But today? Maybe they should change it, maybe only issue an Oscar when it's deserved so we might go a couple of years with NO oscars awarded. Most movies these days stink.

@SandwichGlitch 10 месяцев назад

Funny you left out 1983 - 2007........because your argument would be invalid because of the indie, Grunge, Garage Rock and Nu Metal Revolution

@mayorb3366 10 месяцев назад

@@SandwichGlitch I hear you. But save for Nirvana and a few other bands, (especially post 1990, the volume of brilliant content is just not there. Much of the music in the 80's was "fun", party music, because the 80's was a time to have fun. And it WAS certainly fun! But it was "paint by numbers" music. Current music is even worse. The artists are indistinguishable from one another. I know that we are most influenced by the music that came out during our formative years. But I believe that the music from the period I mentioned will have a lot more staying power than the era which you have brought up. Here's a reminder.... Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac, Deep Purple, Aerosmith, Eagles, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Queen, The Allman Brothers Band, Rush, ZZ Top, Genesis, AC/DC, Yes, Steely Dan, Blue Öyster Cult, Chicago, Grateful Dead, Kansas, Journey, Bad Company, The Doobie Brothers, King Crimson, Styx, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Boston, Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads, Heart, Van Halen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Jethro Tull, The Clash, Foreigner, The Police. And that's only the ROCK music part of the list!

@davestewart2067 10 месяцев назад

You are way too generous. The decline began way before 2008.

@Annunaki_0517 10 месяцев назад

I think it’s a longer span, 1965-1995. Ending at 1982 omits too many great artists and landmark albums.

@KraftyChris 8 месяцев назад

I was born in 1960 and a teen through the 70's. The music from those days is timeless and moving. I play 70's music for my grand daughters ( 4 and 8). They absolutely love it 😊

@rogerdodger6025 2 года назад

The Top 40 in 1975 was much improved over 1974. In '75 I was 13 and had just started to follow music a little bit closer. My personal favorite from this year as a kid (surprisingly didn't make the list) was "Philadelphia Freedom" by Elton John. Another favorite of mine from this year was "Jackie Blue" by the Ozark Mountain Daredevils. The music of '75 is close to my heart and what I listen to when I want to get away from it all for a while. Great memories!

@thomastimlin1724 2 года назад

I gradated HS in 1974...With a few exceptions Elton John, Chicago, a few others], I totally agree. When you go from a stupid 1974 song like Billy Don't Be A Hero or the Night Chicago Died, or Seasons in the Sun...to Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975...well duh!!!

@robertsettle2590 2 года назад

I was fortunate to grow up around the OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVILS and saw many times. It was a big deal when "JACKIE BLUE" was a big hit. Those were the very best times for different music. We are blessed to have experienced it all.

@stshnie 2 года назад

Philadelphia Freedom didn’t make the list because this is only the top ten for the week of 14 February 1975. According to another commenter Philadelphia Freedom hit number one in April that year. But yeah, great song.

@foozjen 2 года назад

I was 14 at the time and also loved both of those songs.

@amyrussell860 2 года назад

@@robertsettle2590 I know it was years later 1989? 1990? They performed at a 4th of July celebration where I live. They were very good.

@2wheels42 2 года назад

Im 52 year old music fan and still discovering amazing music from the 70s and 80s.

@belle9438 2 года назад

As I grew older the music became more than just a good tune. I found the beauty in the music. I started listening to the words and the voice and the instruments separately and understood how amazing some songs really are and how much actually went into creating that one song. I actually listen instead of singing along. The musicians and the singers amaze me. I am in awe of their talent. One thing that hasn't changed though is that I still think Steve Perry has the most incredible voice I've ever heard.

@jonasbarbury4013 Год назад

Now we've traded stairway to heaven for WAP. I guess that says it all

@thephantomeagle2 4 месяца назад

Wow. What an amazing list. In Junior high school choir we did “Black Water” in counterpoint. We had chimes, and tambourines. At the end with Take me by the hand, come and dance with me, funky Dixie land were all sung buy groups of kids. We got a standing ovation at a basketball game halftime with the marching band playing. Being a long time Michigander I’ve always loved GFR.

@Heartwing37 2 года назад

Just starting collecting vinyl (again) and falling in love all over again with music from the 70s and 80s!

@barbaralavoie1045 2 года назад

The 70’s were the greatest years of music. Loved it. Late 60’s as well. From 1965 onward, great time to live. Loved the 70’s the best.❤️🥰💞👍

@wakeupuk3860 2 года назад

So true Barbara and I would like to say 'thank you' us guys back then so were lucky as oppose young men of today, as you 'ladies' were fun, pretty, so sexy in the gear you wore, no tattoos, no fake body parts and did not smother your faces with makeup and most of all you did not have the arrogance girls now have. And on top of that the great music with the slow ones where if a guy was luckily got a kiss (ie a snog) that really made his day. .

@Juliana65 9 месяцев назад

I MISS the 70's... and 80's. Both decades produced great music. These days music does suck!! I can't stomach it, so, I happily remain in the past with music and listen to my favorites from those two decades.

@bobjordan8283 2 года назад

I was in high school and graduated before this amazing music was on the airwaves brings back the memories of friends and innocence lost but not forgotten!

@pdmullgirl 2 года назад

I love this series! I’m always amazed at the variety of music that was popular back then. And I was born in the sixties so I grew up listening to that music! I just never really paid that much attention to all the different genres that was on the radio. Or because that’s the way it was, it wasn’t anything you would necessarily pay attention to. Those were certainly good times. The world was young and a whole lotta fun! Wouldn’t trade those days for nothing! Listening to the top forty count down every Sunday with Casey Kasem. Hoping it will be your favorite song and being disappointed when it plays at number three! So you know it’s not gonna be number one! Thanks Professor, your videos make me smile! ❤️💜💚

@710p5 2 года назад

@ Page Mull ; Vu jade' 😉😊

@emmetee9675 2 года назад

I agree! As a kid in the 70’s/80’s, I remember listening to all the songs on the radio and appreciating all genres of music and not even knowing what “genre” meant back then. 😊 My friends and I feel like we grew up during a great time in music. Because of all the music we heard growing up we were open to all types of future music such as Punk, New Wave, Heavy Metal, Alternative, Grunge, Rap, Hip Hop, and R & B, Country, and any songs that have a great sound.

@nalk20 2 года назад

I have that same feeling too. I have a feeling that the supposed lack of quality and diversity of contemporary pop music comes down to algorithms. If you google something you get more of the same the more you google. The same thing can be observed on RU-vid, Spotify and a whole host of other media sites. Your recommended videos gets geared towards what you initially search for. Thus you will experience less diversity. You will never be challenged. Sadly the record companies are wise to this and therefore put out music that caters to these algorithms, is my theory. The really bad thing about these algorithms is, that they are not just used for music. Libraries use those same algorithms extensively, which actually make the users less informed, dumber if you'll pardon my expression, which is at the root of the problem with needing to lower passing grades in schools, colleges etc. Librarians used to inform people of which books on a subject were good and which were bad and they'd even go as far as recommend books to challenge you a little bit once in a while once they got to know you a little. Those things have for the most part been taken over by algorithms that just cater to the ordinary, lazy people. Actually pretty much every webstore and music service uses algorithms like these and the damage they do to society as a whole is pervasive and extremely destructive , because the increase in our screen time and subsequent isolation make us narcissistic and less informed. I also believe that narcissism is a big part of what lies at the root of the socalled cancel culture. That narcissism. I believe another decade or two will find every grown up human in a corner of each their own room in a fetal position sucking their thumbs drooling, all humming the same nonthreatening, single monotone tone, which is what music will finally end up being, while robots change their diapers an do the shopping according to God the almighty algorithm. Thus the human race will fall to Skynet. Not with a bang, but with a single tone.( That's a joke btw.) Seriously though, having grown up in the 70s-80s it is on some days frankly a terrifying thing to look back on the last 10-15 years of societal development.

@pdmullgirl 2 года назад

@@nalk20 Enjoyed your comment. And sadly, I think you are right. And I liked your joke. Got a good chuckle out of that. ❤️💜💚

@pdmullgirl 2 года назад

@@emmetee9675 Let’s not forget Disco! ❤️💜💚

@ayyjayess2304 2 года назад

Wow, crazy memories from that year. I was just 8 years old. Music was the only escape I knew from a tough childhood. This means a lot to me. Thanks so much, Prof!

@manfredmann2766 2 года назад

Same here, 7 years old for most of the year 1975, and I had a small orange turntable where I played my 45s and 2 KTEL albums. The music and the sitcoms in that year were the only things that made me happy in my household.

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

I HAD a fantastic child hood , I was RAISED In Kodiak Alaska My did was a shrimp fisherman The ECONOMY in Alaska Was very strong From 1965 till 1977 As a teen in the 70sI lived by a very pretty lake had good friends A close family ,I Loved school ; I had the best 10 years EVER IN THE 70s I moved back to Astoria Oregon in 1977 With my family, I Had a good job In 1978 at Bumble Bee tuna ,The economy was Strong in Astoria In the late 70s Also ,

@idagirl814 9 месяцев назад

@@manfredmann2766me too. A very unstable home life, and the music was like a friend and a beautiful escape at the same time

@markcatanzaro9699 2 года назад

Just looking at the picture of the stack of 8-track tapes brings back so many great memories of growing up in the 70's and 80's!!! Adam i am SO GLAD I found your videos here! Even when it's a song, group, or artist I'm not interested in, you STILL make it interesting!!! You have CLEARLY found your purpose here in this life and wow- what an incredible gift from God to you and THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT! You're a full blown music nerd 🤓 just like me! If I knew you growing up, we definitely would have been friends! Keep up the amazing work 👏 it's wonderful to watch

@Galahad-hk4bb 2 года назад

Growing up as a kid and teenager in the 60s & 70s all comes back every time I watch your show. Thanks for bringing back the mostly wonderful memories 😀

@mournblade1066 2 года назад

Ah, _City to City_ by Gerry Rafferty. What a great album! "Mattie's Rag" is the hidden gem on that one. "Baker Street," of course, is one of the ten greatest rock songs ever recorded.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 года назад

“Baker Street” is one of my favorite songs of all time. Such a classic.

@sjs1555 2 года назад

I agree 100%. My favorite song is Island. Listen to it on every beach vacation.

@lisadc4681 2 года назад

I know!! City to City one of the greatest albums of all time in my opinion!! Been listening to it in some form on a regular basis since it was released. ISLAND has to be one of the most beautiful songs ever written!!

@emmetee9675 2 года назад

Great album! Baker Street is so great even the Foo Fighters did a great remake of it in the 90’s.

@lawrencefeldman7744 2 года назад

The Arc is an epic track!📻

@samjones2439 2 года назад

This is the first time watching your program! Very impressed. I used to be a DJ in nightclubs from 77’-83’. So appreciate what you are doing here. Always loved the back stories of how the song was written or made it to where it is today! Great job!! Love that Joni Mitchell story. Mountain View parking lot. Won’t forget that one. We tend to forget how much R&B influence we had from the 70’s. 😎

@kazilziya830 2 года назад

I was 22yrs old during this week and I'm still amazed how long ago it was. During the 70s I must have gone to 50 concerts. Wouldn't trade those days for anything. Peace and keep it rocking.

@javiermori1710 Год назад

There was a song called " Devil Woman" which was a modest hit in 70s. One of first songs i remember hearing on radio when my sister and i got ready for school. Must have been 76 as i was in kindergarten. Loved that song😊

@jeffrobson5246 Год назад

Cliff Richard

@TheWorldTeacher 2 года назад

DEFINITELY one of the finest years for rock music. 🕺

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

For sure!

@TheWorldTeacher 2 года назад

@@ProfessorofRock, “#9 Dream" is arguably Lennon's GREATEST masterpiece. 🎼

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

How did BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Make the top 10 ? WHAAAAT , It was huge in 1975, WHAAAAAT

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

@@ProfessorofRock 1976 Was way more of a hit for the 70s though

@gr8flyerfan 2 года назад

The Doobie Brothers were my first "big girl" concert! 😂 Saw them more than once, always a great concert!

@safromnc8616 2 года назад

Did you happen to see them @ UD Arena ? & did Thin Lizzy open for them ? I saw them @ OU.

@williambergman3840 2 года назад

They’re great n I wish I’d gotten a chance to see them

@dr_orient4782 2 года назад

...thanks so much for the level of detail you go into - while I don't know your background, I can tell you that I'm a musician and musicologist by profession (Ph.D. as a matter of fact), and what you do is truly worthy of the title "Professor"...

@angiehill5884 Год назад

I was 9 in 75 but 70s music is still my favorite!! I was totally in love with Don Henley 😊 I still know all the words to all those songs in the 70s, I even love disco 😊 My mind was blown then when I found out a lot of my favorite songs in the 70s were by the Eagles!! 😂 Now I'm 56 and listening to 5FDP and Godsmack, but I still love the oldies!!

@misslora3896 Год назад

Was only 6 in 1975, but it's the time in which I fell in love with music. Refused to go to sleep unless I could play the little radio next to my bed all night. Was a teen in the 80's and really enjoyed that music at the time, but the 70's music scene is where my heart truly resides.

@DonRRicks 2 года назад

Ah, the last February of my teens. In three weeks, I would enter my 20s. My wife and I had been married for eight months and life was good. The music was great as disco had not yet dominated the airwaves. Now, 47 years later I’m entering my latter 60s, and my wife and I are approaching 48 years of marriage and life is still great. The music, not, so much.

@russmoore1036 2 года назад

Oh man, you can really bring the nostalgia. At this time in 75 I was trying to get my head straight because I was going to be married on the 25th, my 18th birthday. I was listening to Aerosmith, Allman Bros, stuff like that, I never was one for the top ten. I love the way you can bring those feelings back though. The Stevie Wonder stuff was great. I'm not sure what year it was but Paul Simon got an award and when he was thanking people he said he was most thankful that Stevie Wonder didn't make an album that year. Anyway, I love your show my friend, keep it up

@LarsRyeJeppesen 2 года назад

Married at 18?wtf?

@russmoore1036 2 года назад

@@LarsRyeJeppesen Still married to her

@LarsRyeJeppesen 2 года назад

@@russmoore1036 congrats I guess. Way too early for most people. Way way.

@melliehobson8299 5 месяцев назад

I was born in 64. I remember vacuuming every Saturday AM and listening to Casey Kasem on full blast. A ritual.

@dj-ph8mw 2 года назад

I never paid any attention to "top 40" lists. In no particular order, in 1975 I was playing: 1)Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here; 2) Kiss - Alive!; 3) Aerosmith - Toys in the Attic; 4) Queen - A Night at the Opera; 5) Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti; 6) Jeff Beck - Blow by Blow; 7) Alice Cooper - Welcome To My Nightmare; 8) The Outlaws - Outlaws; 9) Marshall Tucker - Searchin' For A Rainbow; 10) Eagles - One of These Nights. With a side of a) Wings - Venus and Mars; b) Bad Company - Straight Shooter; c) Styx - Equinox; d) Foghat - Fool For The City! There you go! My top 10 along with 4 selections for dessert! 1975 was incredible!

@LisaGemini 2 года назад

All of these songs are classics. Nothing like these songs nowadays. Nothing can touch them!

@chrisvanuden 2 года назад

What an amazing top 10, although I was only 3 in 1975 (born in 1972) the music from this era always spoke so much more to me than anything else (although the 80s and early 90s also had great music. Remembering watching TopPop with my mom before I had to go to bed (a music program that covered the dutch top 40 in the 70s and 80s, yes I’m dutch), which is such a great childhood memory. I hope you treat us with your video’s for a long time Adam, I enjoy each and every one of them!

@manfredmann2766 2 года назад

Love the band Golden Earring, especially during the 70s

@shaunnewman8375 Год назад

Just stumbled upon Prof Rock this evening, so glad I did. Easily one of the most entertaining and informative of its genre, full of facts but not too heavy. Thanks and greeting from sunny Yorkshire.

@michaelyork4554 2 года назад

I can remember discovering Yes, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan... when I was 12 in '74, and from then on chart positions, and radio airplay lost all meaning. By now it has absolutely lost all meaning to me. At least the radio was of use back then, to hear something great, that you did not have recorded. Thank God for Jensen and Pioneer.

@jerickson725 2 года назад

Just discovered your channel and had to immediately subscribe! I love everything 70's music; in the 70's I was age 6-15. One of my sisters was 10 years older so I was introduced to great music at an early age. 😊 Best music ever!

@margaretkiser6305 Год назад

I was born in '69, but my stepbrother was born in '59. He introduced us (my full siblings and our parents) to so much excellent music! I feel very grateful for his influence, and our dad played "oldies" all the time - which was from the 60's and 70's. (My mom preferred Ron Chapman's choices. BLAH.) I got to hear "Paint It Black" more often than elevator music. This is a good fact!

@benk3999 2 года назад

70's was the best decade and Not just for Music. Man, those were the days

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

Yep Jaws Star wars Rocky Rocky 2 Grease .Saturday night fever The God Father ,Animal House , Aliens,, Blazing saddles. . Smokey and the Bandit Taxi Driver , Clouse Encounters of the third kind . Superman .. Star Trek the motion Picture T,V SHOWS ,, Dallas , Starsky and Hutch , Columbo The Dukes of Hazzard , 3s company. The Jeffersons .Good times , Stanford and son , All in the family, The Brady Bunch , The Partridge Family , Maude Welcome back Kotter ,Fantasy Island ,The Love Boat, Mash, Kojak ,The Streets of San Francisco The Increbilble Hulk , Mannix ,Heart to Heart , Mcmillan and Wife Hawaii Five O, ,,Chips , Soap ,Different Strokes, I dream of Jeanie , The Odd couple ,That Girl And Hot Cars 77 Trans am ,, Bell bottom pants And Feathered Hair On the foxy ladies , Man i miss the 70s

@user-po3ev7is5w 4 месяца назад

About 8 years ago I drove past a High School parking lot while school was letting out. Students in their cars were streaming out of the lot. Most had music blaring with their windows down. ALL were playing classic rock music from the 70's. When we were young in the 70's we weren't playing music from the 30's. THAT tells you EVERYTHING ya need to know about the quality of 70's rock vs ANY time after.

@michaelmueller7962 4 месяца назад

So true - my daughter listens to all the great old stuff and so do many of her friends.

@user-po3ev7is5w 4 месяца назад

@@michaelmueller7962So do my children. By choice.

@SusanBame 5 месяцев назад

I graduated in 1975. This is my playlist of my senior year. Blackwater, man...when that came out, I was in love with that song.

@birdie9680 2 года назад

Wow!! Every song on this countdown brings back so many memories. Unfortunately, many of them are bad ones. It seems like everyone I know has lost a loved one to drugs. I lost my brother to alcohol poisoning five years ago and my daughter died of a post-surgical Fentanyl overdose in 2020. Music has helped me get through so many tough times. God bless the music makers!!

@andrewdowney1654 2 года назад

God bless you, Robin!

@SevenThunderful 2 года назад

1975, Led Zeppelins Physical Graffiti. The best album from the best band. It will never be equaled. They eschewed singles for the most part, but 10 years gone is one of the best rock and roll songs of all time.

@MuzixMaker Год назад

LZ IV ?

@masonbooth2363 Год назад

Agree..Physical Graffiti was their peak..right before heroin addiction..LZIV is great..but PG is on another level..

@michaelszczys8316 11 месяцев назад

My brother had Led Zep 1 , and I had no.2 , but I really started getting into them after hearing Cashmere which I had trouble with whether it was really real. It was so bizarre the first times hearing it. I got totally into it with Presence just in time for them to totally crash. I thought In Through the Out Door was a total disappointment. Achilles Last Stand still messes with my central nervous system after 45 years

@maryannschumacher1370 11 месяцев назад

1975 was a pivotal year as I turned 21 that year. It was a grand and fun time in my life that I'll always remember. These songs and many others really bring up fond memories of that time in my life. ❤

@thedynamicsolo4232 9 месяцев назад

As a burgeoning content creator, your niche and content are top notch. I have done public address work and was on one 20 minute television show years ago, but your production, editing and videos are really something to be admired. I create my first new video this Sunday. While I watch your video's I get hints and clues to help me get started. Keep up the great work.

@michaelmartin4552 2 года назад

The biggest difference between then and now can be shown in who listens to "Top 40" music. During all my time growing up and well after, my dad would listen to the same Top 40 songs that I did. And even my grandfather would listen to the same station. However, by the 1990s all three of us had largely left Top 40, as it was becoming dominated by rap. And today it is all just generic autotune nonsense that I can not even comprehend ever liking in the first place. On average, I might like a small handful of Top 40 songs in a year. There is no variety, no "soul", no real feelings. And even my kids agree, all of them preferring to listen to songs from the 80s and before.

@arteCee 2 года назад

yeh..and it's all being done by design.

@HiroForever 2 года назад

Yep. You can actually find a huge number of 20-40 somethings online doing reaction videos to 70’s-90’s music!!! Jamel aka Jamal Just Jammin TwinsthenewTrend Are a few to check out😀

@misslora3896 2 года назад

@@arteCee Nice to see someone else wise to this fact.

@LisaGemini 2 года назад

Rap is crap. Even David Cassidy knew that speaking during a song was a BAD idea. When his record company insisted on him speaking on Doesn't Somebody Want to Be Wanted, he balked, big time. He said NO. Sadly, though, his contract made him do it anyway! True story.

@janach1305 2 года назад

@@LisaGemini In the world of theatre, speaking during music is called melodrama. I don’t think that’s what rappers have in mind. Rap has never been my cup of tea, but I do give it credit for bringing back clever lyrics that rhyme. I’m not saying I like the content of those lyrics, but you can tell someone has put some work into them. It’s not Cole Porter or Ira Gershwin, but it’s also not just two lines of lyrics constantly repeated that don’t even rhyme.

@johnglielmi6428 2 года назад

Adam I really enjoy how you bring todays music into perspective with these classics of yesterday. There doesn't seem to be any heart and soul to todays music. It's all about the base, if you get my meaning. I was born in 1960 and the the Beatles were my big favorite, the the 70's came along and my mind was completely blow away by all the big sounds. The 70's is my favorite era of music for sure. don't get me wrong there are good bands and music that came out of the following decades, but for me none seemed to quite match the power that the music of the 70's had.

@bobadams2673 2 года назад

Hey Doc, another great Show, but I wouldn't expect anything less! Thank as always as the power of music heals in so many ways...

@javiermori1710 Год назад

Love the format countdown!

@Redfour5 5 месяцев назад

I was just out of the Marine Corps and remember that first iteration of the Doobie Brothers. It was a great year, started College, life AND MUSIC were fantastic.

@lanagorgeous9485 2 года назад

One of the greatest songs ever came out in 1975 - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody- (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fJ9rUzIMcZQ.html) I remember we heard it on the radio in the fall of 1975 as we were driving my older sister to college. My sister who was a music major knew even then that we were hearing something that was an instant classic and important.

@theodoreritola7641 Год назад

@Judd St John 70s GOLD GOODIES

@ediecarter1518 2 года назад

I was a very young teen at this time, but having so much. I still had the innocence of a child, but was figuring out the world for myself. These songs take me back to an easier time. They relax me as if I were sitting right next to my mom, singing our lungs out to the radio. Thank you for these happy memories 💖

@thomasmartinscott 4 месяца назад

I LOVE your channel... one minute I feel young again, and the next, I feel older than dirt. I can't believe how fast the time has gone! Keep up the good work!

@eyeseeyou247 2 года назад

I have become a total POR addict!! I LOVE all the reviews etc! I am a Gen X’er, proudly, and raised my 3 kids to have a love for all things past musical… that being said, my son and youngest, his “lullaby” as a baby was SIMPLE MAN from Lynyrd Skynyrd…. He is going to be 17 in August, to this day, thats his favorite song…!!! I raised all 3 of my kids o the sounds of Skynyrd etc… I love your channel and the homage you pay each time! Be blessed!!! And know that you are loved!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@williambenner5550 2 года назад

This was the year I graduated high school and moved from Glendale California up into the wilderness in Trinity County California. I love all these songs, but Black Water was probably my favorite of this list! Professor you are quickly becoming the new Casy Kasen of the 21 century!

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks William! Casey's my hero so that's very cool to hear.

@neolithicnobody8184 2 года назад

I remember all of these old classics as I was growing up during the 70s. It was a great era for some of the best songs, but I didn't really get into music that much until the early 80s. My siblings and cousins were older than me, so they got to experience all of these Greats on a different level than myself. Being the youngest of the pack I would get a lot of hand-me-downs from different ones. I ended up with lots of t-shirts acquired from concerts over the years, including the Eagles, Steve Miller, ABBA, Dr. Hook, the Beatles and many more. But the one item that changed me the most, as well as develop a love for Art and Optical Illusions, was a poster of Linda Ronstadt from her album Get Closer. Her dress was one of the coolest Illusions I've ever seen. Up close it was just a bunch of polka dots, but as you stepped away from it you could actually see the flowing ruffles in detail. Until then, I had never really given much thought as to who she was or her music. I had been listening to her music for years and didn't even realize it at the time. To this day that poster still remains one of my favorite optical illusions of all time and it's THAT poster that led to my love for the great music of the 60s, 70s and 80s.

@hazelwray4184 2 года назад

The polka dots bring to mind Roy Lichtenstein's artwork. Also to some extent, early (German artist) Polke. Very 1980's - see the sleeve of Wham's, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go. Despite the "pop" aesthetic, It's interesting how American music rarely strays far from a country/blues, roots. Just an observation; not a criticism.

@rainmakerjim 4 месяца назад

Such nostalgia!!! I remember making my first “stereo” and playing this America TAPE with the benefit of my first try at surround sound. Oh and grew up in Uptown New Orleans, a short walk from St Charles Blvd and that very streetcar line. Professor, you and I must be close in age. Keep this great content coming.

@HankBailey-gs8ue 11 месяцев назад

Been watching you for a few days.... You're good bro. Articulate Love the cadence of your monologue... Keep it up buddy!!!

@glennweeks7176 2 года назад

Another great episode Professor! Appreciate you brother, keep up the good work my friend. I was 12 years old in '75 but thought I knew everything. I prided myself on having the best music collection around. Actually I probably only owned about 50 records but to me it was like millions.

@ProfessorofRock 2 года назад

Thanks! Will do!

@nmoused 2 года назад

I was in High School in 75! Loved the music of the 60’s and 70’s, and I still love it! Thanks for this Chanel and the Remix!

@maryaha7 2 года назад

Thank you for this great video. I so enjoyed it!

@philmiska7295 2 месяца назад

My brother and I got our first transistor radios from our grandparents in 1968? We spent every weekend listening to AM Gold, Wolfman Jack and evenings listening to Radio Mystery Theater.