1970

As promised in an earlier blog, I decided to rip my Cd’s from the year 1970. These are a “little before my time” to be 1970honest, but since I had older neighbors who were teens, I can recall most of them. According to my Time Life Cd’s the following songs were the most popular from that year:

1. Aretha Franklin – Don’t Play That Song (2:58)

2. B.B. King – The Thrill Is Gone (4:07)

3. Brook Benton – Rainy Night in Georgia.mp3

4. Canned Heat – Let’s Work Together.mp3

5. Creedence Clearwater Revival – Up Around the Bend.mp3

6. Eddie Holman – Hey There Lonely Girl.mp3

7. Edwin Starr – War.mp3

8. Eric Burdon / War – Spill the Wine (4:53)

9. Eric Clapton – After Midnight (2:55)

10. Free – All Right Now (3:49)

11. Grand Funk Railroad – Closer to Home (5:31)

12. Grateful Dead – Uncle John’s Band (3:09)

13. James Taylor – Fire and Rain (3:23)

14. Joe Cocker – Cry Me a River (3:55)

15. Joe Cocker – The Letter (4:18)

16. Joe South – Walk a Mile in My Shoes (3:43)

17. Mountain – Mississippi Queen (2:30)

18. Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime (3:30)

19. Norman Greenbaum – Spirit in the Sky (4:02)

20. Rare Earth – Get Ready (2:47)

21. Santana – Black Magic Woman (3:19)

22. Santana – Evil Ways.mp3

23. Shocking Blue – Venus (2:59)

24. Sly & the Family Stone – Thank You (Falletin Me Be Mice Elf Agin).mp3

25. Smokey Robinson & the Miracles – The Tears of a Clown (3:00)

26. Sugarloaf – Green-Eyed Lady.mp3

27. The Band – Up on Cripple Creek.mp3

28. The Bee Gees – Lonely Days.mp3

29. The Blues Image – Ride Captain Ride.mp3

30. The Guess Who – American Woman.mp3

31. The Guess Who – No Time.mp3

32. The Hollies – He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother.mp3

33. The Ides of March – Vehicle.mp3

34. The Jackson 5 – ABC.mp3

35. The Jackson 5 – I Want You Back.mp3

36. The Jaggerz – The Rapper (2:44)

37. The Moments – Love on a Two-Way Street (3:44)

38. The Moody Blues – Question (4:55)

39. The Temptations – Ball of Confusion (4:05)

40. Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (3:21)

41. Tyrone Davis – Turn Back the Hands of Time (2:57)

42. Van Morrison – Domino (3:10)

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1 Response

  1. Rodney Olsen says:

    Some great memories there.

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