70s music
The 1970s were all about sex, drugs and rock and roll; Beat welcomes you to our Disco Inferno.
Glen Goins Just Funkin for fun
In 1976, Parliament/Funkadelic released The Clones of Dr. Funkenstein. One of the singles on the album was Funkin for Fun. The song was written by George Clinton, Gary Scheider and Glen Goins and Goins sang lead. The song can be interpreted in several ways, with most people think it's someone striking out on their own in the world. Others, however, believe the recording to be prophetic as the lead singer died only 2 years later.
By Cheryl E Preston5 years ago in Beat
That 70's Ish
I have the coolest dad in the world. Much of who I am today is because of the major role he plays in my life. It would only make sense that much of my taste in music was influenced heavily by this man, and his taste happens to be the 70s. The 70s would be the period where my dad was walking around, young stud in his early 20s; shirt buttoned down, chest hair showing, gold chain dangling with perfectly groomed messy hair much like our friend Neil below.
By Julia Alfred6 years ago in Beat
The Breakout of Blondie
I was born in the early 1970’s and this decade is my absolute must have for music. My earliest memories were artists like Elton John, Linda Ronstadt and The Eagles. If I find myself in a reminiscing mood I will definitely play songs from these artists, sit back and think back to those good old days. Songs like “Don’t Let the sun go down on me” takes me back to my days when I was living in Virginia Beach. Ah, there was nothing like the old style vintage stereo and those warm days of being a vibrant three years old. The Eagles classic “Hotel California” is another song that recaptures my early years of wonder and discovery.
By Marilyn Glover6 years ago in Beat
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
This American folk rock group is also known as Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young and is sometimes joined by their fourth member Neil Young. Singing as a trio they are David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. All four of them have been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
By Rasma Raisters6 years ago in Beat
1970s—The Decade of Country Duets
Duets were big in country music in the 1970s. Couples with powerhouse voices like Conway Twitty and Lorretta Lynn, Jim Ed Brown and Helen Cornelius, and George Jones and Tammy Wynette burnt up the airwaves. They crooned of love, both broken and new, of wedding rings that weren’t so golden anymore, and living in a beautiful dream with the ones they loved.
By Rachel Carrington6 years ago in Beat
“The Jackson 5” The Love You Save Has A Secret
Stop-The Love you Save may be Your Own "The Love You Save" was written and recorded in March of 1970 by "The Corporation." This group included Deke Richards, Alfonzo Mizell, Berry Gordy, and Freddie Perren. These men wrote hits for The Jackson 5 and other Mowtown artists.
By Cheryl E Preston6 years ago in Beat
The Rocking Life
1970's: Sucking it all in I barely remember the early 1970's. I was only a young child back then. I grew up in a modest home, a son to a Dutch immigrant who was my father and a Puerto Rican transplant who was my mother. Both were hardworking and provided well for our family. My father worked as a cashier for a convenience store that his family-owned and my mother worked as a seamstress. As the saying goes, we didn't have much but we had all we needed.
By Legend Gilchrist6 years ago in Beat
Music By Bread
When you hear the word bread do you think about food or music? Well of course people will probably say food and look at you strangely. That means they have forgotten or haven’t heard about the rock group which came from Los Angeles, California and was called Bread. Between 1970 and 1977 they had 13 songs which hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart and their kind of music was known as soft rock.
By Rasma Raisters6 years ago in Beat
My Favourite Album From Each Year (1970-1979)
I feel like I'm starting from scratch here with this list because I started with the 80s and made my way through to the present decade with my favourite albums from each year from each decade. A lot of my favourite bands started in the 80s, 90s and later. But the more I got into researching and picking up recommendations and scavaging through my music collections, the more I found that I do like a lot of 70s music. I may not have been born in the 70s, but I felt really nostalgic listening to a lot of the 70s music because I know it was the music that my parents liked and music that I was exposed to when I was younger.
By Chloe Gilholy6 years ago in Beat
