Music That We Adore

Take a trip through the 60s, 70's and 80's Music, and relive all the songs and artists that marked an Era.

Best-Selling Artists

The Beatles - Elvis Presley - Michael Jackson - Frank Sinatra - Bing Crosby - ABBA - Julio Iglesias - Led Zepplin - Nana Mouskouri - Queen

Best-Selling Singles [Millions Sold]

White Christmas 50m- Candle in the Wind 33m- Silent Night 30m- Rock Around the Clock 25m- Diana 20m - We Are the World 20m- If I Didn't Care 19m- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 18m- Yes Sir, I Can Boogie 18m

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Great Artists - Great Albums

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Monday, January 31, 2022

The Beau Brummels - Discography

The Beau Brummels Discography


While they only had two big hits, the Beau Brummels were one of the most important and underrated American groups of the 1960s. They were the first U.S. unit of any sort to successfully respond to the British Invasion. They were arguably the first folk-rock group, even pre-dating the Byrds, and also anticipated some key elements of the San Francisco psychedelic sound with their soaring harmonies and exuberant melodies. Before they finally reached the end of the string, they were also among the first bands to record country-rock in the late '60s.

Saturday, January 29, 2022

Bobby and Laurie [Australian Artist] - Discography

 BOBBY and LAURIE


Bobby & Laurie were an Australian beat pop duo of the 1960s, with Laurie Allen on vocals, guitar and keyboards and Bobby Bright (born in England, 3 February 1945) on vocals and guitar. Their regular backing band were the Rondells. Their contemporaries were Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs, Ray Brown & the Whispers, the Easybeats and Normie Rowe. The duo's most popular singles were, "I Belong with You" (1964) and "Hitch Hiker" (1966). Their debut album, Bobby and Laurie (1965), was the first for independent label, Go!! Records. The duo disbanded in 1967 to pursue solo careers and briefly reformed from 1969 to 1971. Laurie Allen died in June 2002, after a heart attack.

Australian Crawl [Australian Artists] - Discography

AUSTRALIAN CRAWL - DISCOGRAPHY

 From their start in 1979 to their demise only five years later, Australian Crawl stood as a bizarre anomaly against the largely punk and political scene Down Under. Essentially sculpted as the Melbourne Beach Boys, the Crawl's songs ranged from odes to Errol Flynn and Resort Girls to rousing singalongs like "Hootchie Gucci Fiorucci Mama," and their mash cover of the Kingsmen's "Louie, Louie." Consisting of James Reyne (lead vocals, piano), Guy McDonough (co-lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Bill McDonough (drums, percussion), Simon Binks (lead/acoustic/slide guitar), Paul Williams (bass), and Brad Robinson (rhythm guitar), the Crawl initially appeared to be little more than hedonistic surfers -- in Reyne's own words, "part of people's lives; a representation of the beach, the open air and good vibes." But their debut album, 1980's The Boys Light Up, also contained recountings of automobile accidents ("Indisposed") and vicious attacks against shallow materialists (the band's first single "Beautiful People"). Their combination of light, breezy tunes with significantly darker subtexts (not altogether unlike Brian Wilson's best material) left The Boys Light Up on the Aussie charts for no less than 104 weeks.

Billboard USA - Top 100 Hits [1970-1979]

BILLBOARD ALBUMS - 1970-1979 



1970

01 - Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
02 - The Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You
03 - The Guess Who - American Woman
04 - B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
05 - Edwin Starr - War
06 - Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough 
07 - The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There 
08 - Rare Earth - Get Ready
09 - The Beatles - Let It Be 
10 - Freda Payne - Band of Gold
11 - Three Dog Night - Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
12 - Ray Stevens - Everything Is Beautiful
13 - Bread - Make It with You
14 - Vanity Fare - Hitchin' a Ride
15 - The Jackson 5 - ABC
16 - The Jackson 5 - The Love You Save
17 - Neil Diamond - Cracklin' Rosie 
18 - Dawn - Candida
19 - Sly & the Family Stone - Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) 
20 - Eric Burdon & War - Spill the Wine
21 - Five Stairsteps - O-o-h Child
22 - Norman Greenbaum - Spirit in the Sky
23 - Melanie - Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)
24 - The Temptations - Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
25 - The Moments - Love on a Two-Way Street
26 - The Poppy Family - Which Way You Goin' Billy?
27 - Free - All Right Now
28 - The Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
29 - Bobby Sherman - Julie, Do Ya Love Me
30 - Sugarloaf - Green-Eyed Lady
31 - Stevie Wonder - Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours 
32 - Blues Image - Ride Captain Ride
33 - Shocking Blue - Venus
34 - John Lennon - Instant Karma!
35 - Clarence Carter - Patches
36 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Lookin' out My Back Door
37 - Brook Benton - Rainy Night in Georgia
38 - Kenny Rogers & The First Edition - Something's Burning
39 - Chairmen of the Board - Give Me Just a Little More Time
40 - Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
41 - The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road
42 - Anne Murray - Snowbird
43 - Marmalade - Reflections of My Life
44 - Eddie Holman - Hey There Lonely Girl
45 - The Jaggerz - The Rapper
46 - The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
47 - Alive N Kickin' - Tighter, Tighter
48 - Badfinger - Come and Get It
49 - Simon & Garfunkel - Cecilia
50 - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Love Land
51 - Tyrone Davis - Turn Back the Hands of Time
52 - The Kinks - Lola
53 - Mungo Jerry - In the Summertime
54 - R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me
55 - Rare Earth - (I Know) I'm Losing You
56 - Bobby Sherman - Easy Come, Easy Go
57 - Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
58 - The Four Tops - Still Water (Love)
59 - Chicago - Make Me Smile
60 - Frijid Pink - The House of the Rising Sun
61 - Chicago - 25 or 6 to 4
62 - White Plains - My Baby Loves Lovin'
63 - The Friends of Distinction - Love or Let Me Be Lonely
64 - The Brotherhood of Man - United We Stand
65 - The Carpenters - We've Only Just Begun
66 - Mark Lindsay - Arizona
67 - James Taylor - Fire and Rain
68 - Gene Chandler - Groovy Situation
69 - Santana - Evil Ways
70 - The Guess Who - No Time
71 - The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind Ther Time)
72 - Elvis Presley - The Wonder of You
73 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Up Around the Bend
74 - Ronnie Dyson - (If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?
75 - B.J. Thomas - I Just Can't Help Believing
76 - The Spinners - It's a Shame
77 - Bobbi Martin - For the Love of Him
78 - Mountain - Mississippi Queen
79 - Ike & Tina Turner - I Want to Take You Higher
80 - Joe Cocker - The Letter
81 - Tee-Set - Ma Belle Amie
82 - The Originals - The Bells
83 - Christie - Yellow River
84 - 100 Proof (Aged in Soul) - Somebody's Been Sleeping
85 - The Ides of March - Vehicle
86 - The Pipkins - Gimme Dat Ding
87 - Robin McNamara - Lay a Little Lovin' on Me
88 - The Supremes - Up the Ladder to the Roof
89 - Creedence Clearwater Revival - Travelin' Band
90 - The Sandpipers - Come Saturday Morning
91 - The Temptations - Psychedelic Shack
92 - Tom Jones - Without Love (There Is Nothing)
93 - Pacific Gas & Electric - Are You Ready?
94 - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Woodstock
95 - Dionne Warwick - I'll Never Fall in Love Again
96 - The New Seekers - Look What They've Done to My Song Ma 
97 - Joe South - Walk A Mile In My Shoes
98 - B.B. King - The Thrill Is Gone
99 - Glen Campbell - It's Only Make Believe 
100 - Aretha Franklin - Call Me

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Bill Withers [RIP] - Discography

BILL WITHERS DISCOGRAPHY 

Born: July 4, 1938 - Died: March 30, 2020
R.I.P.

Few singers have possessed a baritone as rich and comforting as that of Bill Withers. Even smaller in number are the songwriters who have shared the West Virginian's natural ability to articulate a comprehensive range of emotions and perspectives -- jubilation and gratitude, jealousy, and spite -- with maximal levels of conviction and concision. Late to arrive, the everyman R&B paragon had just turned 33 when "Ain't No Sunshine," the unfading ballad off Just as I Am (1971), made him a sudden and unlikely success story, within one year an aircraft mechanic-turned-million-selling, Grammy-winning artist. Through the next ten years, Withers continued to meld soul, gospel, folk, and funk with rare finesse. He collected more gold singles with "Lean on Me" and "Use Me," both off the similarly successful Still Bill (1972), reached the same height with Menagerie (1977), led by "Lovely Day," and was handed a second Grammy for "Just the Two of Us" (1981), his collaboration with Grover Washington, Jr. Early to leave, Withers made his last statement with Watching You Watching Me (1985), closing a songbook that has served as a bountiful resource for artists from a multitude of stylistic persuasions. Given his flowers before his death at the age of 81, Withers was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Meatloaf [Michael Lee Aday] R.I.P. - Discography

MEATLOAF DISCOGRAPHY


Born: September 27, 1947 - Died: January 20, 2022
R.I.P. Michael
Michael Lee Aday, better known as Meat Loaf, was an American singer and actor. He was noted for his powerful, wide-ranging voice and theatrical live shows. His Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose—has sold more than 65 million albums worldwide.

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

The Seekers [Australian Artist] - Discography

THE SEEKERS DISCOGRAPHY

The Seekers are an Australian folk-influenced pop quartet, originally formed in Melbourne in 1962. They were the first Australian pop music group to achieve major chart and sales success in the United Kingdom and the United States. They were popular during the 1960s with their best-known configuration as: Judith Durham on vocals, piano, and tambourine; Athol Guy on double bass and vocals; Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar, banjo, and vocals; and Bruce Woodley on guitar, mandolin, banjo, and vocals.

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Michael Nesmith [RIP] - Discography

 MICHAEL NESMITH  R.I.P. - DISCOGRAPHY


Robert Michael Nesmith (December 30, 1942 – December 10, 2021) was an American musician, songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist. He was best known as a member of the pop rock band the Monkees and co-star of the TV series The Monkees (1966–1968). His songwriting credits include "Different Drum", which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt and the Stone Poneys.

After the break-up of the Monkees, Nesmith continued his successful songwriting and performing career, first with the seminal country rock group the First National Band, with whom he had a top-40 hit, "Joanne", and then as a solo artist. He often played a custom-built Gretsch 12-string electric with the Monkees and afterwards.

Nesmith founded Pacific Arts, a multimedia production and distribution company, in 1974, through which he helped pioneer the music video format. He created one of the first American television programs dedicated to music videos, PopClips, which aired on Nickelodeon in 1980. He was asked to help produce and create MTV, but had prior commitments with his production company. In 1981, he won the first Grammy Award for Video of the Year for his hour-long television show, Elephant Parts. He was also an executive producer of the film Repo Man (1984).

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Roger Miller [RIP] - Discography

ROGER MILLER DISCOGRAPHY 


R.I.P.
Born: January 02, 1936 - Died: October 25, 1992
Though he's known largely as a writer of novelty songs, due to such hits as "Dang Me," "Chug-A-Lug," and "England Swings," Roger Miller was in fact one of the finest country songwriters of the '60s and '70s, and an important influence on the progressive country movement. Blending country with jazz, blues, and pop, he utilized unusual harmonic and rhythmic devices in his sophisticated songcraft, creating timeless, widely covered gems ("King of the Road," "Husbands and Wives") that have been tackled by everyone from Dean Martin to Giant Sand. In the '80s, he wrote the songs for the Broadway musical Big River, which ran for over 1,000 performances and won seven Tony Awards.

Miller was born in Fort Worth, TX, but raised in the small town of Erick, OK, by his aunt and uncle, following the death of his father and his mother's debilitating sickness. Initially, he was attracted to music by hearing country over the radio as well as by his brother-in-law, Sheb Wooley. By the time he was ten, he earned enough money picking cotton to buy himself a guitar. At the age of 11, Wooley gave him a fiddle and encouraged him to pursue a performing career. Miller completed the eighth grade and left school to become a ranch hand and rodeo rider. Throughout his adolescence, he played music in addition to working the ranch. Soon, he was able to play not only guitar and fiddle, but also piano, banjo, and drums.

Sunday, January 2, 2022

Bobby Goldsboro - Discography

 BOBBY GOLDSBORO DISCOGRAPHY

Best remembered for his 1968 chart-topper, "Honey," singer/songwriter Bobby Goldsboro was born January 18, 1941 in Marianna, FL. After relocating to Dothan, AL, while in his teens, he went on to study at Auburn University, quitting school after his sophomore year to pursue music full-time. During the early '60s, Goldsboro played guitar in Roy Orbison's backing band, mounting a solo career in early 1964 and soon scoring a Top Ten hit with the self-penned "See the Funny Little Clown." His sophisticated yet sentimental vocal style yielded Top 40 entries throughout the middle of the decade, among them "Whenever He Holds You," "Little Things," "Voodoo Woman," "It's Too Late," and "Blue Autumn"; though Goldsboro primarily wrote and recorded his own material, he also notched a minor hit with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David novelty "Me Japanese Boy I Love You." "Honey," a maudlin tale about the tragic death of a young bride, remained at number one for five weeks in the spring of 1968, reaching the number two spot in the U.K. soon after and falling just shy of the top spot upon re-entering the British charts in 1975.