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Various Artists
"Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Volume 18"
© Rhino Records
Year of Release: 1993
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track listing
Wasted Days And
Wasted Nights--
Freddy Fender
Dream Weaver--
Gary Wright
Let Your Love Flow--
Bellamy Brothers
Right Back Where
We Started From--
Maxine Nightingale
Falling Apart
At The Seams--
Marmalade
Fooled Around
And Fell In Love--
Elvin Bishop
Happy Days--
Pratt & McClain
Shannon--
Henry Gross
Making Our
Dreams Come True--
Cyndi Grecco
Afternoon Delight--
Starland Vocal Band
Moonlight Feels Right--
Starbuck
I'd Really Love To
See You Tonight--
England Dan &
John Ford Coley
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Various Artists
"Super Hits Of The '70s: Have A Nice Day, Volume 18"
Ahh, the 1970s, a decade to some considered to be the WORST decade of music...
Absolutely NOT true! Compared to our current pop music, the 1970s showcased all
different styles of music, and not just focused on one style, as it is today.
Rhino Records series of Super Hits of the '70s, Have A Nice Day has its Volume
18 as our Album Pick of the Week.
Volume 18 looks at September, 1975 to September, 1976, with 12 songs from
this year period, where 3 songs reached #1, on either the Pop/Country charts:
"Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" by Freddy Fender (#1 Country), "Let Your
Love Flow" by The Bellamy Brothers (#1 Pop), and "Afternoon Delight" by
Starland Vocal Band (#1 Pop) -- Although some thought this song was recorded by Fleetwood
Mac.
There are other memorable songs from this set, as I vividly remember hearing these
songs when I growing up in the 1970s (I was 11 years old in September, 1975). "Dream
Weaver" by Gary Wright, I would remember this song more as I was much older.
"Right Back Where We Started From" was remembered for me, hearing this song when
it was popular on AM radio. My brothers had the 8-track of Struttin' My Stuff by
Elvin Bishop, and the standout song from this album was "Fooled Around And Fell In
Love," with the lead vocal by an unknown at the time, Mickey Thomas, who would acclaim
fame in the later decade of the 1970s, as one of the vocalists for the reformed Jefferson
Starship.
"Happy Days" by Pratt & McClain was the theme of the TV series, which everyone
was watching in 1975, and having the 45 single of this song when I was younger, the flip
side of this song was even better -- "Cruisin' With The Fonz," a song I would use
for background music for on-air radio commercials. (Unfortunately there isn't a Best Of
Pratt & McClain, as they were considered a one-hit wonder.) England Dan & John Ford Coley's
"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight" was another AM radio lite-rock favorite.
Now for the songs that I didn't recognize: Marmalade's "Falling Apart At The
Seams," Henry Gross' "Shannon," Cyndi Grecco's "Making Our Dreams Come
True," [Oh wait! That was the Laverne & Shirley TV theme! Just looking at
the title and artist didn't ring a bell at first. It's kinda nice that this
song was on this set, along with the Happy Days theme, as Laverne & Shirley
was a spinoff show.] Starbuck's "Moonlight Feels Right" was one of those in
the category of "Ohhh, I remember that one." (I just didn't recognize the artist
and title at first.) Honestly, these songs were kinda lame, as most critics felt
how the 1970s decade was. Of course, this decade had its share of "lame" songs, but
most of them were quite popular, whether you really liked them or not.
For the oldies lover of the 1970s music, fans of this era will enjoy the entire
Nice Day series. With the popularity of Internet Radio now, I'm sure there's a
station on internet radio that has the entire Nice Day series on it, as well as
other 1970s oldies-type stations. As this series focuses on recognizable songs, but not
easily recognizing most of the artist names, it should bring back wonderful memories for
those who remember these songs well, while growing up.
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