# 70's AM Radio Hits - Your Fav? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 6, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755 "2001-01-06T20:56:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/1 "2001-01-06T20:56:22Z")
I can hear the posters to [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=36347](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=36347) barfing already. I love Pink Floyd, Led Zep, The Who, Allman Bros., Grateful Dead just as much as anyone. But I still love 1970’s AM radio hits. The kind of stuff that is on the “Have A Nice Decade” box set. So my question is, what song never fails to take you back? “Hello, It’s Me” by Todd Rundgren “Without You” by Harry Nilsson “Do It Again” by Steely Dan “We’ve Only Just Begun” by Carpenters “Precious and Few” by Climax “Me and Mrs. Jones” by Billy Paul “Make It With You” by Bread “Show and Tell” by Al Wilson “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2001, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/2 "2001-01-06T22:52:29Z")
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/3 "2001-01-07T01:59:37Z")
“Brandy,” by Looking Glass “Drift Away,” by Dobie Gray And my all-time favorite song in the whole world, “American Pie” by Don McLean. ---
**Author:** ![Rally\_Vincent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c37758/32.png) [@Rally\_Vincent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rally_Vincent)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/4 "2001-01-07T04:15:09Z")
Woohoo! People after my own heart! hm…so many to choose… “Space Cowboy” or anything else bySteve Miller Band “Horse with no Name” or anything else by America “Aja” or anything else by Steely dan Does anyone remember who did “Love is like oxygen, you get too much, you get too high, not enough and you’re gonna die” ? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/5 "2001-01-07T04:17:45Z")
There are loads of songs I could nominate… but how about “Please Come to Boston” by Dave Loggins? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/6 "2001-01-07T06:35:05Z")
“Thunder Island” by Jay Ferguson “Sausalito Summer Night” by Diesel. ---
**Author:** ![Edlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8797f3/32.png) [@Edlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edlyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/7 "2001-01-07T06:48:01Z")
You’ve already taken me back. Lib and I love 70’s music! Okay, here’s a few (sigh) of my favourites of the not already mentioned. All By Myself American Pie (Hands down! Sorry, Had to!) Black Magic Woman Bohemian Rhapsody Bridge Over Troubled Water Brown Sugar Build Me Up Buttercup Candle In The Wind (Elton in general) Cat’s In The Cradle December 1963 (Oh What A Night) Dream On Fire and Rain Guitar Man (Bread) He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother Hotel California I Don’t Know How To Love Him If Imagine It Don’t Matter To Me Knocking On Heaven’s Door Knowing Me, Knowing You Lean On Me Let It Be Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) Love The One Your With Lucky Man (Emerson, Lake & Palmer) Mama Told Me (Not To Come) My Sweet Lord (George Harrison) Nights In White Satin No Time (Left For You) One Toke Over The Line Send In The Clowns Smoke On The Water Stairway To Heaven These Eyes Geez… I know I’ve missed some. Though I didn’t list them, Ohio, Teach Your Children, Woodstock, Our House, Judy Blue Eyes… Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, deserved their own paragraph. Don’t even get me started on the 60’s! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/8 "2001-01-07T18:32:22Z")
Can’t end this thread without mentioning “You Make Me Fell Brand New” by The Stylistics “Then Came You” by the Spinners “Midnight Train To Georgia” by Gladys Knight “Killing Me Softly With His Song” by Roberta Flack “Focus” by Hocus Pocus “Backstabbers” by The O’Jays “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra Thanks for reminding of American Pie. Putting “American Pie” “Don McLean” into google produced 12,500 hits. Here’s a nice list I just found: [http://www.dancingdjs.com/70’s.htm](http://www.dancingdjs.com/70's.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2001, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/9 "2001-01-07T20:01:05Z")
Holy jumpin’ jehosaphat, I’m sooo old! I know and love every song on these lists so far! Rally Vincent, I think that song was by Sweet, and it was called “Love is Like Oxygen” (my best guess). “Black Betty” by RamJam (I think it’s a 70’s song) would be my addition to these lists. Cranked that one up in my car many a time. ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/10 "2001-01-08T05:13:04Z")
Mine are “Sprit in the Sky” by Norman Greenbaum, “How Much I Feel” by Ambrosia, and “I Love You” by the Climax Blues Band. I have especially deep affection for “Spirit In The Sky” because it’s the first song I learned on guitar and I still play it whenever I play solo in coffeehouse open mike nights (I’m a drummer, not a guitarist, so my guitar skills are extremely limited). ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/11 "2001-01-08T07:08:41Z")
Terry Jacks’ version of “Seasons in the Sun”. It’s one of those songs that sounds sugary and light on the surface. But, if you actually pay attention to the lyrics, it’s quite melancholy. I like Harry Chapin’s “Cat’s in the Cradle” for the same reason. And yet another vote for “American Pie”. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/12 "2001-01-08T07:19:52Z")
I have a weird thing for _Baker Street_–everyone has to shut up anytime it comes on the radio! Also, I know I will forever be shunned for this but I cannot help loving _Afternoon Delight_ by Starland Vocal Group! ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/13 "2001-01-08T13:27:53Z")
‘Baby Blue’ and ‘Day after Day’ by **Badfinger**! ---
**Author:** ![jaytini2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@jaytini2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaytini2)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/14 "2001-01-08T14:32:13Z")
ok, not sure if this was the 70’s or earlier, but i have been trying to figure out what the name of the song and artist are for the LONGEST time now. all i know is that on the oldies station around here it was part of the commercial they played in the morning, and it used to be on all the time when i would get in the car, AND NOW THEY NEVER PLAY IT!!! if anyone can help, and i am sure someone can…PLEASE anyway, here are some of the lines… since you’ve been gone, all i hvae left is a band of gold MISSING LINES still here with me, blah blah blah i know it isn’t a lot but… i think the jacksons did a cover of it, but it wasn’t as good as the original HELP ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/15 "2001-01-08T14:37:04Z")
“Could It Be Magic?” by Barry Manilow. “Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart” by Elton John & Kiki Dee ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/16 "2001-01-08T17:22:58Z")
[ul][li] **The Night Chicago Died**. Sure, it’s hokey and goofy, but damn, it’s fun.[/li][li] **Dream Weaver**. Best drug song ever?[/li][li] **Low Rider**. (All. My. Friends. Love the Low Rider.)[/li][li] **Drift Away**. The best 70’s soul number.[/li][li] **If You Don’t Know Me By Now** [/li][li] **I Can See Clearly Now** [/li][li] **Space Cowboy** [/li][li] **Into the Night** (If I Could Fly)[/li][li] **At Seventeen** [/li][li]That song by Kenny Loggins, the name of which I can never remember. (“Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup; Drink it up; Love her and she’ll bring you luck”)[/li][li] **Amy** (What you want to do?)[/li][li] **Chevy Van**. Perhaps the most “70’s song-ish” of all 70’s songs.[/li] **Rock On** [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/17 "2001-01-08T17:30:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jaytini2 \* > \*\*since you’ve been gone, all i hvae left is a band of gold > MISSING LINES > still here with me, blah blah blah > > HELP \*\* Her name’s Freda Payne, and that’s a great song. Don’t know the year though. Now that you’re gone All that’s left is a band of gold All that’s left of the dreams I hold Is a band of gold And the memories Of what love could be If you were Still here with me You took me from the shelter of a mother I had never known The love of any other We kissed after taking vows But that night on our honey moon We stayed in separate rooms I waited in the darkness of my lonely room Filled with sadness, filled with gloom Hoping soon That you’d walk back through that door And love me Liked you tried before ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/18 "2001-01-08T17:33:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jaytini2 \* > \*\*if anyone can help, and i am sure someone can…PLEASE > > anyway, here are some of the lines… > > since you’ve been gone, all i hvae left is a band of gold > MISSING LINES > still here with me, blah blah blah > > \*\* The name of this song is, surprisingly enough, Band of Gold. The version I remember is by Frieda Payne. Here are the lyrics: Now that you’re gone All that’s left is a band of gold All that’s left of the dreams I hold Is a band of gold And the memories, of what love could be If you were still here with me You took me from The shelter of my mother I had never known Or loved any other We kissed after taking vows But that night on our honeymoon We stayed in separate rooms I wait at night In the darkness of my lonely room Filled with sadness, filled with gloom Hoping soon, that you’ll walk Back through that door And love me like you tried before Now that you’re gone All that’s left is a band of gold All that’s left of the dreams I hold Is a band of gold And the dreams of what love could be If you were still here with me ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/19 "2001-01-08T17:33:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jaytini2 \* > \*\*since you’ve been gone, all i hvae left is a band of gold > MISSING LINES > still here with me, blah blah blah > > i know it isn’t a lot but… > i think the jacksons did a cover of it, but it wasn’t as good as the original > > HELP \*\* The song is called “Band of Gold” by Freda Payne. It occasionally makes the rounds of the oldies stations and is on some compilation albums. It did come up on CDNow. Robin ---
**Author:** ![King\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7bcc69/32.png) [@King\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Rat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2001, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755/20 "2001-01-08T17:54:34Z")
“Band Of Gold” Made me think of another fav: “Heart Of Gold” by Neil Young. I also love “Day after Day” by Badfinger. Have to at least mention Barry White & Marvin Gaye “Indian Reservation” by Paul Revere and The Raiders “Hooked On Feeling” by Blue Suede (Hokey, but it takes me back when I hear it) “Kung Fu Fighting” 70’s Cher I agree about “Seasons In The Sun” & “Cat’s In The Cradle” I dig “Baker Street” Love the songs posted! The two or three I don’t recognize I’m gonna check them out. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-am-radio-hits-your-fav/48755.md?page=2)