Random 70s Music

Cafe Society
1

My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford

The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace

Put Your Hand In The Hand - Ocean

Popcorn - Hot Butter

I’d Like To Teach The World To Sing - The Hillside Singers

Hocus Pocus - Focus

Rock On - David Essex

TSOP - MFSB

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Undercover Angel - Alan O’Day

Black Betty - Ram Jam

There… That was pretty random, for the most part. Still, my list has no C&W, no Punk, no Jazz, R&B, Latin, etc…

Post a random list. Maybe I’ll be able to find it and put it on my iPod for a while.

2

Neu - Hallogallo

Hot Chocolate - It Started With a Kiss

Gary Numan - Are Friends Electric?

Slade - Come On Feel The Noise

The Clash - Complete Control

Kraftwerk - Radioactivity

Johnny Wakelin - In Zaire

You did say random…

3

Brand New Key - Melanie

Jungle Boogie - Kool and the Gang

Before the Next Teardrop Falls - Freddie Fender

I’m Not in Love - 10cc

Lido Shuffle - Boz Skaggs

The Cisco Kid - War

Telephone Line - Electric Light Orchestra

So Very Hard to Go - Tower of Power

4

Action - Sweet

Rockin’ Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu - Johnny Rivers

Apeman - The Kinks

Road to Alaska - The Bee Gees

You’re Only Lonely - J.D. Souther

Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston

I Hear You Knocking - Dave Edmunds

Almost Saturday Night - John Fogerty

No Matter What - Badfinger

Hypnotized - Fleetwood Mac

5

A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band

The Cover of the Rolling Stone – Dr. Hook

Short People – Randy Newman

6

Allow me

Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine - Tom T. Hall
Coal Miner’s Daughter - Loretta Lynn
If We Make It Through December - Merle Haggard
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Willie Nelson
Good Hearted Woman - Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson
Don’t the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time - Mickey Gilley
Heaven’s Just a Sin Away - Kendalls

7

I couldn’t think of a single song to post, then I got to your post and heard every one of them in my head as I read down the list. I don’t know if I should hope for brain damage or old age to be the cause.

8

Yeah, Jolene is awesome.

Sweet was one of my fave bands back then.

Great lists, everyone!
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9

Good stuff.

i’m going to make a list of deeper tracks for artists already mentioned.

ELO - Night Rider
Gary Numan - Me I disconnect from you
War - The World is a ghetto
Melanie - Ring the Living Bell
10CC- Don’t Hang up
Fleetwood Mac - Woman of 1000 years
badfinger - The Name of the Game
Kinks - Daylight
Bee Gees - Alive
Boz Scaggs - We were always sweethearts

10

Black Sabbath - Electric Funeral
Yes - Close To The Edge
Bad Company - Bad Company
Journey - Wheel In The Sky
Van Halen - Eruption + You Really Got Me
AC/DC - TNT

11

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.

12

Use Me - Bill Withers
Arms of Mary - Leo Kottke
Rainy Night House - Joni Mitchell
Inside - Jethro Tull
If You Want Me To Stay - Sly and the Family Stone
Heavy Disguise - Strawbs
Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder
Hesitation Blues - Hot Tuna
Lay Down (Candles in the Rain) - Melanie
Sad Lisa - Cat Stevens
Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
Carpet of the Sun - Renaissance
Tell Me Why - Neil Young
Walkin’ One and Only - Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks

13

King Harvest - Dancing in the Moonlight
Stampeders - Sweet City Woman
Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right
Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band - Cherchez La Femme
Redbone - Come and Get Your Love
Cornelius Bros. and Sister Rose - Too Late to Turn Back Now
Brenton Wood - Oogum Boogum Song
Tavares - It Only Takes a Minute
Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California
Ozark Mountain Daredevils - Jackie Blue

14

“Tell Me Something Good” - Rufus with Chaka Khan
“Space Truckin” - Deep Purple
“The Rapper” - Jaggerz
“Border Song” - Elton John (maybe his only song I truly like)
“Great Deceiver” - King Crimson
“Behind Closed Doors” - Charlie Rich
“Teacher” - Jethro Tull
“Found a Job” - Talking Heads
“Do It Again” - Steely Dan
“Outa Space” - Billy Preston
“When You Dance I Can Really Love” - Niel Young
“Don’t Cha Stop” - The Cars
(mentioned earlier) “Hocus Pocus” - Focus (yeah!)

15

Jump Into the Fire - Harry Nilsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QghwNqlCRE

Eighteen - Alice Cooper

Walk Away - James Gang

30 Days in the Hole - Humble Pie

DOA - Bloodrock

Cosmic Wheels - Donovan

Bang a Gong - T Rex

Love is the Drug - Roxie Music

Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You - Sugarloaf

*Cinnamon Girl *- Neil Young

Death Walks Behind You - Atomic Rooster

I Just Want to Make Love to You - Foghat

16

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks

Convoy - C.W. McCall

If - Bread

Shilo - Neil Diamond

Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphy

17

Guys are not Proud - The Anemic Boyfriends
Money - the Flying Lizards
I Do the Rock - Tim Curry
Forever Autumn - Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of War of the Worlds
Hit Me with Your Rhythm Stick - Ian Dury and the Blockheads
Cruel to be Kind - Nick Lowe
Crawling from the Wreckage - Dave Edmunds
Mercury Poisoning -Graham Parker and the Rumour
The Wall Street Shuffle - 10cc
Shine on, You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd
Low Budget - the Kinks
Hey, St. Peter - Flash and the Pan
Won’t Get Fooled Again - the Who

18

Take Me to the Pilot – Elton John
Hold Your Head Up – Argent
The Things We do for Love – 10cc
Thunder Road – Bruce Springsteen
Never Been Any Reason – Head East
I Want to Rock and Roll All Night – KISS
Midnight at the Oasis – Maria Muldaur
You’re No Good – Linda Ronstadt
Witchy Woman – Eagles
Mirror Star – The Fabulous Poodles
White Punks on Dope – The Tubes

19

Santana - Open Invitation
ZZ Top - Just Got Paid
Chicago - Alive Again
Traffic - Low Spark

20

Great list, but your first choice is from 1980.