"Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver If only she’d been born an ocean! After lead singer and songwriter Elliot Lurie left for a solo career, the remaining members formed the hard rock group Starz, who put out a few decent albums.Ħ. They had a few hits (my favorite being "Jimmy Loves Mary-Anne"), but the biggest was "Brandy." Telling the tale of a fetching bar maid, longed for by the sailor/customers of the tavern, who only have eyes for a fellow married *sigh* to the sea. It just soars above the song! Rafferty was a very talented performer who doesn’t get enough credit, in my opinion.Īlthough sounding like a quintessential California soft rock band, Looking Glass actually hailed from New Jersey. It all boils down to that saxophone break by Raphael Ravenscroft, session man extraordinaire, who was apparently paid scale for one of the most famous musical lines in history. As much as I enjoy punk, rap, and metal, I grew up a pop guy and this song is one of the reasons why (I also loved disco, but that’s another list). Yet another delemma - do I pick, "Baker Street" or "Right Down The Line." "Baker Street" wins simply because I loooooooved it in 1978, rushing out to buy the 45 as fast as I could. And what a song! It was a tough choice between this, "Sister Golden Hair," and "A Horse With No Name." This wins simply by how many syllables they put into the word “know,” even though it sounds a lot like Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. And, for some reason, remembered it years later while trying to come up with a new song in 1972. Apparently, while driving down the highway in California with them, he saw a sign for the town of Ventura. Growing up an Army brat, Dewey Bunnell’s family traveled a lot.
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we could watch TV or something.), the chorus is insanely catchy. "I’d Really Love To See You Tonight" by England Dan And John Ford Coleyĭan Seals followed his brother Jim to California in 1971, bringing his buddy John Coley along, and a few years later they recorded a song that was an even bigger hit than "Summer Breeze." An ode to calling up an ex to just hang out, (no big deal. Plus, how many top ten songs have used a toy piano as instrumentation? Covered by tons of different performers, The Isley Brothers version is incredible, very different from the original, but utterly genius!Ģ. With a sublime melody and soaring harmonies, this song IS summer. Released in August of 1972, it was a substantial hit, reaching #6 on the pop charts. Jim Seals and Darrell Crofts grew up in Texas, but their big hit just smacks of California (which, to be fair, is where they wrote it). Here are some favorite 70's Soft Rock Songs: 1. Sure, it gets a bad rap for being wimpy and safe, but it reminds me of driving around listening to WOHO or CKLW in my mom’s car, back before I got old and everything hurt. Originally, the plan was to write a blog about songs with the word “Summer” in the title, but while trying to decide which version of "Summer Breeze" (Seals and Crofts or The Isley Brothers) to include, I started thinking about how much I love Soft Rock. “Colleen Troy” brings a show for weeknights from 9 PM to Mid weekdays.10 Seventies Soft Rock Songs for the Summer Posted over 4 years ago by Tim P “Kelly Abbott” brings a show for its audience from 6 PM to 9 PM. He also airs a show “The Friday Afternoon 80s Show” from 4 PM to 7 PM. “Grant Buchanan” brings a show from 2 PM to 6 PM on weekdays.
It is a weekday show which starts at 10 AM and ends at 2 PM. “Christina Rowsell” is the other program. “The Jay and Linda Morning Show.” This show goes on air on weekdays from 5:30 to 10 AM. It presents a variety of shows and programs to its audience. According to a report completed in 2014, CHUP-FM was the 15th radio station of Calgary.
In 2015 it started branding as Soft Rock 97.7. Previously it was using hot adult contemporary. In 2010, this radio station changed its format to Classic Hits. Its former name was “Calgary FM.” The new name of this channel was “The New 97.7”. Its adequate radiation power was 19 K watts.
Got approval to start a new English language radio station in Calgary.
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