This 70s Top 10 Is so Great-It Will Make You Wonder, What Happened to Music?

This 70s Top 10 Is so Great-It Will Make You Wonder, What Happened to Music? | Professor of Rock

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Coming up, we’re going to go behind the Top 10 songs of this VERY same week from the year 1970. 52 years ago. This top 10 has one of the greatest most revered tracks gracing its ranks. Will The Beatles be crowned #1? Not if the Jackson 5, The Guess Who or solo John Lennon have anything to say about it. Plus, we have some surprise underdogs and one of the most successful one hit wonders of all time looking to make their mark. Find out how it all shakes down, next on our latest edition of the Hit Song Redux!
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So coming in at #10, it’s a song by a Scottish pop group who enjoyed several UK hits between 1968 and 1976. Originally called Dean Ford & The Gaylords, they later changed their name to Marmalade. The song is Reflections of My Life. For better or for worse, Marmalade perhaps best remembered in the UK for their cover of the Beatles' "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da." In at #9 it’s an American Blues and soul singer who has been called the king of romantic Chicago soul. Tyrone Davis with Turn Back the Hands of Time. Though versatile enough to handle everything from pop-soul to funk to bluesy chitlin-circuit R&B, Tyrone’s signature sound was smooth soul. Tyrone was best known for his classic "Can I Change My Mind" as well as "Turn Back the Hands of Time." Coming in at the #8 spot it’s Instant Karma (We All Shine On) by John Lennon and Yoko Ono. John Lennon wrote and recorded this song in a day. Said Lennon, “I wrote it in the morning on the piano. So at the #7 position it’s the King of the Novelty hit, at least in the 70s… It’s the song Everything is Beautiful by family-friendly entertainer Ray Stevens. In 1970, Stevens was given his own TV variety show in 1970 called The Ray Stevens Show, however, it lasted just one season. Moving along to the #6 position on the countdown we have The Friends of Distinction and Love or Let Me Be Lonely. The Friends of Distinction formed in 1968 in Los Angeles with original members Floyd Butler, Harry Elston, Jessica Cleaves, and Barbara Jean Love. The song was a hit, peaking at #5 on the R&B chart and #3 on the Hot 100. The next release, "Going in Circles," climbed to #3 on the R&B chart. When Love took time off during her pregnancy, Charlene Gibson replaced her, singing lead on the Friends' third hit, "Love or Let Me Be Lonely". Heading into the #4 spot it’s a song that is both a love story and a tale of a shady character up to no good. It’s Vehicle by The Ides of March. The song would reach #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #6 on the Cash Box chart. Getting closer to that coveted #1 slot, at #3 we have The Beatles with a Paul McCartney special... the great, the legendary, Let It Be. This is certainly one of the The Beatles most memorable songs and one of Paul’s most beautiful compositions. Shuffling in at the #2 position, it’s song by the King of Pop himself... along with Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, and Marlon. It’s the Jackson 5 with ABC. This was their first single from the album of the same name and the follow-up to their previous #1 hit “I Want You Back.” In 1965, now Chad Allan and the Expressions, they released "Shakin' All Over", the band's first major hit.

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@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Poll: 1970s were such a great decade. What are your picks for greatest album, song and artist of the decade?

@misterwombat 2 жыл бұрын

Album: Permanent Waves by Rush [I know it's a stretch since it wasn't released until 1/80, but its genesis & recording took place in 79] Song: The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot [1976] Artist: Eagles

@BillGraper 2 жыл бұрын

Album: "Rumours"- Fleetwood Mac Song: "I Go Crazy"- Paul Davis Artist: The Bee Gees

@SnarkNSass 2 жыл бұрын

🤷🏻‍♀️ IDK 😂😎 I Love It All... RocknRoll 💯🎵🎸🎶💙

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Album: The Dark Side of the Moon Song/Artist: WAAAAAAYYY too many!

@robster7316 2 жыл бұрын

So many to choose from! Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd for best album, Elton John for best artist and Stayin’ Alive by the Bee Gees (tied with Superstition by Stevie Wonder) for best song are my picks!

@MILUNGAO 2 жыл бұрын

60's, 70's and 80's: the golden age of mainstream music.

@robertmorgan9045 2 жыл бұрын

Until Grunge & Rap ruined the AM/FM Radio & MTV! And then Rock/Hard Rock somehow became Alt. Rock? I just shake my head when I get in cars, and they turn on allegedly “Rock Stations”! I just tell them “You don’t know what Rock & Roll is.” And it’s sad. I raised my kids on 60, 70, & 80s rock. And the bands still keeping Rock & Roll ALIVE!

@vincentkosik403 2 жыл бұрын

I like getto rap

@fifthof1795 2 жыл бұрын

Prob the golden age...but the 90's were pretty good too.

@commentfreely5443 2 жыл бұрын

most 60s and 70s music is crap - but there are masterpieces. 80s ruled. Maybe too much synth. 90s went in many directions. 2000+ absolute crap with a few memorable ones.

@fifthof1795 2 жыл бұрын

@@commentfreely5443 most 60/70's music is crap . Probably the most musically illiterate statement I will read in my lifetime.

@ramongolden2157 2 жыл бұрын

My moms favorite song was American Woman, and whenever it came on the radio in the car, she would turn the volume up to what we felt was eardrum splitting levels. Mom passed in 2001, and as I was driving to her funeral, this song began playing as I was pulling up to the church. I sat in the car, bawling my eyes out because I felt she was there calming my broken heart. Amazing memories.

@farrellmcnulty909 2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful memory.

@JimmyNotes 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that memory. My Mom started her own Burton Cummings/Guess Who fan club back in the late 90's. She used the title American Woman as her as her name on the message board she ran. After she passed in 2016 I put "American Woman" on her headstone.

@mrled8555 2 жыл бұрын

@@JimmyNotes jimmy notes.. You the man. Awesome tribute!

@JimmyNotes 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrled8555 Thank you.

@johnnichols3113 3 ай бұрын

Your Mom had great taste. She must've liked the heavy side of Rock. My kind of lady. My mom was more of a John Denver/Kenny Rogers fan. Played songs from both at her funeral in 2016. RIP Mom. We'll listen together again someday

@fivestring65ify 2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in the 70's, I was exposed to such a variety of great music. I was blessed to grow up in that decade.

@jaygrey1212 2 жыл бұрын

Same. :) So much variety and such great music for sure! We were all so blessed, such a gentle, peaceful time to be a kid, I miss it so much.

@bohemiangoddess2 2 жыл бұрын

When music was actually music! 💖

@darylhoskins5696 2 жыл бұрын

Born in 57 Grew up in the 60’s and 70’s Just an Amazing Musical period in Time

@dangreene3895 Жыл бұрын

Yes no doubt , I live in the south I listened to, motown ,beatles , beach boys , Johnny cash ,and never thought this is this kind of music or that kind of music , it was just good music

@tracieday8661 2 жыл бұрын

There's nothing like the wistful nostalgic feeling I get when I watch this channel. I remember better days and I'm grateful I'm old enough to have lived in a simpler time.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

To quote Adam, “It’s nostalgia every time.”

@oldmanriver1955 2 жыл бұрын

I love still being alive to remember to he 60s & 70s. Not a given when I was born in the 50s. Still remember many of the hits of the early rock & roll yrs. 1955 great year!!!!

@pamelahughes341 2 жыл бұрын

@@oldmanriver1955 Perfect year! And the perfect year for Chevy!

@starmnsixty1209 2 жыл бұрын

So do I... so do I.

@pattym307 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1960. Was 10 years old in 1970. Experienced it all. Such a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thanks!

@dvwinkler 2 жыл бұрын

This week, 52 years ago, stands out in my mind. I was a high school senior, 17 years old, about to graduate. There were anti-war demonstrations and the killings at Kent State, bomb scares and student walk-outs. It was a time endings and beginnings. My musical tastes had already drifted from top 40. Woodstock was less than a year in the past. And, although I did know two of his brothers better, I do remember this one younger guy who would be singing to himself in the school’s hallways by the name of Dee Snider (Twisted Sister).

@lorianne4936 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my goodness! I was 10 yrs old in 1970. I remember very vividly everything you mentioned. There was no”shielding” kids from these events. It made us stronger. I love your Dee Snider story. He is still amazing and so interesting to listen to. My 85 yr old mom loves him too! Thx for sharing!

@dangreene3895 Жыл бұрын

I was a Sophomore , I remember the photo of the girl at Kent State with her hands out saying like Why

@tempolost 2 жыл бұрын

My Dad was 17 in 1970.. I'm pretty well versed in this stuff.. Love ya Dad!!

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean. I had the same great father to show the right way. Thanks for sharing.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was born in 1970, when “ABC” was at #1. He would have been a week old at the time these songs were popular.

@tempolost 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 circle of life I guess.. its a cycle everyday

@noellevansickle1935 2 жыл бұрын

I was born in November 1970. The song my grandma always sang to me as a baby was "Everything Is Beautiful". I miss her so much.

@7bestthings 2 жыл бұрын

I did not realize No Sugar Tonight and American Woman were on the same single. The Guess Who are so incredibly underrated. Can't argue with #1, Let it Be might be the most beautiful ballad ever written! Great job as always Professor! Thanks!

@barbaradalziel9421 8 ай бұрын

All Canadian bands were underrated back in the day.

@christyhubbard8074 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad to see you’re doing something about the 70’s, I’ve always personally thought it was the best decade of music, so diverse and interesting for all genres.

@tenbroeck1958 2 жыл бұрын

Beatles, NY Dolls, Sex Pistols, Black Sabbath, CSNY, Parliment-Funkadelic, Teddy Pendergrass, Barry White, Sugar Hill Gang, Chic, Van Halen: The seeds of the 80s-today were all planted in the 70s for sure.

@richardbartolo2890 2 жыл бұрын

When I first heard Vehicle by Ides of March on the radio when it came out, I always thought it was Blood Sweat & Tears.

@Suzette-gb7uj 24 күн бұрын

I did, too! David Clayton-Thomas!

@darlawrence9295 2 жыл бұрын

I always loved the intro to The Wonderful World of Disney. Tinkerbell would wave her wand and the television world turned from black and white into color! Everything on TV before 7PM was B&W. Damn I'm old!

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I remember it well!

@vjr5261 2 жыл бұрын

Every Sunday night. Miss that

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! I used to watch old episodes of that show at age four!

@leekorbel1191 2 жыл бұрын

Not old simply experienced!

@Terk131 2 жыл бұрын

I never got into show tunes. I guess since my pop loved Rock n Roll and we rarely watched television could be the reason. He did have a massive stereo set up though

@LDiamondz 9 ай бұрын

Instant Karma reminds me of my brother, he loved this song. Also loved the Doobie Brothers, Blue Oyster Cult, T-Rex, George Harrison....he passed his love of music on to me. Sadly, he passed away very young. Best memory: My brother, my cousin + me at the Concert for Bangladesh. Greatest concert ever! ❤❤❤

@robster7316 2 жыл бұрын

The late 60’s laid the foundation and influenced so many budding young musicians who gave us the great music of the 70s. Better recording technology and FM radio didn’t hurt, either!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Very innovative, indeed.

@paulmitchison 2 жыл бұрын

American Woman was everyone’s favourite in Grade 6 at Cordell’s Elementary in Toronto. I brought in my portable record player for a class party and we played that song over and over until my record player slowed down and stopped late in the party. Canadian kids seldom heard music from our side of the border in those days so that might’ve boosted the tune even higher for us, the Guess Who opened the door and now we have an outsized share of great music artists. Burton and Randy borrowed much from Whole Lotta Love by Zep on this tune!

@martineldritch 2 жыл бұрын

Just to say that there was a lot of love for that song here in the states as well. They were just saying what a lot of Boomers were thinking back then. And musically the band was top shelf.

@bishdizzle67 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know what I would do without you and your channel bringing back such great memories and stories. Music is one of the most important things in my life. Thanks again for all you do!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Music is my soul, my oxygen. It’s why I love this channel.

@jaygrey1212 2 жыл бұрын

There were some miserable times for me as a kid in the 70's and it was music that always made me feel better and saved my life really. I am still at my happiness when I hear these wonderful old songs.

@ronaldsorenson3999 2 жыл бұрын

I suggest covering Casey Kasem's first top 40 show from the weekend of July 4, 1970.

@tmklunk 2 жыл бұрын

That would be cool

@dhpbear2 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam for another great countdown! My suggestion: the week of July 4, 1970, when American Top 40 debuted!

@cyyoung7840 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would really be cool. That is a great suggestion

@robertweldon7909 2 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, "Vehicle, Ides of March" This tune has been my all time favorite trivia question. With nearly 30 years of asking, who did the tune, only one person ever got it right. A really great tune from, as it turned out, the most unknown of the Chicago horn bands. Oddly, the only time my trivia question was answered correctly was when I was in a home improvement store and Vehicle was playing over the PA system, and I asked the question to the air. Suddenly an African-American man stepped around the corner and said, "the ides of March". I applauded him and said that he was the first person to ever get the question right. We had a really neat conversation about the Chicago horn bands. ;-)

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Great story! Thanks for sharing.

@vjr5261 2 жыл бұрын

I would have said BS&T

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

I would have gotten that one right too! I memorize artists’ names really well, impressing lots of people in the process!

@davidellis5141 2 жыл бұрын

@@vjr5261 That's A Great Guess 👍

@DDKaraokeOutlaw 2 жыл бұрын

That's a great song. One of my favorites to karaoke to.

@TheErik249 2 жыл бұрын

My mother made sure that the Beatles were my first favorite. I was born in 1964. While I was a babe in her arms... She played the HELP album over, and over, and over. She's got a ticket to ride will forever play in my head as the very first musical song I ever heard. This IS documented on 8 mm home movie film. Love you MOM!!!! Happy mothers day Bobbie K!

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Happy Mothers Day indeed. She raised your right!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Also, 1964 is THE year of Beatlemania. The Beatles captured the minds of millions and made hundreds of girls scream in the process. It was so wild and exhilarating!

@rushadpatel2608 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to mention... Neil Diamond Gold- My dad had the original LP... I bought it on CD later and recently found a mint one at a seconds store. It was my first venture into the world of Neil, but it still also remains my favourite. Just wanted to mention that since I saw it there... Love you dad... and thank you...

@MaineManMike69 2 жыл бұрын

"Reflections of My Life" great song! I never heard it until 2 years ago.

@Ceelle2 2 жыл бұрын

Love this one. How about June 1974...my high school graduation.

@dwaynecoy1871 2 жыл бұрын

As a teenager in 1970 all of these songs bring back so many memories of that era. For most us growing up during the early 70's, the song by Marmalade, "Reflections Of My Life" brings up images of the Vietnam war. It lends itself so well to the KZfaq format, where images of the War (pics and videos) are played out during the song. Very powerful imaging with the music that brings back so many memories of the early 70's.

@VideoSaySo 2 жыл бұрын

I think it's time we all just acknowledge that to put The Beatles on any list, nomination, mention, ranking or rating is pointless. Lol! The Beatles are The Beatles. They are the greatest of everything. When the universe came together to get those four amazing, incredible, beautiful young men in one place, the explosion that happened showered every single person alive during the same time as any of them with a blessing. No other band, group, solo performer or artist, composer or pair, can even remotely touch The Beatles and what they did. They didn't just write good songs and play them, they changed music. They did more to influence the sounds we let run through our heads every single day than anyone else during their contemporary years, or before and even after. No one is going to be able to touch them for a really long time, if ever with the way they impacted the musical multiverse around them. People will be talking about The Beatles for 500 years...more than that! I'd like to think that Yellow Submarine and Octopuses Garden will live on for centuries as nursery rhymes and bands like The Libertines and Oasis always include a little Beatles in their repertoire. Hell, you'll be able to hear The Beatles on Mars! Aliens fifty bajillion light years away will eventually get radio signals of The Beatles...and they'll remark about how often those signals repeat and how absolutely wonderful those particular ones are! Then they'll start adding it to their own music!

@Lakeshore14 2 жыл бұрын

Love your channel. Thank you for everything you do to keep our music from the 50s, 60s and 70s relevant. We had the best music in history. I actually feel sorry for young people today who know nothing of what we had. Thank you. 😊🇨🇦

@christopherhebert9069 Жыл бұрын

The seventies are a treasure trove of creativity

@JCmacDavid 2 жыл бұрын

As an army brat in 1970 the first thing I think about when asked about a date or time is "where was I living at". Some of the places I live at overseas had one television station that was in English and one or two radio stations. Television station was on for about 12 hours a day but the radio station was on all day and night, plus we had records we could play. We may not have been current on the popular TV shows but we were current on our music. We loved our music. For the record this week in 1970 I was living in Massachusetts three months away from going back to Okinawa.

@stews9 2 жыл бұрын

George's guitar work on "Let It Be" elevates and deepens the song remarkably and Paul stripping off that remarkable solo and those brilliant fills strikes me as sacrilege. The song builds to the unleashing of the solo but in Paul's preferred version, all that tension just drains away with a limpid, insipid organ break.

@99eggs 4 ай бұрын

This was my senior year in high school. There was a separation between AM and FM radio. This list misses all the great music that was on the FM stations.

@teresasullivan4588 2 ай бұрын

RUSH is my favorite band! My first show was the Signals tour. I fell in love that night and that hasn’t changed!!! The talent and musicianship is unmatched!!! A few bands come close but the integrity and the quality are first class!!! Love them! Miss them and God bless them!!! Rest in peace Neil 🙏🤗🥰☮️☮️☮️

@alanarakelian5021 2 жыл бұрын

"Rainbow" was Marmalade's follow-up in America and is one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Shockingly, it only peaked at #51 on the Billboard Hot 100. Deserved better.

@fumblebunny1993 2 жыл бұрын

I turned 13 yrs old in 1970. ALL of these songs were great but I particularly loved Marmalade's song which my friends and I believed to be a sort of protest song....about a soldier dying in a battle. I'm sure we read or heard that somewhere. I remember listening to all of these on my transistor radio , turned down low so my parents wouldn't hear, as I went to sleep at night on the great WLS out of Chicago. I had some of these songs on 45 rpm records that I listened to on my GE Wildcat stereo that I was so proud of! 1970 was definitely a GREAT year for music. Back then, I couldn't imagine being 64 years old. Those were the "don't trust anyone over 30} years :) I kept up with and loved new music until about 2004. Music started making such great changes and I wasn't a fan anymore. I guess that happens when you are aging. But, I have 40+ years of the best music ever made, the 60s through the early 00s, to listen to. Professor, thank you for this video. It was a fun one to listen to. I cannot believe it as been 52 yrs since 1970!!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Marmalade’s song is a work of art, for sure!

@fumblebunny1993 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 I agree wholeheartedly. Dean Ford, the lead singer, gave such heart and soul into that song. May he Rest in Peace 🌹

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

@@fumblebunny1993 Let us give tribute to Dean. He is the one who made this song truly amazing.

@lorianne4936 2 жыл бұрын

That song still makes me cry. Y’all got to see Dean sing Reflections in this MASTERPIECE m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/etRplaSnvLmYgok.html

@broncodeviltexas 2 жыл бұрын

Professor, Thanks for mentioning our Spirit in the Sky story !! 😎👍

@dadgumblah 2 жыл бұрын

Love "Vehicle!" I used to think it was Blood, Sweat & Tears because the lead singer's voice reminded me so much of David Clayton-Thomas. Plus, the horns of course. One of my favorite 70s songs!

@callmethebreeze866 2 жыл бұрын

It’s Mother’s Day and I just got home from church where I said a prayer asking for a sign from my sweet Mama. My husband and I snuggled on the couch and settled into this podcast to nap to. I had my hand on the remote almost ready to change it because born in 66 the music first mentioned didn’t resonate with me. Then BAM!!! “Let it be” were literally my mama’s words, catch phrase. Tears of beautiful memories rolling down my cheeks. Prayers answered! Thanks Professor for the best Mother’s Day gift I could have gotten.Words of wisdom from my sweet Mom ❤️ PS You are living my dream and live it so well😎 we love your show! I’m a huge Petty Head and always love anything TPHB /Dirty Knobs. Anything Traveling Wilburys???

@devster52 2 жыл бұрын

This was only a week or two from my high school graduation. Fond memories of all those songs. Heard them over and over on top 40 AM radio.

@RN-so2it 2 жыл бұрын

I was there. 8 years old with my Jade solid state AM radio glued to my ear. Great memories all of them.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@RN-so2it 2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock thanks to you I will be spending the day in 1970 😎

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

My dad was there too! He was a teeny tiny baby, just days old!

@lehighstar474 2 жыл бұрын

This show was about May in 1970....I was born in August so it's good to see what was rocking before I joined the world and became a drummer

@fredupstairs8234 2 жыл бұрын

Steven Wright said "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." I had forgotten about some of these but had an instant flashback of the 45 and the London Records label of "Reflections of my Life" which I played about a million times. Thank you Professor, I get so much enjoyment from these segments. I can't wait for the next!

@christopherhebert9069 Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget The Guess Who’s connection to Brave Belt which became BTO! I love all the tendrils that grew out of this band! Check it out it’s like 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon once you include writing producing etc just a stunning array of talent!

@sheryljohnson5906 11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much ! I turned 6 on May 6th ! Lol !! So many memories of all these songs,a reel of my life then,when I still had all my siblings,Mom had just met my future Daddy,my grandparent,aunts and uncles. A more carefree time when we were able to be kids-in the house before the streetlights came on and shared everything with the family dog,from food to road trips,where the 2 of us often rode in the back window of the car since I was the smallest of 6 that would be safe enough. Great memories. Again thank so much for those spring/summer memories. Only thing that would make it better would be Mungo Jerry's in the summertime !! ❤

@georgeprice4212 2 жыл бұрын

Everything Is Beautiful was one of the few serious Ray Stevens songs that weren’t comedy based, and one of his most covered.

@joermnyc 2 жыл бұрын

Prince’s Halftime show cannot be topped… Purple Rain IN a downpour where the stage lights made it look like actual purple rain?? No one can ever beat that. (I love the backstory, when the director told Prince, going to keep raining through the halftime show, Prince said, “Can you make it rain harder?”)

@johnnada1222 2 жыл бұрын

What does that have to do with 1970 ?

@hrossaman 2 жыл бұрын

I've had so many debates about the quality of pop music declining, and so many people are convinced that it's merely a symptom of aging to put down the music that the kids are listening to. This is not it. People also say that it's a cream of the crop situation, where we only know the best stuff from past ages, therefore all of the crap just fell through the cracks. But shows like this demonstrate that this is not the case, because a top 10 from a week includes the long-lived and the trendy, all of which are just objectively better and better for you

@thegreatgazoo2334 2 жыл бұрын

I used to get a real kick out of telling young people that there hasn't been any good music since 1972. 😁 Some people got very upset... LOL

@darylhoskins5696 2 жыл бұрын

Born in 57 and Gew up 60’s and 70’s and think there was Great Music in the 80’s into the 90’s also, But that’s about where it ends !ended! Stopped!!

@thegreatgazoo2334 2 жыл бұрын

@@darylhoskins5696 same age as you but I totally disagree about the 80s. Worst music decade of the century.

@darylhoskins5696 2 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatgazoo2334 Guns n Roses, U2, Metallica, |Greenday, REM, Genesis,Talking Heads, Red Hot Chili Peppers,The Pretenders , Few Good Bands

@QueenSnowPea 2 жыл бұрын

1970 I had just turned 13 in the 7th grade. My mother was going through a divorce and we had to move to subsidized housing. It was just my mother and me and my 3 sisters. I was glad my stepfather left. Unfortunately she was starting to date the future second stepfather ugh. My sisters and I had each other in a dysfunctional situation. I listened to the radio a lot and these songs take me back to a tough but innocent time.

@MSmith-Photography 2 жыл бұрын

Here in Winnipeg, we're still proud of the Guess Who, even though Burton and Randy don't live here anymore. Heck, Burton has a theater named after him, which is a venue for music shows.

@lyndas2767 2 жыл бұрын

A theater and a community center

@user-kq4eb2gy7v 11 ай бұрын

I graduated in 1972, you are really right on my friend and thank you for every one of your Shows.

@billmccaslin4198 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the hard work you put into this channel this music means so much to all of us.......

@vinnygi 2 жыл бұрын

I was nine years old in 1970 and I distinctly remember wondering why everyone loved Everything Is Beautiful. I thought it was goopy sentimental garbage. Still do, but the rest of this list is fantastic.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I think the song is horrendous and the children’s choir only makes it worse. But other than that, 1970 was a fantastic time for music!

@davidrandall4182 2 жыл бұрын

Just anything or anytime from the 70's

@strangebeer 2 жыл бұрын

I was asked to play guitar and sing at a wedding in Liverpool. The bride and groom selected a few songs... All You Need is Love and Imagine being the two they suggested would encourage everyone to sing along. I suggested Instant Karma as a third, but due to a large number of Buddhist attendees they vetoed it. Shame...however I was delighted to share the stage with John Gorman from the band The Scaffold. Any Nerd of the Mersey Sound will know The Scaffold also contained Mike McCartney...Paul's brother. That's as close as I'm going to get to The Beatles in this lifetime. What an exciting experience to sing Imagine with John Gorman ...

@polytheneprentiss1534 2 жыл бұрын

That’s a pretty cool story! You had me at Liverpool!

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Liverpool! No way! I would have loved to be there.

@eightiesmusic1984 2 жыл бұрын

I stood next to Mike McCartney at the bar in The Philharmonic about ten years ago before the OMD concert with the orchestra. He was very tall. I thought the concert was boring to be honest, partly at the time and definitely in retrospect. More recently, performances by Carol Decker, Clark Datchler of Johnny Hates Jazz and Nik Kershaw at 80s Classical in Leeds have been highly impressive. There was also another concert at the venue around the same time period of different artists. It might have been tied in with the Capital of Culture, I am not sure. OMD were on the bill and The Scaffold performed Lily the Pink. Roger McGough went to St Mary's in Crosby where my late father also attended. He must have been in the fifth year when my dad started. He went on a scholarship, coming from a poor working class background in Southport and living in rented housing. He always told me how strict it was, with corporal punishment used liberally and unjustly.

@lawriestewart1366 2 жыл бұрын

You asked which week each of us would like, I'd love to hear the Top Ten on the first week of December 1967, the year i finished school in the then Rhodesia. Now I'm living in Durban, South Africa. Great to watch your show, thanks so much. Lawrie.

@BobJones-dq9mx 2 жыл бұрын

I was a Bird-dog pilot flying over Northern Laos when I first heard "Instant Karma" on ADF radio. It has been one of my favorites ever since. cira February 1970

@vehicle22 2 жыл бұрын

I remember when Vehicle came out, my friends swore it was by Chicago due to that opening riff, and also mistook Peterik's vocals for Terry Kath. As a huge Chicago fan, it took all I had to not give them all a Curly slap lol

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Great story.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

I can see that, Fred!

@vehicle22 2 жыл бұрын

@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Say it ain't so! lol Vehicle is one if my favorite songs--in fact, my first email address included it--As talented a musician (better songwriter, no doubt) as Peterik is, and I give him major props, he's no Terry Kath.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

@@vehicle22 I always thought it was amazing that this lead singer of “Vehicle” was the same guy behind songs like “Eye of the Tiger” and “Burning Heart”. When I first heard this song I thought it sounded like a combination of Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears.

@miketeeveedub5779 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta give it up to those boys from the North End in Winnipeg - the Guess Who! On top of the world back in 1970! Absolute rock legends!

@terkish 2 жыл бұрын

I was in 8th grade in 1980 and had been a Beatles fan as long as I could remember. The year before I had won a copy of the Red & Blue set from a WLS radio call-in contest and played it constantly. My father woke me up early that morning to break the news that John Lennon had died just as if a member of the family had passed.

@mikemcgown6362 2 жыл бұрын

1972 I was just 6 years old but I remember getting a box of Sugar Smacks cereal that had a sort of plastic record on the back of the Jackson Five song. I believe it was "One, Two, Three"... something something something. I was 6 and it wasn't a real record. It was a real song. I still have that memory. Okay, maybe I got the actual song name and cereal name wrong, but the memory is still there. And "American Woman" gets a tip-of-the-hat but for something years later for a girlfriend that turned me down when I asked her to stay with me instead of going back home overseas. I changed the nationality for hers instead of American. That happened 15 years ago. Hope she's happy with her choice.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar Smacks! Great memory . Thanks for sharing.

@georgeedward1226 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. I remember getting a free record like that back in the day. It came with a guitar lesson book you cut out.

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember the cereal name (maybe Sugar Puffs) but plastic records on the boxes was also a UK thing. We got the Jackson 5 on there too.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Sugar Smacks! Ahhh…nostalgia.

@2TMON Ай бұрын

I learned something about Ray Stevens today. I only ever had known him for his comedy. My late grandmother liked him because she had seen him perform at Branson a few times. She introduced me to the Mississippi Squirrel Revival. Great song

@jmad627 2 жыл бұрын

Don’t remember Marmalade or this song. Then again I was only 8. I had that ABC single from the Alpha Bits cereal box too, and it played. Should’ve kept it. A friend on mine's mom bought the "Let it Be" album the first week it came out and we played it all the time. Later on, maybe a week later, she took us and his little brother to the local pizza parlor. Since it had a jukebox we went up to see what we wanted to play and lo and behold it had "Let it Be", the single version, and looked at each other in amazement and shock as that great George Harrison guitar solo seemed to disappear. Great memories for a little budding Beatle fan.

@philbrown1474 2 жыл бұрын

Fast Forward to 2022: “What the hell happened to music?”

@nohandle1028 5 ай бұрын

I remember when Columbia House had this thing where you could get 12 albums, 8-tracks, or cassettes for a penny with an obligation to buy 6 more at regular price within 2 years. My dad joined up. One of the albums he got was the Guess Who! What memories!

@SandifromMichigan 2 жыл бұрын

married 1970 and now 52 years later , still together to sing along with hits of 60's an 70's . enjoyed this top ten.

@brettogata4410 9 ай бұрын

Just made it to 5 years old, it was in my dad’s 59 VW bug on an AM radio, and standing and dancing in the front passenger seat, ya can’t do that today 😂. We used to go from Wahiawa to Haleiwa, Hawaii, miss the care free days.

@shilohswanson2550 2 жыл бұрын

I believe I used to live by you in the early 80's. My father traveled a lot when I was young and we lived in Idaho Falls because he was the manager of the movie theaters like the Rio. I remember watching Ghostbusters there over a 100 times while dad was working. Just wanted to say to you that you remind me so much of the good days, good music, and Casey Kasem. Keep reaching for the stars my friend.

@secularZoo 2 жыл бұрын

I think I remember hearing "Instant Karma" for the first time on that Nike commercial

@Russeaman 2 ай бұрын

I can remember when it was called Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color. Only back then all we could afford was a black & white tv. The old tube type. We lived in this old trailer house and when the tv would start messing up he would stomp his heal on the floor a couple of times and the tv would work great again for a day or two. Great episode as always Professor. I don't want to write another book like I did on the other one..

@michaelrochester48 2 жыл бұрын

The backing band for Instant Karma include Alan White of Yes and Klaus Voorman on bass and even Mal Evans their road manager on tambourine

@douglasw.7864 2 жыл бұрын

I wound up with the 45 of Reflections of Life in 1975. My late uncle bought a huge batch of records to help out a coworker having hard times. They were given to me since he wasn’t into rock. That was one of many gems in that collection.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Sound like you had cool uncle!

@jessehayes486 2 жыл бұрын

Sometimes you just need good old fashioned, straight up rock and roll music. No Sugar Tonight.

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

Another great B-side.

@farrellmcnulty909 2 жыл бұрын

18:20 - I had the same sort of dream sometime in 1999-2000. I felt reassured when I woke up and thought about it.

@jsturo 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks once again for the wonderful trip down memory lane. I had goosebumps throughout. Immersing myself in music helped me deal with a really quite scary at times childhood. I would take my little blue plastic transistor radio and listen to all these songs on CKLW out of Detroit. Choosing to remember the joy and escape the music offered me rather than what was going on at home, in the neighbourhood and at school makes all the difference and allows me to enjoy the music throughout my life.

@lipsterman1 Жыл бұрын

The drummer for Lennon's song was Alan White who later joined Yes. Alan said Lennon just told him to do whatever you want. What he did was great. RIP Alan White.

@BJWanlund 2 жыл бұрын

We literally changed the name of our bowling team a couple weeks ago to a line from Ray Stevens’s The Streak… “Don’t look Ethel!!!” 🤣🤣🤣

@cherylschantz9893 2 жыл бұрын

Reflections of my life is an amazingly prescient song. Especially for 2022.

@constipatedinsincity4424 2 жыл бұрын

My first concert was the Jackson 5 when I was 4 years old living in Japan. That was the 1st of more than 500 . Oh they opened up for Diana Ross

@brendamorris6475 2 жыл бұрын

I recorded the American Top 40 every week on my dad's reel to reel tape recorder and I'd listen to it over and over all week.

@Krazede Жыл бұрын

After watching you for the better part of an entire weekend I feel like we are friends! At the very least kindred spirits!

@bobberndt9744 2 жыл бұрын

Even Better than "American Woman" was the 'Live at the Paramount' version of "American Woman" with the long (almost dirty) intro. Definitely MY favorite Guess Who performance !!

@michaelrochester48 2 жыл бұрын

And the replacement for Randy Bachman was stellar

@paulmitchison 2 жыл бұрын

Burton sheepishly tells the story that the live album from Seattle was intended to be recorded at Carnegie Hall in New York, but he got high with the Grateful Dead and missed the show. Kurt Winter played guitar after Randy, he was an amazing talent and the most unglamorous rock star ever

@JustineLaLoba 16 күн бұрын

'Truckin off Across the Sky' is so great

@MillennialMedia247 2 жыл бұрын

This is easily my fav series on the channel, love seeing the all time streams numbers and hearing people's stories they associate with the music. Long live rock!

@neilperry2224 2 жыл бұрын

The year of my twin brother and I birth fraternal thank god lol. Had to sing Oh blah de . Oh blah di. at school in the 80's, from the Lennon and McCartney song book. Hated music to begin with but by 16 it was something totally different.. And miss music in my life now and you've become my secret guilt and try and make sure I catch your shop.

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

I did too. It's one of those songs that every school sang i'm sure. HA HA

@Elwaves2925 2 жыл бұрын

We sang Ob-Bla-Di at primary school in the 70's too (in the UK). I also hated the music because of that, only later realising it was heavily stacked with Beatles and Bob Dylan songs. My grandparents were friends with the headmaster and years later I got to ask him about it. Turns out he was a huge fan, it was as simple as that. 🙂

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

When I was a little girl, I always shouted, “Obladi, oblada, life goes on, bruh!”

@guesswho4256 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the memories, Professor! I remember all of these songs from my college days. Great music from 1970.

@SandraHof 2 жыл бұрын

Wow! Shakin’ All Over…that took me back to my childhood. I was 10 years old the year it was released. I loved that song. Still do.

@russelljdj 4 ай бұрын

1971 was In my opinion, the greatest year of a great decade of music. People have been dumb down so badly now to think Usher, Taylor Swift, Ludacris, Beyonce, ect ect they actually believe these talentless droids have talent. Of course the corporate ruining of radio has also been a major contributing factor to Rock's death and the rise of vapid junk. Take Care Professor!

@bebeautiful6613 2 жыл бұрын

A little far back… I turn 60 on July 4, born in 62. Can you do that week or day? I don’t hear you going that far back . I absolutely love your show! My mom and brother,he is 8yrs older than me,always had music on. I love the 50’s through the 80’s. So much variety in sounds ❤️. By far the 70’s music was the best!!!! 💞 thank you for your great content!!! 💞

@knockshinnoch1950 2 жыл бұрын

So much terrific music

@leekorbel1191 2 жыл бұрын

Great episode and great content. Plus the memories...

@kenvelickoff4275 Жыл бұрын

Ray what a beautiful song, voice, thank you

@scootdaws25 2 жыл бұрын

Guess Who was my fave group in high school along with three dog night.

@markglabinski3016 2 жыл бұрын

Finally prof in my wheel house. What a great year for music!! Listening to WLS or WCFL for each one of these gems, all in fantastic mono. Thanks for the memories!

@ProfessorofRock 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks for watching it!

@MyName-pl7zn 2 жыл бұрын

The days of mono and AM radio, definitely takes me back to some great memories

@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 2 жыл бұрын

@@MyName-pl7zn I love mono sound! It is so cool!

@tattoou1222 2 жыл бұрын

Great channel, new subscriber. Love going back in time with these stories. My love for music started with a clock radio with the flip numbers back in the mid 70's. Tuned into the local rock station where I would sit with my flip cassette player waiting to tape songs, telling my mom DON'T come into my room....I'm recording! It was always on it seemed, at night falling asleep, waking up to the morning shows. I would love to see a possible episode on two lost or rarely talked about genres of the 70's. Goofy songs like Does your chewing gum lose it flavour, You don't roller skate in a buffalo herd, Hello mother, hello father or the trucker genre with songs like Phantom 309, Convoy, Teddy Bear.

@russpeterson5696 Жыл бұрын

Love to hear June of 79. When I married the love of my life. Three Times the Lady is our song.

@darylhoskins5696 2 жыл бұрын

Reflections of My Life , Awesome Song!!

@fscottgray9784 2 жыл бұрын

I love your count down and recount at the end for streams. Very good to know how the songs have endured.

@deanrobert9953 2 жыл бұрын

Love the Hit Song Redux!

@barrycardiss4043 2 жыл бұрын

Look at most charts from the 70's and we all remember virtually every single one...the variety of genres stand out also .

@SandraHof 2 жыл бұрын

Fun to learn the story behind"Vehicle", as I remember that song well from my youth. Thanks for another well done and informative video, that brought back memories and feelings from long ago.

@markallen2984 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. I always thought it was about a pimp. I think it was a hit around the same time as "The Pusher" by Steppenwolf. The two songs are deeply associated with each other in my memory.

@garytrew2766 2 жыл бұрын

Another fantastic show professor, loved all those in the top 10. I was 11 years old then and the Beatles were so inspiring to me, the Guess Who were awesome and led me to Canadian rock, Ides of March and Vehicle was great, one hit wonder is one hit more than I ever had 😁. Thanks again friend and friends, all that are involved in these videos.