The 70's with Steve Goddard

19/06/2024

A lot of great music peaked in the month of June! Which artists had the biggest June hits? Was it the Bee Gees? Donna Summer? Fleetwood Mac or perhaps Carole King? Join me this weekend to find out😀

18/06/2024

Got this disc from Bear Family Germany today - Memohis Recording Service label - haven’t seen it offered anywhere else…

18/06/2024

Happy 82nd birthday to Paul McCartney, who's about to embark on another world tour...there's no keeping him down...

14/06/2024

08/06/2024

Add this to my music stack of albums to play this weekend…

06/06/2024

Thursday afternoon June 6, 1968 at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, I was in the control room of KBIX in Muskogee, Oklahoma. The studios were in the 9th floor of the Barnes building downtown with a great view of the surrounding area. I was about to play the first record of my first shift on a radio station…still at it today, but nothing will ever surpass that first moment playing ‘U.S. Male’…

30/05/2024

This weekend, the absolute biggest hits of the decade. Carole King, Rod Stewart, Barbara Streisand, the Bee Gees(of course) and many more. What song do you think is the biggest of the 1970s? Find out this weekend😀

24/05/2024

Watched the new Beach Boys documentary which dropped on Disney+ today. There were two things I hadn't previously seen in a Beach Boys documentary: a picture of Al Jardine's family, in particular his mom who forked over 4300 for the guys to rent instruments, and a picture of the home Mike Love grew up in, which looked much more opulent than the tract home the Wilsons lived in...
Other than that, we've seen this all before. The 2023 reunion at the beach where the first Capitol album cover was shot is played up in the trailer for the film. It consists of a few seconds of silent footage adding nothing to the film, other than they were there sometime last year. No context, no update. There's more in the trailer than in the film...
If you're a Beach Boy fan (I am), you'll want to see it, but there's not much to add to their story.
It has been told time and time again...just be grateful for the music...it remains timeless...

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16/05/2024

"You Don't Mess Around With Jim" "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" "I Got A Name" "Annie's Song" and more. You'll hear the biggest hits this weekend of John Denver and Jim Croce! Hope you'll join me 😀

12/05/2024

One of the greatest mother's day records of all time...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpNOR6sD4mg

10/05/2024

Between 1965 and 1973 he landed 17 singles on Billboard’s Hot 100, including his only #1, ‘Sunshine Superman’, which he wrote about his love of comic books…
Happy 78th birthday today to Donovan Leitch…(yes, that’s his last name) One of the most pleasant lunches I ever shared, was with him in the mid 80’s. He was much more open and a lot funnier than I had expected…a pleasant interview doesn’t always happen, but in this case it certainly did…abd I was grateful for the opportunityPictured is my autographed copy of his biggest selling album, ‘Greatest Hits’… not a bad track on the disc…

09/05/2024

A post script from last nights Rolling Stones show in Glendale: One of the pre gig rituals for guitarist Ron Wood is drawing up their set list on a big canvas listing the songs and the key's they're in. they're then turned into a lithograph and sold on his web site. here's his web address if you like to see what he has to offer...
http://shop.ronniewood.com/.../show-3-state-farm-stadium...

08/05/2024

What do the Jackson Five, Marvin Gaye, Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder have in common? They were part of the Motown family in the 70's. This weekend you will hear from them plus Diana Ross, The Commodores and more! Hope you'll join me 😀

06/05/2024

Here’s one ‘firmat’ that bever got off tge ground: a USB wristband loaded with Ringo’s “Liverpool” album with videos. Does anyone know of sny other albums released like this?…

04/05/2024

This is the first chart single by Frankie Valli (Francis Castelluccio) as The Four Lovers. It was on Billboard’s Hot 100 for 5 weeks beginning on May 26, 1956. Six years later, they hit #1 for 5 weeks as The Four Seasons. Between 1962 and 1980, they put 53 singles on the Billboard chart, making them one of the most consistent hit making groups of all time…not including an additional 17 solo hits…
What a career, that continues to this day…
God bless Frankie Valli…

03/05/2024

Happy birthday Frankie Valli who’s still going strong at 90. This was the groups first album as the Four Seasons, 1 of 25 that charted between 1961 and 2014…

02/05/2024

What names come to mind when you think of Teen Idols of the 70s? Bobby Sherman, David and Shaun Cassidy, Andy Gibb and let's not forget Olivia Newton-John. Yep she was a teen idol too! This weekend the Top Teen Idols of the decade. Hope you'll join me😃

01/05/2024

Duane Eddy passed away yesterday, surrounded by family at his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He was 86.
There are few guitar players who have been as influential in encouraging young guitar players to pick up the instrument and twang along. Even before learning a first chord, you could play along with Duane one single note at a time. His first top 10 hit, ‘Rebel Rouser’ was recorded at Audio Recorders here in Phoenix at 7th Street and Indian School, with a little sweetening added at Gold Star Studios in L.A.
In all, Duane Eddy had 32 chart singles on the Billboard chart.
Guitar players around the world owe a debt of gratitude to this man who created the twang in the Arizona desert…

30/04/2024

Her name is Laufey… Sunday night as I was driving Alyssa home from a weekend with us, she played me a few of her songs…now I’m anxious to hear the entire album…and surprised to learn my granddaughter has just discovered Sam Cooke, and in particular, ‘A Change Is Gonna Come’…musical cross pollination across generations…

27/04/2024

The Beach Boys are in town tonight at Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale. With 62 charters singles on Billboard’s Hot 109, there are plebty of hits to choose from. When I saw them at GCU fir their 50th Anniversary show, they literally sang 50 songs - it was one of the best concerts I ever saw…. This is still my favorite Beach Boys album, ‘All Summer Long…sometime remind me to tell you what it took for me to get a cooy when it came out…

25/04/2024

This weekend we spotlight the men of the decade. Neil Diamond, Elvis, Barry Manilow and many more. Who was the best selling male vocalist? Find out this weekend 😁

23/04/2024

Been a great few days to pick up some great music, in addition to the Record Store Day selections I picked up on Saturday…some great listening ahead…

20/04/2024

Record Store Day April 20, 2024…two more are ordered: Jim Croce live, and the Nat King Cole live at the Blue Note Club on CD…

18/04/2024

This weekend, a double spotlight! Barbara Streisand and Donna Summer. More than a dozen hits combined. Stoney End, I Feel Love, My Heart Belongs To Me, Hot Stuff, don't forget their duet, No More Tears and a whole lot more. The words and music of Streisand and Summer this weekend! Hope you'll join me😀😀

18/04/2024

64 years ago yesterday we lost one of most underrated rockers, Eddie Cochran. He was in England on his way back to the stated when he was killed in a car accident that also injured Gene Vincent abd Eddie’s girlfriend Sharon Sheeley. Most people will remember Eddie for his hits ‘Summertime Blues’ and ‘C’mon Everybody’, but my favorite (by far) was his last Anerican chart entry ‘Somethin’ Else’ which only reached #58 on Billboard’s Hot 100…
S***f Garrett told me was waiting at the LA airport to pick up Eddie for a series of recording sessions… what a loss…
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCDOHrjPkSQ

18/04/2024

Can’t believe I didn’t have this classic Count Basie album…until today…

10/04/2024

This weekend, the biggest hits of April. Doobie Brothers, Bee Gees, Hall & Oates and so much more! Hope you'll join me😀

09/04/2024

Carl Perkins would have been 92 today...
Best known for his hit 'Blue Suede Shoes', he was a huge influence on The Beatles, especially George Harrison. At various times in their live performances, they performed 11 of his songs but only recorded 3; George sang lead on "Honey Don't" and "Everybody's Trying To Be My Baby", while Ringo took the lead on "Matchbox". All were recorded in 1964.
For a man who only had a single hit, he was much more influential than that. There's a lot to discover about Carl...start with his Sun recordings...
If you want to dig deep, Carl Perkins' album with NRBQ is still a favorite and highly recommended...

09/04/2024

Just for fun, I've some up with 16 songs with "moon" in the title. There are more, but these are the first that came to mind, in order of their chart appearance on Billboards charts, except for the Elvis track which did not chart.
I'd almost forgotten about the Paul Revere and the Raiders track - here's a link to jog your memory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dtNbaVPLSY
1951 - How High the Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford
1954 - Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Elvis Presley
1956 - Moonglow/Theme From Picnic - Morros Stoloff
1957 - Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine
1961 - Blue Moon - Marcels
1961 - Moon River - Henry Mancini/Jerry Butler
1961 - There's A Moon Out Tonight - Capris
1963 - Fly Me to the Moon - Joe Harnell
1969 - Bad Moon Rising - Creedence Clearwater Revival
1969 - Mr. Sun, Mr. Moon - Paul Revere and the Raiders
1971 - Moon Shadow - Cat Stevens
1973 - Dancing In the Moonlight - King Harvest
1976 - Moonlight Feels Right - Starbuck
1977 - Moondance - Van Morrison
1983 - Shame On the Moon - Bob Seger
1987 - Moonlighting - Al Jarreau