70s music
The 1970s were all about sex, drugs and rock and roll; Beat welcomes you to our Disco Inferno.
My First, My Last, My Everything
American R&B, soul, and disco singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor Barry White was a successful singer and two-time Grammy Award winner. During his career he recorded 20 albums and had 20 gold and 10 platinum singles. White was one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He died of kidney failure in 2003 at the age of 58.
By Rasma Raisters4 months ago in Beat
The Crucial Three
Introduction The Crucial Three were a short-lived band that existed for approximately six weeks in early 1977. They are nevertheless notable on account of the individual success of all three founding members: Julian Cope formed The Teardrop Explodes and has enjoyed a long and successful solo career as an author, photographer and singer, Ian McCulloch formed the very successful Echo & the Bunnymen, while guitarist Pete Wylie formed Wah! Heat (and various subsequent incarnations of Wah!) and enjoyed major chart success with "The Story of the Blues". In those early days, McCulloch sang, Cope played bass, and Wylie played guitar. A drummer, Stephen Spence, also joined at some point in their brief life.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
Peaceful Easy Feeling
The American rock band the Eagles came together in Los Angeles, California, in 1971. During their musical career, the band has five number-one singles, six number-one albums, six Grammy Awards, and five American Music Awards. The founding members were Glenn Frey (guitar, vocals), Don Henley (drums, vocals), Bernie Leadon (guitar, vocals), and Randy Meisner (bass guitar, vocals). The Eagles were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998 and ranked at number 75 on Rolling Stone magazine’s 2010 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
By Rasma Raisters4 months ago in Beat
Come Fly with Me
“Come Fly with Me” is a popular song from 1958 written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn. The song was written for the American singer and actor Frank Sinatra. It was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name. Sinatra performed the song on his album Duets II in 1994 as a duet with Luis Miguel.
By Rasma Raisters4 months ago in Beat
A Devilish Playlist For Halloween And Bonfire Night. Top Story - October 2023. Content Warning.
Introduction This week we have Halloween on Tuesday and Bonfire Night on Sunday. I always think the Devil is given a bad rap. Think about it, in the Bible God is the one who punishes everyone and forces them to do terrible things, including the genocide caused by the flood. He cast out Adam and Eve because they tried to find things out, turned Lot's wife into salt, told Abraham to kill his son, and the list goes on.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
1234 - Of Course, It's A Ramones Playlist
Introduction The reason being is that every live and some studio Ramones songs start with the shout "1 2 3 4". I remember buying "Blitzkrieg Bop" and then their first album and someone described their songs like smarties, you can't have just one, you gotta swallow the whole tube.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
Take a Musical Journey
It's funny that way. You sit at your computer, and you look through old photos, and if you do it in silence, they bring back memories, but they are just photos. However, if you play music while you are looking at them, suddenly the memories begin to shine. Some songs remind you of things in the past, some are happy, and some are sad, but those photos begin to take on a life of their own. Suddenly you are taking a musical journey and recalling enjoying your time spent looking at old photos. If you are writers, old photos can provide you with so many memorable stories, so keep on looking at those images, keep jotting notes, and most of all, keep listening to your favorite music.
By Rasma Raisters4 months ago in Beat
'Holland'
After the lackluster chart performance of Carl and the Passions (So Tough), Beach Boys manager Jack Rieley felt that a change of scenery might inspire new creativity, so he arranged for Brian Wilsons home studio to be dismantled and re-assembled in a barn in the Netherlands outside of Amsterdam in which the seven Beach Boys at the time including recently minted additions Blondie Chaplin and Ricky Fataar would record the bands nineteenth album while living with their families in rented houses in nearby areas along with an engineering staff and Rieley himself, all paid for by the band's management. The reclusive Brian Wilson who was still dealing with his mental health problems at the time was the last Beach Boy to arrive in the Netherlands for the recording sessions and his involvement in the sessions was minimal.
By Sean Callaghan4 months ago in Beat
