Unfortunately, over the past few days a number of media personalities who left significant marks on the 1970s have passed away; TV & film director William Asher, producer Richard Zanuck, children’s author Donald J. Sobol and Deep Purple keyboardist Jon … Continue reading
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Highly-influential electronic band, Kraftwerk, formed in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1970. The group released the song “Radio-Activity” in October of 1975. The clip below captures the band performing for French TV in 1978. Man? Machine? Or something altogether better? Press play … Continue reading
A good Monday to you, Bionic brothers and sisters. In this installment of ‘Music for Monday’ we throw in a slight curve and present Steve Martin performing his hit single, “King Tut,” live in 1979. Stick with the clip for … Continue reading
“Can you help me occupy my brain?” Black Sabbath released “Paranoid”, the lead-off single from the album of the same title, in August of 1970. A true heavy metal classic, “Paranoid” hit #4 in the UK and #61 in the … Continue reading
English musician Robin Scott, aka “M”, released his “Pop Muzik” single in May of 1979 in the UK where it rose to #2 on the charts. The song released in August ’79 in the US and it climbed all the … Continue reading
Patti Smith released “Because the Night” in April of 1978 and it rose to #13 on the US Billboard “Hot 100”. The song, co-written with Bruce Springsteen, appeared on Smith’s Easter L.P. and is her best known tune to date. … Continue reading