Poll: Let's celebrate the 70s: Give me your best songs, albums and artists that made the era so magical! What are your picks?

@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga

2 жыл бұрын

First song that comes to mind for me is 'Sultans of Swing' from Dire Straits. If it wasn't for my Dad, I would probably never know about Mark Knopfler and his phenomenal band.

@tag1462

2 жыл бұрын

Anything by Queen or ELO.

@poetsdreamsatc

2 жыл бұрын

Best EARLY 70’s songs; Who’ll Stop the Rain - CCR I’m Your Captain- Grand Funk RR Pieces of April by Three Dog Night Horse with No Name - America Guitar Man - Bread Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John Same artists that made the 70’s great

@misterwombat

2 жыл бұрын

"Paris" - Supertramp "City to City" - Gerry Rafferty "Brain Salad Surgery" - ELP

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheTrainspotterFromTauranga Love it.

Wildest thing I ever found out. A few years ago I went down a rabbit hole about Bobby Sherman for some reason and found this out. Eventually, he left the public spotlight and became an emergency medical technician (EMT). He volunteered with the Los Angeles Police Department, working with paramedics and giving CPR and first aid classes. He officially became a technical Reserve Police Officer with the Los Angeles Police Department in the 1990s, a position he still held as of 2017. He was later promoted to Captain in the Los Angeles Police Department. For more than a decade he served as a medical training officer at the Los Angeles Police Academy, instructing thousands of police officers in first aid and CPR. He was named LAPD's Reserve Officer of the Year in 1999.

@judywright4241

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to post the update on Bobby, must’ve been a very cool rabbit hole you found yourself in🌹

@norton750commando

2 жыл бұрын

@@judywright4241 No, it's just having a surplus of time these days, ha. My sister was a huge fan of his back at that time, and was always buying buying Tiger Beat to get his pictures to hang on her wall. I stumbled on another article or video about a year and a half ago, and looked him up. Most of the info is just a cut and paste from Wikepedia.

@steffg9321

2 жыл бұрын

And he was on an episode of Emergency! Makes sense now!

@norton750commando

2 жыл бұрын

@@steffg9321 I think it was mentioned that that episode made him want to follow that career path.

@musicisgoodforthesoul999

2 жыл бұрын

Good info🎶

What stands out for me, even above the quality of those songs, is the variety of music on the charts at that time. Folk to hard rock, and almost everything in between, on one chart.

@mkshffr4936

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, much more variety.

@brianbarringer4309

2 жыл бұрын

That is one of the things that I liked about the 70s. I remember listening to the radio and hearing so many good songs on the same station and being exposed to such a big variety of styles.

@terryhazelett2105

2 жыл бұрын

And it will NEVER happen again thanks to corporate America! THEY ARE MUCH HAPPIER KEEPING US ALL DIVIDED BECAUSE THEY MAKE MORE MONEY THAT WAY. RACIST AMERICA DID NOT LIKE THEIR KIDS BONDING OVER MUSIC!!!!

@debbiescott6732

2 жыл бұрын

@@terryhazelett2105 doesn't matter, our music bonded us anyway. It's what made the 1970's so great

@debbiescott6732

2 жыл бұрын

To this day I still love all types of music. We had so many great bands to choose from. Every week it seemed a new band came on the scene and we would get into their music too. The 1970's was the greatest decade for music. If I could I'd go back and live it all over again. 👍👩‍🦳

My dad was a pilot in the military, our house was literally at the end of the flight line as close as you could get safely. All day and night the F15 and F 4 s would take off with their after burners glowing in the night and a roar of thunder . I was but 10 years old. The CCR songs would ring out on Wednesday night as the officers played poker at our kitchen table. It was just me and my dad. In the fall, I would go to stay with family as my father’s air unit was deployed. I can still remember the faces of those men, American warrior’s. I was so proud of my father and country. Many of those faces I never seen again. I hear CCR and I am back at that magical time in my life and a tear comes to my eye.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

2 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@tag1462

2 жыл бұрын

My dad was corpsman in the Navy - west pac - so I grew up in the triangle: San Diego, Seatle, and Pearl. So yeah, Navy brat. My dad did two tours on a tin can in the Gulf of Tonkin. My Dad also had an influence on my musical choices at the time. The driver picks the radio station rule. Anyways, my Dad recently passed and was given full honors. and an appreciation for good music

@robertcowan7610

2 жыл бұрын

I was a combat medic and nurse in the military ( US Army) and I worked everything from emergency medicine to various medical instructors positions to Recon and special operations but I started out working High Risk Obstetrics and Labor&Delivery at Fort Hood and while in the middle of that three years I volunteered to go to NTC in the Mojave desert in California for a month with the 2nd Armored Division and I had the luck to have one of those life experiences that seems like a perfectly filmed movie scene while there courtesy of listening to CCR. I was at a forward Mobile Army Surgical Hospital and while walking from one camouflaged tent to another I turned and looked backwards towards the horizon and saw a squadron of Apaches in a V combat formation, nose down nape of the Earth, moving towards me across the desert with the red and orange sunset in the darkening silver sky while I had Fortunate Son playing loudly in my earphones! It was enough to put a lump in your throat and cause your heart, your pulse, to pound in your chest and into your ears! A really impactful memorable experience. 😆

@tomdubose3978

Жыл бұрын

Hamilton AFB Marn County! We played lil league end of Runway, listening to top 70s

@oldermusiclover

Жыл бұрын

Bless your dad and his friends had a brother who was a Nam vet

Our generation was so lucky to have the greatest music in history! Which begs the question...what the Hell happened to popular music???

Growing up a Zeppelin and CCR fan, I did also have (and still have) an appreciation for the vocal and songwriting talents of Neil Diamond. Dude is legendary.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

For sure. What a time eh?

@kimnach

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad I spent all of my teen years in the 70s. I've said it before, but I loved all of the genres: motown, hard rock, glitter rock, bubble gum, beginnings of punk, etc. I also got into Glenn Miller, Clasical, etc. good music is just a joy to listen to.

@tlares5589

2 жыл бұрын

Yes !!!

@immortal2u

2 жыл бұрын

A lot of people give me a hard time for liking N. Diamond, but I don’t care. I’m not an elitist, I can appreciate so many talented artists. A great voice, and a great song are undeniable.. at least to me.

@keisi1574

2 жыл бұрын

@@immortal2u I dig Neil Diamond and Pantera and John Coltrane.

I was born in 1960. I LOVED everything about the 70’s, especially the music.

@wingandhog

2 жыл бұрын

Also born in 60 and have always loved the music we grew up on. But it does suck to rapidly approach 62 years of age

@gpants3633

2 жыл бұрын

@@wingandhog 😆😆😆I feel ya. But, I did apply for Social Security this month for my birth month is March. I said the heck with it I ain’t waiting. 🤙🏽

@wingandhog

2 жыл бұрын

@@gpants3633 … good deal! I retire in July but undecided about taking early SSI

@donnisscott4944

2 жыл бұрын

@@wingandhog if you listen to people like Frankie Beverly and the Maze they will tell you in their song at that golden time of day or listen to David Bowie for the Golden Years, bop, bop, bop

@aimee5259

2 жыл бұрын

1963 here. Mom & Dad had a reel-to-reel tape player, & it was always on. All of these songs bring back great memories.

I love the 70’s and 80’s. Born in 1964. Most lyrics and music these days can’t hold a candle to those times!

I was born in 1964 and this list feel like the soundtrack to my childhood. All of these songs are so familiar to me, as I heard them on the radio for years.

@phoenixmode6909

2 жыл бұрын

Same.

@jchow5966

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!!!!!☮️

@melissalynn5774

2 жыл бұрын

born in 64 too! i agree!

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

2 жыл бұрын

I was born in early 1961. Same for me....

@babsbylow6869

2 жыл бұрын

🙋 Last of the Boomers we '64 kids.

You talked about the changing 60's social climate and it's effect on Motown. Barry Gordy didn't want Motown to ever get political, he wanted to preserve their 'feel good music' image, so when Marvin Gaye presented him with "What's Going On", it nearly drove Barry crazy. Mr. Gordy kept putting off the release of the album because he was afraid of what it would do to the image of Motown, but he also knew that he had a HUGE hit album on his hands. So, he finally released it and hoped for the best. It did not hurt Motown's image at all, and the album became acknowledged as one of the best of all time. Still is.

@bokesnmokes

2 жыл бұрын

I'm 58 and this is true first time I've ever seen heard that song was political.

@scottymoondogjakubin4766

2 жыл бұрын

Strange my father always reminded me to remember this name " barry gordy " my father was a very good friend of barry and my mother and mrs gordy were also friends and mrs gordy was also my baby sitter ! i still know were barry's old house is or was in gary Indiana ! pretty wild !

@resurrectionwaiting9294

2 жыл бұрын

@@scottymoondogjakubin4766 That's great! I enjoyed reading this. After Mr Gordy moved to Southern California, my best friend became his driver for a couple of years. My friend had to quit just to catch up on his sleep! Mr Gordy sure keep him busy, but he enjoyed it.

@scottymoondogjakubin4766

2 жыл бұрын

@@resurrectionwaiting9294 wowza ! What a small world we live in ! glad to have found your post scrolling thru the comments ! this is why im a big fan of the professor !

The musical output from '69-'71 was astounding!!

@terrythekittieful

2 жыл бұрын

1968-1969 was when I was becoming more music aware, when the feeling was different, not just nice little songs to hum to anymore, but songs that got inside your being so what a time to be growing up and if there is any 10 year period in the last 100 years of popular music that does it for me it's 1965-1974. The amount of great music in that period is staggering. The last ten years, 2012 to 2021, well it's depressingly sad.

@astros5911

2 жыл бұрын

@@terrythekittieful Couldn't agree more!!

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

1963-1975 greatest musical output in history, imo!!

@raggeragnar

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisadc4681 : I would even extend it to -78.

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

@@raggeragnar OK, probably right, just getting a little too close to disco around then to include late 70's! 🙄 Cheers

I grew up in the 60's and 70's best time in history for music. I loved every genre knew most lyrics to hundreds of songs. But to my great disappointment, I never played an instrument and I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. I still own much music from these decades and play them daily.

@debbiescott6732

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I have a lot of great vinyl albums. Pink Floyd The Wall, Led Zeppelin II, CCR, Elton John, Bad Company, just to name a few.

@lesliebeacom4567

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I've been listening a lot to Allman Brothers, Eagles, & Derek and The Dominos lately. Best ever!

@vikkiledgard8483

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, I also have a terrible singing voice but sing along anyway. Much to the neighbours disappointment🤣❤👍👍

The early '70's, '70 & '71 especially, with a bit of '72 thrown in, could have been its own mini decade. Still had a late '60's vibe to it but not too heavy and not quite like the 1970's as what we have become familiar with. Hard to describe if you didn't live through it. The music was phenomenal and so was that time!

@philkight2630

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was, those years my family and I were in Stuttgart Germany

@Arandomperson_online

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 🙌 indeed 👍

@gregorychilcote4636

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, especially about the ‘time’…it was magical. Tarentino’s ‘Once upon a Time in Hollywood’ comes close to capturing a fraction of the ‘vibe’ back then. Especially the California scene. Cali was a paradise and booming. I spent part of my mid to late teens soaking up the mystery and magic in paradise. On a semi-related note, the manager of Paul Revere & the Raiders was the son of my parent’s friends. Kinda made the magic even more real. So grateful I lived through that time and place.

In 1970, I was 12 years old and collecting 45's of the top 40. My senior in high school older brother brings home Led Zepplin II, tells me, "Listen to this." He puts it on the Hi-fi and the opening riff of Whole Lotta Love and my life changed forever. It was that powerful.

@mobipete8001

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, class of 76'

*Professor not only are you musical encyclopedia, historian, you bring the human story, how these songs affected people beautifully. Thank YOU!* 😊

My son was 3yrs old he went around singing Rain drops in the house sadly he died in an automobile accident but when I hear it I can see him and hear him

@alisade127

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful memory. So sorry for your loss. He got his great taste from his Mother

@misha2197

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for your loss. :(

@ohyeah3365

2 жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss.

@smaguire8339

2 жыл бұрын

Bless your heart and his memory. You've honored him well.

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss...🙏

The research and production that Adam and his team put into Professor of Rock brand consistently make them the most enjoyable videos.

Harry Nielsson: Nielsson Schmilsson, Todd Rundgren: Something Anything are both brilliant and frequently left out of best albums lists.

@lsingstock1646

2 жыл бұрын

I love Nielson and Donovan, both under rated.

The '70s were great time to be young. The radio was still a big deal - FM radio really took over from AM's dominance of the '60s. Music suddenly became so much clearer to listen to and it was as if you were present at a concert. That's my memory of it anyway. Listening to CCR and Led Zeppelin on FM radio was quite an experience after spending the preceding years listening to the scratchy sounds AM radio gave us. '70s radio also never let us forget '60s and '50s sounds too and there was a lot of great stuff from those decades as well.

@keithlucas6260

2 жыл бұрын

Back then everyone had a pocket 9v AM transistor radio in their back pocket.

Music is magic it stirs something in man’s soul, a true gift from god.

When you said the first week of 1970, I knew what song it was because I remember my dad saying, then, "This is a great song to start the 70's off with at number #1: This is going to be a great music decade"!! He was 💯% correct

When I was deployed in the 80s we had a Sergeant that was a Vietnam Vet. He had a boombox and a bunch of tapes. As we were heading into our recon areas each day, he would play a tape on the boombox. One of the tapes had "Run Through the Jungle" which is one of my favorite CCR songs.

There is such a timeless quality to music from the 70s it's a time when a full album told a story and we had to imagine what the band members played from the cover photos it was a time of creativity and wonder

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

I agree 1000%.

@johnnymartin49

2 жыл бұрын

Along with some of the greatest concerts known to man !!! As I have told my kids "it was a great time to be in your early twenties" !!!! 😎

@curly_wyn

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao, most 70s music is not timeless, and you’re very mistaken if you think there’s anything timeless about a 70s genre like disco.

@NoirL.A.

2 жыл бұрын

there was great music in other decades too but at 53 i would def. say no doubt the 70's are the king. my nephew was born in 1986 and he agrees!

@debbiescott6732

2 жыл бұрын

The 1970's, best music era of all time. We will never see another decade with so much variety, so much raw talent. These bands weren't professionals, they were kids who self taught themselves to play instruments, write music & lyrics. And they met in their parents garages to practice. Greatest decade ever.

I was 9 years old in 1970 and my parents were still in their late 20s. My dad brought home every Zeppelin album that was made. This was the music of my youth & still my favorite. BTW, I haven't thought about Bobby Sherman in years, but like a lot of girls my age I had a huge crush on him. Thanks for the memories.

@loripower82

2 жыл бұрын

I had a Bobby Sherman poster on my wall. You always remember your first crush!

I must have heard “raindrops keep falling on my head” on the radio as a preschooler. I sang that song ALL the time and I’d tell anyone who would listen that it was my favorite. My Dad loved music and would play records of all sorts for us. Music brings back the Best memories. Thank you Prof 💕

I remember "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on my Head" being taught to us in my 2nd or 3rd grade music class. (This was when the song first came out and elementary schools still had music classed.) Always brings a smile to my face.

@SatansSimgma

2 жыл бұрын

We would be the hell out of Peter Paul and Mary and woody guthery. From north California and the music teacher was a hippie.

@gpants3633

2 жыл бұрын

We too also had music classes in elementary school. That song was easy to learn on the ukulele. I was born and raised in Hawaii so ukuleles were the first instrument to learn.

@FutureZek

2 жыл бұрын

@@gpants3633 We had recorders (as the kids still do now). We were able to move on to real instruments in 4th grade. (I took sax; my older brother the trumpet, older sister the flute.) It was a good time.

@FutureZek

2 жыл бұрын

@@SatansSimgma We di PPM as well. Also "Joy to the World" (aka Jerimiah Was a Bullfrog) and a few others I can't recall. Buffalo suburb; teacher was probably a low-key hippie.

@gpants3633

2 жыл бұрын

@@FutureZek Indeed, those were good times.

My Mama always let us listen to our music. She loved Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head and sang it often. Her love of music is one of my many memories. P.S. She also sewed mini skirts for all five of her daughter's and herself as well. She was a pretty cool Mama.

There I was, a 68 yr old woman having coffee and planning a new garden, and suddenly I'm 15 and back in my bedroom at home with my radio blasting. When I get back to 2022 I'm going to download ALL the songs. Especially Bobby Sherman 😍

These songs are timeless! The 60’s/70’s/80’s are three of the greatest decades in music period. I have to wonder, in 50 years what will they be playing?

@brianoconnor7796

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right! Still say the 1960's has to be the number one decade though, ok, maybe a toss up for the first half of the 1970's.. Miraculous music😎

@robertbennett9063

2 жыл бұрын

The same stuff, if they have any fucking taste.

@plasticpaddy2515

11 ай бұрын

Probably the same crap there listening to today.

I discovered Led Zeppelin, CCR and more on Casey Kasem's Top 40. If my dad heard something he thought I should learn from he would explain what it meant. "Fortunate Son' was one of those. He also explained that as we are from Puerto Rico, if we lived there I could be drafted by a President as my grandfather was for WWII in the segregated 65t Infantry , my uncle for the Korea War, my dad early in the Vietnam Era and my other uncle for Vietnam. My generation of three cousins all volunteered during the Cold War and my Gulf War service. The Truth of "Fortunate Son" has never not been relevant and sadly a reality.

Zeppelin was a hard hitting band, and one of the best of all time! Always thought album #’s 1,2 & 3 were their best. When I was 19, I sang in a garage band and loved singing Whole Lotta Love! Those were the days….🎶

@pb_zep3838

2 жыл бұрын

Same for me, 1 2 and 3 were the best!

@williamthomas4125

2 жыл бұрын

1,2 and 5 for me. But all were great!

@jstogdill9195

2 жыл бұрын

Your autocorrect was acting up, it put “one of” in front of the best of all time, an obvious typo. I hate my autocorrect too brother!

I was in the military (as were many others) from 1967 to 1971. The memories these songs brought back were (literally) breathtaking. Thank you so much for sharing.

I grew up in the 70's. Had a little transistor radio that I'd listen to on my way to sleep every night. I remember CCR, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, a few Paul Simon singles that I loved. The list goes on and on. The Guess Who, James Taylor, Harry Nilsson, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Supremes, the Rolling Stones, so much great music being played in the 70's

Holly Holy on the original Hot August Night is an amazing live recording.....with the string section in the back of the Greek Theater and Neil's powerful vocal it still gives me goose bumps to this day!

@lsingstock1646

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I've always loved string sections. They're very under rated.

@magiccitymama1620

2 жыл бұрын

That's such an excellent album!

@loripower82

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

THE MIGHTY LED ZEPPELIN! There will never be another! Because of there on going battle with critics of the time they refused to release singles...Jimmy Page had FULL Control of the Bands music. He and Grant had bartered the deal with Atlantic Records, one that no one was ever able to do before them. It opened the door for future bands to get better record deals..

Damn, this lineup is incredible. I can't imagine many weeks could compete. Interesting to see how many times a song will be re-recorded, just bouncing from 1 group to another within a studio, until BAM! the right time, the right arrangement, the right group, and it's a top ten.

Dick Clark helped promote rock and roll when it was new, the Professor of Rock is keeping that Rock and Roll alive.

@ivellbullock784

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!

@debbiescott6732

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I grew up watching his hit show American Bandstand from the 1960's through the 1970's, it's how I learned all the new dances every year. And then when I was finally old enough I loved going to the dance clubs and dancing all night. It was great.

When I was a teen I remember mowing the lawn getting five dollars walking across the wash to the mom n pops record store , getting Led Zeppelin II then turning around and walking home with Led Zeppelin II in my hand thru the wash staring at it and couldn’t wait to play it on my record player. Still to this day whenever I hear the guitar solo come in I get chills and the hair on my arm stands it’s one of my favorite guitar solos ever! Now over 40 years later there is a new record store right there at that wash it’s my friends father and son record store and I drew his logo for his record store.

I’ve often wondered if musicians realize how much their art affects people. For some, a song could be a throwaway piece but to their fans, it could send a heartfelt message and mean the world to them. It could be an anchor in a tumultuous life for them or a mark in time for a happy memory

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

I don't think a lot of artist do realize how much their music means to so many. When they get a glimpse of it, they are always touched.

@JimRyser

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock TRUTH! I was a flash in the pan one hit wonder in 1990 and a guy introduced me to his wife - who he reconnected with after hearing my song on the radio. It was unreal to meet their baby as well - I am glad I didn’t downplay that moment for them. It was very humbling.

@ChristChickAutistic

2 жыл бұрын

@@JimRyser may I ask what your song was?

@markbernier8434

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock These vignettes in the comments must be a great motivator to keep making the videos.

@debbie4503

2 жыл бұрын

@R. XLR That's so true!

1970 was a great year for music. It was the year of the first album by Tower of Power "East Bay Grease" on the old San Francisco Record label. A killer record that stands today.

@kimberlyjackson3660

11 ай бұрын

Love Tower of Power!!!

Now I got "Raindrops keep falling on my head" stuck in my head again!

@donnahilton471

2 жыл бұрын

Get the tune out with the Weeknd's Blinding lights!

@Baekstrom

2 жыл бұрын

For me, the tunes that tend to get stuck in my head are those where I only remember a few lines of the lyrics. I once had to learn all the words for La Cucaracha to finally get it out of my head.

@donnisscott4944

2 жыл бұрын

@@donnahilton471 he's a devil worshiper

@lsingstock1646

2 жыл бұрын

@@Baekstrom mine are really bad commercials, like the pillow guys. 😞

@4508bluesky

2 жыл бұрын

❤️

It seems insane the CCR never had a #1 hit, considering how many great catchy songs they had in their career!

@robertbrescia3196

2 жыл бұрын

Bad luck. There was usually a monster hit that kept their songs out of the top spot.

@southpawtx

2 жыл бұрын

My fav CCR song is "Born On The Bayou."

@shannonswift2233

2 жыл бұрын

Yes and it’s crazy how they have the most #2 hits (5) on the Billboard Hot 100 w/o hitting #1!

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

CCR the greatest band ever in my opinion!

@amerigo88

2 жыл бұрын

The Who also never had a #1 hit.

In the early 70s when I was 5, there was a local family restaurant that my family frequented often. Their jukebox had the single “Raindrops keep fallin’ on my head”…and I would ask my parents if we could play that song every time we were there. It was the first commercial song that grabbed my attention and began my love for music. I was obsessed. Today that song doesn’t necessarily stand the test of time, but it is one of those songs in your life that harkens back to a more simple and happy time of your life.

@kenperk9854

2 жыл бұрын

In the Vietnam era, when you shipped, out chances were strong that you wouldn't come out Alive.

@markberryhill2715

2 жыл бұрын

Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head has stood the test of time. You just played it so much you wore it out and don't want to hear it anymore. Lol. I have a few , more than a few that I just played too dang much.

My favourite Led Zep story is that it was a performance review in the New York Times about one of their New York performances, used the most cool set of words to describe the sound…”of heavy metal falling through space” … and think about page’s overdriven sound on say, “Whole lotta love”…rings true, I’d say!

Led Zeppelin, yes! I was in junior high school when I attended a party. I was in a bean chair in a dark room at a party and Whole Lotta Love was blasting. I was listening with a fellow student I didn't know at the time, Sean Slade, and we bonded over the music. The next day he presented his ID bracelet to me and asked me to go steady. He went on to be a music producer and along with Paul Q. Kolderie would produce a ton of popular artists including Radiohead's monster hit "Creep"....

Don't know if I've mentioned this before, but back in the day, VH-1 asked a bunch of musicians and music journalists who the greatest rock band of all time (most influential, etc.) was, and the answer was... Led Zeppelin. Whole Lotta Love is one of there best.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

Agree.

@downix

2 жыл бұрын

I don't even like Led Zeppelin much, but I cannot deny the sheer magnitude of influence.

@donreinke5863

2 жыл бұрын

Uh NO.........The Beatles hd FAR more influence over music than did overplayed Led Zeppelin, despite anything VH-1 said. A decade before that ..it was Elvis. The only thing Zeppelin did was release a song that was unique by being harder than anything else at the time back in the late 60s It wasnt long until they were equalled and even exceeded by the likes of Black Sabbath, and eventually Dio and Iron Maiden. as well as extreme metal bands. Like Pink Floyd, theres was a cult following., but Floyd brilliantly exploited the niche of "music to trip/get stoned by"......something hugely popular in that era.

@grantandrews4826

2 жыл бұрын

@@donreinke5863 All the Beatles did was write "I am the walrus" achoo achoo

@lisadc4681

2 жыл бұрын

@@grantandrews4826 Please..

Amazing that CCR takes the top spot in streaming. They got my attention in Cologne Germany in 1970 when we got 1hour of American music on the radio once a week. The only band that eventually surpassed them a few years later were the Eagles. Also saw the Shocking Blue in 1970 in Bergheim, Germany. They were great but ended up as a one hit wonder.

My first album in the 60's, was Diana Ross & The Supreme's Greatest Hits & I wore that vinyl out!💿 When we lived in Taiwan in the mid-70's, "Leaving On A Jet Plane" was our anthem. ✈ I saw Barry Manilow live countless times, but the best concert I ever went to was Neil Diamond! He sold out 3 times in one weekend & I went to the 3rd concert at midnight, alone, so got to sit in the 6th row! Rod Stewart was great in concert too.💜🎶🎵🎼

Once when I was dancing on the stage at a gig during a storm, the pa went out and water started gushing through the roof so I started tap dancing while singing Raindrops 🤣🤣🤣 Memories 🕺

I just watched a video of this year’s Grammy nominations for “Song of the Year” and this one week of songs from the 70s completely destroys it!

@bluetopguitar1104

2 жыл бұрын

Hell yes. New songs are just 3 or 4 chords over and over. No verse, chorus or breaks. Today's music is mostly a soundtrack for tik tok videos. It's tougher to find good music. The early 70s was some of the best popular music ever.

@brianoconnor7796

2 жыл бұрын

Undoubtedly

@brianbarringer4309

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with the comments. One thing that I can say, though, is that there is still some good music being made, it just isn’t mainstream music. I come across a good song once in a while but not via the radio.

@gtmuse329A

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianbarringer4309 Absolutely…There is a lot of amazing music, which makes it all the sadder that much of the “popular” stuff is garbage. Most musicians making the great stuff can’t make any kind of living on it.

@hambo76

2 жыл бұрын

@@bluetopguitar1104 Or they're Coldplay wannabees. So unbelievably dull.

Always fun to go back in the time machine. 1970 was really a transition year, as you mentioned. Music's come a long way since then, hasn't it? (NOT). Thx Adam!

I still remember EXACTLY where I was & what I was doing when I heard the opening riff to Layla! It has stayed with me to this day. The great Duane Allman. WOW - it opened up a whole new world for me.

I remember listening to whole lot of love during my break at work, at night, in my car, and off in the distant there was a thunder storm head cloud that gave a spectacular lighting show while that bridge was playing, it was perfect timing with the lightning. I'll never forget that night.

How many songs from the 60's and 70's were taught to us in primary school in Australia. My biggest memory was our very own John Farnhams' rendition of Raindrops keep falling on my head. Brings back many memories from school. Great times👍 Thank you again for an in-depth look at some great artist of the time and their music.

What a great post once again. I was 12 at this time, just developing my musical tastes. Two older sisters were playing their records. Kathy just loved Herman’s Hermits, Peter Noonan could do no wrong. Susie played The Moody Blues, Zep, Jethro Tull, The Stones, etc. Thank you Susie I followed your tastes. Music was so important to us in the 70’s and it still is. I just love Elton John pre-1978. But my all time favorite song growing up was “ The Smoke From A Distant Fire’”, it had a special meaning to me, not a good one. But oh well it has turned out well my friends.

I was born in 1974 and so grew up in the 1980's... and as far as Rock 'n Roll is concerned Led Zeppelin was (and is imo) the greatest rock band of all time. LZ could do it all and sound awesome no matter what they did.

I've always liked Raindrops. First time I heard it as a kid, I was on summer vacation with my family in Ocean City and we were shopping at Rose's. The song played in the store. Everytime I hear it I think of summer at the beach. Good memories.

My sister was a fan of Bobby Sherman so I heardplenty of his music. I still will listen to him and David Cassidy in my 70s rotation. Even the Carpenters are in the list. As for CCR they were and are number 1 in my mind.

@MyName-pl7zn

2 жыл бұрын

I can't believe Bobby Sherman's songs have disappeared, so many great tunes.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

Ya I was surprised that he has virtually no streams...

@57WillysCJ

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock Because of my sister we watched Here Come the Brides. Actually his career life has been unusual and worth an episode. The fact that he gave up his career to be an EMT and ended up as a Captain of the LAPD and served as the Police Academy's medical training officer is impressive.

@terrythekittieful

2 жыл бұрын

CCR, essentially John Fogerty and his backing band.

@jojodyan

2 жыл бұрын

I loved Bobby Sherman’s voice! And he was pretty darn cute too!

I love this top 10 format. The research you put into these, as well as your editing is truly appreciated. Really well done, brother.

@judgedredd3568

2 жыл бұрын

Totally Agree Dear Prof This Top 10 of the year is a brilliant way to showcase brilliant music from yesteryear

@jennhurl

2 жыл бұрын

Yes 💯

@shyman99

2 жыл бұрын

The errors in this video are once again overwhelming. Led Zeppelin's single was not almost 6 minutes, it was 5:33. The promo single sent to radio stations included the short version of 3:12. So AM radio stations were not playing the album version and therefore why it peaked at #4. CCR's "Down On The Corner" lyrics are "Bring a nickel; tap your feet". Supremes had 12 number one songs, not 13. That's just off the top of my head.

@judgedredd3568

2 жыл бұрын

@@shyman99 What's 27 seconds? Close enough to 6 minutes

@shyman99

2 жыл бұрын

@@judgedredd3568 - That's your comeback? You didn't even get the entire point of him bringing the length, which was to spew nonsense about how amazing it was such a big hit nevertheless. Yet the radio stations were playing the 3:12 edit so his point was irrelevant. The number of errors I find in his videos are ridiculous. I discovered the dude is a narcissist because a long time ago I started to correct his mistakes and gave him evidence. His response was something drivel that his research is solid. LOL Young pups like him weren't around to experience what happened. So instead of partnering with actual music historians like myself, he apparently does his own "research". Do you know how much information is wrong on the Internet? But he gets praises from people like yourself who know no better so that feeds the ego.

When I was an entertainer in Vegas, I ran into John Fogerty at a small karaoke bar on Maryland Pkwy late one night. He was sitting there looking through the song list books, & I couldn't believe my eyes! I walked up to him sitting there with a producer friend of his, & introduced myself. He just simply replied, "Hi, I'm John," like he didn't think I knew who he was. He was a bit tipsy, & got up to leave, but he turned & gave me his cell phone number to call him back when his friend wanted to leave. I spent the rest of the night hanging with his buddy, but when I called him, he never answered, so I drove his pal back to John's house. It has been more than 15 years now, & I have not spoken to him since then, but I still have his number in my phone today...

God... watching this channel can be so depressing... don't get me wrong... I think this channel is amazingly great.. it's just that it scrapes the wound raw and highlights just how appalling today's music and film/TV is and how wonderfully brilliant those beautiful days of the 70s and 80s were... I'm so glad that I grew up in those two decades... I'd hate to just be reading about it and wishing that I had been there. Keep up the fantastic work Professor.

1970 was the year I was born. Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head was a favorite. I used to take piano lessons playing simple piano pieces and eventually playing more complex classical songs. One time my teacher said, "Why are you not practicing enough?" I told him, "I think this music is boring. I would like to play something on the radio ". "What song would you like to play?" "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head " The next lesson, I brought in the 45, and my teacher put it on the record player. He listened to the song and asked if he could borrow it to write down the notes. I thought, how is he going to do that 🤔? The following lesson, he had written the notes in a composition book for me to play. That's when I realized how skilled my teacher was. He could identify a note just by hearing it. Other piano pieces he let me play were the Theme to Chariots Fire, and Music Box Dancer. The were actually played on the radio. I do remember some instrumental songs, some made popular from Disco Remember the song, "Pop Corn?"

you just CAN NOT beat music like this. My favourite era of music

Neil Diamond has been a favorite of mine for many many years. I have very fond memories of lying down in the living room on a lazy sunday afternoon in a sunbeam listening to the whole 'Hot August Night' double album from Neil Diamond. I can still sing every song in order as soon as I hear the first chord. 'Holly Holy' is one of my favorites, followed very quickly by 'I am, I said'.

@magiccitymama1620

2 жыл бұрын

I have a similar memory playing with my Barbies one sunny afternoon in my bedroom and hearing Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" on the radio somewhere in the house. Every time I hear it I think of that lazy, sunny day in the seventies.

@loripower82

2 жыл бұрын

Holly Holy and I Am, I Said still give me the chills. Fantastic!

Some good music. But when I see Led Zeppelin performing I just get goose bumps. Takes me back, and just stimulates a lot inside from back in the day. Guess they're just in my soul, babee!

@annbutler2144

2 жыл бұрын

I get goosebumps, i get all tearyeyed, and i always have a laugh plus i always have great memories when i hear the music from 60 and 70's .Theres never going to be music like this again and i am so privileged to have lived through that era .

@sarahdee374

2 жыл бұрын

@@annbutler2144 I so agree Ann, Sometimes I wonder if I'm just so old (68) that this is all I have left. Today's music, "stars", social media etc just leave me cold. But I get vey emotional when I hear the music from "the day".

I still have the 45 of “Raindrops” on Scepter/Wand Forever records. One of my earliest purchases in grade school. Even as a kid, I like many, felt “Jet Plane” was about people going off to war. Always loved seeing the Jackson 5 on TV. “I Want You Back” released 10/6/69 was the first of 4 #1’s over 11 months for the Jackson 5. That’s in Elvis and The Beatles territory!

@Glicksman1

2 жыл бұрын

No, it's not. Only by raw numbers. The J5 were never in Elvis's or The Beatles' territory, no one was, has ever been. or likely ever will be.

David Cassidy had a #1 " I think I Love You " ❤ in November 1970..He became a teen idol legend with this tune. ❤ Partridge Family was a huge as well . In fall of 1970!!

Makes me realize that I had a childhood full of great music. So many memories.

As a child I lived in Chislehurst Kent, I remember adults talking about the night Led Zeppelin (1974) partied in Chislehurst Caves to launch Swan Song. I recall a friend of my fathers saying if they played Zeppelin may destroy the caves! That guys son showed me Zeppelin Three and Zappa's Hot Rats saying they were amazing, he was correct. Whole Lotta Love was the first LZ I heard, it was utterly mind-blowing, still is. Thanks Professor, great video.

What a great year! Loved every song on that top 10. What a way to kick off the 70s with those hits, can't wait for another revisit, love them.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

It's pretty mind-blowing.

@MyName-pl7zn

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRock I usually set my watch by your newest installment, you threw my off today, lol, keep them coming

Great show, Adam! I love taking these trips down memory lane by you. You do a great job each and every time. Many thanks!

What I love about your channel is the fact that hearing songs from my childhood (in 1970 I was 8 yrs old) and later, suddenly brings back the feeling or sometimes a specific memory as if I'm right there again. The power of music to evoke memories and feelings like that is really unparalleled.

And there was another little ditty released this month in 1970 that became one of the most played songs in history; Simon and Garfunkel's masterpiece, "Bridge Over Troubled Water".

Hey Prof... lately you are really jogging the memory of younger years!! Another Home Run! Thanks!! Hard to pick favorites; these are timeless classics! CCR baby 👍👍!

The first time I heard Whole Lotta Love, I was a foster child at a home where I stayed for maybe a week in 1973. The family had a son in the military and he had a Japanese import receiver and nice over-the-ear headphones. I was very impressed, but I hadn't had much musical exposure at the time. As such it was years before I really appreciated the masterpiece this song was or the fact that my first listen was on headphones.

I don't even know if you bother to read these. But when the song Raindrops keep falling on my head came out, my mom was 6 months pregnant with me. She said she used to sing this to me. I don't know if that is true, but I have always loved this song. My Mom is gone now, but the song remains. Thanks for all you do keeping music alive.

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

I do read them! Thanks for sharing!

I love this format inspired by the Casey Kasem's Top 40. I was lucky enough to listen to the last years of the show during the 90s and my favorite moment was the letter reading and song request. I got teary eye more that once and I was in my early teens so nothing made me emotional cause I knew everything 😂. Amazing video Professor, congratulations and happy new year!

Although I consider myself an 80s kid the first half of my second decade, my early teens, was in the 70s so I do love the music from that era. I wasn't much for disco but have learned to like the best of it now that I'm older. The Jackson Five were so loved by us! I remember being in love with Michael all the way to Thriller. He was one of my first crushes 😀

@johnstegmeier3758

2 жыл бұрын

Sometime around 1990 amidst the rap and house era a friend turned to me and said "at least in Disco they had real drums and played their own music".

I was only 5 in late 1970, and wasn't paying much attention to the radio yet. But a year or two later, I had a couple of Bobby Sherman songs cut out of cereal boxes that I'd play on my portable record player, along with Anne Murray's Snowbird, and the Sesame Street version of Simple song (Sing a Song). My appreciation for most of the other songs would have to wait until later, when I really got into music.

@Antoni2u

2 жыл бұрын

In 1970 I was 14 wow…I was at the perfect age to experience and to grow with everything that was about to come in the 70’s….by ‘72 I was 16…it was the best time EVER and musically living as a teenager! It was just a fabulous time and I feel so blessed to have been part of it all. Every great band was in its peak then: Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Jethro Tull, and so many more…Cheers!

@magiccitymama1620

2 жыл бұрын

"Snowbird" brings back my childhood!

Your channel brings back so so much great memories! Definitely one of the best channels on KZread!

My memories of Raindrops Keep Falling was that every night I would put my little kids to bed and wind up a music box. This music box had a ceramic boy and girl under a huge umbrella and played the Raindrops song. It put them to sleep so well. Today my 46 year old daughter says whenever she hears that song she immediately gets sleepy! Love your show. All those old songs bring up so many memories for this 72 year old.

I remember CCR playing when we deployed to Desert Storm. Fortunate Son being one of them. To me Fortunate Son is one of those quintessential protest songs that can apply to any era. One of my all time favorite songs.

A good example of the variety of the 70's in regards to popular music.

I was 3 months ol in the week of this list. These are my first memories of music on the radio. 52 years later I was singing "Raindrops keep falling on my head" as the snow turned into rain today.

My sister and i had a poster of Bobby Sherman (for me) and Paul Revere and the raiders (for her) hanging in our bedroom! Lost her last year but when i watch these videos she's right here with me! Love you Mel ! ❤❤❤ We were also big fans of "Here comes the brides" David Soul was also in it!😊😊😊Cute!

It's always made my family laugh how diverse not only my musical tastes are but how extremely diverse my playlists are. On road trips especially, no matter what I use to shuffle songs, it will vary from bluegrass to rock to country to metal to gospel to blues, etc. It occurred to me watching this that is likely because I grew up in the 70s and 80s. The radio and charts were so much more diverse back then.

@lauraturner4216

2 жыл бұрын

Amen! And I add classical because of my father who was a Beethoven pianist, as well as an operatic tenor but only in church or holiday choral presentations. He made sure all of us received piano lessons who wanted them. I LOVE IT ALL, TOO. 1971 grad

@eddiecarter9831

2 жыл бұрын

@@lauraturner4216 I need to add that as well! I used to listen to Bach and Tchaikovsky a lot in high school. I've recently purchased Bach's John's Passion and Brandenburg Concertos on cd and am loving it!

@lauraturner4216

2 жыл бұрын

@@eddiecarter9831 did you know that Bach's family put his sheet music on the trash heap to be burned when he died? Thank God someone recognized and removed them for all of us!!!!

This is great, thanks Prof. Those were the days, eh? I LOVED Steam with 'Na Na, hey hey'. I didn't realise it actually beat Led Zeppelin's 'Whole lotta love' in the American charts. The Steam record was particularly relevant to me at the time. I thought I was the only person who liked them!

Good music never dies! As a child of the 70s, thank you!

1970 was a monumental year, A golden time for music that will never be repeated. The 70's was a very mellow decade, people were exhausted after the 60's ended and just wanted to relax which would explain the incredible amount of ballads and love songs.

Another great video dude. So appreciate all of this. Speaking of Vietnam…in high school in home room we had to fill out draft cards. Could not leave until they had your card in their hands. There was a comment made by the home room teacher to the class, “look around to your left and to your right…one of those young men you see will not be coming home.” The war ended later that year. Whew…!

@vonbuzz9009

2 жыл бұрын

I also missed the draft by a couple of months,,, Viet Nam was a political shitshow,, made unwinable by our fearless leaders with no kin in the game ,,,,they were only worried about thier investments in that country....

Wow, Professor, when you do these top 10 lists, it really becomes obvious how much better music was back in the day! Especially rock & roll. I love your channel! You should be famous and raking in the dough, lol.

11:52 When I was 12, way back in 1985, I found this record (Led Zeppelin II) in my parents’ record collection, and put it on simply because I thought it had a neat cover. Though I had already been raised intentionally on The Beatles and already knew my folks had been cooler than the parents of most other kids I knew, after hearing what was on this album my relationship with my mother (whose record it was) hit a whole new level of respect, and cemented my mom as ‘the parent everyone else in my class wished they had’, lol. Years later I was in a band and our usual rehearsal spot was my parents’ family room, the very same room that that record player had been, and it was my mother who let us play very loudly, much to the DELIGHT of our neighbors, I’m sure, in her house all day long. Thank you, ‘Whole Lotta Love’! Nice to hear it was your mom who turned you on to Zep as well! 😁

I was driving home with my Mom after viewing my best friend's wake. He was a Marine and was killed at age 19. "Leaving on a Jet Plane" came on the radio and the words could have been penned by Robert. Semper Fi Bro.

Still get goosebumps when I listen to Whole Lotta Love ❤️

So cool you mentioned Shocking Blue’s Venus!!! Hopefully you can make a special video about this song soon!!! Thanks for always making these interesting video’s, I always love to check your video’s everyday!!! Greetings from The Netherlands!!!

@ProfessorofRock

2 жыл бұрын

Sure thing! Thanks for your support from the Netherlands! My son is going to be there soon. Where do live?

@drakenbraat1962

2 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorofRockMAN that’s so awesome!!! I live in a city close to Rotterdam called Spijkenisse in the south west of The Netherlands!!! Can’t wait to see that video about the Shocking Blue song!!!

@michaelrochester48

2 жыл бұрын

They spearheaded a very brief Dutch invasion of the United States which included the George Baker selection, frigid pink and the Tee Set

@drakenbraat1962

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrochester48 that’s right!!! Later The Golden Earring scored their first big hit “Radar Love” in the US and in the 1980’s “The Twilight Zone”!!! :)

@drakenbraat1962

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaelrochester48 so cool you know so much about the Dutch Rockhistory!!! 👍👌😊

I graduated HS in 1970 at age 17, Zepplin was my senior year, CCR was the summer before my senior year (1969), and the summer of ‘70 after graduating & my first semester of college was Hendrix & Janice Joplin. Brings back so many memories. ❤ Oh! And Woodstock! ❤❤❤❤❤

OMG! I had to go get my mom for this one. Jackie and Johnny? Jackie Beavers is my mother's cousin. I spent summers in GA with his youngest daughter Caryn. She was my favorite cousin on my mother's side, growing up. We were still close up until she passed away. It's so cool seeing you paying homage to her daddy on here. He left the music business and became a minister and that's how I always knew him. I still remember when my mom told me he helped write the song Someday We'll Be Together. Sure enough on the label there was his last name Beavers. That's my mom's maiden name. This is the coolest ever. Thank you for this!

Love this series ❤️ Brings back lots of memories. Thanks much!

I'm still in 🥰 with Neil Diamond. Singer, songwriter, poet, artist, musician. Wow. Not many can claim that. Love ❤️ you, Mr. Diamond. And all the rest in this video. Thanks 😊.

@debbie4503

2 жыл бұрын

Before I even started school, I remember that song. Except back then I sang Raindrops Keep Falling On My Hips! ,🤣😂

Ahh, Led Zeppelin and CCR! In 1972 Zep were due to play in Adelaide in Sth Australia on a Friday night, outside. It rained, so they postponed until the next night. That same Saturday CCR were due to play in town as well. I had tickets to both! What to do? Zep won easily and it is still one of THE best nights of my life! Next saw them at Knebworth in 1979. My favourite band of all time. And Plant is a Vice President of the soccer team I support! Livin' the dream still😀