For fun: What songs would you bring back to Soft AC if you could?

[Ed Nielson]

OK, how about these two from the 70s:
Midnight At The Oasis -- Maria Muldaur
Eres Tu -- Mocedades

Barry Manilow, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Carole King, Carly Simon

 

[CTListener]

I just did a "find in page", which is OK when you only have two pages. How are we going to deal with repeats when this thread gets longer?

I hope the thread dies before that becomes a problem.

 

[Larry]

60’s Herb Albert - This Guy’s In Love With You (plus much of the Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass catalog)
70s Carpenters - Close To You (and the rest of their hit singles)

 

[Mike in Destin]

60’s Herb Albert - This Guy’s In Love With You (plus much of the Herb Albert & Tijuana Brass catalog)
70s Carpenters - Close To You (and the rest of their hit singles)

I can't agree enough.

 

[Ed Nielson]

And just to mix it up a bit, some of Nancy Sinatra, both as a solo artist and as a duet (namely Frank Sinatra but also Lee Hazlewood.) At least a dozen songs there.

 

[vchimpanzee]

From the 80s...

Key Largo -- Bertie Higgins
Just Like Starting Over -- John Lennon
Always On My Mind -- Willie Nelson

All except Lennon.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Because nobody else has mentioned them, I've come up with a few more (I won't go by decade as it's a bit easier):
Early Billy Joel: She's Always A Woman and You're My Home, to name couple
Barbara Mandrell: (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right, It's A Crying Shame
Randy VanWarmer: Just When I Needed You Most, Call Me
England Dan & John Ford Coley: It's Sad To Belong
Loggins & Messina: Travelin' Blues, Your Mama Don't Dance
Stephen Bishop: On And On

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I'm not sure about Loggins & Messina, but I like the rest.

 

[vchimpanzee]

I won't reply to everything, but I agree about all the songs listed in other posts on this page.

Nancy Sinatra's songs weren't listed but two stations I have listened to online have played duets with Lee Hazlewood and I personally can't stand his voice.

 

[cc333]

Lee Hazlewood ... I personally can't stand his voice.

I don't mind his voice. Kind of reminds me of a somewhat rougher Neil Diamond.

Some Velvet Morning is one of my favorites, if only because of how unconventional its structure is (shifting back and forth from 4/4 to 3/4 like the song does (especially during the fadeout where it's happening every other bar or so) must have really been hard for the drummer!)

c

 

[firepoint525]

How are we going to deal with repeats when this thread gets longer?

Probably the same way that you deal with repeats on radio!

 

[Ed Nielson]

Probably the same way that you deal with repeats on radio!

Then we'll probably have to enforce artist separation rules!

 

[Ed Nielson]

Roger Whittaker received some airplay in the US, although most of that success was on the Easy Listening charts. "The Last Farewell" and "New World In The Morning" come to mind.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Roger Whittaker received some airplay in the US, although most of that success was on the Easy Listening charts. "The Last Farewell" and "New World In The Morning" come to mind.

Standards stations have played them.

 

[CTListener]

Roger Whittaker received some airplay in the US, although most of that success was on the Easy Listening charts. "The Last Farewell" and "New World In The Morning" come to mind.

"The Last Farewell" did well on the Hot 100 as well as Easy Listening. I remember hearing it all over the dial in Syracuse. Strangely, "New World in the Morning," a more upbeat song, hardly impacted Top 40 radio at all.

 

[K.M. Richards]

Roger Whittaker received some airplay in the US, although most of that success was on the Easy Listening charts. "The Last Farewell" and "New World In The Morning" come to mind.

"Farewell" was the song I used as an on-air example at the dreary MOR station at which I started my career to get the format changed to something more contemporary. The whole story is around here somewhere if anyone is motivated to search for it.

 

[K.M. Richards]

And I found my original post. Enjoy.

 

[Ed Nielson]

"Playboy" by Gene & Debbe was a top 20 tune in early 1968. And from 1966, Lou Rawls' "Love Is A Hurtin' Thing."

 

[jhimbo]

Bobby Goldsboro - "Summer : The First Time"

 

[cc333]

"Farewell" was the song I used as an on-air example at the dreary MOR station at which I started my career to get the format changed to something more contemporary. The whole story is around here somewhere if anyone is motivated to search for it.

Trivia: "The Last Farewell" (a favorite record of mine, by the way), was the last song played on KFOG before the flip from Beautiful to AAA (or maybe AOR?) in September 1982.

It was trite, but actually rather fitting, as that particular rendition of KFOG was never to be heard again (as far as I know), so it made sense to give it a final sendoff.

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[K.M. Richards]

Trivia: "The Last Farewell" (a favorite record of mine, by the way), was the last song played on KFOG before the flip from Beautiful to AAA (or maybe AOR?) in September 1982.

It was also the last song I played on my last shift at the station that I helped become contemporary.