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TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT'S 1975

R

Runrigger

JB105 Big Hit List: 10/16/75
1.Feelings...Morris Alpert
2.Miracles...Jefferson Starship
3.Games People Play...Spinners
4.Who Loves You...4 Seasons
5.I'm Sorry...John Denver
6.Fame...David Bowie
7.Bad Blood...Neil Sedaka
8.I Only Have Eyes For You...Art Garfunkel
9.It Only Takes A Minute...Tavares
10.Lyin'Eyes...Eagles
11.Could It Be Magic...Barry Manilow
12.Heat Wave...Linda Ronstadt
13.Do It Any Way You Wanna...Peoples'Choice
14.Rocky...Austin Roberts
15.Born To Run...Bruce Springsteen
16.At Seventeen...Janis Ian
17.Ain't No Way To Treat A Lady...Helen Reddy
18.Rhinestone Cowboy...Glen Campbell
19.Brazil...Ritchie Family
20.Saturday Night...Bay City Rollers
21.Run Joey Run...David Geddes
22.There Goes Another Love Song...Outlaws
23.What A Difference A Day Makes...Esther Phillips
24.You...George Harrison
25.Carolina In The Pines...Michael Murphey
26.Get Down Tonight...KC & The Sunshine Band
27.Feel Like Makin'Love...Bad Company
28.Island Girl...Elton John
29.Rockin'All Over The World...John Fogerty
30.This Will Be...Natalie Cole
31.Diamonds & Rust...Joan Baez
32.Peace Pipe...B.T.Express
33.Something Better To Do...Olivia Newton-John
34.The Way I Want To Touch You...Captain & Tennille
35.King Kong Part One...Jimmy Castor Bunch
36.More & More...Carly Simon
37.Nights On Braodway...Bee Gees
38.SOS...Abba
39.Sky High...Jigsaw
40.Low Rider...War
41.Letting Go...Wings
42.Ballroom Blitz...Sweet
43.Daisy Jane...America
44.Gone At Last...Paul Simon & Phoebe Snow
45.Dance With Me...Orleans
46.Baby...Charlie Quintal
47.Fly Robin Fly...Silver Convention
48.Mexico...Jamed Taylor
49.Just Too Many People...Melissa Manchester
50.Sweet Sticky Thing...Ohio Players
ALBUMS
1.Born To Run...Bruce Springsteen
2.Wish You Were Here...Pink Floyd
3.Red Octopus...Jefferson Starship
4.Windsong...John Denver
5.Alive...KISS
6.Prisoner In Disguise...Linda Ronstadt
7.Second Step...Aztec Two Step
8.Between The Lines...Janis Ian
9.Extra Texture...George Harrison
10.Greatest Hits...Elton John
 
What a bunch of Sh*t! lol. No wonder I barely listened to the radio as a little kid. The only thing I like on that list is Elton John and Springsteen.
 
As a member of the graduating class of 1975 I must say that is quite a list. I am not a big fan of some of it, but hey, who am I? To paraphrase one of my favorite people in the whole wide world, "Play it loud, play it proud and by all means, draw a crowd".

So what was going on Memorial Day, 1975?
 
If you were listening to top 40 radio in 1975 that's what you were into. Before my time to have heard these songs when they were currents but there's a mixture of a lot of genres: rock, disco, country, and stuff that had more of an adult appeal. I've never heard a few of them. The playlist seems more balanced than a top 40 playlist of today but I bet a lot of these songs were dayparted heavily. It's almost as of there was no one type of music that dominated the charts but I also notice the albums that were popular were rockers.
 
RadioNut said:
Are you serious SKYNET????....Those are all GREAT songs...do you like ANYTHING?
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Well we clearly have a different taste in music. There are many songs that I do like from that era, but in my opinion most of those songs are garbage. As I look over the list again there are a few songs which I missed. Bowie is good. Eagles are excellent and I like the Bee Gees too. I'll even admit to liking Abba. But none of the songs listed are my favorites by those particular artists. Oh well..... it doesn't really matter anyway. What is crap to me will be someone elses favorite and vice versa. Thanks for posting that list though. That was an interesting flashback. Even though it's one that I would rather forget. lol
 
Just think. The jocks were live and they were probably staffed 24-7. The station was programmed in the building. The music director and program director actually chose the music themselves. There was no computer doing anything. Nobody was yakking about American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. Talk about "in memorium"!
 
Feelings had to be one of the most hated songs by CHR jocks in the 70's. It took forever for CHR radio to even accept that it was a hit as AC played it to death before it crossed over and it just never seemed to leave the radio. It was just one of those songs everyone knew had to be played but no one wanted to admit it. Also, JB105 playing a Charlie Quintal song surprises me. He was a local artist. That had to be relegated to midday and overnight airplay only.

And now it can be said that Skynet likes Abba
 
za-rex said:
Just think. The jocks were live and they were probably staffed 24-7. The station was programmed in the building. The music director and program director actually chose the music themselves. There was no computer doing anything. Nobody was yakking about American Idol and Dancing With The Stars. Talk about "in memorium"!
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Correct on all counts.

Feelings had to be one of the most hated songs by CHR jocks in the 70's. It took forever for CHR radio to even accept that it was a hit as AC played it to death before it crossed over and it just never seemed to leave the radio. It was just one of those songs everyone knew had to be played but no one wanted to admit it.
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Right you are. I remember everyone slow dancing to that song, myself included, but I never really liked it (the song that is). It sounded to me like whining and droning on. But it was a hit.
 
McRadio said:
Feelings had to be one of the most hated songs by CHR jocks in the 70's. It took forever for CHR radio to even accept that it was a hit as AC played it to death before it crossed over and it just never seemed to leave the radio. It was just one of those songs everyone knew had to be played but no one wanted to admit it. Also, JB105 playing a Charlie Quintal song surprises me. He was a local artist. That had to be relegated to midday and overnight airplay only.

And now it can be said that Skynet likes Abba
..feelings, was right up there with "You light up my life"...and both too short for a bathroom break..
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I remember playing every single single...

I'd send that long LP version of "Miracles" wafting-through-the-night twice per night 7-midnight, alternating odd/even hours on odd/even dates.

And "It Only Takes A Minute" by Tavares -- mastered on tape -- sounds as-good-as anything laid-down today, even with all the digital production capability now available. New Bedford's own.
 
Skynet74 said:
RadioNut said:
Are you serious SKYNET????....Those are all GREAT songs...do you like ANYTHING?
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Well we clearly have a different taste in music. There are many songs that I do like from that era, but in my opinion most of those songs are garbage. As I look over the list again there are a few songs which I missed. Bowie is good. Eagles are excellent and I like the Bee Gees too. I'll even admit to liking Abba. But none of the songs listed are my favorites by those particular artists. Oh well..... it doesn't really matter anyway. What is crap to me will be someone elses favorite and vice versa. Thanks for posting that list though. That was an interesting flashback. Even though it's one that I would rather forget. lol
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Sorry, John; but calling you out. As usual, dropping a comment before checking out what is what.

Holland, You mean New Beaje, right!?!
 
Holland, the LP version of Miracles was the "erotic" one! You got away with that on WPRO in 1975?
And You Light Up My Life was worse than Feelings because you not only had to deal with the song, but chances are your girlfriend dragged you to see the movie too.
 
wknd92 said:
Sorry, John; but calling you out. As usual, dropping a comment before checking out what is what.
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Hmmmm..... let me look at what you wrote. "As usual, dropping a comment before checking out what it is".
Well as usual I think you just want to give me a hard time. To set the record straight, I did look at the list and I did think mostly everything on it was crap. But I looked a few more times and I found a few other songs that arn't so bad. So just calm down.. will ya?
 
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