Super Hits of The 70s: Have A Nice Day, Vol. 17

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Volume #17 finds us with one foot in a continued collection of stuff that had escaped the net of earlier volumes, and the other picking up where we left off in Volume #15 & 1975.

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Mike Post (1975): "The Rockford Files" - Theme to Rockford Files TV show (Post, Pete Carpenter) – 3:14	9
King Harvest (1972): "Dancing in the Moonlight" (Sherman Kelly) – 2:53	8
Nazareth (1975): "Love Hurts" (Felice and Boudleaux Bryant) – 3:04	7
Freddy Fender (1975): "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" (Vivian Keith, Ben Peters) – 2:36)	4
Brownsville Station (1974): "Smokin' in the Boys' Room" (Cub Koda, Michael Lutz) – 2:58	4
Ian Thomas (1973): "Painted Ladies" (Thomas) – 3:33	3
Sutherland Brothers & Quiver (1973): "(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway" (Iain Sutherland) – 3	2
Morris Albert (1974): "Feelings" (Albert) – 3:42	1
Orleans (1975): "Dance With Me" (Joanna Hall, John Hall) – 3:03	0
Danny O'Keefe (1972): "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" (O'Keefe) – 3:03	0
Cymarron (1971): "Rings" (Eddie Reeves, Alex Harvey) –(2:33)	0
Hudson Brothers (1975): "Rendezvous" (Bill Hudson, Brett Hudson, Mark Hudson, Bruce Johnston) – 3:22	0

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:06 (seven years ago)

Once again, know about half of these. "The Rockford Files" obv.

― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:08 (seven years ago)

"Feelings" used to be such a punchline back in the early '90s.

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:16 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckz2JzamVP8

― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:39 (seven years ago)

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/cryptosicko/playlist/77AxbZCSCqvNLZ02bS6WW9?si=1kAcRvhgQEm7vGjK0AsqRg

("Rings," "(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway" and "Rendezvous" missing; "Feelings" may be a re-record)

― Engles in the Outfield (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:40 (seven years ago)

Rockford Files is the only one I've knowingly heard. There's a chasm wider than the Atlantic when it comes to the charts in the UK and US in the mid-70s.

― Dan Worsley, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 18:45 (seven years ago)

"Rings" and "Good Time Charlie" were, I believe, the last two Top 30 hits recorded at American Studios in Memphis. This is a solid volume in the series, I love SB&Q, Orleans, King Harvest, Mike Post. Freddy Fender's is such a singular, affecting performance. I've heard the song covered many many times and everyone tries to copy his phrasing. I'm going with that narrowly over Danny O'Keefe.

― Ρεμπετολογια, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:15 (seven years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um-x9fmXQrE

Cymarron: "Rings"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMwxgecA0W0

Sutherland Brothers & Quiver: "(I Don't Want to Love You But) You Got Me Anyway"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6Ro0B9RETM

Hudson Brothers: "Rendezvous"

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:46 (seven years ago)

Dancing in the Moonlight is one of my all time faves. One of the best openings ever with the little music box keyboard riff punctuated by a snare hit, a rest,then "we get it on most every night." Gets me every time.

― BrianB, Wednesday, 19 September 2018 19:59 (seven years ago)

Rockford Files is the only one I've knowingly heard. There's a chasm wider than the Atlantic when it comes to the charts in the UK and US in the mid-70s.

"Feelings" was No. 4 hit in the UK. I was getting the Nazareth version of "Love Hurts" confused with the version by Jim Capaldi, which was a UK Top 10 hit the same year.

― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:10 (seven years ago)

big soft spot for dancing in the moonlight.

they don't bark and they don't bite

― andrew m., Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:49 (seven years ago)

gonna be that or rockford for me.

― andrew m., Wednesday, 19 September 2018 20:52 (seven years ago)

Trying to imagine dancing to "Dance With Me"...... no.

"Rockford Files" it is

― Josefa, Thursday, 20 September 2018 02:45 (seven years ago)

Elvis's cover of "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" placed surprisingly high in our recent Elvis poll. Maybe the biggest surprise in the whole thing for me.

― Josefa, Thursday, 20 September 2018 02:48 (seven years ago)

"Feelings" used to be such a punchline back in the early '90s.

Wikipedia: "An episode of The Gong Show that aired in November 1976 featured seven contestants, each of whom sang "Feelings". At the end of the episode, after the winner had been announced, everyone on stage sang it an eighth time."

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:06 (seven years ago)

they don't bark and they don't bite

I used to think this was a song about nice werewolves.

― Hideous Lump, Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:08 (seven years ago)

Lol

― Harper Valley CTA-102 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 20 September 2018 03:09 (seven years ago)

Would've voted for Brownsville Station at 13, but it's nothing special today (kind of precursor to punk, I guess). Not a good list. "Love Hurts," barely.

― clemenza, Thursday, 20 September 2018 15:07 (seven years ago)

Late w/this, but couldn't get these to play on Spotify

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NupzhUR6AYM

Ian Thomas: "Painted Ladies"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU0Pp2n6ooE

Morris Albert: "Feelings"

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 September 2018 20:46 (seven years ago)

"Painted Ladies" is kind of amazing, if only because America (the band) scored by imitating Neil Young, and here Thomas imitates America imitating Neil Young.

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 22 September 2018 20:49 (seven years ago)

LOL @ track 1 - another reason to hate Toploader I didn't know of before.

― Jeff W, Monday, 24 September 2018 19:05 (seven years ago)

Never heard of Orleans but "Dance With Me" must be a Radio 2 staple or something - very familiar, and a lovely song.

― Jeff W, Monday, 24 September 2018 19:36 (seven years ago)

Rockford Files theme is obv going to win but the version on Spotify is a re-record by Mr Post with his best mate Larry Carlton and a rubbish synth. Here are the original takes, nicely edited together. Guitarist is Dan Ferguson.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yg1Cx26-928

― Jeff W, Monday, 24 September 2018 19:40 (seven years ago)

I used to think this was a song about nice werewolves.

looooooool this is amazing, as a kid one of my best friends thought "Dancing in the Moonlight" was about werewolves too!

― Freddy "Boom Boom" QAnon (Dan Peterson), Monday, 24 September 2018 19:43 (seven years ago)

can't wait to vote for Starbuck.

― meisenfek, Monday, 24 September 2018 20:17 (seven years ago)

Never heard of Orleans

O RLY
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― Οὖτις, Monday, 24 September 2018 20:26 (seven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 00:01 (seven years ago)

That album (cover) had no impact across the pond, except - according to Wiki - in the Netherlands. Read into that what you will.

― Jeff W, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:54 (seven years ago)

dancing in the moonlight

― sweetheart of the Neo Geo (Ross), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 18:55 (seven years ago)

Painted Ladies

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:54 (seven years ago)

I guess I missed a trick there, should've said

O RLEA

― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 25 September 2018 19:56 (seven years ago)

One of the Orleans dudes was a Congressman!

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 20:01 (seven years ago)

named John Hall, natch

― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 20:04 (seven years ago)

Don't blame me, I voted for Daryl Oates

― nba jungboy (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 25 September 2018 20:05 (seven years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:01 (seven years ago)

Y’all so weird

― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:02 (seven years ago)

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRM9vTIPUzcWxVmE_YFYvDBpnv-atIKO4-aI3_9OkWUReo_-PjA9Q

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:15 (seven years ago)

I mean

https://coxaltdriver.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/animation-4.gif?w=300&h=223

― Ubering With The King (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 00:26 (seven years ago)

Morris Albert (1974): "Feelings" (Albert) – 3:42 1

Contender for worst song in the entire series so far. Lasted about two minutes into it and had to skip. What a horrible song.

― Mr. Snrub, Wednesday, 26 September 2018 15:28 (seven years ago)

He must be the only unhip Brazilian musician ever.

― Zach Same (Tom D.), Wednesday, 26 September 2018 15:36 (seven years ago)

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