“Brown Sugar” was the sixth number one song by the Stones and the first of the Seventies decade. By now, the Stones had been around for a number of years and were trying to get rid of their “bad boy” … Continue reading →
All you have to do is hear the opening line of “Joy to the World,” “Jeremiah was a bullfrog” and you know instantly what song is being played. This was Three Dog Night’s second number one, so the early Seventies … Continue reading →
No one can deny that the Temptations were a power group. This was the third of four number ones the group had. (The fourth is coming up in 1972). It was their twenty-seventh Top 40 hit so far. They went … Continue reading →
Janis Joplin was a true hippie. She was born January 19, 1943 in Port Arthur, Texas to a fairly normal family. Her Mom was a registrar at a business college and her Dad was an engineer for Texaco Oil. But, … Continue reading →
You couldn’t help but compare the Osmonds to the Jackson Five. There were five of them and the lead singer was the youngest, in the case of the Osmonds, Donny. The song “One Bad Apple” was actually written for the … Continue reading →
The first number one song of 1971 was actually “My Sweet Lord” by George Harrison which stayed at the top until January 23 when Dawn took over the top spot. Tony Orlando was the brains behind Dawn. The group was … Continue reading →
When the Beatles broke up, George Harrison didn’t let any grass grow under his feet. He was the first of the four to record a solo album and the first of the four to have a number one hit, “My … Continue reading →
Smokey Robinson was born William Robinson, Jr. in 1940 in the poorest section of Detroit, Michigan. As he was growing up, his uncle Claude gave him the nickname of “Smokey Joe” and the Smokey part stuck and he was always … Continue reading →