FlinterFile: Arlo Guthrie- The City Of New Orleans

Arlo Guthrie wrote quite some songs, but had his only hit in the charts with a cover…

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FlinterFile: Black Sabbath- Paranoid

This song was the most successful single Black Sabbath released.

FlinterFile: The Bee Gees- Stayin’ Alive

The movie Saturday Night Fever produced four number 1 hits in the US, of which this was the second.

FlinterFile: Little River Band- I’ll Always Call Your Name

The Little River Band released their first album in 1975.

FlinterFile: Jonathan King- Million Dollar Bash

Bob Dylan recorded the album The Basement Tapes in 1967.

FlinterFile: Rocky Sharpe & The Replays- Imagination

Rocky Sharpe and his band The Replays released their second hit in 1979.

FlinterFile: Paul Davidson- Midnight Rider

The Allman Brothers Band released the song Midnight Rider in 1971.

FlinterFile: Conny Vandenbos- De Noorderzon Scheen

In 1976, the Dutch singer Conny Vandenbos released the song De Noorderzon Scheen.

FlinterFile: Tony Joe White- Delta Love

Tony Joe White released this song in 1971.

FlinterFile: The Cars- Just What I Needed

From 1976 on, the Cars were playing live shows. However, they didn’t have a hit – yet.

FlinterFile: Player- Baby Come Back

The band Player made their debut in the charts in 1978.

FlinterFile: Tol Hansse- Achter De Rhododendron

In 1977, Tol Hansse released his first album.

FlinterFile: Billy Preston- Will It Go Round In Circles

In 1973, Billy Preston released on of his two number 1 hits he had in the US.

FlinterFile: The Bee Gees- How Deep Is Your Love

1978 was a very successful year for the Bee Gees, as several songs from the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever reached number 1 in the US. This one already hit the top spot at the end of 1977…

FlinterFile: Peter Brown- Love In Our Hearts

Peter Brown released his second album, Stargazer, in 1979.

FlinterFile: Sugarloaf- Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You

Sugarloaf had had one hit, in 1970. In 1974, they found themselves without a record label.

FlinterFile: Queen- Bohemian Rhapsody

In 1975, Queen released their legendarious album A Night At The Opera.

Song of the day: The Eagles- Hotel California

This classic song comes from a historic album and is probably the best known song by the Eagles.

FlinterFile: Wim Sonneveld- Het Dorp

In 1974, an older song by Wim Sonneveld was a hit.

Song of the day: Led Zeppelin- Stairway To Heaven

At the start of the seventies, Led Zeppelin were a popular band.

Song of the day: Meat Loaf- Paradise By The Dashboard Light

In 1978, Meat Loaf made his debut in the music scene with the album Bat Out Of Hell.

Song of the day: John Lennon- Imagine

John Lennon made a song with a political melody and a great melody.

FlinterFile: Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Water

This song could be seen as the masterpiece of Simon & Garfunkel, though Paul Simon didn’t sing on it.

FlinterFile: The Doors- Riders On The Storm

This song was the last song the Doors ever recorded with Jim Morrison – he died a few weeks later in 1971.

FlinterFile: ABBA- Dancing Queen

Some songs don’t need an introduction anymore, and I think this is one of them.

FlinterFile: Pink Floyd- Money

Pink Floyd released their famous album Dark Side Of The Moon in 1973.

FlinterFile: Dire Straits- Sultans Of Swing

The Dire Straits released their first single in 1978.

FlinterFile: Supertramp- School

Supertramp released their album Crime of the Century in 1974.

FlinterFile: David Bowie- Heroes

David Bowie moved to Germany in 1977, to record the album Heroes.

FlinterFile: Alice Cooper- Halo Of Flies

In 1971, Alice Cooper and band released the album Killer.

FlinterFile: Bette Midler- The Rose

The best songs are often written in a few minutes. Just like this song, which only needed 10 minutes to be written.

FlinterFile: The Carpenters- Yesterday Once More

Due to a rock ‘n roll revival concert in 1971 and some other events, many older hits were popular again in 1973.

FlinterFile: Lindisfarne- Run For Home

Lindisfarne had their first US hit with this song.

FlinterFile: Dolly Parton- You Are

Dolly Parton made a transition from country music to pop music in 1977.

FlinterFile: The Sweet- Teenage Rampage

The Sweet wanted to move on from glamrock to hardrock in 1973.

FlinterFile: The Four Seasons- Rhapsody

The Four Seasons released their album Helicon in 1977.

FlinterFile: 10CC- I’m Mandy, Fly Me

In the seventies, National Airlines had an advertisement campaign with slogans like ‘I’m Laura/Jo/Cheryl. Fly me”.

FlinterFile: Les Humphries Singers- Mama Loo

The disco sound of the Les Humphries Singers was quite popular in the early seventies.

FlinterFile: Joost Nuissl- Ik Ben Blij Dat Ik Je Niet Vergeten Ben

Joost Nuissl released his only hit in 1975.

FlinterFile: The Who- The Seeker

In 1970, The Who had to find a way to carry on after their very successful rockopera Tommy.

FlinterFile: Earth, Wind & Fire- Got To Get You Into My Life

There have been quite some covers of songs by the Beatles.

FlinterFile: McGuinn, Clark & Hillman- Surrender To Me

The three founding members of the Byrds formed another group to record an album in 1979.

FlinterFile: Queen- We Will Rock You

Queen released a new stadium anthem in 1977.

FlinterFile: Apollo 100- Joy

The band Apollo 100 didn’t exist long, but they did exist long enough to make two albums and have a big hit.

FlinterFile: Dennis Yost & The Classics IV- Rosanna

This band started off as a cover band, but had quite some success with their own songs, too.

FlinterFile: Kenny Loggins- Easy Driver

Kenny Loggins released his second solo album, Nightwatch, in 1978.

FlinterFile: Lou Reed- Satellite Of Love

Lou Reed wrote this song already in 1970.

FlinterFile: Kayak- Wintertime

Kayak was a Dutch band formed around Ton Scherpenzeel and with members like Pim Koopman (who later formed Diesel) and Cees van Leeuwen.

FlinterFile: Neil Diamond- Skybird

This Neil Diamond song came from the soundtrack of the movie Jonathan Livingston Seagull.

FlinterFile: The Temptations- It’s Summer

The song It’s Summer was released twice.