Category: 1970s
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Slade
About Slade are an English rock band formed in Wolverhampton in 1966. They rose to prominence during the glam rock era in the early 1970s, achieving 17 consecutive top 20 hits and six number ones on the UK Singles Chart. The British Hit Singles & Albums names them the most successful British group of the…
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Willy DeVille
About Willy DeVille was an American singer and songwriter. During his thirty-five-year career, first with his band Mink DeVille (1974–1986) and later on his own, DeVille created original songs rooted in traditional American musical styles. He worked with collaborators from across the spectrum of contemporary music, including Jack Nitzsche, Doc Pomus, Dr. John, Mark Knopfler,…
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Gregory Isaacs
About Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as “the most exquisite vocalist in reggae”. Albums/Songs: More Gregory Mr. Isaacs Night Nurse All I Have Is Love, Love, Love Soon Forward In Person Private Beach Party New Dance Be Your Self The Lonely…
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Robert Palmer
About Robert Allen Palmer was an English singer and songwriter. He was known for his powerful and soulful voice, his sartorial elegance, and his stylistic explorations, combining soul, funk, jazz, rock, pop, reggae, and blues. His 1986 song “Addicted to Love” and its accompanying video came to “epitomise the glamour and excesses of the 1980s”.…
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Billy Paul
About Paul Williams, known professionally as Billy Paul, was an American soul singer, known for his 1972 No. 1 single “Me and Mrs. Jones”. His 1973 album and single War of the Gods blends his more conventional pop, soul, and funk styles with electronic and psychedelic influences. Albums/Songs: Me and Mrs. Jones: The Best of…
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The Undisputed Truth
About The Undisputed Truth was an American Motown recording act assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques. Joe “Pep” Harris served as main lead singer, with Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce Evans on additional leads and background vocals. Albums/Songs: Higher Than High Smokin’ Smiling Faces: The Best…
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Grover Washington, Jr.
About Grover Washington Jr. was an American jazz-funk and soul-jazz saxophonist and Grammy Award winner. Along with Wes Montgomery and George Benson, he is considered by many to be one of the founders and legends of the smooth jazz genre. He wrote some of his material and later became an arranger and producer. Albums/Songs: Come…
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Georg Danzer
About Georg Franz Danzer was an Austrian singer-songwriter. Although he is credited as one of the pioneers of Austropop, he always refused to be part of this genre. Albums/Songs: Wieder in Wien Feine Leute Weiße Pferde Notausgang Unter die Haut Danzer, Dean + Dracula Ollas leiwaund Der Tschik Keine Angst Ruhe vor dem Sturm Rufzeichen…
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Israel Vibration
About Israel Vibration are a reggae harmony group, originating from Kingston, Jamaica. Lascelle “Wiss” Bulgin, Albert “Apple Gabriel” Craig, and Cecil “Skelly” Spence all contracted childhood polio, and went on to be a Jamaican roots reggae group in the 1970s. The trio initially met as children at a rehabilitation center. Albums/Songs: Dub Vibration: Israel Vibration…
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George McCrae
About George Warren McCrae Jr. is an American soul and disco singer who is most famous for his 1974 hit “Rock Your Baby”. Albums/Songs: The Very Best of George McCrae Rock Your Baby: The Best of George & Gwen McCrae Rock Your Baby – The Very Best Of The Singles 1974-76 Rock Your Baby /…
