Category: 1970s
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Marc Moulin
About Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early-mid seventies, he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo. He went on to become a member of the avant-rock band Aksak Maboul in 1977 and also formed the pop group Telex in 1978. Moulin was one of Belgium’s jazz legends, making jazz-influenced…
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Charles Earland
About Charles Earland was an American jazz organist. Albums/Songs: Soul Crib Mama Roots Kharma Leaving This Planet Third Degree Burn Intensity Street Themes Front Burner Coming to You Live The Dynamite Brothers Blowing the Blues Away Smokin’ Whip Appeal Charles III In the Pocket Black Drops The Great Pyramid Pleasant Afternoon Odyssey Perceptions Soul Story…
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Gerry Rafferty
About Gerald Rafferty was a Scottish singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He was a founding member of Stealers Wheel, whose biggest hit was “Stuck in the Middle with You” in 1973. His solo hits in the late 1970s included “Baker Street”, “Right Down the Line”, and “Night Owl”. Albums/Songs: Gerry Rafferty City to City…
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Funkadelic
About Funkadelic was an American funk rock band formed in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1968 and active until 1982. As one of the two flagship groups of George Clinton’s P-Funk collective, they helped pioneer the funk music culture of the 1970s. Funkadelic initially formed as a backing band for Clinton’s vocal group the Parliaments, but…
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ZZ Top
About ZZ Top is an American rock band formed in Houston, Texas, in 1969. For 51 years, it consisted of vocalist-guitarist Billy Gibbons, drummer Frank Beard and bassist-vocalist Dusty Hill, until Hill’s death in 2021. ZZ Top developed a signature sound based on Gibbons’ blues style and Hill and Beard’s rhythm section. They are known…
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George Benson
About George Washington Benson is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. Albums/Songs: It’s Uptown Breezin’ Space Lonnie Smith featuring George Benson, Ron Carter Body Talk Benson & Farrell The Other Side of Abbey Road Goodies In Your Eyes The…
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Bob Marley & The Wailers
About Bob Marley and the Wailers were a Jamaican ska, rocksteady and reggae band. The founding members, in 1963, were Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Bunny Wailer. Albums/Songs: Songs of Freedom Splish for My Splash – Soca Jad Demo’s Original Jamaican Vibrations Old Singles 1962-1974 The First Ska Singles 1962 Collection Unreleased Acoustic Tapes Reggae…
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The Jones Girls
About The Jones Girls were an American R&B vocal trio of sisters from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Consisting of Brenda, Shirley and Valorie Jones, the Jones Girls first signed and recorded for GM Records in 1970. The trio were best known for their singles during the late–1970s through the 1980s; most notably 1979’s “You Gonna…
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The Stranglers
About The Stranglers are an English rock band. Scoring 23 UK top 40 singles and 20 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning five decades, the Stranglers are one of the longest-surviving bands to have originated in the UK punk scene. Albums/Songs: Suite XVI Giants About Time Greatest Hits 1977–1990 Stranglers in…
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Bonnie Tyler
About Gaynor Sullivan, known professionally as Bonnie Tyler, is a Welsh singer. Known for her distinctive husky voice, Tyler came to prominence with the release of her 1977 album The World Starts Tonight and its singles “Lost in France” and “More Than a Lover”. Her 1977 single “It’s a Heartache” reached number four on the…
