Category: 1970s
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KC and the Sunshine Band
About KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco and funk band that was founded in 1973 in Hialeah, Florida. Their best-known songs include the hits “Get Down Tonight”, “That’s the Way “, “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty”, “I’m Your Boogie Man”, “Keep It Comin’ Love”, “Boogie Shoes”, “Please Don’t Go”, and “Give…
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Townes Van Zandt
About John Townes Van Zandt was an American singer-songwriter. He wrote numerous songs, such as “Pancho and Lefty”, “For the Sake of the Song”, “If I Needed You”, “Snake Mountain Blues”, “Our Mother the Mountain”, “Waitin’ Round to Die”, and “To Live Is to Fly”. His musical style has often been described as melancholic and…
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Emmylou Harris
About Emmylou Harris is an American singer, songwriter, musician, bandleader, and activist. She is recognized for having a consistent artistic direction. Harris is considered one of the leading music artists behind the country rock genre in the 1970s and the Americana genre in the 1990s. Her music united both country and rock audiences in live…
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Willie Nelson
About Willie Hugh Nelson is an American country singer, guitarist and songwriter. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restrictions of the Nashville sound. The critical success of his album Shotgun Willie (1973), combined with the critical and…
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Calypso Rose
About Calypso Rose or Linda McCartha Monica Sandy-Lewis is a Trinidadian calypsonian. She started writing songs at the age of 13; over the years, she has composed more than 1000 songs and recorded more than 20 albums. Considered the “mother of calypso”, Rose was the first female calypso star and her lyrics frequently address social…
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Gal Costa
About Gal Maria da Graça Costa Penna Burgos, known professionally as Gal Costa ( ), was a Brazilian singer of popular music. She was one of the main figures of the tropicalia music scene in Brazil in the late 1960s and appeared on the acclaimed compilation Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968). She was described…
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Elis Regina
About Elis Regina Carvalho Costa, known professionally as Elis Regina, was a Brazilian singer of Bossa nova, MPB and jazz music. She is also the mother of the singers Maria Rita and Pedro Mariano. Albums/Songs: Samba, eu canto assim Elis especial Como & porque Elis Elis Elis, essa mulher …Em pleno verão Elis Regina Ela…
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Roxy Music
About Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson. By the time the band recorded their first album in 1972, Ferry and Simpson were joined by saxophonist and oboist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera, drummer Paul Thompson and synthesizer player Brian…
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Ekambi Brillant
About Ekambi Louis Brillant was a Cameroonian makossa artist and singer. Albums/Songs: The Best of Ekambi Brillant Meilleur Makossa The Best of Ekambi Brillant Meilleur Makossa African Funk Experimentals 1975 – 1982 The Very Best of Ekambi Brillant Tourbillon Vol. 1 Call to Action: What’s your favorite Ekambi Brillant song? Share your thoughts in the…
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Ebo Taylor
About Ebo Taylor is a Ghanaian guitarist, composer, bandleader, record producer and arranger focusing on highlife and afrobeat music. Albums/Songs: Yen Ara Nsamanfo: People’s Highlife Vol.1 Ebo Taylor and The Pelikans Hitsville Re-Visited Ebo Taylor Conflict Nkru! Sweeter Than Honey Calypso “Mahuno” and High Lifes Celebration Twer Nyame My Love and Music Pat Thomas &…
