Rock n Roll Music From the Planet Earth is the tenth album from Country Joe McDonald. It was released in 1978 on Fantasy Tracks 1 Coyote (Joe McDonald) 6:16 2 Bring Back the Sixties Man (Joe McDonald) 4:17 3 Sunshine Through My Window (Joe McDonald) 4:52 4 Rock and Roll Again (Joe McDonald) 3:37 5 […]
Stares and Whispers was Freda Payne‘s seventh American released album appearing in 1977; it was also her first for Capitol Records. The last two tracks, “Loving You Means So Much to Me” and “Bring Back the Joy,” were co-written by Payne’s then-husband, Gregory Abbott, the latter of which was co-written by Freda Payne herself. Four […]
Lost Without Your Love is the sixth and final studio album by Bread, released in 1977. The title track of this LP became the group’s sixth and final Top 10 hit, reaching number nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 in February 1977. “Hooked on You,” the follow-up single, subsequently reached number 60. Tracks 1 […]
White Room is the third album by Jimmy Ponder. It was released in 1977 on Impulse. Jimmy Ponder (May 10, 1946 – September 16, 2013) was an American jazz guitarist. Ponder started playing guitar at age 14. He was influenced most by Wes Montgomery and Kenny Burrell. He began playing with Charles Earland at 17, […]
Legend is the eleventh studio album by the American country rock band Poco, released in 1978. After ABC Records cancelled the release of Poco’s planned 13th album The Last Roundup. the three remaining members of the band agreed to take a break. Rusty Young and Paul Cotton formed a new group called the Cotton-Young Band […]
This Is Your Life is an album by Philadelphia, Pennsylvania jazz drummer Norman Connors and the Starship Orchestra featuring Eleanor Mills. The album charted at number fifteen on the jazz albums chart. Tracks 1 Stella (Paul Smith) 3:17 2 This Is Your Life (Jimmy Webb) 4:12 3 Wouldn’t You Like To See (Ben Adkins; Joe […]
“Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)” is a dance/pop single recorded by Scottish singer Sheena Easton, the first single released from her fourth album, 1983’s Best Kept Secret and written by Greg Mathieson and Trevor Veitch. In November 1984, Easton added “Telefono” to her Spanish album Todo Me Recuerda a Ti for the Latin markets. The song […]
Venus is the first album by Logic System, released in 1981. Logic System is a musical project lead by Hideki Matsutake. Hideki Matsutake (born August 12, 1951 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese composer, arranger, and computer programmer. He is known for his pioneering work in electronic music and particularly music programming, as […]
Little Criminals is a 1977 album by Randy Newman. Like most of Newman’s work, the album eschews traditional pop-music themes (“I’ll Be Home” is the only love song on the album) in favor of musical story-telling, often featuring quirky characters and cynical views. The first song on the album – “Short People” – became a hit single […]
Lionel Richie is the eponymous debut solo studio album by Lionel Richie. It was recorded and released while Richie was still a member of the Commodores. He would leave the group shortly after. It was released on October 6, 1982 on Motown Records. The first single, “Truly”, topped the Billboard Hot 100. Follow-up single “You […]