Rhapsody in Blue is the second album by Walter Murphy, released in 1977 on Private Stock. Walter Anthony Murphy Jr. (born December 19, 1952) is an American composer, arranger, pianist, musician, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known for the instrumental “A Fifth of Beethoven”, a disco adaptation of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony which topped […]
“Maybe I’m a Fool” is a song by American rock singer, Eddie Money, from his album Life for the Taking in 1978. It was released as a single and reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 1979. Musicians Bass Lonnie Turner Drums Gary Mallaber Guitar John Whitney Guitar Lloyd Chiate Keyboards Greg Phillinganes […]
Hard to Hold is an album by Rick Springfield issued by RCA Records in 1984 as the soundtrack to the film of the same name. The album includes three U.S. Top 40 hits, “Don’t Walk Away”, “Bop ‘Til You Drop”, and the top five hit “Love Somebody”, with the duet with Randy Crawford, “Taxi Dancing” […]
Starsky & Hutch is an American action television series, which consisted of a 70-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a Movie of the Week entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn, produced by Spelling-Goldberg Productions, and broadcast from April 1975 to May 1979 on the ABC network. […]
New York Connection is an album by American musician Tom Scott that was released by Ode in December 1975 with a UK release following in April 1976. It entered the Billboard 200 on 20 December to begin a chart stay of 25 weeks, peaking at number 42. In contrast with the Los Angeles-based Scott’s previous […]
Taxi is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from September 12, 1978 to May 6, 1982 and on NBC from September 30, 1982 to June 15, 1983. The series won 18 Emmy Awards, including three for Outstanding Comedy Series. It focuses on the everyday lives of a handful of New York City taxi […]
Blondes Have More Fun is Rod Stewart‘s ninth album, released in November 1978. As was the popular musical trend at the time, it is Stewart’s foray into disco music, which although commercially successful, was critically divisive. The lead single “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy” became one of Stewart’s biggest hits, peaking at No.1 in both […]
“Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” is a song by British singer Rod Stewart from his 1978 album Blondes Have More Fun. It was written by Stewart, Carmine Appice and Duane Hitchings, though it incorporates the melody from the song “Taj Mahal” by Jorge Ben Jor and the string arrangement from the song “Put Something Down […]
“Blondes (Have More Fun)” is a song written by Rod Stewart and Jim Cregan that was originally released as the title track of Stewart’s 1978 album Blondes Have More Fun. In some countries it was released as the third single off the album, following “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” and “Ain’t Love a Bitch”. It […]
Wings is an album by Michel Colombier, released in 1971. Michel Colombier (May 23, 1939 – November 14, 2004) was a French composer, arranger, and conductor. Tracks 1 Freedom and Fear (Michel Colombier, Paul Williams) 5:00 2 Earth (Instrumental) (Michel Colombier) 3:24 3 Thalassa (Instrumental) (Michel Colombier) 2:31 4 Doesn’t Anybody Know? (Michel Colombier, Paul […]