Forty Years Ago This Month-- Summer of 1970-- Part 2

Some more great songs from that great summer.

These were in the radio or in your record collections 40 years ago, July 4, 1970.

GASOLINE ALLEY-- ROD STEWART-- brand new solo album #2, the title selection
MAKE IT WITH YOU-- BREAD-- LA band debuting on the charts. Brand new single from upcoming album "On the Water." (This is another one of those Honey Hill Beach songs in Wauconda that remind me so much of that summer. I bought the "On the Water" album and played it to death and had to get another one. That was one really fine album."

UNCLE JOHN'S BAND-- GRATEFUL DEAD-- from their new album "Workingman's Dead," the lead-off track.
IN THE SUMMERTIME-- MUNGO JERRY-- It would go on to become a summer classic for 40 more summers. (If I ever had to pick THE ALL-TIME GREATEST SUMMER SONG EVER, this would be the one. Ok, let's all make that sound that played on the whole song.)

TAKE ME TO THE PILOT-- ELTON JOHN-- his debut album was released in April and it was pretty much flying under the radar of most everybody, but it wasn't going to be be very much longer before everybody knew who he was. From his debut, self-titled album. (That was one really good album as well.)
TIGHTER AND TIGHTER-- ALIVE AND KICKING-- written and produced by Tommy James. (I sure didn't know that. Liz gave me a copy of the 45.

TWO OF US-- BEATLES-- newly released album from May. This song began side 1.
I'VE GOT A FEELING-- BEATLES-- this began Side 2 (Good music, but I still like the pre-Rubber Soul Beatles better.)

Hard to Believe This WAS 40 Years Ago!! --RoadDog


REMEMBER WHEN there were newsreels before your movies instead of today's commercials.