One Last Trip Back to the Summer of '75-- Part 3 "Ballroom Blitz"

HOUSES OF THE HOLY--  Led Zeppelin
SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT--  Manfred Mann
BORN TO RUN--  Bruce Springsteen

DAISY JANE--  America
DR. WOO--  Steely Dan
BALLROOM BLITZ--  Sweet

MAN ON SILVER MOUNTAIN--  Rainbow
MAGIC--  Pilot
WILDFIRE--  Michael Murphy  (I put this one in the Bobby Goldsboro "Honey" category.)

LANDSLIDE--  Fleetwood Mac
FAME--  David Bowie
PLAY ON LOVE--  Jefferson Starship

I'M NOT IN LOVE--  10CC
THIRD RATE ROMANCE--  Amazing Rhythm Aces
I CHEAT THE HANGMAN--  Doobie Brothers

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC AND THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY--  Elton John  #1 Album in Chicago.

Name That Tune "That Burns Your Change To Keep You Insane."  --RoadDog


THE LAST INSURANCE CLAIM:  QA bull was standing near and a fly must have tickled him because he gored my car.

"Fame"

One Last Trip Back to the Summer of '75-- Part 2: "Welcome to My Nightmare"

THERE GOES ANOTHER LOVE SONG-- Outlaws
SWEET EMOTION--  Aerosmith
WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS--  War

BEAUTIFUL LOSER--  Bob Seger
WELCOME TO MY NIGHTMARE--  Alice Cooper
TUSH--  ZZ Top

FEEL LIKE MAKIN' LOVE--  Bad Company
LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID--  Wings
MAGNETO AND TITANIUM MAN--  Wings

PINBALL WIZARD--  Elton John
DREAMBOAT ANNIE--  Heart
REAL MAN--  Todd Rundgren

Name that Tune:  "Sometimes I Feel Like I'm Getting Kinda Low."  --RoadDog


"There Goes Another Love Song"

One Last Trip Back to the Summer of '75-- Part 1: One of These Nights"

Bob Stroud did his last of four Rock and Roll Roots shows this past Sunday, September 6th on Chicago's WDRV, 97.1 FM.

He was playing the songs playing on the radio and on our stereos from 40 years ago.

I was starting my third year of teaching at John T. Magee Middle School in Round Lake, Illinois.  I no longer was teaching 9th graders as they had all been moved to the high school, but I still had 7th and 8th graders.  This was also our first year in our first home, built by Fairfield Builders at 1013 Morningside in Round Lake Beach.  Our dog Brandy was getting used to her new yard after living first in the apartment in Vernon Hills.

Liz was starting her first full year as a first grade teacher at Beach School in Round Lake Beach.  We were spoiled with very short drives to our respective schools.

SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT--  Elton John
DANCE WITH ME--  Orleans
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS--  Eagles

Name That Tune:  "Can't You See the Music Is Just Starting?  --RoadDog


INSURANCE CLAIMS:  There were plenty of lookers-on but no witnesses.

"Dance With Me"

Going Back to the Summer of 1975-- Part 8: August 2, 1975 "Tush"

SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE TONIGHT--  Elton John
WILDFIRE--  Michael Murphy
KILLER QUEEN--  Queen

HEY YOU--  BTO
FREEWAY JAM--  Jeff Beck
BAD TIME--  Grand Funk  (When did they drop the Railroad?)

SISTER GOLDEN HAIR--  America
TUSH--  ZZ Top  (Looking for some what?)
HAIR OF THE DOG--  Nazareth

WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS--  War
GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD--  Bad Company (Or is it Foreigner?)
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED--  Linda Ronstadt  (Still a favorite.)

HIGH TIDE AND GREEN GRASS--  Outlaws
KATMANDU--  Bob Seger

LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID--  Wings
TREAT HER GENTLY- LONELY OLD PEOPLE--  Wings

"I'be Been Cheated, Been Mistreated."  --RoadDog


REDNECK COMPUTER TERMS:  DISKETTE--  A female Disco dancer.

When Will I Be Loved

Going Back to the Summer of 1975-- Part 7, August 2, 1975 "I'm Not In Love"

This past Sunday, Bob Stroud went back 40 years to the songs playing on our radios and in our record collections on August 2, 1975.

Always a great three hour trip back to times gone by.

PINBALL WIZARD--  Elton John
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS--  Doobie Brothers
I'M NOT IN LOVE--  10 CC

BAD SNEAKERS--  Steely Dan
OLD DAYS--  Chicago  (A song that really takes you back.)
MEXICO--  James Taylor  (Can't help but get in a Corona mood with this one.)

DOWN BY THE SEASIDE--  Led  Zeppelin  (Yet another Zep song i know, but never remember the name.)
MAGIC--  Pilot
FAME--  David Bowie

MIRACLES--  Jefferson Starship
VENUS & MARS/ROCK SHOW--  Wings  (Of course, these two songs played at 8 a.m. when Terri Hemmert began her Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT.)
CALL ME BACK AGAIN--  Wings

ONE OF THESE NIGHTS--  Eagles
SHINING STAR--  EWF

OVER MY HEAD--  Fleetwood Mac
WALK THIS WAY--  Aerosmith

"Way Down Here You Need a Reason to Move."  --RoadDog


Mexico

Bob Stroud Goes Back to August 2, 1975 on His Rock and Roll Roots Show

Tomorrow from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m., Bob Stroud will go back 40 years to August 2, 1975,  and play the songs on your radio and on  your stereo back then.

He plays it on Chicago's Drive, WDRV, 97.1 FM and it streams on www.wdrv.com.

The times are Central Daylight Savings Time.

Well Worth a Listen.  --RoadDog

Summer of 1975-- Part 6: July 5, 1975 "Old Days"

These are songs playing  on radio and in your record collection 40 years ago.

SHOW ME THE WAY--  Peter Frampton--  Before he hit it real big in 1976.
REAL MAN--  Todd Rundgren
BAD TIME--  Grand Funk--  their last big hit.

KASHMIR--  Led Zeppelin
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE--  David Bowie--  Singing a Beatles song.
I'M NOT IN LOVE--  10CC

TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS--  Doobie Brothers
SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL--  Lynyrd Skynyrd
OLD DAYS--  Chicago

SHINING STAR--  Earth, Wind & Fire
MAGIC--  Pilot
SOMEONE SAVED MY LIFE--  Elton John

SWEET EMOTION--  Aerosmith
FREEWAY JAM--  Jeff Beck
ONLY WOMEN BLEED--  Alice Cooper

WILDFIRE--  Michael Murphy  #1 song in Chicago July 5, 1975.

"Good Times I Remember.  Fun Days Filled With Simple Pleasures.  --RoadDog


THE WISDOM OF WILL ROGERS:  The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back in your pocket.

Summer of 1975-- Part 5: July 5, 1975: "Jackie Blue"

From Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots on Chicago's Drive, WDRV, 97.1 FM.  This is his second installment from that summer with parts 3 and 4 coming up the first Sundays of August and September.  These are the songs that were playing on the radio (here in Chicago mostly WLS and WCFL, though there were a lot of FM stations at the time as well.  These are also songs we played on our albums on the stereo.  Using surveys, these are ones that were playing July 5, 1975.

I forgot about the show and slept through the first hour, but have gone on site to get the list.

JACKIE BLUE--  Ozark Mountain Daredevils
CALL ON ME--  Bad Company  (The band I always get these guys mixed up with Foreigner for some reason.)
WHEN WILL I BE LOVED--  Linda Ronstadt  (What a voice.)

SISTER GOLDEN HAIR--  America
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM--  Elton John
TRAVELIN' MAN--  Bob Seger

ONE OF THESE NIGHTS--  Eagles  (And fast becoming a favorite country rock band of mine.)
KILLER QUEEN--  Queen
TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT--  Neil Young  (We had friends who went up for his show at Milwaukee's Summerfest last night.)

HEY YOU--  Bachman-Turner Overdrive
WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS--  War
LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID--  Wings  (With that Paul guy.)

MEDICINE JAR--  Wings  (Well, it was 8 a.m. and Terri Hemmert was coming on with her Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT,)
HOW LONG--  Ace
I'M ON FIRE--  Dwight Twilley Band

"I've Been Made Blue, I've Been Lied To."  --RoadDog


THE WIT OF WILL ROGERS:  When you're throwin' your weight around, be ready to have it thrown around by somebody else.

Going Back to the Summer of '75-- Part 4: "Hey You"

Forty years ago.  Has it been that long?

FALLING IN AND OUT OF LOVE/AMY--  Pure Prairie League  Southern Rock band from Cincinnati of all places.  Their album was Bustin' Out. (Doesn't get any finer than this.  Still a Prairie Dog!!)  Song was a few years old and finally a hit.  Heard the preamble to the song as well.

WHEN WILL I BE LOVED--  Linda Ronstadt--  Covering a great old Everly Brothers tune.
I'M ON FIRE--  Dwight Twilley Band  From Oklahoma
JACKIE BLUE--  Ozark Mountain Daredevils  (Missouri's pride and joy.)

HEY YOU--  Bachman-Turner Overdrive
PHILADELPHIA FREEDOM--  Elton John
AUTOBAHN--  Kraftwerk--  Hands down one of the most quirky selections on the radio.  From Germany,

YOUNG AMERICANS--  David Bowie  Title Track from new album.
FLY BY NIGHT--  Rush
KILLER QUEEN--Queen  #1 Song in Chicago this date, June 7, 1975.  Had been around for a couple years now.

"Insatiable An Appetite."  --RoadDog

Going Back to the Summer of '75-- Part 3: June 7, 1975 "Good Lovin' Gone Bad"

These songs were playing on your radio and stereo forty years ago, June 7, 1975.

ONE OF THESE NIGHTS--  Eagles
LADY MARMALADE--  LaBelle
SISTER GOLDEN HAIR--  America  Their album was Heart produced by George Martin of Beatle fame.

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC & THE BROWN DIRT COWBOY--  Elton John  Title Track
WILDFIRE--  Michael Murphy
GOOD LOVIN' GONE BAD--  Bad Company  Lead off track from album number two, Straight Shooter.

BAD TIME--  Grand Funk  They had dropped the Railroad by this point in time.  (I like GFR both pre and post RR drop.)

"I'm In Love With a Girl I Can't Live Without."  --RoadDog

Get Ready for the Summer of '75-- Part 2: "Beautiful Loser"

Only 40 years ago these tunes were playing in your radio or on your stereo (as in phonograph).

TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS--  Doobie Brothers   Album called Stampede.  First single was an old Motown song.  (Kim Weston #50 in 1965.)
SHINING STAR--  Earth Wind & Fire  Pretty much our first taste of this great horn band.
TRAMPLED UNDER FOOT--  Led Zeppelin--  From Physical Graffiti.

LISTEN TO WHAT THE MAN SAID--  Paul McCartney & Wings from album Venus and Mars just released about three weeks earlier.
NO NO SONG--  Ringo Starr  (Stroud always plays two Beatle songs at 8 a.m., the same time that Terri Hemmert starts her Breakfast With the Beatles show on WXRT.
DON'T CALL US (WE'LL CALL YOU)  Sugar Loaf  It's been a few years since we heard from them.  (Green Eyed Lady)

ONLY WOMEN BLEED--  Alice Cooper  Welcome to My Nightmare his latest album.
BEAUTIFUL LOSER--  Bob Seger  One release better than the next back then.  Title track  from his latest, the rocker out of Detroit, Michigan.

"I'm Tired of Waking Up On the Floor."  --RoadStarr


SOME CRAZY SAYINGS:  Once you've seen one shopping center, you've seen a mall.

Get Ready for the Summer of '75-- Part 1: June 7, 1975 :"Chevy Van"

From Bob Stroud's Rock and Roll Roots show on WDRV, 97.1 FM in Chicago, June 6, 2015.

Here comes good old summer fun in the sun...from 40 years ago.  These are the songs playing on the radio (in Chicago it was still the AM po(p)werhouses WLS and WCFL) and on your home stereo.

Bob Stroud's comments.  ( ) My comments.

MAGIC--  Pilot  Trio from Scotland, produced by Alan Parsons.
PINBALL WIZARD--  Elton John  Soundtrack album to film "Tommy."  Not released as a 45, but charting on the singles charts on WLS here in Chicago.
YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL--  Joe Cocker  Latest 45.  (Not just a cover man.)

CHEVY VAN--  Sammy Johns, one-hit wonder
OLD DAYS--  Chicago  From Chicago 8, #1-selling album in town.  (One of my very favorite Chicago songs.)

NASSAU/BABY I LOVE YOUR WAY--  Peter Frampton  Released the album Frampton in March of '75, but had no idea he'd hit it so big the following year, in 1976.  (Of course, that '76 album was Frampton Comes Alive.)  Nassau an instrumental.

HOW LONG--  Ace  British band.  lead singer's name is Paul Carrick
BLACK FRIDAY--  Steely Dan  Firt single release from album Katy Lied
UNCLE SALTY--  Aerosmith  From new Aerosmith album, out since April, Toys in the Attic.  Great deep track from side one.

"Good Times I Remember."  --RoadDog