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Best Year of Music EVER? My Vote Goes to ....

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Off the top of my head, released in 1969-

 

CCR - Bayou Country, Green River, and Willy & The Poor Boys

Led Zeppelin I and II

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Chicago Transit Authority

Johnny Cash at San Quentin

Beatles - Abbey Road

Stones - Let it Bleed

Neil Young - self titled

The Band - self titled

The Who - Tommy

Blind Faith - self titled

 

There are probably others I can't think of right now.

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Off the top of my head, released in 1969-

 

CCR - Bayou Country, Green River, and Willy & The Poor Boys

Led Zeppelin I and II

Crosby, Stills, and Nash

Chicago Transit Authority

Johnny Cash at San Quentin

Beatles - Abbey Road

Stones - Let it Bleed

Neil Young - self titled

The Band - self titled

The Who - Tommy

Blind Faith - self titled

 

There are probably others I can't think of right now.

 

Elvis Presley also had a couple of my favorites during his comeback year-Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto. Not a big fan but always liked those two.

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Elvis Presley also had a couple of my favorites during his comeback year-Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto. Not a big fan but always liked those two.

 

 

I like those two as well, along with "Kentucky Rain" and "An American Trilogy."

 

I asked in the trivia thread, who wrote "Kentucky Rain" and, of course, it was the late Eddie Rabbitt. Do you know wrote Elvis' "In the Ghetto" ?

I'm partial to 1975, to name a few:

Black Water - Doobie Brothers

Jive Talkin'- BeeGees

Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

Lady - Styx

Can't Get It Out Of My Head - ELO

Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredevils

Long Tall Glasses - Leo Sayer

You Are So Beautiful - Joe Cocker

Who Loves You - Four Seasons

I like those two as well, along with "Kentucky Rain" and "An American Trilogy."

 

I asked in the trivia thread, who wrote "Kentucky Rain" and, of course, it was the late Eddie Rabbitt. Do you know wrote Elvis' "In the Ghetto" ?

 

I was thinking it was another famous musician, Glen Campbell maybe?

I like those two as well, along with "Kentucky Rain" and "An American Trilogy."

 

I asked in the trivia thread, who wrote "Kentucky Rain" and, of course, it was the late Eddie Rabbitt. Do you know wrote Elvis' "In the Ghetto" ?

Mac Davis

Story Behind the Song: 'In the Ghetto'

Forgot about him, would have never guessed that.

Elvis Presley also had a couple of my favorites during his comeback year-Suspicious Minds and In the Ghetto. Not a big fan but always liked those two.

 

What made these two songs were the background singers. They were my favorite Elvis songs also.

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I was thinking it was another famous musician, Glen Campbell maybe?

 

 

Funny that you mentioned Glen Campbell because there is an interesting connection between Campbell and Davis . Does anyone know what it is?

1996 was a great year for music.

 

"Odelay," "Aenima," "Sublime," "All Eyez On Me," PJ's "No Code," Rage's "Evil Empire," the Fugees record, "ATLiens," Wilco's second record, a great Tori Amos record, Fiona Apple's incredible debut, AIC doing MTV Unplugged, STP's "Tiny Music …" record, Gillian Welch's "Revival," and that's just scratching the surface.

 

But the best was the mighty Afghan Whigs' "Black Love," an historically underrated album that was buried in the dustbin by bad marketing on the part of the record label. I'd listen to this record every day from front to back if I had the time.

My freshman year in college. Great music

Funny that you mentioned Glen Campbell because there is an interesting connection between Campbell and Davis . Does anyone know what it is?

 

Both started as studio musicians?

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Both started as studio musicians?

 

 

Even better than that. Campbell had an affair with (and then married) Davis' wife, Sarah. She became Glen's third wife.

My freshman year in college. Great music

 

Rook.

1974 ....WITHOUT A DOUBT !!!! I was 11 yo that summer and I kept a radio to my ear(AM dial back then).

 

Take a few minutes and listen to this compilation from '74 and see if you agree.

 

What were your favorites from this great year of music?

 

 

 

1974 is easily my second favorite year after '69. Just went through the sample video you posted and it brought back a lot of childhood memories in the back seat of the car and the radio on. I turned 7 that year.

 

The compilation video pretty well represented that year in music but left off my favorite song of '74.....

 

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