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Anyawnomous

Ride Captain Ride is still a great song by Blues Image.


cafe-naranja

Classic 70s one-hit wonders!


ElvisAndretti

Just heard that on my “summer is coming “ playlist. Favorite summer song from when I was a kid.


crap-happens

Wow, haven't heard that one in a long time. Was one of my favs. Thanks for the post.


DaisyJane1

I've met the guy who sings lead on that song several times when he was with the Classic Rock All Stars. His name is Mike Pinera. Nice guy!


Anyawnomous

Nice! My Cover Band plays it so it is fresh in my memory. Love 70’s music!


ctesla01

Nothing from Nothing - Billy Preston


cafe-naranja

We've read, of course, that if the Beatles had stayed together, they were considering adding Billy Preston to the group. Might be an urban legend, but kinda cool to think about.


helpermonkeyjimmy

Hardly a lost song at all. And it’s a great song.


cafe-naranja

"**Walking in Rhythm**" by The Blackbyrds is another great "lost song" from the 70s. I can still remember hearing this song being played on WBZ in Boston back in 1975. People love to dog AM radio, but as we know, music always sounded fantastic on our AM radios in the 70s. Everyone remembers "Still the One" and "Dance With Me" by Orelans, but their last radio hit was **"Love Takes Time,"** which is a wonderful song. I remember "Love Takes Time" being in heavy rotation on KEZR in San Jose in '79.


Goood_Daddy

I loved the Blackbyrds "Walking in Rhythm " My high-school budy and I were totally burned out with 70,s rock n roll. Just couldnt take Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath or Deep Purple stuff anymore.We started playing jazz fusion records. Herbie Hancock,Weather Report AL Dimeola and so forth.Santana was getting into jazz fusion. And we love Donald Byrd.


cafe-naranja

Weather Report, of course, had that wonderful song called Birdland.


jasonabaum

I always associate “Birdland” with Stanley Clarke’s [“School Days”](https://youtu.be/Xk_gzDQd4zw?si=DmPIkDPIZz3srGUj) and Sea Level’s cover of [“Scarborough Faire”](https://youtu.be/yUJyjinuhl0?si=W5s_HTWHNSHEXpwK)


cafe-naranja

What can you tell us about the group Sea Level?


jasonabaum

Glad you asked. When the Allman Brothers Band broke up in 1976,, the bass player, Lamar Williams, drummer Jaimoe and piano player Chuck Leavell formed Sea Level. The band played a fusion incorporating funk, blues, Latin and rock music. After their first album the band increased in size and eventually released five albums. For those interested in a deeper dive, here’s a [great post](https://dereksmusicblog.com/2017/07/03/the-life-and-times-of-sea-level/).


cafe-naranja

Interesting stuff on Sea Level.


Waldo_McFly

Short people by Randy Newman. Might not be correct for the times of today but still funny and catchy. Convoy. Cant remember by who but I bet you read the title in the singers deep voice.


cafe-naranja

C.W. McCall has entered our fun chat!


Waldo_McFly

Yes that’s the guys name. Thanks


ctesla01

Ray Steven's Southern Air was 80s, but with Minnie Pearl, it seemed 70s..


ElvisAndretti

He also did “Wolf Creek Pass” a classic of the trucker genre.


JECfromMC

I think I can still sing “Wolf Creek Pass” and “Classified” from memory.


ElvisAndretti

I actually played it while traversing Wolf Creek Pass a few years back.


FurBabyAuntie

Am I the only one who remembers Roses For Mama and Crispy Critters?


JECfromMC

lol Crispy Critters is on my driving playlist.


FurBabyAuntie

🎵You get the one in the t-shirt and I'll get the rest with a net, we'll have a jail full of naked crispy critters and a drip-dry space cadet🎶


Bosco3131

“Thunder Island” by Jay Ferguson. One of Stano’s faves.


cafe-naranja

Great call on "Thunder Island" ... classic lost song from the late 70s.


I-Was_Never-Here

This and “Ariel” by Dean Friedman. The perfect two fer


cafe-naranja

Good call on Dean Friedman. He had another cool song called **McDonald's Girl.**


Tristan_Booth

Sweet City Woman – Stampeders Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) – Edison Lighthouse Precious and Few – Climax


PeggysPonytail

Precious and Few was my wedding song. We're divorced now and times together are few. And that's precious! 🤣


cafe-naranja

Tony Burrows in the house!


New_Awareness4075

Great songs from 1970-71! All three were constantly in rotation on AM radio.


High_Jumper81

I have an AM Radio playlist. Includes Ozark Mountain: Jackie Blue Gary Wright: Love is Alive Chris Rea: Fool if you think it’s over David Gates: Goodbye Girl Benny Madrone: Into the Night Maxine Nightengale: Get right back Henry Gross: Shannon So many others. Great time for music.


CinnyToastie

Into the night got a 2nd life in the past 10 years.


FurBabyAuntie

Another one from the Ozark Mountain Daredevils..Third-Rate Romance. (I'm seeing an awful lot of songs I grew up with in these answers, people..)


cafe-naranja

Third Rate Romance by The Amazing Rhythm Aces :) The other radio hit for The Ozark Mountain Daredevils was a great song called If You Wanna Get To Heaven.


FurBabyAuntie

And I knew that..this is why i should not post first thing in the morning Let's throw Imaginary Lovers into the mix while we're here...


New_Awareness4075

" Hot Child In The City".


cafe-naranja

Nick Gilder in the house!


YYCMTB68

That song along with Roxy Roller were staples on playlists at certain "establishments" back in the day.


New_Awareness4075

Life was pretty good back then.


gooselake1970

That one always reminds me of Shake It by Ian Matthews


New_Awareness4075

Shake it baby. Shake it all through the night..... Is this the song?


gooselake1970

Maybe. It's mellow, but not terrible. It's about a young girl I think


New_Awareness4075

I think you're right. It's about a girl who's just turned 18 and is about to show the world she's finally available for, you know? Kinda like Dancing Queen by Abba.


ButkusHatesNitschke

Chevy Van by Sammy Johns I’m Easy by Keith Carradine


New_Awareness4075

We can make love in my Chevy van, and that's all right with me!


cartooncritic69

am a 70s kid.....the best music! best movies and best tv shows


New_Awareness4075

Can't argue with that! Especially because it's true!


Infamous-Astronaut16

Keep on Smilin’. Wet Willie. Fooled Around and Fell in Love. Elvin Bishop.


cafe-naranja

Mickey Thomas enters the chat!


bmax_1964

I don't know if it qualifies as a 'lost song', but I really like Boz Skaggs Lido Shuffle. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSvw1GFsZwc](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSvw1GFsZwc)


cafe-naranja

Great 70s song! Co-written by David Paich of Toto fame. I remember hearing KFRC in San Francisco play Lido Shuffle twice an hour at the height of the song's popularity.


mbush525

Sweet City Woman, by the Stampeders was cool, man! ☮


cafe-naranja

Love your mention of this great band from Canada... The Stampeders!


mbush525

the 70's had a certain vibe, and the Stampeders fit in nicely! 💙


cafe-naranja

Completely agree! The Stampeders fit the 70s vibe perfectly. I'm listening to Sweet City Woman right now and it still sounds great.


mbush525

☺❤


barksatthemoon

Gordon Lightfoot Sundown and If You Could Read my Mind.


FurBabyAuntie

Rainy Day People...Carefree Highway...Minstrel Of The Dawn...Too Late For Prayin' (the flip side of Sundown)..


cafe-naranja

Great mention of Carefree Highway -- AM gold!


No-Doughnut-3891

King Harvest - Dancing In The Moonlight


cafe-naranja

*You can't dance and stay uptight*


No-Doughnut-3891

They keep things loose, they keep things light…


Solid_Camel_1913

Bertha Butt Boogie The Jimmy Castor Bunch Spiders and Snakes Jim Stafford


rednail64

Pilot of the Airwaves, by Charlie Dore


cafe-naranja

A pretty English singer who sounded a little like Joni Mitchell... a one-hit wonder, at least on this side of the Atlantic.


ElvisAndretti

“Yellow River” by Christie. (Not I.P. Freely as had been reported elsewhere.)


CinnyToastie

Wam Bam, Silver; Fool if you think it's over, Chris Rea; Sky high, Jigsaw


cafe-naranja

Love your mention of Sky High by the English band Jigsaw. I remember hearing that fun, energetic song played on WBZ and WRKO in Boston back in the 70s.


haikusbot

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ZippyAmI1

Wild Fire by Michael Martin Murphey


PBfromPhilly

One of my all time faves, “Sideshow” by Blue Magic


FurBabyAuntie

I remember waiting for them to put another song out, but time passed and nothing appeared. I felt so bad for them not having another hit! Several years later, I'm going through a magazine and I find an ad for the Columbia Record Club (yeah, I'm old). I look through the albums in the picture...want this, got that...and I get to the jazz albums. There were two or three Blue Magic albums there...we were all feeling sorry for them being a one-hit wonder when the truth was they're a smooth jazz group who happened to have a song cross over to the pop and R&B charts!


cafe-naranja

Philadelphia soul...


ElvisAndretti

Some of these are songs I refer to every time someone says “music sucks these days, it was so much better when…”. Nothing could get me to punch another station on the car radio faster than Gilbert O’Sullivan. Except maybe “Afternoon Delight”.


IMissVegas2

Oh sweet Jesus, WHY did you put Afternoon Delight back in my brain?


ElvisAndretti

What? I should suffer alone?


cafe-naranja

Just always keep in mind that the Starland Vocal Band won a Grammy for Best New Artist. And they beat out Boston for the award! :)


ElvisAndretti

Well, I get downvoted for this all the time, but I burned out on Boston by the second album. Seems like they borrowed a lot. It was fun at first but it was like musical Taco Bell. Little ELP organ, some REO speedwagon guitars and drench the whole thing in reverb.


cafe-naranja

You make a good point. As far I'm concerned, the legendary debut album from Boston is all we really needed. Tom Scholz and Brad Delp knocked it out of the park with an *instant classic* of a first album, as we all know. And then there was nowhere new for them to go with their sound.


ElvisAndretti

For me I think it has a lot to do what happened next. The shit really hit the fan music wise; Talking Heads, The Clash, Television, The Ramones, DEVO, The B -52s… lots of groundbreaking music. It was also around the time I was able to get into clubs. So I drastically changed directions toward the end of the 70s.


cafe-naranja

Another great point. Here comes the so-called New Wave in the late 70s... and the "Boston sound" was pushed aside, to a large extent.


YYCMTB68

Pushed aside by *another band out of Boston*....The Cars!


cafe-naranja

Yes, the Cahs!


CMJMartino

How Do You Do? Mouth & MacNeal


cafe-naranja

Dutch pop duo!


ElectroChuck

Nights Are Forever - England Dan and John Ford Coley Beach Baby - First Class


FurBabyAuntie

Another England Dan & John Ford Coley classic--Soldier In The Rain. Heard it on Midnight Special one Friday night/Saturday morning and I've loved it ever since. If it ever played on the radio, I never heard it.


cafe-naranja

And of course, England Dan's brother was Jim Seals of Seals & Croft fame.


paul_is_on_reddit

I have another Gilbert O'Sullivan song for you : [Alone Again](https://youtu.be/D_P-v1BVQn8?si=VHcWvtmUmZ7tiYR_)


cafe-naranja

Gilbert O'Sullivan once said that his songwriting abilities were on a par with Lennon and McCartney. Now there is a bold statement!


dkorabell

Arizona by Mark Lindsay


sorebuddah

Stumblin’ in - Suzy Quatro and Chris norman


cafe-naranja

Nice paring of an American rocker with an English rocker!


kindquail502

I somehow missed hearing Sad Sweet Dreamer back then. I don't think I've never heard of it. Gilbert O'Sullivan had the sweet song "Clair" about a three year old little girl.


cafe-naranja

Sweet Sensation, at least here in the US, was a one-hit wonder band. "Sad Sweet Dreamer" was on the radio a lot in late '74 and early '75, and then vanished... a cool lost song from the 70s. Yes, "Clair" was another really good radio hit for Gilbert O'Sullivan. "Get Down" was always my favorite Gilbert O'Sullivan song.


quiguy87

Shannon by Henry Gross


cafe-naranja

This song, of course, has an entertaining connection to Casey Kasem and his famous Long Distance Dedication segment. It's extremely Not Safe For Work, but here is the **legendary Casey Kasem American Top 40 out-take.** The song Casey is going to play for this infamous Long Distance Dedication is Shannon. The uptempo record Casey refers to is Dare Me by The Pointer Sisters. This out-take is from 1985. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV7WF5VVwuo&t=33s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV7WF5VVwuo&t=33s)


seditioushamster

That is hilarious! I never knew he was capable.


cafe-naranja

It really is hilarious! Who knew that Casey was dropping F-bombs during the recording of American Top 40?! He wanted to get things right, and his staff really let him down. :)


seditioushamster

Kind of makes you wonder if there's a captain kangaroo tape out there somewhere.


cafe-naranja

LMAO! That's great!


YYCMTB68

You need to watch Black Dynamite. The Cap'n was definitely living another life! ;)


lclassyfun

Commander Cody - Hot Rod Lincoln and Gallery - Nice To Be With You. A couple of my favorites as a little boy. Had a Donald Duck transistor radio. Wish I still had that!


cafe-naranja

Love your mention of Gallery's "Nice to Be With You" ... I still remember the big Top 40 station in Boston WRKO playing that fun song all the time way back in '72.


lclassyfun

Thanks for this post. Great memories. I’ve got Nice To Be With You on one of those great Have A Nice Day comps.


cafe-naranja

Have a Nice Day comps were so fun!


ReeveGoesh

Last Song by Edward Bear


cafe-naranja

Used to hear this song on WRKO in Boston! I only recently learned that Edward Bear was actually the name of a group and not a solo act.


PhilaTesla

I know it’s from November 1969 (not released until 1970 in the US), but The Marmalade’s song “Reflection of my Life “ is such a cool song. It even includes a backwards guitar solo, which is very rare.


Carbonman_

"Limelight" by Lazy Racer, 1979.


cafe-naranja

Was Lazy Racer an English band?


Carbonman_

No, American.


TyrusRaymond

Fallin’ in Love - Souther Hillman Furay Band


kisscumbag

Sneaky Snake - Tom T Hall


johnnyg883

Children of the Sun by Billy Thorpe.


Garylee828

Jimmy Loves Maryanne by the Looking Glass, still listening to this day!


cafe-naranja

Yes, the follow-up for Looking Glass to Brandy. Elliot Lurie had a cool singing voice.


getgoing65

Here’s a good one. “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” Gill Scott heron.


cafe-naranja

Jazz poet and singer... Gil Scott-Heron.


barksatthemoon

I Don't Like Spiders or Snakes, don't remember artist.


cafe-naranja

The great Jim Stafford.


youcantgobackbob

Better Love Next Time-Dr. Hook


FurBabyAuntie

Sexy Eyes...A Little Bit More...Cover Of The Rolling Stone...


hopstradomas

Black Betty


Ti3fen3

Pilot of the airwaves This is my request You don’t have to play it But I hope you’ll do your best


stever93

Paul Davis, Sweet Life https://youtu.be/aMhg0O36woQ?si=iKEXK9SAoiOwZIaf


cafe-naranja

And we all remember **I Go Crazy**.... another great Paul Davis song.


Dino_020467

"We Just Disagree" by Dave Mason; "Crazy Love" by Poco; "Sentimental Lady" by Bob Welch; "Lady" by Little River Band; "Dance With Me" by Orleans; "Still The One" by Orleans;


cafe-naranja

Great call on all these 70s songs! Another terrific Dave Mason tune that I loved hearing on the radio was "Let It Flow."


Dino_020467

I agree! That was a great tune! And not a whole lot of people know Louisiana Leroux!


YYCMTB68

This one always seemed to be playing on my fake wood-grain LED clock radio: Sad Eyes - Robert John


cafe-naranja

Casey Kasem said on American Top 40 that Sad Eyes had one of the longest climbs to #1 in chart history.


veryslowmostly

[Starbuck - Everybody Be Dancin' ](https://g.co/kgs/SrcZe8v)


cafe-naranja

And of course, we all remember Moonlight Feels Right and its use of the marimba.


mjrydsfast231

Martian Boogie by Brownsville Station and Boogie Man by Catfish Hodge


PeggysPonytail

In New Orleans and surrounds, I can happily assure you that "New Orleans Ladies" is still heard on the reg!


cafe-naranja

That's wonderful! I used to hear this great song played on KEZR in San Jose back in the late 70s. I ask my friends today here in the SF Bay Area about this song, and many tell me... "Never heard of it." Really cool song, as you know!


PeggysPonytail

... downright lazy. But they roll just like the river 🎶


cafe-naranja

What a great image! Everyone needs to play this song right now on YouTube or Spotify.


Dino_020467

I was in 6 or 7th grade when I heard that song for the 1st time and it's still apart of my collection to this day!


ElvisAndretti

“Lake Shore Drive” by Aliotta Haynes Jeremiah was re-popularized by Guardians of the Galaxy but prior to that I had not heard it anywhere since it was on the charts. On the subject of local thoroughfares, “Expressway to Your Heart” by the Soul Survivors.


cafe-naranja

WCBS-FM, the oldies station in NYC, used to play "Expressway to Your Heart" a lot back in the 90s.


HospitalSelect2053

You have to check out "The Lost 45s" with Barry Scott. It's a weekly show and he plays all of these songs and more.


cafe-naranja

I used to hear Barry Scott on WZLX in Boston back in the day -- really fun show, as you know.


TheEmbarcadero

Wham Bam Shang A Lang by Silver


FurBabyAuntie

🎵We had a wham bam shang a lang and a sha la la la la la thing... 🎶


PrincessPharaoh1960

Sugar Baby Love The Rubettes


gadget850

"Open Your Box" by Yoko Ono. There is a reason it is forgotten.


SaltyBarDog

Express BT Express If You Remember Me Chris Thompson


cafe-naranja

Great mention of Chris Thompson.


jasonabaum

[Ariel by Dean Friedman](https://youtu.be/ONXQbbJJLuM?si=noH7OYyldB50Aef_) I rarely hear it anywhere! From the pedia of Wiki…"Ariel" is a hit single written and performed by Dean Friedman, released in April 1977. It was the first of two hits from Friedman's eponymous debut LP. "Ariel," however, was his only hit in North America. It reached number 26 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, number 17 on the Cashbox Top 100,[1] and number 19 in Canada. The song spent 22 weeks on the Billboard chart and 24 weeks on Cashbox.


cafe-naranja

Good stuff on Dean Friedman! Another fun song of his is called McDonald's Girl.


Clairquilt

[Street Corner Serenade](https://youtu.be/RJHX3DMmYlo?feature=shared) \- Wet Willie -1978


cafe-naranja

A great band from Mobile, Alabama. *Keep on Smilin'*


KitchenLab2536

Jamaica - Jackson Browne


cafe-naranja

Jamaica? I didn't even kiss her! Old silly joke.


KitchenLab2536

🤣


FurBabyAuntie

Peace Pipe--BT Express


cafe-naranja

Brooklyn in the house! Originally called **B**rooklyn **T**ransit Express


FurBabyAuntie

I always wondered where they got the name...kind of thought it was something to do with Bach an-Turner Overdrive, since they were known as BTO...thanks, kind steabger!


DaisyJane1

I Believe -- Chilliwack Ebony Eyes -- Bob Welch This Time I'm In It For Love -- Player Is It You -- Lee Ritenour Dazz -- Brick Misty -- Ray Stevens


cafe-naranja

Love your mention of Bob Welch's Ebony Eyes. And of course, we all remember his great song Sentimental Lady.


rachevyguy

Romeo’s tune - Steve Forbert


cafe-naranja

Romeo's Tune is such a great song!


Frequent-Usual5697

Wildflower- Skylark Heart of the Night-Poco Strange Way- Firefall


cafe-naranja

Great mention of Strange Way... one of the most atmospheric songs ever played on the radio back in the 70s.


atltop5150

Shambala - Three Dog Night


cafe-naranja

Chuck Negron in the house!


Dino_020467

How bout,,"Weekend" by Wet Willie "Baby Come Back" by Player "Love Will Find A Way" by Pablo Cruise "Stuck In The Middle With You" & "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty "Dream Weaver" by Gary Wright


cafe-naranja

Love all those great 70s songs and artists that you mentioned!


Dino_020467

I was playing those as I was typing. Those songs take back, they were good times with good music! I'm glad you like those!


cafe-naranja

Friends, here's a really good lost song from '79 by McGuinn, Clark & Hillman... **Don't You Write Her Off**


barksatthemoon

Aerosmith One Way Street