Favorite 1970s songs...
by Sherry Ochoa-Rounkles
“My Sharona” - The Knack “Renegade” - STYX “I Feel Love”, “Hot Stuff” - Donna Summer “American Woman” - The Guess Who “The Night Chicago Died” - Paper Lace “Undercover Angel” - Alan O’Day “Play That Funky Music” - Wild Cherry “Draggin’ The Line” - Tommy James “Good Day Sunshine” - Beatles “Green Eyed Lady”, “Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You” - Sugarloaf “Lola” - Kinks “Tears Of A Clown” - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles “Venus” - Shocking Blue “War” - Edwin Starr “Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves”- Cher “Jive Talkin’ ”, “You Should Be Dancing” - Bee Gees “It Don’t Come Easy” - Ringo Starr “Treat Her Like A Lady” - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose “Wild World” - Cat Stevens “Black Dog” - Led Zeppelin “Let’s Stay Together” - Al Green “Long Cool Woman” - the Hollies “Use Me” - Bill Withers “Black Water” - Doobie Brothers “Walk This Way” - Aerosmith “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” - Paul Simon “You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” - Bachman Turner Overdrive “Nutbush City Limits” - Tina Turner “Peg” - Steely Dan “Thunder Island” - Jay Ferguson “Beach Baby” - First Class “Love Is Like Oxygen” - Sweet “Stuck In The Middle With You” - Stealers Wheel “Superstition” - Stevie Wonder “Heartache Tonight”, “One Of These Nights” - Eagles “Cat's In The Cradle” - Harry Chapin “Love Rollercoaster” - Ohio Players “Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo” - Rick Derringer “Bad Blood” - Neil Sedaka “Fame” - David Bowie “Fire” - Pointer Sisters “Hair Of The Dog” - Nazareth “Philadelphia Freedom”, “Island Girl”, “Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting” - Elton John “Lady Marmalade” - Labelle “Old Days”, “Feelin' Stronger Every Day” - Chicago “Miracles” - Jefferson Starship “New York Groove” - Ace Frehley “That's The Way (I Like It)” - KC & The Sunshine Band “Who Loves You”, “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)” - Four Seasons “Cherry Bomb” - Runaways “Barracuda” - Heart “Devil Woman” - Cliff Richard “Love Is Alive” - Gary Wright “Moonlight Feels Right” - Starbuck “Rhiannon”, “The Chain”, “Tusk” - Fleetwood Mac “Jungle Love”, “Rock’n Me” - Steve Miller “Rubber Band Man” - Spinners “Still The One” - Orleans “Carry On Wayward Son” - Kansas “Couldn't Get It Right” - Climax Blues Band “Shadow Dancing” - Andy Gibb “Isn’t It Time”, “Every Time I Think Of You” - Babys “Just A Song Before I Go” - Crosby, Stills and Nash “Lady” - Little River Band “Lido Shuffle” - Boz Scaggs “Blue Bayou” - Linda Ronstadt “On And On” - Stephen Bishop “Smoke From A Distant Fire” - Sanford/Townsend Band “So In To You” - Atlanta Rhythm Section “The Things We Do For Love” - 10cc “Boogie Oogie Oogie” - A Taste Of Honey “Le Freak” - Chic “Disco Inferno” - The Trammps “Ebony Eyes” - Bob Welch “Hot Blooded”, “Cold As Ice” - Foreigner “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy”, “Hot Legs” - Rod Stewart “Hot Child In The City” - Nick Gilder “Baby Hold On” - Eddie Money “Life’s Been Good” - Joe Walsh “A Little More Love”, “Totally Hot” - Olivia Newton-John “Does Your Mother Know”, “Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)”, “Take A Chance On Me” - ABBA “Right Down The Line” - Gerry Rafferty “Still The Same” - Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Don’t Bring Me Down”, “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”, “Turn To Stone” - Electric Light Orchestra “Live And Let Die”, “Uncle Albert-Admiral Halsey”, “Helen Wheels”, “Getting Closer”, “Goodnight Tonight” - Paul McCartney (many with Wings) “Just What I Needed”, “Candy-O”, “Let’s Go”, “Moving In Stereo” - Cars “You’re The One That I Want” - John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John “I Want You To Want Me” and “Dream Police” - Cheap Trick “Big Shot” - Billy Joel “Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough” - Michael Jackson “Driver’s Seat” - Sniff ‘n’ The Tears “I Was Made For Lovin’ You” - Kiss “Knock On Wood” - Amii Stewart “Give A Little Bit”, “Take The Long Way Home” - Supertramp “Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin' “ - Journey “Pop Muzik” - M “Roxanne” - the Police “Shattered” - Rolling Stones “Mississippi Queen” - Mountain Believe it or not, this IS the scaled down list of my favorite 1970s songs. I was a young child in the 70s, but I had already grown a strong attachment to music. I don’t know why, but many of the 70s songs remind me of being near the beach in the summer - a very peaceful and free feeling. |
