Pop 1970

Hi, here’s the third of the 1970 podcasts I’ve done. This one focuses on radio hits from 1970 – back when radio still played all sorts of different music. I mean, really: “Lola was a hit on AM radio, and the Kinks got in trouble, not for the subject matter, but because they had to change the lyrics from Coca Cola to cherry cola because the BBC didn’t allow “product placement” in their songs (ok, the song was banned in places due to the subject matter, but not in Farmington, Maine, which did later ban the song Lady Marmalade).

So let’s listen back to songs that were on the radio 50 years ago, shall we, with songs from The Kinks, Sugarloaf, Rare Earth, Vanity Faire, Norman Greenbaum, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Tee Set, Chicago, the Ides of March, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Alive ‘n’ Kickin’, the Shocking Blue, the Friends of Distinction, Neil Diamond, and the Hollies.

This podcast is, as always, available to stream or download at brennick.net. There should be more content there, and I will try to put more things up this year. The podcast is also available to download as a podcast at your favorite podcast streamer – iTunes, Stitcher, etc. The podcast is called brennick.net. Check that out sometime. I welcome suggestions and comments, too – leave them as you will. Thanks for everything you do to encourage me.