1977

1 saints - I'm stranded
2 donna summer - I feel love
3 wire - mannequin
4 fleetwood mac - go your own way
5 television - see no evil
6 suicide - frankie teardrop
7 jackson browne - running on empty
8 emotions - best of my love
9 wire - three girl rhumba
10 ian dury - sweet gene vincent
11 al green - belle
12 brian eno - by this river
13 dennis wilson - farewell my friend
14 yes - awaken
15 joan armatrading - show some emotion
16 blue oyster cult - I love the night
17 neil young - like a hurricane
18 mcgarrigle sisters - southern boys
19 gene clark - past addresses
20 chic - everybody dance
21 cheap trick - I want you to want me
22 walker brothers - lines
23 elvis costello - red shoes
24 steely dan - peg
25 pete townshend/ronnie lane - my baby gives it away
26 talking heads - don't worry about the government
[Edited 5/4/07 19:55pm]

Others may shake their heads at these lists but I sure do love them. I get turned on to music that is good enough to be number one on somebodies list - and I've never even heard of it.

I'll check it out.

1975:

1. Pick up the Pieces - Average White Band
2. All About Love - Earth, Wind & Fire
3. P Funk - Parliament
4. My Love is Alive - Gary Wright
5. Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
6. Africano Power LIVE - Earth, Wind & Fire
7. Them Belly Full LIVE - Bob Marley & the Wailers
8. Express - BT Express
9. Devotion LIVE - Earth, Wind & Fire
10. No Woman No Cry LIVE - Bob Marley & the Wailers
11. Love Won't Let me Wait - Major Harris
12. Little Boy Blue - Rufus w/ Chaka Khan
13. Mothership Connection - Parliament
14. Sun Goddess LIVE - Earth, Wind & Fire
15. Tear the Roof Off the Sucker - Parliament
16. Mr. magic - Grover Washington Jr.
17. The Jam - Graham Central Station
18. Love Rollarcoaster - Ohio Players
19. It's Alright - Graham Central Station
20. It Only Takes a Minute - Tavares
21. Sweet Thing - Rufus & Chaka Khan
22. To be Free to Be Who We Are - Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes
23. For the Love of You - Isley Brothers
24. This is Your Life - Commodores
25. That's the Way of the World - Earth, Wind & Fire
26. Lively Up Yourself LIVE - Bob Marley & the Wailers

1977:

1. Flash Light - Parliament
2. Strawberry Letter #23 - Brothers Johnson
3. The Magic of You - Raphael Cameron
4. Footsteps in the Dark - Isley Brothers
5. Be Ever Wonderful - Earth, Wind & Fire
6. Back in Love Again - LTD
7. Oh Honey - Delegation
8. Got to Give it Up - Marvin Gaye
9. Three Little Birds - Bob Marley
10. Loves Holiday - Earth, Wind & Fire
11. Ahh, the Name's Bootsy Baby - Bootsy
12. Nature Boy - George Benson
13. Dusic - Brick
14. Waiting in Vain - Bob Marley & the Wailers
15. Easy - Commodores
16. One Love/People get Ready = Bob Marley & the Wailers
17. Best of My Love - The Emotions
18. If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
19. Sir Nose - Parliament
20. Ffun - Con Funk Shun
21. Ain't Gon Hurt Nobody - Brick
22. Brick House - Commodores
23. Everybody dance - Chic
24. Jammin' - Bob Marley & the Wailers
25. Exodus - Bob Marley & the Wailers
26. Fantasy - E, W, & F

1978:

1. Mary Jane - Rick James
2. The Groove Line - Heatwave
3. You & I - Rick James
4. My Love is Forever - Prince
5. Given In To Love - Lakeside
6. Soft & Wet - Prince
7. The Star of the Story - Heatwave
8. There'll Never be - Switch
9. Can't Hide Love - Earth, Wind & Fire
10. Got to Be Real - Cheryl Lynn
11. I Wanna Be Closer - Switch
12. Ain't we Funkin' Now - Brothers Johnson
13. Get Off - Foxy
14. Make it Last - Con Funk Shun
15. Put the Word Out - Heatwave
16. Throw Down - Voltage Brothers
17. I Had a Choice - Sun
18. Just as Long as We're Together - Prince
19. Insane - Cameo
20. It's All the Way Live - Lakeside
21. Shine - Bar Kays
22. So Easy - Con Funk Shun
23. It's You Girl - Brothers Johnson
24. What a Fool Belives - Doobie Brothers
25. Hollywood Squares - Bootsy
26. Le Freak - Chic

bobsteezy said:

I enjoy going through everyone's lists as well, and I've also found that making them has been a great exercise in rediscovering a lot of music that had been neglected by myself for years.

1976

1 ) pere ubu - final solution
2 ) todd rundgren - love of the common man
3 ) rainbow - stargazer
4 ) modern lovers - I'm straight
5 ) boston - more than a feeling
6 ) blue oyster cult - don't fear the reaper
7 ) tom petty - american girl
8 ) peter tosh - legalize it
9 ) hall and oates - rich girl
10 ) bob dylan - one more cup of coffee
11 ) jackson browne - the pretender
12 ) bob dylan - mozambique
13 ) ac/dc - dirty deeds done dirt cheap
14 ) joni mitchell - coyote
15 ) modern lovers - girl friend
16 ) rainbow - light in the black
17 ) warren zevon - frank and jesse james
18 ) ELO - livin' thing
19 ) boz scaggs - lido shuffle
20 ) be bop deluxe - life in the air age
21 ) led zeppelin - nobody's fault but mine
22 ) rolling stones - memory motel
23 ) wings - silly love songs
24 ) rod stewart - the first cut is the deepest
25 ) stills/young - long may you run
26 ) stevie wonder - ordinary pain

1975

1 ) walker brothers - no regrets
2 ) bob dylan - simple twist of fate
3 ) bob dylan - tangled up in blue
4 ) led zeppelin - in the light
5 ) pink floyd - wish you were here
6 ) brian eno - st elmo's fire
7 ) roxy music - love is the drug
8 ) bob dylan - shelter from the store
9 ) bob dylan - buckets of rain
10 ) neil young - tired eyes
11 ) joni mitchell - shadows and light
12 ) burning spear - marcus garvey
13 ) neu - isi
14 ) mcgarrigle sisters - heart like a wheel
15 ) black sabbath - hole in the sky
16 ) earth wind and fire - that's the way of the world
17 ) fleetwood mac - say you love me
18 ) rainbow - man on the silver mountain
19 ) sparks - tits
20 ) led zeppelin - custard pie
21 ) lou reed - crazy feeling
22 ) john cale - mr. wilson
23 ) robert wyatt - muddy mouse
24 ) john lennon - stand by me
25 ) bachman turner overdrive - hey you
26 ) hot chocolate - you sexy thing


1974


1 ) toots and the maytals - time tough
2 ) big star - september gurls
3 ) randy newman - louisian 1927
4 ) robert wyatt - sea song
5 ) golden earring - radar love
6 ) robert wyatt - little red robin hood hit the road
7 ) jackson browne - late for the sky
8 ) gene clark - strength of strings
9 ) faust - krautrock
10 ) king crimson - one more red nightmare
11 ) neil young - for the turnstiles
12 ) gene clark - the true one
13 ) brian eno - needle in the camel's eye
14 ) richard thompson - when I get to the border
15 ) gram parsons - return of the grievous angel
16 ) brian eno - the true wheel
17 ) joni mitchell - just like this train
18 ) blue oyster cult - astronomy
19 ) john cale - buffalo ballet
20 ) yes - gates of delirium
21 ) roxy music - prairie rose
22 ) sweet - fox on the run
23 ) lou reed - the intro portion of sweet jane from rock n' roll animal
24 ) bachman turner overdrive - you ain't seen nothing yet
25 ) bob dylan - going, going, gone
26 ) raspberries - overnight sensation


1973

1 ) little feat - fool yourself
2 ) faces - ooh la la
3 ) neu - fur immer
4 ) john cale - half past france
5 ) todd rundgren - just one victory
6 ) pink floyd - us and them
7 ) stevie wonder - higher ground
8 ) toots and the maytals - country road
9 ) yes - the revealing science of god - dance of the dawn
10 ) stooges - your pretty face is going to hell
11 ) wings - jet
12 ) raspberries - tonight
13 ) can - bel air
14 ) al green - I'm so lonesome I could cry
15 ) stooges - I need somebody
16 ) king crimson - the talking drum
17 ) toots and the maytals - pressure drop
18 ) john cale - endless plain of fortune
19 ) the who - the real me
20 ) led zeppelin - over the hills and far away
21 ) black sabbath - sabbath bloody sabbath
22 ) roxy music - do the strand
23 ) mott the hoople - I wish I was your mother
24 ) bryan ferry - a hard rain's a-gonna fall
25 ) john lennon - mind games
26 ) bob dylan - knocking on heaven's door
[Edited 5/5/07 20:33pm]

1972

1 ) randy newman - sail away
2 ) raspberries - let's pretend
3 ) steely dan - brooklyn
4 ) flatlanders - keeper of the mountain
5 ) slickers - johnny too bad
6 ) nick drake - pink moon
7 ) yes - close to the edge
8 ) curtis mayfield - no thing on me
9 ) rolling stones - tumbling dice
10 ) desmond dekker - shanty town
11 ) can - pinch
12 ) stevie wonder - Tuesday heartbreak
13 ) neu - hallogallo
14 ) al green - let's stay together
15 ) black sabbath - supernaut
16 ) big star - the ballad of el goodo
17 ) todd rundgren - I saw the light
18 ) faust - it's a rainy day sunshine girl
19 ) roxy music - virginia plain
20 ) bill withers - lean on me
21 ) little feat - got no shadow
22 ) blue oyster cult - cities on flame
23 ) joni mitchell - you turn me on
24 ) rod stewart - you wear it well
25 ) argent - hold your head up
26 ) rick nelson - garden party


1971

1 ) beach boys - til I die
2 ) merle haggard - the farmer's daughter
3 ) yes - perpetual change
4 ) rolling stones - dead flowers
5 ) dolly parton - coat of many colours
6 ) allman brothers - whipping post
7 ) marvin gaye - what's going on
8 ) joni mitchell - river
9 ) can - aumgm
10 ) sly and the family stone - family affair
11 ) john prine - hello in there
12 ) black sabbath - sweat leaf
13 ) funkadelic - maggot brain
14 ) faust - miss fortune
15 ) carol king - so far away
16 ) rod stewart - every picture tells a story
17 ) gene clark - with tomorrow
18 ) kinks - have a cuppa tea
19 ) harry nillson - without you
20 ) deep purple - anyone's daughter
21 ) van morrison - tupelo honey
22 ) beach boys - a day in the life of a tree
23 ) al green - tired of being alone
24 ) cluster - a1
25 ) melanie - brand new key
26 ) byrds - bugler



1970

1 ) the byrds - truck stop girl
2 ) creedence clearwater revival - who'll stop the rain
3 ) guess who - american woman
4 ) beach boys - slip on through
5 ) john lennon - mother
6 ) beach boys - forever
7 ) spirit - nature's way
8 ) stooges - I feel alright
9 ) neil young - don't let it bring you down
10 ) black sabbath - paranoid
11 ) van morrison - caravan
12 ) george harrison - isn't it a pity
13 ) nick drake - northern sky
14 ) deep purple - child in time
15 ) derek and the dominos - bell-bottom blues
16 ) tim buckley - song to the siren
17 ) led zeppelin - that's the way
18 ) soft machine - moon in june
19 ) free - all right now
20 ) kinks - lola
21 ) kris kristofferson - me and bobby mcgee
22 ) can - mother sky
23 ) beatles - the two of us
24 ) harry nilsson - living without you
25 ) paul mccartney - maybe I'm amazed
26 ) rod stewart - only a hobo


1969

1 ) elvis presley - true love travels on a gravel road
2 ) byrds - the ballad of easy rider
3 ) thunderclap newman - something in the air
4 ) merle haggard - I take a lot of pride in what I am
5 ) glen campbell - galveston
6 ) king crimson - 21st century schizoid man
7 ) rolling stones - gimme shelter
8 ) beatles - I want you
9 ) nick drake - cello song
10 ) neil young - everybody knows this is nowhere
11 ) the band - rag mama rag
12 ) rolling stones - you got the silver
13 ) flying burrito brothers - hot burrito #1
14 ) scott walker - duchess
15 ) creedence clearwater - fortunate son
16 ) stooges - 1969
17 ) soft machine - 10:30 returns to the bedroom
18 ) neil young - the losing end
19 ) elvis presley - only the strong survive
20 ) sly and the family stone - everyday people
21 ) bob dylan - tonight I'll be staying here with you
22 ) glen campbell - where's the playground susie
23 ) free design - my very own angel
24 ) spirit - dark-eyed woman
25 ) joni mitchell - both sides now
26 ) beach boys - do it again


1968

1 ) merle haggard - mama tried
2 ) merle haggard - sing me back home
3 ) soft machine - why are we sleeping
4 ) glen campbell - witchita lineman
5 ) the kinks - johnny thunder
6 ) scott walker - jackie
7 ) otis redding - dock of the bay
8 ) zombies - this will be our year
9 ) beatles - julia
10 ) merle haggard - I'll always know
11 ) the kinks - animal farm
12 ) beatles - blackbird
13 ) zombies - care of cell 44
14 ) van morrison - madame george
15 ) rolling stones - no expectations
16 ) box tops - the letter
17 ) byrds - the christian life
18 ) spirit - I got a line on you
19 ) jeff beck - shape of things
20 ) dillard and clark - train leaves here this morning
21 ) scott walker - next
22 ) van dyke parks - palm desert
23 ) steppenwolf - born to be wild
24 ) beatles - happiness is a warm gun
25 ) billy nichols - daytime girl
26 ) marvin gaye/tammi terrell - ain't nothing like the real thing

i love reading these lists. i just don't have the time to compile mine, but I'm enjoying reading everyone elses!

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damosuzuki said:

such an amazing song

NorthernLad said:

Isn't it great? It seems almost preposterous that it's appeared on two lists on a Prince site though.

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bobsteezy said:

good one.

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sosgemini said:

I feel like I'm having a beer among heroin junkies.

56 - 64

I'm gonna have to start listening to song from these years again. Can't honestly right anything. So the list stand as is for now.
[Edited 5/14/07 17:21pm]

lilgish said:

It's a touch difficult, isn't it?

I'm going to try to find time to finish this off on the weekend.

damosuzuki said:

well, you will certainly come up with good choice. I'm making a playlist out of these list.

1974:

1. The Goose - Parliament
2. Be Thankful For What You've Got - William DeVaughn
3. Hair! - Graham Central Station
4. Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Barry White
5. Fire - Ohio Players
6. GCS - Graham Central Station
7. Have You Ever Tried It - Main Ingredient, The
8. Tis Your Kind of Music - Graham Central Station
9. I Believe In You - Graham Central Station
10. Too Shy to Say - Stevie Wonder
11. Hey Girl-Come & Get It - Stylistics, The
12. Then Came You - Spinners, the w/ Dionne Warwick
13. Love Don't Love Nobody - Spinners, The
14. He'll Never Love You Like I Do - Spinners, The
15. Summer Breeze - Main Ingredient, The
16. I Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely - Main Ingredient, The
17. Euphrates River - Main Ingredient, The
18. The Bitch is Back - Elton John
19. Machine Gun - Commodores
20. There's Always Someone Waiting - Average White Band
21. Kung Fu Fighting - Carl Douglas
22. Rikki Don't Lose that Number - Steely Dan
23. Smokin' in the Boys Room - Brownsville Station
24. You're The First The Last My Everything - Barry White
25. Tell me Soemthing Good - Rufus
26. The Way We Were - Barbra Streisand

1972:

1. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
2. Will It Go Round in Circles? - Billy Preston
3. Could It Be I Falling In Love - Spinners, The
4. I'm Still in Love with You - Al Green
5. I'm Stone In Love With You - Stylistics, The
6. Break Up to Make Up - Stylistics, The
7. I'll Be Around - Spinners, The
8. Papa Was a Rolling Stone - O'Jays, The
9. Everybody Plays the Fool - Main Ingredient, The
10. Tired of Being Alone - Al Green
11. Love and Happiness - Al Green
12. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face - Roberta Flack
13. Too Late to Turn Back Now - Cornelius Brothers & Sister Rose
14. You are the Sunshine of My Life - Stevie Wonder
15. It's Too Late - Stylistics, The
16. Children of the Night - Stylistics, The
17. You Ain't Livin Til You're Lovin' - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
18. We've Come Too Far to End it Now - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
19. We Had A Love So Strong - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
20. Theme from Love Story - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
21. It Will Be Alright - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
22. I Can't Stand to See You Cry - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
23. Betcha By Golly Wow - Robinson, Smokey & the Miracles
24. Backstabbers - O'Jays, The
25. Neither One of Us Wants to be the first to Say Goodbye - Knight, Gladys & the Pips
26. Young, Gifted & Black - Aretha Franklin

1971:

1. Theme from Shaft - Hayes, Issac
2. A Case of You - Mitchell, Joni
3. Oye Como Va - Santana
4. What's Going On? - Gaye, Marvin
5. Distant Lover - Gaye, Marvin
6. Mercy, Mercy, Me - Gaye, Marvin
7. Save the Children - Gaye, Marvin
8. What So Never The Dance - Collins, Bootsy
9. Ain't No Sunshine - Withers, Bill
10. Inner City Blues - Gaye, Marvin
11. Inner City Blues - Washington, Grover JR.
12. Just My Imagination - Temptations, The
13. Taboo - Santana
14. Jungle Strut - Santana
15. Imagine - Lennon, John
16. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
17. A Song for You - Hathaway, Donny
18. I'm a Ram - Green, Al
19. It's Too Late - Carole King
20. Never Can Say Goodbye - Jackson 5
21. Family Affair - Sly & the Family Stone
22. Hot Pants - James Brown
23. Have You Seen Her - Chi-Lites
24. Thin Line Between Love & Hate - Persuaders
25. Groove Me - King Floyd
26. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight

bobsteezy said:

I like this list.

bobsteezy said:

Theres alot of feeling in that song.