Sounds of the Seventies: AM Pop Classics

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Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Nice to Be With You
recording of:
Nice to Be With You
lyricist and composer:
Jim Gold
Gallery52:40
2I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
producer:
David Mackay (Australian producer)
vocals:
Eve Graham
arranger:
David Mackay (Australian producer)
recording of:
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
writer:
Bill Backer, Roger Cook (singer, songwriter, producer), Roquel Davis and Roger Greenaway
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing
version of:
I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke (original commercial jingle off which “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” was based)
The New Seekers42:25
3Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
recording of:
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo
lyricist and composer:
Lobo (American singer-songwriter Roland Kent LaVoie)
Lobo4.52:53
4WildfireMichael Martin Murphey53:16
5Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
recording of:
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
writer:
Roger Cook (singer, songwriter, producer), Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
The Fortunes52:52
6Precious and Few
recording of:
Precious and Few
lyricist and composer:
Walter Nims
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007-05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Climax52:49
7Little Green Bag
recording of:
Little Green Bag
writer:
Hans Bouwens and Jan Visser (Dutch Gospel singer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated)
George Baker Selection53:20
8Popcorn
cover recording of:
Popcorn (in 1972)
composer:
Gershon Kingsley
music quoted on:
2 Die 4
recording of:
Popcorn
composer:
Gershon Kingsley
music quoted on:
2 Die 4
Hot Butter4.42:34
9Walking in Rhythm
recording of:
Walking in Rhythm
writer:
Barney Perry
The Blackbyrds52:54
10United We Stand
assistant engineer:
Stephen Brown (assistant engineer, Deram, 1970s)
engineer:
Terry Johnson (engineer)
producer:
Brotherhood of Man and Tony Hiller
arranger:
Cy Payne
recording of:
United We Stand
composer:
Tony Hiller and Peter Simons (John Goodison)
publisher:
Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp., Edition Corona, EMI April Music Inc., EMI Harmonies Ltd., EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated), Palace-Hiller Music and Rolf Budde GmbH & Co.
Brotherhood of Man4.52:55
11Wildflower
recording of:
Wildflower
lyricist:
Thomas David Richardson (lyricist of Canadian band Skylark’s “Wildflower”)
composer:
Douglas Fraser Edwards
publisher:
Nettwerk Tunes
Skylark54:10
12Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)Reunion53:35
13Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
producer:
Tony Macaulay
vocals:
Tony Burrows
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Bell (50s-70s US/UK pop, later became Arista) (in 1970)
recording of:
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) (in 1970)
writer:
Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason (English songwriter)
publisher:
Barry Mason Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd. and Intersong Music Ltd.
Edison Lighthouse3.62:50
14Montego Bay
recording of:
Montego Bay
writer:
Jeff Barry and Bobby Bloom (US singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Cheezburger Music Co. and EMI Unart Catalog Inc.
Bobby Bloom52:59
15Don't Call Us, We'll Call You
recording of:
Don’t Call Us, We’ll Call You
writer:
John Carter (worked for Capitol Records, relaunched Tina Turner's career with Private Dancer) and Jerry Corbetta
Sugarloaf53:22
16Troglodyte (Cave Man)
The Jimmy Castor Bunch53:24
17I Ain't Got Time Anymore
The Glass Bottle52:27
18White Lies, Blue Eyes
Bullet52:53
19The Witch Queen of New Orleans
recording of:
The Witch Queen of New Orleans (1971 song)
writer:
Lolly Vegas and Pat Vegas
Redbone4.52:47
20The Lion Sleeps Tonight
recording of:
The Lion Sleeps Tonight
lyricist:
George David Weiss (in 1961)
writer:
Luigi Creatore, Hugo Peretti and Albert Stanton (pseudonym for Al Brackman)
composer:
Solomon Linda
publisher:
Abilene Music Inc. and Luigi Creatore Music (ASCAP)
is based on:
Mbube
is based on:
Wimoweh
version of:
Wimoweh
part of:
The Lion King (2019 film soundtrack)
part of:
The Lion King (stage musical)
Robert John52:37
21Lay a Little Lovin' on MeRobin McNamara53:04
22Be Thankful for What You Got
producer:
John Davis (70s US funk producer/songwriter aka The Monster) (in 1974) and Frank Fioravanti (in 1974)
arranger:
John Davis (70s US funk producer/songwriter aka The Monster) (in 1974)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Roxbury (70s US soul, subsiduary of Chelsea Records) (in 1974)
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 374)
recording of:
Be Thankful for What You Got
lyricist and composer:
William DeVaughn
publisher:
Delicious Apple Music Corp., EMI Jemaxal Music Inc., H&R Lastrada Music, Melomega Music, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music) and Sony/ATV Tunes, LLC
William DeVaughn4.53:20

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part of:Sounds of the Seventies (Time-Life Music) (number: 32) (order: 32)