Tag: 80s

The Yardbirds (feat. Jimmy Page) – Happenings Ten Years Time Ago (1967)

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band’s core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock’s most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including “For Your Love”, “Heart Full of Soul”, “Shapes of Things” and “Over Under Sideways Down”.

Eddie Van Halen Called Sammy at 4 AM & They Wrote This 80s Classic Over the Phone #shorts #vanhalen

Sammy Hagar recounts how Eddie Van Halen woke him up with a phone call at 4 AM and was excited about this amazing riff he’d worked up. He played it for him over the phone and the red rocker started coming up with some words. The song would become an 80s classic. The title track of their 1986 multiplatinum hard rock album 5150. Micheal Anthony added his signature backing vocals and Alex Van Halen killed it on the drums. Named after Eddie’s studio and produced by Mick Jones of Foreigner. Van Halen had their first #1 album which was amazing considering that David Lee Roth had quite a year before.

Mott The Hoople – You Really Got Me (1970)

Mott the Hoople is an English rock band popular in the early to mid-1970s glam rock era. They are best known for the song “All the Young Dudes”, written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.Mott the Hoople was formed in 1966 as the Doc Thomas Group with Mick Ralphs on guitar, Stan Tippins on vocals, and Pete Overend Watts on bass. Ralphs and Tippins had been in a local Hereford band the Buddies, and Watts had been in a local Ross-on-Wye band the Soulents with Dale “Buffin” Griffin on drums. The Doc Thomas Group had a concert residency at a nightclub in a resort town in Italy. The group was offered a recording contract with the Italian label Dischi Interrecord and released an eponymous album in January 1967. By 1968, Griffin and organist Verden Allen had joined the band.

Introduction – The Creation (1966)

The Creation was an English rock band, formed in 1966. Their best-known songs are “Making Time”, which was one of the first rock songs to feature a guitar played with a bow, and “Painter Man”, which made the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart in late 1966 and reached No. 8 in the German chart in April 1967. It was later covered by Boney M in 1979 and reached the No. 10 position in the UK chart. “Making Time” was used in the movie Rushmore.Creation biographer Sean Egan defined their style as “a unique hybrid of pop, rock, psychedelia, and the avant-garde.”

Rory Gallagher – Pistol Slapper Blues (1972)

William Rory Gallagher (2 March 1948 – 14 June 1995) was an Irish blues and rock multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer. Born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and brought up in Cork, Gallagher recorded solo albums throughout the 1970s and 1980s, after forming the band Taste during the late 1960s. His albums have sold over 30 million copies worldwide.Gallagher received a liver transplant in 1995, but died of complications later that year in London at the age of 47.

The Yardbirds (feat. Jimmy Page) – Over Under Sideways Down (1967)

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band’s core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock’s most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, who ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including “For Your Love”, “Heart Full of Soul”, “Shapes of Things” and “Over Under Sideways Down”.

The Yardbirds (feat. Jimmy Page) – Shapes Of Things (1967)

The Yardbirds are an English rock band, formed in London in 1963. The band’s core lineup featured vocalist and harmonica player Keith Relf, drummer Jim McCarty, rhythm guitarist/bassist Chris Dreja, and bassist/producer Paul Samwell-Smith. The band is known for starting the careers of three of rock’s most famous guitarists, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Jeff Beck, all of whom ranked in the top five of Rolling Stone magazine’s list of 100 greatest guitarists. The band had a string of hits throughout the mid-1960s, including “For Your Love”, “Heart Full of Soul”, “Shapes of Things” and “Over Under Sideways Down”.

Johnny Cash & June Carter – If I Were A Carpenter (1972)

Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk and gospel. This crossover appeal won Cash the rare honor of being inducted into the Country Music, Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame.Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, which is characterized by train-sound guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, free prison concerts, and a trademark, all-black stage wardrobe, which earned him the nickname “The Man in Black.” He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, “Hello, I’m Johnny Cash,” followed by his signature song “Folsom Prison Blues”.

Donny Osmond – Puppy Love (1972)

The Osmonds are an American family music group that reached the height of their fame in the early to mid-1970s. Currently consisting of a duo of original members Merrill Osmond and Jay Osmond, the group had its best-known configurations as a quartet (billed as the Osmond Brothers) and a quintet (as the Osmonds). The group has comprised siblings who are all members of a family of musicians from Ogden, Utah, and have been in the public eye since the 1960s.The Osmond Brothers began as a barbershop quartet consisting of brothers Alan, Wayne, Merrill, and Jay. They were later joined by younger siblings Donny and Jimmy, both of whom enjoyed success as solo artists. With the addition of Donny, the group became known as the Osmonds; performing both as teen idols and as a soft rock band, their peak lasted from 1971 to 1975. Their only sister Marie, who rarely sang with her brothers at that time, launched a successful career in 1973, both as a solo artist and as Donny’s duet partner. By 1976, the band was no longer producing hit singles; that year, they transitioned into television with Donny & Marie, a popular variety show that ran until 1979.A revival of the original Osmond Brothers lineup in the 1980s achieved moderate success in country music, and both Donny and Marie separately made comebacks in their respective fields in the late 1980s. The Osmonds have sold over 100 million records worldwide.[5] Much of their body of work has largely been forgotten among the general public in the United States since radio stations have largely excluded their music from classic hits and oldies playlists.

Fanny – Place in the Country (1971) | LIVE

LYRICS (elyrics.net) —————————————————- Standing on a hilltop, wishing on a quick star Enemies all around me Got to make a rest stop, wonder where my friends are It’s about time they found meI’m caught in the middle of a shooting war And I can’t ever gather what I’m fighting for And I hate to imagine what they’ve got in store Somebody put the heat on me Who could it be?Stranded by the seaside, waiting out the high tide Taking a short vacation Wading through the hot crowd, laughing at ’em out loud Crying in desperationI’m caught in the current and I’m going down And I ain’t got a will and I’m about to drown And I hope they can forward all my bag to town Somebody’s out to blow my mind They’re doing fineAll I need is some time to myself And a place in the countryWaiting by the highway, people going my way Making like they ignore me Running from the rat race, smiling with a false face Searching the road before meI’m hot on the trail of something I can’t find And I can’t pay my ticket and I’m running blind And I think I discovered I’ve been left behind Somebody wants to use my name It’s a shame – ain’t it a shameAll I need is some time to escape And a place in the country————————————————————Fanny was an American all-female band, active in the early 1970s. They were one of the first notable rock groups to be made up entirely of women, the third to sign with a major label (after Goldie & the Gingerbreads and the Pleasure Seekers), and the first to release an album on a major label (in 1970). They achieved two top 40 singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and released five albums.Sisters June Millington (born April 14, 1948, Manila, Philippines) and Jean Millington (born May 25, 1949, Manila, Philippines) moved with their family from the Philippines to Sacramento, California in 1961. In high school they formed an all-girl band called the Svelts with June on guitar, Jean on bass, Addie Lee on guitar, and Brie Brandt on drums. Brandt was later replaced by Alice de Buhr (born September 4, 1949, Mason City, Iowa). When the Svelts disbanded, de Buhr and Lee formed another all-female group called Wild Honey. The Millington sisters later joined this band, which played Motown covers and eventually moved to Los Angeles.In January 1970, Nickey Barcley was asked to join Fanny as a singer and keyboardist. She was one of the main songwriters and lead singers in the group, and appeared on all their albums, adding soul, blues and funk influences to the group’s overall sound.