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Vol IV, Issue 15 – Moonlight feels right (01 Aug 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 15 – Moonlight feels right (01 Aug 2019)

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 Name of song– Moonlight feels right

Band – Starbuck

Writer– Bruce Blackman

Album- Moonlight Feels Right

Release year– 1975

Peak chart positions

# 1 – US Record World

# 1 – Canada Adult Contemporary

# 2 – US Cash Box

# 2 –US Billboard Easy Listening

# 3 –US Billboard Hot 100

# 3 –Canada RPM Top Singles

# 21 –New Zealand Charts

# 25 – Australian Charts

                                                 Moonlight feels right

 

“Starbuck” shall be absolutely an unfamiliar name to most of the rock fans, however, the prototype one hit band have their own place in the rock world. Formed in Georgia in 1974 by keyboardist Bruce Blackman and marimba player Bo Wagner, they were a pop rock/soft rock band and had few hit numbers. Although, they had only three albums, they were quite successful and they continued touring and reunited briefly in the present decade. Besides the founding members, they had numerous line- up changes. With the death of Wagner in 2017, they have practically stopped producing music.

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Vol IV, Issue 14 – Warm ways (15 Jul 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 14 – Warm ways (15 Jul 2019)

Name of song– Warm ways

Band – Fleetwood Mac

Writer– Christine McVie

Album- Fleetwood Mac

Release year– 1975

Warm ways 

“Fleetwood Mac” is a British-American rock band which was formed in late sixties and led to rule the seventies and the decades ahead. Fleetwood Mac was formed in London in 1967 by Peter Green (Guitars), Mick Fleetwood (Drums), Jeremy Spencer (Guitars) and John McVie (Bass). They pioneered the British Blues Rock scene from their conception.

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Vol IV, Issue 13 – Fox on the run (01 Jul 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 13 – Fox on the run (01 Jul 2019)

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Name of song– Fox on the run

Band – Sweet

Writers– Brian Connolly, Steve Priest, Andy Scott, Mick Tucker

Album- Desolation Boulevard

Release year– 1975

Peak chart positions

# 1 – Australia, Denmark, South Africa & Germany

# 2 – Canada, Norway, Ireland, Netherlands & UK

# 3 – Austria, New Zealand, Switzerland

# 5 – US Billboard Hot 100 & Cash Box Top 100

# 10 – Sweden & Finland

Fox on the run

“Sweet” is considered one of the main British bands in the seventies which were the early forms of glam rock or pop metal of the following decade. They had it all, the hits, the music, the melody, the charm, and the sound, but somehow, they could not materialize their fame and success and faded out slowly over the next decade. Although the surviving members occasionally continue their tours, their heydays of the seventies could never be repeated.

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Vol IV, Issue 11 – My cherie amour (01 Jun 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 11 – My cherie amour (01 Jun 2019)

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Name of song– My cherie amour

Singer – Stevie Wonder

Writer– Stevie Wonder, Henry Cosby, Sylvia Moy

Album- My Cherie Amour

Release year– 1969

Peak chart positions

# 3 – US Cash Box Top 100

# 3 – US Billboard Easy Listening

# 4 – US Billboard Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles

# 4 – US Billboard Hot 100

# 4 – UK Singles Chart

# 9 – Ireland

# 14 – Canada Top Singles

# 14 – Canada Adult Contemporary

My Cherie amour

Born as Stevland Hardaway Morris, Stevie Wonder may not have been a rock star, but he is undoubtedly the king of soul and one of the most influential musicians of the century. Born premature, he became visually impaired since early infancy but he was truly a musical prodigy.

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Vol IV, Issue 9 – Cocaine (01 May 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 9 – Cocaine (01 May 2019)

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Name of song– Cocaine

Singer – J.J. Cale

Writer– J.J. Cale

Album- Troubadour

Release year-1977

Peak chart positions

# 1 – New Zealand Charts

# 2 – Switzerland

# 5 – Austria

# 10 – Sweden

# 22 – German chart

# 45 – Australia

Cocaine

J.J. Cale (John Weldon J.J. Cale) might be an unfamiliar name for many, but ‘not so impressive’ rock star was indeed an impressive star for many rock stars, including Eric Clapton and Mark Knopfler among others. It would be a surprise for many that he had originally written the hits – “Cocaine” and “After midnight” for Eric Clapton. If the stars were valued by the number of people who were impressed by their songs rather than the chart success and fortune, then Cale would perhaps top the list amongst few others. Born and raised in Oklohama, USA, he had learned to play guitar at an early age and had joined Air Force where he mastered his technical skills of sound, ultimately building his own recording studio. He started his career as a studio engineer, finally starting to make his own albums. Undoubtedly, Cale deliberately avoided the limelight, but he has been considered as one of the most important figures in the history of rock music.

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