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Vol IV, Issue 16 – No matter what (15 Aug 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 16 – No matter what (15 Aug 2019)

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Name of song– No matter what

Band – Badfinger

Writer– Pete Ham

Album- No Dice

Release year– 1970

Peak chart positions

# 1 – South Africa Charts

# 5 – UK Singles

#5 – New Zealand Charts

# 7 –Canada Top Singles

# 8 –US Billboard Hot 100

# 8 – Australian Charts

# 13 –Belgium Charts

# 24 – Netherlands Charts

# 32 – West German Charts

                                                No matter what

 

“Badfinger” might not be a familiar name to many rock fans, but it would be unjust to ignore their name in shaping the seventies rock music. Considered as one of the most tragically fated rock band who could always have skyrocketed, but sadly landed flat on the ground, they would always be remembered as one band whose two members had taken their own lives, following the troubles plaguing them. It would be really astonishing that the band which gave such hit singles as “Day after day”, “Baby blue”, “Without you” (Covered later by Harry Nilsson and then Mariah Carey) could not get the name and fame they so truthfully deserved.

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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 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 4 – High flyer (15 Feb 2019)

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Vol IV, Issue 3 – High flyer (15 Feb 2019)

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Name of song– High flyer

Band – UFO

Writers– Michael Schenker & Phil Mogg

Album- Force It

Release year– 1975

 

High flyer

Reviewers- Bikash Shrestha/Nirab Kayastha

“UFO” is a classic hard rock band formed in London in 1968. Creating classic hard rock numbers like “Shoot shoot”, “Rock bottom”, “Let it roll”, “Only you can rock me”, they have a cult status in the rock world. An intermediate bridge between early hard rock, heavy metal and new wave of British heavy metal, they are a perfect classic hard rock band. Formed by Phil Mogg (Vocals), Mick Bolton (Guitars), Pete Way (Bass) and Andy Parker (Drums), they were a small band to begin with. However, soon, with the addition of Michael Schenker from Scorpions, they drove to international stardom in the early seventies. With much line-up changes, over the next decades, they consolidated their success and they have been still going strong!

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