Radio has tossed aside, somewhat ironically, this 1975 paean to nostalgia and #17 hit.Īmbrosia are best known for two songs that both reached the number three position, 1978’s “How Much I Feel” and “Biggest Part of Me”, which peaked in early 1980.įirefall similarly had three major singles, only two of which seemed to survive the decade, 1976’s “You Are the Woman” (#9) and 1977’s “Just Remember I Love You” (#11).īut they were followed by another hit in ’78, that being “Strange Way”. “This Time I’m in it for Love” is Player’s #10 follow-up from ’78. “Baby Come Back” is not only an oldies perennial, but has been sampled in at least nine R&B and rap songs from the 80’s to the present day. Their 1977 number one single “Baby Come Back” is often mistaken for a Hall & Oates song because of its similarity to their hit “She’s Gone”. Player are, in the perception of most, one-hit wonders. Clearly this is an ignorant and dismissive view of this talented California band. Be that as it may, let’s exhume some hit songs… The genre of 70’s so-called “Soft Rock” is particularly littered with these “forgotten” songs–perhaps because many people would like to forget the genre entirely. It was an era when radio ruled–before a car commercial, social music sharing site, or Glee were equally likely ways for a song to break through. Billboard Hot 100 charts of the 60’s and 70’s were a much more accurate reflection of a song’s popularity, before there were so many other ways for a song to enter the public consciousness (reflected by the number of pop charts Billboard now uses). I’ll be citing the Billboard pop charts for reference.
Our goal in this series of posts is to resurrect their memory to help in a small way to reverse the process of the “top tenning” of oldies formats, which reduce hit makers from previous decades to their most popular song or two and then overplay them until you almost loathe an artist you used to enjoy (think “Sweet Caroline” or “Don’t Stop Believin'”).
Every era and genre of music has songs that were popular in their day, but whose footprints have been washed from the sand over time.
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