Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

[Wirral Writer]

Here is a list of pop songs which you never seem to hear anymore on the radio (at least I haven't):

Magic Fly - Space (1977)
Automatic Lover - Dee D Jackson (1978)
Car 67 - Driver 67 (1978)
Loving You Has Made Me Bananas - Guy Marks (1978)
I've Been Hurt - Guy Darrell (1973)
Do You Wanna Dance - Barry Blue (1973)
The Night Chicago Died - Paper Lace (1974)
You Little Trustmaker - The Tymes (1974)
The Crunch - The Rah Band (1977)
The Laughing Gnome - David Bowie (1973)
I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo (1974)
Making Up Again - Goldie (1978)
Everybody's Happy Nowadays - The Buzzcocks (1979)
Let's Get Together Again - The Glitter Band (1974)
Deeply Dippy - Right Said Fred (1992)
Hurt So Good - Susan Cadogan (1975)
Run To The Door - Clinton Ford (1966)
Hello, This Is Joannie - Paul Evans (1979)
Black Pudding Bertha - The Goodies (1975)
Red Dress - Alvin Stardust (1974)
Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black - Mungo Jerry (1974)
Early In The Morning - Vanity Fare (1969)
Take That Look Off Your Face - Marti Webb (1980)
Juke Box Jive - The Rubettes (1974)
Eye Level (Theme from Van De Valk) - Simon Park Orchestra (1973)
Everything I Own - Ken Booth (1974)
I Don't Love You But I Think I Like You - Gilbert O'Sullivan (1975)
King Of The Cops - Billy Howard (1975)
Moonshine Sally - Mud (1975)
L-L-L-Lucy - Mud (1975)
Trocadero - Showaddywaddy (1976)
Love Me, Love My Dog - Peter Shelly (1975)
Oh No, Not My Baby - Rod Stewart (1973)

Come ON, all you radio DJs - it's about time you played these songs again. What's the matter with you all?

Can anybody else think of any more long-forgotten pop songs which could do with a bit of radio recognition every now and then?

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Oh, I want to add one other song to that list:

Tantalise - Jimmy The Hoover (evokes memories of the hot summer of 1983, when that song was played to death).

[amethyst]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Pop Music By M
Jack and Jill by Radio
Davys on the road again Manfred Mans earthband
Dancing in the city Marshall Hayes

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Pop Music By M
Jack and Jill by Radio
Davys on the road again Manfred Mans earthband
Dancing in the city Marshall Hayes

Yes indeed, some good selections there. And here are a few more I have just remembered:

Don't Mess With My Toot Toot - Denise LaSalle (1975)
My Name Is Michael Caine - Madness (1984)
Making Plans For Nigel - XTC (1979)
To Be Or Not To Be - BA Robertson (1980)
My Resistance Is Low - Robin Sarstedt (always evokes memories of that red hot summer of 1976)
It Only Takes A Minute (100 Ton And A Feather, again '76)

[Richard1978]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

I've got a few listed above.

Recently I put together a playlist of overlooked songs, I'll have to post it here.

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

I've got a few listed above.

Recently I put together a playlist of overlooked songs, I'll have to post it here.

Oh yes, please do. Once you start thinking of no-longer-played songs, you can really think of loads and loads.

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Here's a few more:

Japanese Boy - Anneka (1981)
Fantasy Island - Tight Fit (they of The Lion Sleeps Tonight, both songs from 1982)
Happy Talk - Capt Sensible (1982)
Spread A Little Happiness - Sting (1982)

[darren]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

bye bye baby bay city rollers 75.
aint no mountain high enough the supremes 81

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

bye bye baby bay city rollers 75.
aint no mountain high enough the supremes 81

Yep, good choices. And here are a few more I thought of:

Amateur Hour - Sparks (1974)
Eighteen With A Bullet - Pete Wingfield (1975)
I Get A Kick Out Of You - Gary Shearston (1974)
Black Superman - Johnny Wakelin and The Kinshasa Band (1975)
Wombling White Tie and Tails - The Wombles (1975)
You're The One That I Want - Arthur Mullard and Hylda Baker (1978)
You Will Always Find Him In The Kitchen At Parties - Jona Lewis (1980)
Take On All The World - Judas Priest (1979)

[Wirral Writer]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

And a few more:

The House That Jack Built - Tracy (1983)
A Touch Too Much - Arrows (1974)

[HG]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Digital radio has been a blessing for forgotten 70s and 80s stuff, with the dedicated stations there's always something you haven't heard for ages coming on.

[darren]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

great stuff wirral.


so many of those songs i forgot who sang them.

[darren]

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be my baby the ronettes 63.
hard to say im sorry chicago 82.

irene cara what a feeling 83
michael sembello maniac 83

[Richard1978]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Here's my playlist, a lot are lesser songs by known artists.
All Right	Christopher Cross
Animal City	Shakira
Boys Keep Swinging	David Bowie
Daughter of Darkness	Tom Jones
Did Ye Get Healed	Van Morrison
(Don't Go Back To) Rockville	R.E.M.
Dream Boy	5.6.7.8's
Electricity	Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Heartbreaker	Dolly Parton
Holding On	Beverley Craven
I Can't Make It Alone	Dusty Springfield
(I Don't Know Why) I Keep Hangin' On	Yvonne Elliman
I Wish You Peace	Eagles
If You Can't Give Me Love	Suzi Quatro
I'm Your Money	Heaven 17
Keep on Singing	Helen Reddy
Lifeline	Spandau Ballet
Love Games	Level 42
Maybe He'll Notice Her Now	Mindy McCready
Mother Love	Queen
Never Change Lovers in the Middle of the Night	Boney M.
Never Give Up on the Good Times	Spice Girls
Oblivious	Aztec Camera
Oh Diane	Fleetwood Mac
Over and Over	Madonna
Penny Lover	Lionel Richie
Picture This	Blondie
Private Investigations	Dire Straits
Put A Little Sunbeam In Your Life	Petula Clark
Queen of Hollywood	The Corrs
Rat Race	The Specials
Red Sky	Status Quo
Runaway	Bon Jovi
She's A Heartbreaker	Gene Pitney
So Long	ABBA
Songs of Love	The Divine Comedy
Strange Magic	Electric Light Orchestra
Summer of Love	The B-52's
Take My Hand [*]	Dido
Ten Seconds to Heaven	The Ventures
Wake Up Susan	The Detroit Spinners
Waltzing Along	James
What You Gonna Do Boy?	Cleopatra
When We Are Together	Texas
Without You	The Three Degrees
You Could Have Been a Lady	Hot Chocolate
Young Boy	Paul McCartney
99	Toto

[victorbrunswick]

Re: Seventies Songs You Never Hear Anymore

Problem is that almost all of the radio stations, including oldies stations, play the same dozen songs all day.