Old Familiar Tunes

October 17, 1970 (2 weeks) Growing up, I always thought of Neil Diamond as someone who was in the record collections of people whose record ...

September 26, 1970 (3 weeks) "Dude, dude, dude, lookin' out my back door..." It isn't one of the sillier nor more frequent...

September 19, 1970 (1 week) Muhammad Ali's exile from boxing amounted to three-and-a-half-years of raising a family, court appeals, mone...

September 6, 1970 (2 weeks) While hardly the worst thing about it, I found myself not being able to get past the fact that Miguel Rios'...

August 22, 1970 (2 weeks) With sixteen Top 40 entries to date, including four number ones, The Guess Who have been credited with ushering in...

August 8, 1970 (2 weeks) "Critical acclaim came too late for The Carpenters," states a somber Todd Nathanson at the beginning of h...

July 25, 1970 (2 weeks) Yes, you're reading that right. "A Song of Joy" hit the number one spot on the RPM hit parade on July ...

July 11, 1970 (2 weeks) Over 400,000 people attended the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in August of 1969 but it might as well have been 400,0...

July 4, 1970 (1 week) The simplicity of Motown must've really done a number on generations of white pop and rock groups. Knocked by soul...

June 20, 1970 (2 weeks) "Recurring wrong notes at 0:28, 2:10 and 3:07; mis-strikes at 2:39 and 2:52; drop outs at 2:59 and 3:14; a fumb...

June 13, 1970 (1 week) A few years ago I read a novel called 419 by Will Ferguson. He had previously been known for his humours travelogues...

May 30, 1970 (2 weeks) Few made the most of their opportunity like Creedence Clearwater Revival. Parlaying what could easily have been a one...

May 9, 1970 (3 weeks) when : Summer 1987 why : Jealous of their culture, resentful of Reagan and how our PM sucked up to him/them. Canada ba...

May 2, 1970 (1 week) It was 1970 and the landscape of a new generation of British rock and roll stars seemed bleak. A young Marc Bolan was s...