THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY, A PARTRIDGE FAMILY CHRISTMAS CARD In the wake of David Cassidy’s passing last week, I thought I’d post one more tribute to his career, this time a Christmas offering from his “band” and TV relatives The Partridge … Continue reading →
The New Yorker has a highly-readable story taking a look at the details behind Devo’s career-changing cover of the Rolling Stone’s “Satisfaction” in 1978. Fans of Devo, Brian Eno, David Bowie, and Mick Jagger will want to have a read. … Continue reading →
“1978 belongs to Meat Loaf.” Here we have an ad for Meat Loaf’s Bat Out Of Hell celebrating the album’s first anniversary and touting the artist’s domination of the charts. Meat Loaf’s single in the fall of ’78, “You Took … Continue reading →
“We bring it back alive.” We’re back in action after the Thanksgiving holiday and it’s time for a tasty Vintage Commercial. Today we’ve got another Pioneer Stereo commercial with narration by Burgess Meredith. The spot looks at the building of … Continue reading →
Queen released a double A-side single featuring “Bicycle Race” and “Fat Bottomed Girls” at the tail-end of 1978. Both songs appeared on the band’s Jazz LP. The songs hit #24 on the US Hot 100 and #11 in the UK. … Continue reading →
DAVID CASSIDY, ROCK ME BABY David Cassidy’s death this week hit me harder than I expected — he was just a silly, disposable teen idol from four decades ago, right? Maybe so, but he was also a fixture of my … Continue reading →
It’s time for a Chart Flashback! This being almost-Thanksgiving, let’s eye the best-selling LPs for Thanksgiving time, 1977. Chart info: New York’s Top 40 radio station WABC collected “Weekly Surveys” in the Seventies which charted “the record sales of local … Continue reading →
Vintage Commercial time! Today, we’ve uncovered a spot from October 1978 for JCPenney’s MCS audio rack stereo systems. This baby looks just right for blasting out some Wild Cherry or Black Oak Arkansas. Slap on some vinyl and let’s get … Continue reading →
Fictional TV rock band, The Partridge Family, has been added to Cherry Stereo’s Music Makers of the Seventies section today. While the family may have consisted of actors thrown together for a successful sitcom, the music was well-sung by David … Continue reading →
News has come in that AC/DC co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young has died at the age of 64. In honor of the man, we’ve got a video of the band performing “Girls Got Rhythm” on European TV in November … Continue reading →