by Paul
Back in about 1976 I heard country singer Emmylou Harris for the first time, I particularly remember her singing “Shop Around”.
I also connect her with Bob Dylan, I think it was duets or backing on his “Hurricane” album.
And I know I had an album by Emmylou Harris – I figure it must be one of the ones that went missing from my collection by the time I took all my records from New Zealand to Germany a decade later.
Here is a live version of “Shop Around” by Emmylou Harris and the Hot Band:
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by Paul
Kate Bush suddenly entered my consciousness – and presumably that of many others – in February of 1978 with her debut hit “Wuthering Heights”.
I was staying with my grandmother in Brighton, England, on my way back from Germany to New Zealand to finish my degree when I heard this magical voice on British radio, and I just had to get the album when I got back home.
Here’s the original, “white dress” version:
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by Paul
“Cry Baby” was one of Janis Joplin’s iconic numbers, full of the energy and passion that characterised all her music.
Janis Joplin only just made it into the Seventies – she died 40 years ago in 1970.
But her music kept her name alive nevertheless.
Here’s a live clip from that year, “Cry Baby”, filmed in 1979 in Toronto:
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