Dobie Gray – “Drift Away”

by Paul

In 1973 Dobie Gray sang the most popular version of “Drift Away”, sometimes known as “Give Me The Beat, Boys”, which had originally been recorded a year earlier, and has since become a classic ending song for concerts. He took it to Number 5 in the USA, though it didn’t enter the charts in the […]

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Earth, Wind & Fire – “Boogie Wonderland”

by Paul

American R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire from Chicago had quite a distinguished career in the Seventies, but the only (original) song from them that instantly comes to mind for me is “Boogie Wonderland”, from 1979. I guess I just didn’t listen to their kind of music that often. Nevertheless, the band was very successful, […]

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