My Seventies Music

Dolly Parton – “Jolene” And “I Will Always Love You”

Released in late 1973, “Jolene” by Dolly Parton became a No. 1 country hit for her in February 1974, reached Number 60 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 7 on the UK charts. Dolly Parton also wrote and released a song later made popular by Whitney Houston, namely “I Will Always Love You”. Dolly […]

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Linda Ronstadt – “When Will I Be Loved”, “You’re No Good”, “Blue Bayou”, “It Doesn’t Matter Any More” and “First Cut Is The Deepest”

Linda Ronstadt was a name you heard a lot in the Seventies, her biggest hits included “When Will I Be Loved”, “You’re No Good” and “Blue Bayou”. By coincidence, these are just about the only ones of her many songs I can recall… I found a couple more that I recognise though, but I can’t […]

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Janis Joplin – “Cry Baby”

“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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