Your 5 - 10 favorite *** AM *** Radio songs from the 70's?

[Papa Deuce]

I was ripping CDs to my hard drive today... a collection of 25 CDs called "AM GOLD".......

In no order:

1. How Do You Do - Mouth and McNeal
2. Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
3. Brand New Key - Melanie
4. How Long - Ace
5. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredveils
6. Chevy Van - Sammy John
7. Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band
8. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
9. Brother Louie - The Stories
10. Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

Yours?

Actually... my real #1, and I forgot to list it is "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal band.

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

Angie - The Stones
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
The Joker - Steve Miller
Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac
Night Moves - Bob Seger
Shooting Star - Bad Company
Lola - The Kinks
In the Summer Time - Mungo Jerry
No Sugar Tonight - The Guess Who
American Pie - Don Mclean

Wow, there were so many! These may not be my exact top ten but they're ten I loved.

 

[aprilgail2]

I don't remember much off AM radio but these two always stick out in my head because they were always playing as we drove to the beach

Rock the Boat
The Night Chicago Died

 

[lvanleer]

Seasons in the Sun - Terry Jacks
One Tin Soldier - Coven
Crocodile Rock - Elton John
American Pie - Don McLean
Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - Joan Baez
Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
Hotel California - Eagles
You're So Vain - Carly Simon
Anticipation - Carole King

 

[Realgrumpy]

Magic---by Pilot
Montego Bay--Bobby Bloom
Clair--Gilbert O'Sullivan
Dancing In the Moonlight--King Harvest
Hooked On a Feeling---Blue Swede
Still the One---Orleans
Lonely Boy---Andrew Gold
Shake It---Ian Matthews
Sweet City Woman---Stampeders
Makin' It---David Naughton
And When I Die--Blood, Sweat and Tears

I could go on...I love 70's music.

 

[raysnkaysmom]

I was ripping CDs to my hard drive today... a collection of 25 CDs called "AM GOLD".......

In no order:

1. How Do You Do - Mouth and McNeal
2. Billy Don't Be a Hero - Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
3. Brand New Key - Melanie
4. How Long - Ace
5. Jackie Blue - Ozark Mountain Daredveils
6. Chevy Van - Sammy John
7. Uneasy Rider - Charlie Daniels Band
8. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
9. Brother Louie - The Stories
10. Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

Yours?

Actually... my real #1, and I forgot to list it is "Afternoon Delight" - Starland Vocal band.

The only one I've EVER heard of was Afternoon Delight..
Maybe cuz I was born in 74..so I really only know 80s FM music...lol

 

[Papa Deuce]

The only one I've EVER heard of was Afternoon Delight..
Maybe cuz I was born in 74..so I really only know 80s FM music...lol

It was fun music in the 70's.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

By "AM" songs, I'm assuming stuff that wouldn't be considered Classic Rock??

I think these are from the 70s:
Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain and Tenille
Angel of the Morning - Juice Newton
Summer Breeze - Seals and Croft
I'm Not in Love - 10CC
Dream Weaver - Gary Wright
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Daybreak - Barry Manilow
I'd Really Love to See You Tonight - England Dan and John Ford Coley

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

8. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop

Awesome song!!

 

[TheBigBadWolf]

Here's a few more songs geared more toward AM radio.

Bridge over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown - Jim Croce
Your Song - Elton John
Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
Mama Told Me Not to Come - Three Dog Night
American Woman - Guess Who
One (Is the Loneliest Number) - Three Dog Night -- My Very First concert when I was 14
You're Sixteen - Ringo Starr
Spirit in the Sky - Norman Greenbaum
Layla - Eric Clapton
Band of Gold - Freda Payne
Close to You - The Carpenters
Let It Be - The Beatles
Our House - Crosby Stills, Nash & Young

 

[Papa Deuce]

By "AM" songs, I'm assuming stuff that wouldn't be considered Classic Rock??

Correct.