A little sample of songs from back in 1970 and 10 years later.

All this should have been posted yesterday, but just getting up these items for Friday:

Here is something that might jog your memory, going back to LARadio.com's "Top Five Flashback" for August 20, 1980:

Magic by Olivia Newton-John,
Sailing by Christopher Cross,
Take Your Time Do It Right by the SOS Band,
Emotional Rescue by the Rolling Stones,
Upside Down by Diana Ross.

Another bit of music history/trivia from this date, August 20th, coming from LARadio.com was:
1972 – Isaac Hayes, Bar-Kays, others perform at Wattstax Festival at LA Coliseum.

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I have another list of top five tunes, also from LARadio.com, for August 18, 1970, that I will post now since I haven't posted for a while, just trying to digest all the news that has been happening, so here's the item from Tuesday:

Top Five Flashback, August 18, 1970:

Make It With You by Bread,
Close To You by the Carpenters,
Spill The Wine by Eric Burdon & War,
War by Edwin Starr,
In The Summertime by Mungo Jerry.

The lists are separated by ten years, but I can remember each of these songs very well, something I can't say for the "Top 5" of anything that's been played on the radio these days, and the lyrics were usually understandable and could be repeated in front of your parents without a second thought, a little different from some of the pop music today.

A quick look back to music top of 1970 on this date.

Checking the L.A. Radio.com column for Monday and the Top 5 in the flashback section took me back to a much younger time of life:

Top Five Flashback, April 27, 1970: ABC by the Jackson 5, Let It Be by the Beatles, Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum, American Woman/No Sugar Tonight by the Guess Who, Instant Karma by John Lennon.

It was yet another interesting time in history. At that time there was another year to go before college graduation and the Vietnam War was still a major life factor, President Nixon was in the middle of his first term of office, and many of the rock legends were beginning to become victims of their lifestyles involving drug use. But the music was still pushing the 60's sounds of assorted types, not moved into the 70's Disco phase yet and you could understand the lyrics without too much work; well, you could understand what the words were, but some meanings were still mostly imagery of assorted imaginations.