Comments on: CHART ATTACK!: 1/24/76 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/ your daily dose of pop culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:11:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: MichaelFortes http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-40143 MichaelFortes Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:00:48 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-40143 I'm late to the party on this one... but I'd like to add that there's another notable "I Write the Songs" cover worth mentioning. Sinatra recorded it too, and released it as a single in '76, but he changed the words to I *sing* the songs! I'm late to the party on this one… but I'd like to add that there's another notable “I Write the Songs” cover worth mentioning. Sinatra recorded it too, and released it as a single in '76, but he changed the words to I *sing* the songs!

]]> By: MichaelFortes http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13465 MichaelFortes Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:00:48 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13465 I'm late to the party on this one... but I'd like to add that there's another notable "I Write the Songs" cover worth mentioning. Sinatra recorded it too, and released it as a single in '76, but he changed the words to I *sing* the songs! I'm late to the party on this one… but I'd like to add that there's another notable “I Write the Songs” cover worth mentioning. Sinatra recorded it too, and released it as a single in '76, but he changed the words to I *sing* the songs!

]]> By: Mainline Mom http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13464 Mainline Mom Sat, 26 Jan 2008 00:41:20 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13464 That was some great writing, Neel....thanks for the Gilmore Girls and the Emmy awards clips! Ahhh 1976 :) That was some great writing, Neel….thanks for the Gilmore Girls and the Emmy awards clips! Ahhh 1976 :)

]]> By: Beau http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13463 Beau Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:49:49 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13463 Disco, Manilow and "Convoy." That's the whole decade in a nutshell. Disco, Manilow and “Convoy.” That's the whole decade in a nutshell.

]]> By: Rob http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13462 Rob Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:04:11 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13462 What a cool week.<br><br>Anyone remember that when Johnston accepted the Grammy for "I Write the Songs," he never even mentioned Manilow? Johnston (who produced the Cassidy version, which I grew to hate thanks to my Cassidy-crazy little sister) never recorded the song with the Beach Boys. But he did put it on his solo record "Going Public" a year later.<br><br>Hate to put another plug in for my blog (Sorry, Jeff) – <a href="http://playitandbedamned.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">http://playitandbedamned.blogspot.com</a> – but this week's "Unsung Hero" spotlight is about a long forgotten Beach Boy. (Hint: It isn't the Captain, Daryl Dragon, who was a touring Beach Boy) What a cool week.

Anyone remember that when Johnston accepted the Grammy for “I Write the Songs,” he never even mentioned Manilow? Johnston (who produced the Cassidy version, which I grew to hate thanks to my Cassidy-crazy little sister) never recorded the song with the Beach Boys. But he did put it on his solo record “Going Public” a year later.

Hate to put another plug in for my blog (Sorry, Jeff) – http://playitandbedamned.blogspot.com – but this week's “Unsung Hero” spotlight is about a long forgotten Beach Boy. (Hint: It isn't the Captain, Daryl Dragon, who was a touring Beach Boy)

]]> By: andrew_t http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13461 andrew_t Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:14:16 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13461 Oddly enough, the title of Miss Ross's #1 single also puts me in mind of something Beavis-and-Butthead-Do-America-related:<br><br>"You're a federal agent! You represent the United States Government! Never end a sentence with a preposition." Oddly enough, the title of Miss Ross's #1 single also puts me in mind of something Beavis-and-Butthead-Do-America-related:

“You're a federal agent! You represent the United States Government! Never end a sentence with a preposition.”

]]> By: JonCummings http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/comment-page-1/#comment-13460 JonCummings Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:45:36 +0000 http://popdose.com/chart-attack-12476/#comment-13460 Not to get too far into it, but "Times of Your Life" was a three-minute extension of a very popular Kodak commercial of the time. It was better over 30 seconds. This served as a rather disappointing follow-up to the all-time classic "(You're) Having My Baby." Not to get too far into it, but “Times of Your Life” was a three-minute extension of a very popular Kodak commercial of the time. It was better over 30 seconds. This served as a rather disappointing follow-up to the all-time classic “(You're) Having My Baby.”

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