In The 1970s Stylistics

The amazing harmony of this group spurred several classic hits. Headed and formed in 1968 by Russell Thompson Jnr. The group all came from Philadelphia and began their 1970s invasion with a group consisting of Herbie Murrell, James Smith and James Dunn.

In 1971 the Stylistics had yet to cross the big pond to the UK, but in the U.S. they were already having hits like You're A Big Girl Now followed by Stop, Look Listen To Your Heart which was written by Thom Bell (previously with the Delfonics) and Linda Creed who died in 1986.

In Memory Hal David

Hal David was born in New York in 1921 and in 1957 he met Burt Bacharach and between them they wrote some of the greatest standards in the 1960s and in the 1970s. The 1960s hits included Casino Royale,  What's New Pussycat, Alfie and dozens and dozens more.

As early as 1972 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame and of course many of their songs won Grammy Awards.

Below are just a few of the classic songs that has made their unique music writing relationship a corner stone of popular music.

(They Long)To Be Close To You a 1970 hit by Johnny Mathis and and for the Carpenters.

Walk On By by Stranglers from 1978.

  

You'll Never Get To Heaven by Stylistics

Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head by Sacha Distel

I'll Never Fall In Love Again by Dionne Warick

Top Selling Singles 1975

Here are the Top Ten best selling singles in the UK for 1975.

Top Hits of 1975

  

 1 Bay City Rollers Bye Bye Baby

Article about Bay City Rollers

   2 Rod Stewart Sailing
   3 Stylistics Can't Give You Anything (But My Love) Article about Stylistics
   4 Windsor Davies & Don Estelle Whispering Grass
Don Estelle died in 2003 and Windsor Davies died in 2019
   5 Tammy Wynette Stand By Your Man
Tammy Wynette died in 1998
   6 Bay City Rollers Give A Little Love Article about Bay City Rollers
   7 David Essex Hold Me Close Article about David Essex
   8 Art Garfunkel I Only Have Eyes For You
   9 Roger Whittaker The Last Farewell
   10 10CC I'm Not In Love Article about 10cc

More from 1975

Precious and Few (Retrospect of the 70's) compiled by Zidroh

Precious and few I found somebody new The harder I tried Last night I didn't get to sleep at all The way we planned it Why did I lose you Never get your love behind No love in the room Together I think I tell her Break up to make up Betcha by golly wow Hey there lonely girl City of Angels At your best (you are love)

Remembering George David Weiss

George David Weiss has died in the US at the age of 89 in 2010.

His career was huge in the 60s, but some of the songs that he wrote spilled over and were released in the 70s, and as our tribute to the songwriter, here are some examples of the mans work, Enjoy these hits of the 70s.