Rock On

I've just submitted my May music order. I'm still working on Billboard's Number One Hits and this order pretty much covers most of the early 70's. The Beatles still dominated but separately. George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr all had number one hits after the break up. On many of their albums they still tended to work together although it was Paul that had the most consistent career after the break up. As always there were a lot of one hit wonders but I generally don't buy a whole CD just for a single song. At some point I may just hold my nose and buy some 'Golden Hits of the ...' to fill in. I did buy Carly Simon's No Secrets CD just for 'You're so Vain' and I bought two of James Taylor's CD's just so people would know who she was singing about. (She says she didn't have anybody particular in mind when she wrote that song but they were married.) Of course the Bee Gees and Elton John dominated the mid to late 70's as far as the number of #1 hits. There were also a number of artist that long careers before they topped the charts, Rod Stewart and David Bowie for example. I still tried to get original CD's when possible. In the 70's and 80's many albums were complete works of art. Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Genesis, and King Crimson were especially concept oriented in producing albums, but that was a big part of Progressive Rock. Hope you enjoy.

May Order:
All Things Must Pass George Harrison
Living in the Material World George Harrison
Imagine John Lennon
Ram Paul McCartney
Band on the Run Paul McCartney
Venus & Mars Paul McCartney & Wings
At the Speed of Sound Paul McCartney
Sweet Baby James James Taylor
Mud Slide Slim & the New Horizon James Taylor
No Secrets Carly Simon
Number Ones Bee Gees
Every Picture Tells a Story Rod Stewart
America
Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust David Bowie
Space Oddity David Bowie
Young Americans David Bowie
Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John
Honky Chateau Elton John
They only Come at Night Edgar Winter
Ringo Ringo Starr
Fly Like an Eagle Steve Miller Band
Classic Hits of Jim Croce
Greatest Hits Grand Funk Railroad.