TERRY HOKNES - My All Time Favorite Songs and Music - Billboard chart data plus my personal chart data plus youtube video and historical facts and trivia

TERRY HOKNES - MY FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME ! hoknes@hotmail.com

241	BEATLES	GETTING BETTER	1967
242	CREAM	WHAT A BRINGDOWN	1969
243	DARKNESS	I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE	2002
244	ELTON JOHN	CONQUER THE SUN	1980
245	RICK DERRINGER	JOY RIDE	1973
246	SPIRIT	GIVE A LIFE TAKE A LIFE	1969
247	MOVE	WHAT	1970
248	JOHN WILLIAMS	DUEL OF THE FATES	1999
249	BEATLES	FOOL ON THE HILL	1967
250	BOSTON	FEELING SATISFIED	1978
251	GLASS FAMILY	HOUSE OF GLASS	1968
252	GO GO'S	WORLDS AWAY	1982
253	KLAATU	DOCTOR MARVELLO	1976
254	MOODY BLUES	YOU AND ME	1972
255	RICK DERRINGER	TEENAGE QUEEN	1973
256	PIDGEON	HOUSE ON A HILL AMONG TREES	1969
257	YES	HOLD ON	1983
258	LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN	SYMPHONY NO. 5	1808
259	AMERICA	WOMAN TONIGHT	1975
260	GRAND FUNK	BAD TIME	1975

THE BEATLES - GETTING BETTER (1967)

Album: Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)

I first heard this album when I borrowed it from the public library when John Lennon died about January 1981 at age 10.

Getting Better" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was recorded by The Beatles for the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The song, musically reminiscent of the hit single "Penny Lane," moves forward by way of regular chords, produced by Lennon's guitar, McCartney's electric piano, and George Martin, who struck the strings of a pianette with a mallet. These heavily accented and repetitive lines cause the song to sound as if it is based on a drone. Lead guitarist George Harrison adds an Indian tambura part to the final verse, which further accentuates this impact.

The song's title and music suggest optimism, but some of the song's lyrics have a more negative tone. In this sense, it reflects the contrasting personas of the two songwriters. In response to McCartney's line, "It's getting better all the time", Lennon replies, "It can't get no worse!" Referring to the lyric "I used to be cruel to my woman/I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved/Man I was mean but I'm changing my scene/And I'm doing the best that I can", Lennon admitted that he had done things in relationships in the past that he was not proud of. According to Hunter Davies, the initial idea for the song's title came from a phrase often spoken by Jimmie Nicol, the group's stand-in drummer for the Australian leg of a 1964 tour.

One of the recording sessions for "Getting Better" is famous for an incident involving Lennon. During the 21 March 1967 session in which producer George Martin added a piano solo to Lovely Rita, Lennon complained that he did not feel well and could not focus. He had accidentally taken LSD when he meant to take an upper. Unaware of the mistake, Martin took him up to the roof of Abbey Road Studios for some fresh air, and returned to Studio Two where McCartney and Harrison were waiting. They knew why Lennon was not well, and upon hearing where Lennon was, rushed to the roof to retrieve him and prevent a possible accident

CREAM - WHAT A BRINGDOWN (1969)

Album: Goodbye Cream (1969)

My mother had bought this album when it came out before I was born ! By 1984 at age 13 I loved this album. A song I played many times at age 13 in 1984 and then finally officially my #1 favorite daily song in 2010

April 26th 2010 - my #1 favorite daily song for 34 days at age 39. I am so sentimentally attached to this album. My attraction to this song is so much the vamped out section which is so dramatic at the end of each chorus and the end of the song.

Goodbye (also called Goodbye Cream) is the fourth and final original album by British supergroup Cream. The album was released in Europe by Polydor Records and by Atco Records in the United States, debuting in Billboard on February 15, 1969 A single, "Badge", was subsequently released from the album a month later. The album was released after Cream disbanded in November 1968

THE DARKNESS - I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE (2002)

Album: Permission To Land (2002)

April 15th 2004 - my #3 favorite daily song for 12 days at age 33 while living with Michelle/Brianna.

I Believe in a Thing Called Love" is a song by English rock band The Darkness, released as the third single from their debut studio album, Permission to Land.

"I Believe in a Thing Called Love" was originally issued as a 3-track EP in August 2002, however, as only a small number of copies were printed, it was ineligible to chart. The EP also included early versions of "Love On The Rocks With No Ice" and "Love Is Only A Feeling". When released as a single in September 2003, it was beaten to number one by The Black Eyed Peas' "Where Is the Love?". Lead singer Justin Hawkins performs much of the song in a falsetto. In March 2005, Q magazine placed "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" at number 47 in its list of the 101 Greatest Guitar Tracks. It is also placed 493 on The 500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born on Blender magazine. Most recently, it ranked at 276 of Pitchfork's 500 Top Tracks of the 2000s and was ranked number one for Classic Rock Magazine's list of "The Greatest Rock Songs Of The Noughties". The song was also named the 94th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. A live version of the song, recorded at Knebworth House in Knebworth, Hertfordshire in 2003, was featured as a B-side to the group's Christmas single, "Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End)". The song peaked at #1 on the US iTunes rock chart and at #67 on the Billboard Hot Digital Songs chart in February 2012, after Justin Hawkins appeared in a commercial during the Super Bowl XLVI.

ELTON JOHN - CONQUER THE SUN (1980)

This rare recording was the B side of the hit single Little Jeannie in 1980. The song was never released on album. My great grandmother loved Little Jeannie so I bought her the 45 around 1984 at age 13 and I played the B side a lot making it one of my all time favorite Elton John songs. It was recorded at the time of Little Jeannie and the 21 at 33 album.

Little Jeannie" (spelled "Little Jeanie" on the cover of the single) is a song by Elton John and Gary Osborne, recorded by John and released as a single in 1980 from John's album 21 at 33. It reached number three on the Billboard pop chart in the United States, becoming the singer's biggest U.S. hit since 1976's "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" (a duet with singer Kiki Dee), and his highest-charting solo hit since 1975's "Island Girl". It became John's fifth number one on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, and was certified Gold by the RIAA In Canada, it reached number one on the RPM 100 national singles chart

21 at 33 is the Gold-plus fourteenth studio album by British singer/songwriter Elton John, released on 13 May 1980. It was recorded at Superbear Studios, Nice, France, in August 1979, and Rumbo Recorders and Sunset Sound in Los Angeles, California between January to March 1980.

The title comes from the fact that this was John's 21st album in total at the age of 33. According to the liner notes in the remastered edition of the album, the count includes all standard albums, two "Greatest Hits" compilations, two live albums, as well as the Friends soundtrack, the three-song, 12-inch EP The Thom Bell Sessions and the UK-only "rarities" collection Lady Samantha. The album sold over 900,000 copies in the United States, narrowly missing a Platinum certication

RICK DERRINGER - JOY RIDE (1973)

Album: All American Boy (1973)

September 1st 1989 - my #1 favorite daily song for 6 days. This was the last album I listened to in rotation before moving away from home the first time to Muenster, SK to the monastery at St Peters College for 1st year University at age 18.

All American Boy is an album by Rick Derringer, released on Blue Sky Records in 1973. "Joy Ride" and "Time Warp" (not to be confused with The Rocky Horror Picture Show song) are instrumentals.

Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.

In 1973, the song's author, Rick Derringer recorded the song for his solo debut album All American Boy. The song was released as a single and reached #23 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it his highest showing in the record charts. It has become a staple of 1970s rock music compilations and classic rock radio. Derringer has recorded several live versions of the "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" over the years

Derringer appeared on Alice Cooper's Killer album in 1971, playing the solo on "Under My Wheels." Derringer opened for Led Zeppelin on their last American tour. Derringer was also a featured guitarist on several Todd Rundgren albums in the 1970s, including Something/Anything? (1972), A Wizard, a True Star (1973), Initiation (1975) and the live album Back to the Bars (1978).

SPIRIT - GIVE A LIFE, TAKE A LIFE (1969)

Album: Clear (1969)

January 18th 1993 - my #1 favorite daily song for 53 days at age 22 in 4th year University playing in two bands Whats His Name And The Other Guys and in The Shade (whom we covered this song live). I was also working at the newly opened Collectors Edge comic book store on 22nd St & 2nd Avenue and also hosting my radio show History Lesson on CFCR FM where I taught the history of pop music each week. One of my best friends was Ross Martin whom I met at St Peters College and he dug this album too.

August 9th 2010 - my #9 favorite daily song for 39 days at age 39 while living at Ave M South with Valerie now married almost 3 years and Nicholas was 4.

Clear was the third Spirit album, written largely in the wake of their work on the soundtrack to the 1968 film Model Shop. Several of the band members have said that they felt there wasn't enough time for developing the album after releasing two albums in 1968, recording a soundtrack and constantly touring, but a growing number of fans feel that it is one of their finest, if not the finest, album the group would ever make. Possibly because of the rushed work on the album, there is a larger reliance upon instrumental work and the jazz backgrounds of several members than any of their other albums, perhaps most exemplified by the three instrumental pieces penned by John Locke. It also features their sound gaining depth and sprawling out even more than it previously had, as they even attempt everything from the bluesy "So Little Time To Fly" to tightly constructed multi-part songs like "Dark Eyed Woman" and "New Dope In Town". Stylistically, "Clear" is a precursor to the band's next album, Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus

THE MOVE - WHAT ? (1970)

Album: Looking On (1970)

The Move became one of my all time favorite bands after I became a fan of Roy Wood first. My favorite album of theirs is this one which was their final album before they changed their name to "Electric Light Orchestra". I bought this album in January 1986 at Nik Of Time Record shop on Broadway and I played it non-stop upstairs in my grandparents bedroom on Taylor Street while they went on holiday. Unfortunately I had no song charts before 1987 when I learned the majority of songs by The Move.

February 3rd 1988 - my #9 favorite daily song for 4 days at age 17 in Grade 12.

March 13th 2002 - my #6 favorite daily song for 51 days at age 31 at the time I flew to New York to hear Roy Wood in concert three times and I also met him backstage. Half of the show was performing his songs he had written while in the band The Move.

The Move, from Birmingham, England, were one of the leading British rock bands of the 1960s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any success in the United States. The group's name referred to the move various members of these bands made to form the group. Beside Wood, the original five-piece line-up of The Move in 1965 was drummer Bev Bevan, bassist Kefford, vocalist Carl Wayne and guitarist Trevor Burton. The final line-up of 1972 was the trio of Wood, Bevan and Jeff Lynne, who transitioned the group into the Electric Light Orchestra. Since 2007, Burton and Bevan have been performing as 'The Move featuring Bev Bevan and Trevor Burton'

JOHN WILLIAMS & LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - DUEL OF THE FATES (1999)

Album: Star Wars Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999)

I joined the Star Wars in Concert Choir for 1 concert in Saskatoon, SK, Canada in 2010 and this was 1 of choir pieces we performed in the show in front of an audience of 5,000. I sang a tenor male vocal part and belted at the top of my lungs on this amazing epic dramatic piece in non-English. There is a video of our performance on youtube.com

July 7th 2010 - my #1 favorite daily song for 33 days making it my #7 favorite daily song of 2010.

Duel of the Fates" is a musical theme recurring in the Star Wars prequel trilogy and the Expanded Universe. It was composed by John Williams and recorded for the film soundtrack by the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) and the London Voices. This symphonic piece is played with both a full orchestra and a choir. With the music video for this theme, the LSO became the only classical group to ever have a video debut on Total Request Live.^{[citation
needed]} "Duel of the Fates" lasted 11 days on the countdown. The lyrics are based on a fragment of an archaic Welsh poem Cad Goddeu (Battle of the Trees), and sung in Sanskrit

THE BEATLES - THE FOOL ON THE HILL (1967)

Album: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)

I first saw the movie for free on a Saturday afternoon showing at age 10 at Frances Morrison public library. I doubt I had heard the album yet but not positive - I probably did have the album by late 1981 or might have got it for Xmas 1981 as I have recordings of myself singing along with the album in summer 1982 at age 11 with my sister Leslie age 9.

The Fool on the Hill" is a song by The Beatles. It was written and sung by Paul McCartney^[3]^[4] (credited to Lennon–McCartney) and recorded in 1967. It was included on the Magical Mystery Tour EP and album, and presented in the Magical Mystery Tour film, with a promotional sequence shot near Nice, in France from 30–31 October 1967.

The song involves alternations of D major and D minor in a similar manner to Cole Porter's alternations of C minor and C major in Night and Day. Thus the D major tonality that begins with an Em7 chord on "Nobody wants to know him" moves through a ii7- V7- I6- vi7- ii7- V7 progression till the shift to the Dm tone and key on 'but the fool". Other highlights are the inspired use in the Dm section of a ♭6th (B♭) melody note on the word "sun" (with a Dm#5 chord) and a 9th (E melody note) on the word "world" (with a Dm chord).

McCartney said the song relates to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi:

“	'Fool on the Hill' was mine and I think I was writing about someone like Maharishi. His detractors called him a fool. Because of his giggle he wasn't taken too seriously ... I was sitting at the piano at my father's house in Liverpool hitting a D 6th chord, and I made up 'Fool on the Hill

BOSTON - FEELIN' SATISFIED (1978)

Album: Don't Look Back (1978)

My favorite song on their 2nd album with all my time favorite male lead vocalist Brad Delp of Boston singing. Such a rocking catchy song with big harmonies and big guitars. I saw them live in 1988 at SaskPlace in Saskatoon and it was the greatest concert I had ever been to and that record held for 14 years.

March 30th 1987 - my #1 favorite daily song for 7 days at age 16 in grade 11.

Feelin' Satisfied" is a 1978 song written by Tom Scholz for the Boston band album Don't Look Back. Paul Grein of Billboard described the song as "an affectionate tribute to the power of music." The same magazine later described the song as an "upbeat track which is totally rock 'n' roll," praising the "clear singing" and "fresh sounds." Terry Hazlett of The Observer-Reporter described the song as an "innocent little [ditty]" which comes across like a "rock 'n' roll anthem.". Pete Bishop of The Pittsburgh Press claimed that it has "an infectious happy feel." It was later released as a single and went up to #46 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Boston is an American rock band from Boston, Massachusetts that achieved its most notable successes during the 1970s and 1980s. Centered on guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, and producer Tom Scholz, the band is a staple of classic rock radio playlists. Boston's best-known works include the songs "More Than a Feeling", "Peace of Mind", "Foreplay/Long Time", "Rock and Roll Band", "Smokin'", "Don't Look Back" and "Amanda." They have sold over 31 million albums in the United States, of which 17 million are their self-titled debut album and 7 million are their second album, Don't Look Back

THE GLASS FAMILY - HOUSE OF GLASS (1968)

Album: Electric Band (1968)

March 30th 1988 - my #1 favorite daily song for 10 days at age 17 in Grade 12. I had found a sealed copy of this 20 year old album for $2.00 at the local trendy record shop (possibly HMV) a block east of Midtown Plaza. One of my all time favorite albums with great variety from this unknown forgotten band.

I loved this song so much that I later performed it live in 1992/1993 with my band The Shade with Rob Ford and Kevin Buzinski.

The sole and rare album by this Los Angeles trio emerged from a short-lived contemporary songwriting workshop, and originally appeared in February 1968. A superb mix of trippy pop-rock songs and ballads, it sold poorly at the time but has earned a major cult reputation since. The album starts with a killer track "House of Glass" with dirty vocals, distorted acid guitar and swirling organ and it keeps on rocking. The cover shows the three man band in front of a house with "family" members all over the place, a reference to the commune hippie lifestyle of this time.

Ralph Parrett- vocals,guitar
David Capilouto- keyboards,bass
Gary Green- drums,percussion

THE GO GO'S - WORLDS AWAY (1982)

Album: Vacation (1982)

I saw The Go Go's on TV on Solid Gold on January 16th 1982 the day after my 11th birthday and they became the very first current group that I liked. My mom bought me their Beauty And The Beat album in early January 1982 and we went and saw them in concert that summer in Vancouver BC to promote the new album Vacation. I still have the concert tickets 30 years later. I used to play with smurfs that year and they would pretend to have concerts while I listened to this album over and over.

Vacation is the second album by rock band The Go-Go's, released in 1982 on the I.R.S. Records label. The album got to #8 in the U.S. Billboard 200, and was certified gold. The "Vacation" title track was a U.S. summer smash, reaching #8 on the Billboard pop singles chart. The Go-Go's were riding high at the time of the album's first release, their future to all outward appearances looking bright. Future problems were beginning to take shape, as the members' drug use and internal fighting began to escalate.

Besides the title track, two more singles were pulled from the album at the time: "Get Up and Go" and "He's So Strange," which were minor hits in the United States. A fourth song featured on the album, the cover version of the 1960s hit "Cool Jerk," appeared as a single in 1991 to promote the band's first compilation album, Greatest. The single "Vacation" was also issued as what was perhaps the first cassette single ever

KLAATU - DOCTOR MARVELLO (1976)

Album: 3:47 EST (1976)

I discovered Klaatu in March 1985 at age 14 in Grade 9 with the album Hope but likely quickly rushed out and bought this debut album the same month. Klaatu are definitely one of the most influential bands on my music and influence. I had listened to Klaatu originally due to the Beatles rumour connection. Roy Wood and Klaatu are the only two acts to debut at #1 on my favorite daily group chart (both in 1985) showing the instant appreciation of these two acts early on in my charts. Unfortunately I had no daily song charts during the first run of promotion in 1985.

March 25th 1988 - my #2 favorite daily song for 10 days at age 17 while in Grade 12 celebrating the 3rd anniversary of discovering Klaatu.

June 27th 1989 - my #9 favorite daily song for 2 days at age 18 before I entered 1st year University.

3:47 EST is the first album by the Canadian group Klaatu, released in August 1976. The album was renamed Klaatu when released in the United States by Capitol Records. It is regarded as one of the band's greatest albums (along with Hope), using the same kind of Beatlesque psychedelic rock (in the style of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Magical Mystery Tour), with a few new additions; most notably vocal distortion, more backwards instruments, and some obscure musical instruments such as electric sitars. The Juno-nominated album cover was painted by a friend of Klaatu's members, the Canadian graphic artist, Ted Jones.

For a variety of reasons, rumours spread in the wake of the album's release that Klaatu were, in fact, a secretly reunited Beatles. Although many of the album's songs bear no resemblance whatsoever to anything in the Beatles catalogue ("California Jam" and "True Life Hero," for instance), several other numbers — particularly "Sub-Rosa Subway" — are dead ringers for the Fab Four. The album was moderately successful in the United States, largely as a result of the Beatles rumours

THE MOODY BLUES - YOU AND ME (1972)

Album: Seventh Sojourn (1972)

You and Me" is a song by The Moody Blues from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn. It is the album's fifth song, and it is the first song on side two (on the original LP).

"You and Me" was jointly written by band members Justin Hayward and Graeme Edge. It primarily features Justin Hayward on lead vocals. John Lodge, Mike Pinder, and Ray Thomas also provide backing vocals during the song's chorus. Pinder and Thomas also sing the lead vocals at the end of the song, during the final rendition of the chorus. Like their previous song "Question" (from A Question of Balance), which principally was a protest of the Vietnam War, "You and Me" also alludes to the war in its opening line, "There's a leafless tree in Asia."

Seventh Sojourn, released in 1972, is the seventh studio album by The Moody Blues in their "classic" lineup and their eighth album overall. In Seventh Sojourn, The Moody Blues used, besides the Mellotron, a keyboard called the Chamberlin, a device similar to the Mellotron created by the original inventor of the device, Harry Chamberlin. It could simulate orchestral sounds more realistically and easily than the Mellotron. Seventh Sojourn reached #5 in the United Kingdom, and became the band's first American chart topper, spending five weeks at #1 to close out 1972.

Several songs contain overt political references. Mike Pinder's "Lost in a Lost World" laments the brutality of revolution ("Revolution never won / It's just another form of gun") and racial tension ("In their eyes it's nation against nation against nation / With racial pride"). "You and Me," like "Question" from two years earlier, alludes to ongoing wars and conflicts, including Vietnam ("There's a leafless tree in Asia"), Africa ("Under the sun there's a homeless man"), and the Arab-Israeli conflict ("There's a forest fire in the valley / Where the story all began"). In the 1990 Documentary "The Moody Blues: Legend of a Band," Bassist John Lodge described "I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock and Roll Band)" as a response to fans who mistakenly read guru-like wisdom into the Moodies' often philosophical lyrics. The song makes a clear statement that the band is just as worried by the crises of the modern world and has just as few answers as everyone else.

RICK DERRINGER - TEENAGE QUEEN (1973)

Album: All American Boy (1973)

September 2nd 1989 - my #3 favorite daily song for 4 days. This was the last album I listened to in rotation before moving away from home the first time to Muenster, SK to the monastery at St Peters College for 1st year University at age 18.

All American Boy is an album by Rick Derringer, released on Blue Sky Records in 1973. "Joy Ride" and "Time Warp" (not to be confused with The Rocky Horror Picture Show song) are instrumentals.

Rick Derringer (born Richard Zehringer, August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, and entertainer.

PIDGEON - HOUSE ON A HILL AMONG TREES (1969)

Album: Pidgeon (1969)

I purchased this album in February 1988 at age 17 the same day I picked up 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus by Spirit at Tramps on 3rd Avenue for $2.00 each. Two of my all time favorite albums.

March 14th 1988 - my #1 favorite daily song for 4 days at age 17 in Grade 12.

All songs were written by Jobriath Salisbury & poet Richard T. Marshall . A blonde lass named Cheri Gage is credited with lead vocals & autoharp. Bill Strong Smith plays drums & percussion. The legendary Jobriath is credited with keyboards, guitar & lead vocals. (This LP is probably the controversial solo artist's recording debut.) The self-titled Pidgeon album has a lot of musical variety including wild Psych guitar & harpsichord on "Milk & Honey" and "Irene". Vocal harmonies abound. Some tracks are more folky/moody /introspective, while others rock. Jobriath's vocals are very distinctive throughout.

YES - HOLD ON (1983)

Album: 90125 (1983)

I discovered Yes in 1984 with their hit Owner Of A Lonely Heart but it was their 2nd new single Leave It that had my intrigued. I bought the album new at a Mac's Convenience store in about May 1984 on Ruth Street and they had a record promotion and also had a Yes plastic drink cup I got as well. Over the next 7 months I would buy every Yes album. So I learned their first 15 years of material all in 1984 just as I was entering high school. Yes would quickly become my 2nd favorite band of all time. I saw Bill Bruford live in concert in 1992 and chatted with him for a moment. My wife bought tickets to see Yes in 2008 in Toronto but the concert was cancelled due to Jon Anderson's vocal problems. We flew to New York in 2011 to see Jon Anderson solo in concert. Members of Yes are my favorite musicians ever including Rick Wakeman, Trevor Rabin, Steve Howe and Chris Squire.

Hold On" is a song by the progressive rock band Yes, from their 1983 album, 90125. It reached number 27 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart in 1985. The core of "Hold On" was written by Yes guitarist Trevor Rabin, prior to his joining the band, as two separate songs: "Hold On" and "Moving In". Once Rabin joined the band, the two songs were combined, with band members Chris Squire and Jon Anderson contributing additional music and lyrics. All three are credited as writers. Unlike the other songs on 90125, which are credited as "Produced by Trevor Horn" exclusively, Yes shares a production credit with Horn for "Hold On"."Hold On" has also appeared on several of Yes' later compilations, including the Yesyears and In a Word: Yes (1969–) box sets.

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN - SYMPHONY NO. 5 (1808)

Ludwig van Beethoven; baptized 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential of all composers. His best known compositions include 9 symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 string quartets. He also composed other chamber music, choral works (including the celebrated Missa Solemnis), and songs.

The Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1804–1808. It Is one of the most popular and best-known compositions in classical music, and one of the most often played symphonies. It comprises four movements: an opening sonata, an andante, and a fast scherzo which leads attacca to the finale. First performed in Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1808, the work achieved its prodigious reputation soon afterwards. E. T. A. Hoffmann described the symphony as "one of the most important works of the time". It begins by stating a distinctive four-note "short-short-short-long" motif twice. The symphony, and the four-note opening motif in particular, are well known worldwide, with the motif appearing frequently in popular culture, from disco to rock and roll, to appearances in film and television. The Fifth Symphony had a long gestation. The first sketches date from 1804 following the completion of the Third Symphony. However, Beethoven repeatedly interrupted his work on the Fifth to prepare other compositions, including the first version of Fidelio, the Appassionata piano sonata, the three Razumovsky string quartets, the Violin Concerto, the Fourth Piano Concerto, the Fourth Symphony, and the Mass in C. The final preparation of the Fifth Symphony, which took place in 1807–1808, was carried out in parallel with the Sixth Symphony, which premiered at the same concert. Beethoven was in his mid-thirties during this time; his personal life was troubled by increasing deafness. In the world at large, the period was marked by the Napoleonic Wars, political turmoil in Austria, and the occupation of Vienna by Napoleon's troops in 1805

AMERICA - WOMAN TONIGHT (1975)

Album: Hearts (1975)

I became obsessed with America in September 1986 and this song might have been my #1 song for a time but is not documented. A great catchy pop song with a bass guitar solo in it !

Hearts is the fifth original studio album by American folk rock trio America, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1975. The album was produced by legendary Beatles producer George Martin.

This album was a big hit in the US, reaching number 4 on the Billboard album chart and being certified GOLD by the RIAA. It produced three hit singles: "Sister Golden Hair" went to number 1 on the Billboard singles chart and number 5 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and "Daisy Jane" which peaked at 20 on the Billboard singles chart and number 4 on the Adult Contemporary chart; and the funky "Woman Tonight" which reached 44 on the Billboard singles chart and 41 on the Adult Contemporary chart.

GRAND FUNK - BAD TIME (1975) hit #4

Grand Funk Railroad (also known as Grand Funk) is an American rock band that was highly popular during the 1970s. Grand Funk Railroad toured constantly to packed arenas worldwide. A popular take on the band during its heyday was that, although the critics hated them, audiences loved them. The band's name is a play on words of the Grand Trunk Railroad, a railroad line that ran through the band's home town of Flint, Michigan.

The band was formed in 1969 by Mark Farner and Don Brewer from Terry Knight and the Pack and Mel Schacher from Question Mark & the Mysterians; Terry Knight soon became the band's manager. Knight named the band after the Grand Trunk Western Railroad, a well-known rail line in Michigan. First achieving recognition at the 1969 Atlanta Pop Festival, the band was signed by Capitol Records. After a raucous, well-received set on the first day of the festival, Grand Funk Railroad was asked back to play two additional days. Patterned after hard rock power trios such as Cream, Grand Funk Railroad, with Terry Knight's marketing savvy, developed its own popular style. In 1970, they sold more albums than any other American band and became a major concert attraction. In 1969, the band released its first album titled On Time, which sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold record in 1970. During the same year, a second album, Grand Funk (aka "The Red Album"), was awarded gold status. The hit single "I'm Your Captain (Closer to Home)", from the album Closer to Home, was also released in 1970 and was considered stylistically representative of Terry Knight and the Pack's recordings. The band spent $100,000 on a New York Times Square billboard to advertise Closer to Home. By 1971, Grand Funk broke The Beatles' Shea Stadium attendance record by selling out in just 72 hours

In 1975, Grand Funk switched to Jimmy Ienner as producer and reverted to using their full name: "Grand Funk Railroad". The band released the album All the Girls in the World Beware!!!, which depicted the band member's heads superimposed on the bodies of Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu. This album spawned the band's last two top ten hits, "Some Kind of Wonderful" and "Bad Time".