Mellow Mellow FM: Seventies Sunshine Radio

 

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Barry White started working in the music industry in the 1960s, but commercial success came the next decade. With his danceable and slick soul music he became one of the pioneers of disco. In the mid-seventies he recorded the soft-porn instrumental Love’s Theme with his Love Unlimited Orchestra and solo songs on which he imitated a moose in the rutting season. Hit singles were Never Never Gonna Give Ya Up, Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe and You're The First, The Last, My Everything. The latter was his biggest hit and is on this cloudcast. Barry White sold millions of records and became an icon of the decade. His brilliant songs can easily stand the test of time.

The track by British seventies pop band Mud was originally on their 1976 album It’s Better Than Working and is now on the new 4CD box set Mud: The Albums 1975-1979, out on Cherry Red Records. Just like Barry White, Mud was one of the best-selling acts in the mid-seventies, although they were not successful in the United States.

Enjoy the sound of Seventies Sunshine Radio!

Tracklist:

Dorothy Moore – Lookin’ For A Lovin’ (1979)
Greg Perry – One For The Road (1975)
Elvin Bishop ‎– Fooled Around And Fell In Love (1975)
Barry White – You're The First, The Last, My Everything (1974)
Willie Hutch – Ain’t That (Mellow Mellow) (1974)
Boz Scaggs – What Do You Want The Girl To Do (1976)
Yvonne Elliman – Hello Stranger (1977)
Carolyn Franklin – Sunshine Holiday (1976)
Crystal Gayle ‎– Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue (1977)
Stephen Bishop (Feat. Chaka Khan) – Save It For A Rainy Day (1976)
Mink Deville – Spanish Stroll (1977)
America – Tin Man (1974)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes – The Love I Lost (1973)
Mud – All I’ve Got To Give (1976)
Jim Croce – Workin’ At The Car Wash (1973)
Canyon – Country Lovin’ (1970s)
Roberta Flack – Early Ev’ry Midnite (1975)
Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love (1977)
Martee Lebous – Chance To Dance (1976)
Mike James Kirkland – Hang On In There (1972)
Rufus Feat. Chaka Khan – Circles (1975)
Talking Heads – Psycho Killer (1977)