London String Chorale – Galloping Home 12/1973
Love Unlimited Orchestra – Love’s Theme 02/1974
Prelude – After The Goldrush 01/1974
Candlewick Green – Who Do You Think You Are 02/1974
Brownsville Station – Smoking In The Boys Room 03/1974
Beginning Of The End – Funky Nassau 02/1974
Ragtimers – The Sting 03/1974
Sunny – Doctor’s Orders 03/1974
Marvin Hamlisch – The Entertainer 03/1974
Mouth And MacNeal – I See A Star 05/1974
Act One – Tom The Peeper 05/1974
Harry Chapin – W.O.L.D. 05/1974
First Class – Beach Baby 06/1974
Gary Puckett And The Union Gap – Young Girl 06/1974
Thunderthighs – Central Park Arrest 06/1974
Main Ingredient – Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely 06/1974
Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis 06/1974
William DeVaughn – Be Thankful For What You Got 07/1974
Rain with Stephanie De Sykes – Born With A Smile On My Face 07/1974
Paul Da Vinci – Your Baby Ain’t Your Baby Anymore 07/1974
John Denver – Annie’s Song 08/1974
Andy Kim – Rock Me Gently 08/1974
Brian Protheroe – Pinball 09/1974
Don Covay – It’s Better To Have (And Don’t Need) 09/1974
Reunion – Life Is A Rock (But Radio Rolled Me) 09/1974
Gary Shearston – I Get A Kick Out Of You 10/1974
Mike McGear – Leave It 10/1974
Eddie Holman – (Hey There) Lonely Girl 10/1974
Peppers – Pepper Box 10/1974
Splinter – Costafine Town 11/1974
Javells And Nosmo King – Goodbye Nothing To Say 11/1974
Ace – How Long 11/1974
Wayne Gibson – Under My Thumb 11/1974
Billy Swan – I Can Help 12/1974
John Holt – Help Me Make It Through The Night 12/1974
Listen to: Maria Muldaur – Midnight At The Oasis
Rain with Stephanie De Sykes – Born With A Smile On My Face
Paul Da Vinci – Your Baby Ain’t Your Baby Anymore
John Denver – Annie’s Song
Ace – How Long
In the South West of England, they have Carnivals in the weeks around Bonfire. These mainly consist of highly decorated floats, blasting out music and laden with gaudily dressed actors either standing deadly still or singing and dancing in place. If you’ve never seen one, I highly recommend having a look, YouTube has a bunch uploaded. My Grandparent’s lived in Weston-Super-Mare and they even owned a VHS of the 1989 Carnival. I don’t remember watching it a lot but I tell you, when I heard “Born With A Smile On My Face”, I was transported back to their living room, cross legged on the carpet, enjoying the illuminated festivities on the TV. One of the floats used this song and somewhere in the deep recessed of my memories, recognition shot forth. I welled up. I’m getting misty now just typing. What a hug of a song.
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