(See an archived post HERE)
Snip:On Monday 14 July 1975 I started a job which would shape my career for the remainder of my working life. I joined the UK civil service to work in what were then called The Industrial Tribunals. The title was later amended to 'The Employment Tribunals'. It may seem odd that I would mark the date, but for some reason it has always remained in my memory.
That's what I was doing in 1975 on this date, it was Monday then, it's Monday now - Music Monday too.
What were you doing in 1975?
What was music doing in 1975?
From two videos below, one for US music charts of 1975, the other for UK charts 1974/5, there are quick snips of many well remembered songs, some have become absolute classics of their kind, but there are several I've never heard of. I see also some song titles I know very well now, but didn't know at all then in 1975 - it was as though I heard time rolling back on itself with songs such as Freddy Fender's "Before the Next Teardrop Falls", Willy Nelson's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" , BJ Thomas's "(Hey Won't You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song". I came to discover these, and many other, songs only in the 1990s, during annual vacations in Tenerife, Canary Islands, where a friend of ours sang nightly in restaurant/bars, and I fell in love with country music from the 1970s. (Two archived relevant posts are HERE and HERE)
In the actual 1970s my musical taste was leaning heavily towards Frank Sinatra and Neil Diamond, both fairly uncool by 1970s' standards, but what the heck - I liked what I liked and still do!
One title and artist I remembered clearly from the 1975 list of UK hits: Telly Savalas (aka Kojak) speaking rather than singing "If". This recording used to give me goosebumps - but it was ridiculed by the "cool" set, and declared "in bad taste" by others. I liked Telly Savalas, didn't care what "they" said.
Compilations of brief snips from Hits of 1975 in USA and UK
