Icon Knew He’d WRITTEN a HIT But GAVE It To His FAVORITE BAND to SAVE Their Career-Professor of Rock

[@ProfessorofRock]

Poll: What is your pick for the GREATEST One Hit Wonder of the 70s?

[@TerrickTerran]

Werewolves of London. 😆

[@robertcreighton4635]

@@ProfessorofRock werewolves might be...

[@chrispetrillo9042]

The night Chicago died

[@freezer8530]

I'll nominate ... "Vehicle" by The Ides of March. Honorable mention: "Disco Duck" - Rick Dees.

[@donwarrington4916]

As mentioned Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World peaked at #40 in 71

[@Burningbush8]

Not only was Zevon a genius, his hair was perfect!

[@LazyIRanch]

Yes, but when the late, great David Lindley did my favorite rollicking cover of "Werewolves of London", his hair was: "...well Very very greasy Very very greasy Very very greasy Very greasy indeed Very very greasy It's kinda like shellac! Way too greasy..." 😜😄😎

[@mariannebecker5132]

LOL❤

[@JosephOlson-ui2pg]

[@cmaden78]

😂❤

[@timmmahhhh]

D'EP! (Predecessor of Homer Simpson's D'OH?)

[@peb2398]

Warren Zevon technically qualifying as a one-hit wonder proves that chart success has nothing to do with musical genius.

[@leonelfederico245]

I think Spirit in the Sky is my favorite. I listened to an interview with Norman Greenbaum on Howard Stern's show in the late 90's. He spoke about going through tough times and having to file bankruptcy, but he would not give up his rights to Spirit in the Sky. The judge agreed to Norman's terms and he still owns the rights. And then the song blew up again and Norman is doing well. I love that story; do not comprimise your deepest values and your life will stay on a proper course. Well done Norman!

[@apj341]

Amazing guitars

[@travisfletcher900]

That was a cool interview. I think he said he was making about $60k/year from Spirit In The Sky royalties. Pretty cool for Norman. He’s a great guy.

[@primitiverock]

You stick with God .. He sticks with you. Good job Prophet Greenbaugh.

[@capnpen]

I've always loved "Dancing in the Moonlight." Honestly, the 70s was a decade filled with countless great ones-hit wonders.

[@sarathurston3318]

That is one of my favorites, too! ❤

[@ericcrawford3453]

Yes alot of o e hit wonders in the seventies!

[@hankbuddy2413]

Dancing in the Moonlight was our junior prom theme song. Classic!

[@lisamh9037]

Was thinking if getting a tattoo of Dancing in the Moonlight. Had been a favorite my entire,long life! Never gets old

[@NOBodYknoys111]

Mine too. Van Morrison is one of the greats

[@xTheFly]

I was working with a young woman from Nigeria, she started humming "Sweet City Woman"! I couldn't believe my ears. I asked her how she knew the song, she told me that her parents had the album. Upon further scrutiny I discovered they had a cover album with Sweet City Woman on it and it was by James Last and his orchestra from Germany. Anyways, I think it's remarkable that someone from the other side of the world knows a song from Alberta that many people her age from Canada don't even know.

[@iwanbottos5128]

James Last ruined my youth .Mother loved him and drove me crazy with that horrible muzak. After seeing Woodstock I was able to return that favor. After e few years we watched German TV on Saturday night with Musik laden and a show that brought brilliant concerts by all great bands ..Stupid , but I can't recall the name. Weird

[@ramongolden2157]

Spirit in the Sky has always been my all time favorite. Not just from the 79’s, but even today. Whenever it comes on the radio, I crank it to 11 (as we used to say back in the day)…

[@cryptkicker71]

Thank You for giving Warren Zevon the credit he deserves. 20 years AFTER his death he gets nominated, Warren should be in the ROHOF 20 years ago.

[@jonbeshires3280]

Warren zevon wrote poor poor pitiful me,, but the cover made it famous,,lawyers guns and money is one of the most miscredited songs ever,, not to mention excitable boy being misunderstood

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

The Rock-n-Roll HOF is such a joke! This years inductees: Ozzy, Frampton, definitely! But Mary J. Blige, Kool and the Gang, DIONNE WARWICK??? All great artists, but not R&R!!! People have complained for years, but it never changes! Why don’t we force the Grand Ole Opry to induct Ozzy Osbourne???

[@Geezer-yf8hv]

Black Betty: you better be a very tight band of great musicians to play that song!

[@karencahill4798]

I am 68 and am so grateful I grew up with the best music ever. Thank you Professor- I “Dig” your channel.

[@Rita-yw2tn]

Same here I’m 62 and I lived in the best era of music ever! Music is therapeutic to me especially the 60’s and 70’s and some of the 80’s music they were the greatest ever !

[@gregskaggs8521]

I may be old but I saw all the cool bands

[@godessofthemoon67]

Playing with a band namwd 'energy' qhen hit with an island wide blackout. Perfect!

[@Rita-yw2tn]

@@gregskaggs8521 same here I’m may be old as baseball but I still love my music and I’ve seen some of the greatest bands ever in my lifetime .

[@ChuckHackney]

@@Rita-yw2tn Spot on comment, yes to what you said 100 times over

[@e.j.vkanty4482]

My last dog loved howling along with Warren every time I played Werewolves of London. 🤣

[@rodneywoodcock8235]

Hold Your Head Up - Argent Never Been Any Reason - Head East Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan Driver's Seat - Sniff 'n' the Tears Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest

[@johngaffigan3003]

Love Driver’s Seat. Shame we don’t hear that more on oldies stations.

[@rodneywoodcock8235]

@@johngaffigan3003 Yep, great song, One of my all-time favorites.

[@marcob6880]

Magnet and steel a love song about Stevie Nick's true story

[@blanchequizno7306]

All good

[@meeeka]

Argent and Dancing in the Moonlight . Nothing better.

[@danielferrera8773]

Bowie being the gentleman he always was.

[@dianewilliams1125]

Back in 74" it was my senior year in high school. My boyfriend hung out with a bunch of guys that they'd been together since kindergarten. A couple had already graduated so they were older. The guys made a pact that you had to loose your virginity by the time you were 18. One of the guys was already 18 and that special thing hasn't happened yet. When he found the right girl things happened. He couldn't wait to tell the guys ,he strolled up to them a d shouted "It was Magic"! The guys thought it was hilarious and every time "Magic " came on the radio the guys would serenade him. I still think of that when i hear that song. BTW He married that girl a d are still married 50 yrs later. I guess it really was "Magic"!❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@June-d5q]

@@dianewilliams1125 "You Can Do Magic".

[@LazyIRanch]

That is so sweet! I love reading memories like this. Music is so powerful and like a golden thread that weaves through our lives and connects our souls.☺💘

[@dianewilliams1125]

@@LazyIRanch So true! PEACE!

[@chuckjones8459]

​@@dianewilliams1125with respect when you lost your cherry 🍒 was it magic?

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Never believed it's not so!

[@cree8vision]

Just a few tidbits. Terry Jacks - Seasons in the Sun, Stories - Brother Louie, Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City, Shocking Blue - Venus

[@cattypurry8023]

Loved Brother Louie. Definitely would be in my Top 10 of the 70s along with Werewolves of London by Zevon.

[@ogam5]

.....HIGHLY recommend Nick's follow-up to "Hot Child..." kzbin.info/www/bejne/raXUhJ2imbF5f8k

[@ogam5]

@@cattypurry8023: Stories (to say NOTHING of Hot Chocolate) had a BUNCH of GREAT singles - THIS, being ONE of them.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3bccqx8i7SAotk

[@WhoWouldWantThisName]

I'm pretty sure Shocking Blue had other hits though.

[@georgeritmeester4736]

The Kingston Trio recorded it long before Terry Jacks.

[@johnmaynardable]

I love Warren Zevon. I've seen him live, and I met him in a W,L.A. dvd store. I did the uncool thing and told him how much his music meant to me. He seemed pleased with my interruption. About a month late he went on Letterman and announced his cancer diagnosis. I also love Mott The Hoople and Ian Hunter.

[@LazyIRanch]

"...From the President of the United States To the lowliest rock and roll star The doctor is in and he'll see you now He don't care who you are Some get the awful, awful diseases Some get the knife, some get the gun And some get to die in their sleep At the age of a hundred and one. (chorus) Life'll kill ya That's what I said Life'll kill ya Then you'll be dead Life'll find ya Wherever you go..." RIP Warren Zevon

[@rickpaul4216]

I can’t see Mott the Hoople as a one hit wonder. They were my favorite band from the time I was 14 years old. “All the Way From Memphis,”. “Whiz Kid,” “Golden Age of Rock and Roll,” “The Moon Upstairs,”. “Rock and Roll Queen,” and “Walking With a Mountain” all kicked ass, we loved playing them in the garage. Criminally Underrated band.

[@jrox6091]

I agree. "Violence", "I Wish I Was Your Mother", "Alice", "Crash Street Kids", "Born Late '58", "Where Do You All Come From", "Lounge Lizard", "Alice", and don't forget "Cleveland Rocks" (England Rocks) or "Once Bitten Twice Shy" that Great White murdered! Hunter has been a very prolific songwriter and still has a large following. And he's still going at 85!

[@carnivalimusic]

Roll Away The Stone is another classic.

[@jasoncdebussy]

They weren't a one hit wonder! What a ridiculous notion

[@12string-Randy]

my favorite, All the Way From Memphis. Must be cranked up

[@mikehawkins4752]

Mott by Mott The Hoople is one of my absolute favorite albums of all time. Every song is excellent.

[@scottfineshriber5051]

Zevon wrote such great songs. I think of him as a Walter Mitty songwriter. So many dark, dangerous themes, but Zevon himself seemed like a very good soul, who had a great sense of humor. Even as he was dying, he remained humble, and down to earth. I thank David Letterman (who was a huge fan) for having him on so I could learn more about Zevon. RIP Warren Zevon.

[@jim78us1]

Enjoy every sandwich.

[@elaineh7993]

I remember sweet city woman! My mom was an antique dealer and went all over. I listened to the old songs from 1970 and beyond while waiting in the car! Dragging the line and Maggie May! A great time in my life!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

My father worked for the WV State Road Commission then. Part of his job involved going literally all over the state, inspecting road work and projects to make sure they had the proper supplies. I went with him sometimes, especially in the summers. These tracks were the soundtrack of those times, I was ten, eleven years old then

[@johnrajtar9829]

Every time I hear one of those songs ,I become nostalgic .70's music is the soundtrack of my life !

[@RobMoldovan]

Dancing in the Moonlight - King Harvest. Inspiration came from one of the band members Sherman Kelly when he and his girlfriend were assaulted by a gang while camping out on a beach on a moonlit sky. He decided while recovering from his assault, to write a song of peace and joy. Reached 13 on the Billboard Top 100 and their only hit song.

[@kelwin58]

I feel that the Professor should have mentioned that Zevon's Werewolves of London contains the greatest example of alliteration in all of rock 'n' roll .... "Little old lady got mutilated late last night." There are 7 L's and 8 T's.

[@johnbolin3325]

Have you ever heard John Popper and the boys doing The 🪝 😊

[@TheRealSlickRick63]

That is possibly my favorite line in all of rock music. They way it rolls off the tongue is pure genius

[@michaelbruce3871]

Sorry, but that's not alliteration. Always advocating abundant alliterative assertions is.

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

​​@@michaelbruce3871, you're right. My 8th grade English teacher's ghost still haunts me with what an alliteration is 35 years later.

[@MrChrispy777]

I sang WofL at a karaoke gig, at Bnai Brith, an elderly high-rise, in Allentown, Pa. I received several uncomfortable stares, by the little old ladies. My mother, who lived there, and my sister, wanted to crawl under a rock. LOL

[@tjg555]

So pleased to see Free at #1. They were criminally underrated and unnoticed in the 70s, but were the foundation for every blues rock band that followed. Every good singer learned to sing by emulating Paul Rodgers. Paul Kossoff's guitar work has been ignored, he should be listed among the greatest of all time. Andy Fraser went on to great success in the music biz, and Simon Kirke of course kept pounding the skins with Bad Company and others. One of the greatest rock bands of all time, and in another universe, they are as important and well remembered as Zeppelin.

[@markprince4324]

I grew up in Detroit and would have to say Free was far from "unnoticed" on rock radio, at least in Detroit, as this amazing song was a nearly daily staple in a town famous for being "Rock City."

[@tjg555]

@@markprince4324 yeah. Name another Free song...

[@fmmaj9noname332]

​@@tjg555Wishing Well. They played it all the time in StL and other cities I lived in well into the 90s.

[@tjg555]

@@fmmaj9noname332 clearly my childhood radio stations were inferior. I only heard the one song until I decided they were my favorite band lol

[@Edward-bd8iy]

American Top 40, this weekend, episode was 5 September 1970. #40: "All Right Now"(Free).

[@pz3443]

Bill Bartlett of Ram Jam, was also a member of the Lemon Pipers, who had a #1 hit with Green Tamborine

[@reddrockingeezer]

I played a lot of "Green Tambourine" as a freshman DJ at WEIC AM, our university radio station at EIU in 1970. Great song.

[@ogam5]

.....I did NOT know that - he, the Pipers & Paul [Leka] had a GREAT follow up to it with "Jelly Jungle" in 1968.....kzbin.info/www/bejne/i3TQnaimost5iLM

[@davidlamb7524]

I wish the Prof wouldn't keep referring to Huddle Led or Huddle Ledbetter or Leadbelly. Maybe those glasses are not that good ! It's "Huddie" not "Huddle" 😅

[@erikanelsen8578]

"Werewolves Of London" is a great song I love howling along with Warren. Awooooooo!!! 🐺🐺🐺 Live long and rock on. 🤘🤘

[@CassandraElkin]

Werewolves of London is my single favourite song of all time. With about a thousand other songs tied for a close second

[@eddiepullman2745]

Professor of Rock is easily the best channel on Utube. In a world of craziness, division through politics…. It’s refreshing to have someone so absolutely knowledgeable about the music we love, bring back those memories and emotions tied to the music that raised us. Thank you professor. Keep rocking peeps!

[@tonythomas2391]

Ace Frehley has an incredible amount of talent. I bought the 45 for New York Groove, that opening riff pulls you in right away. But when I turned it over and listened to Snowblind, I was mesmerized. Even though Ace's substance abuse issues led to Paul and Gene firing him from KISS, it resulted in Ace going into rehab and turning his life around. Since then, Ace has been sober and has put out a lot of great music. Keep rockin' Spaceman!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

He’s a cool dude!

[@spiralflash6169]

They didn’t fire him, he QUIT! 😂 Ace is still rocking and the rest of KISS is retired. 🎸

[@Anaris10]

Did the same, preferred Snowblind!

[@eltronics]

Great idea for a video. Loved it. It brought back many good memories of my childhood. Being 68 years young, I want to say, the 70's were by far the best era in rock music. And it started with a little music festival in upstate New York in 1969. I am so grateful for growing up during this time of awaking.😊👍

[@dianewilliams1125]

I'm 67 and totally agree with you! Rock on!😊😊😊

[@ROGER2095]

The funniest RamJam story I heard was from a caller on the radio. He was at a summer concert with his girlfriend, and midway in the concert RamJam started playing Black Betty. The crowd got energized and his girlfriend climbed up on his shoulders and was rocking and swaying, beer in one hand, cigarette in the other, really getting into it. But it turned out to be a 20-minute jam version and and after a while the girlfriend on his shoulders stopped rocking and just got heavier and heavier. But he didn't want to appear weak, so he kept trying to hold her up. 15 minutes later, his knees buckled and he collapsed. The girlfriend - herself uncomfortable - fell to the ground. They're both in pain on the ground and the music kept going.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Cool!

[@Rita-yw2tn]

Lol that’s so cool 😂

[@vcv6560]

"The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak."

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Haha I love that!

[@phranerphamily]

I knew Black Betty was going to end up on the list before you even started 😂

[@jameskelman9856]

David Essex - Rock On could of made this list, Professor

[@carolharris2357]

Definitely.

[@traycestauff9564]

James Dean, so cool! Love that one!

[@genorp]

Lee Ho Fook is gone now. It closed in 2008. They didn't have chow mein on the menu except beef chow mein, which they had solely because of the song. There was a picture of Warren Zevon in the window. I was fortunate enough to have once had beef chow mein at Lee Ho Fook before they disappeared into history. Aa-ooo!

[@vcv6560]

Great story!

[@michellerobin5461]

So cool!

[@Dr_Paul_Proteus]

Nice!

[@johnvoncannon9717]

Nice to see Bad Company well represented with Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, and Mick Ralphs.

[@jenmckitrick]

"Brandy, You're a Fine Girl" is on my top 10 in this category. Love the episode!

[@mikebuck1897]

That is a great song

[@garydare2238]

The Professor mentioned early on that Gallery had a second hit, even if it was minor ...

[@jenmckitrick]

@@garydare2238 The band is named Looking Glass, so ...?

[@billypitts6368]

@@jenmckitrick yep

[@sirwinston2368]

loves @@garydare2238 Jimmy Loves Marianne. It's a good song.

[@zennyspent]

Not pointing out the coincidence and phenomenon of Corky Lang improvising "Mississippi Queen" while playing with a band called Energy during a power outage is legitimate genius. Sometimes, it's the unspoken jokes that land the best.

[@bobc7066]

Professor, your knowledge is amazing. It is unbelievable how much you know about the music industry.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@LHazle]

All Right Now is the perfect #1 pick. It's one of the original, quintessential rock anthems of the 70's - timeless. Perfect for your one-hit category. When I think about rock & roll, that is what I hear in my head - All Right Now's classic guitar riff. IMO, it can only be surpassed by the classic sound of More Than A Feeling by Boston - also timeless, also quintessential - but definitely not in this category. Both of these tunes, like so many others from the 70's, tapped into something beyond the reach of us mere mortals. Keep rockin'

[@johnyoungblood118]

Love to hear a top ten from Chicago Rest in peace Terry Kath

[@ProfessorofRock]

Sounds good!

[@cc1k435]

Yes, please! ❤😊

[@johannasaninocencio7458]

Warren Zevon and his music has been in my collection since forever. Saw him perform in Boston in the early 80’s. Send lawyers, guns and money, Roland the headless Thompson gunner, the Envoy. So many memories.

[@shaneburst5661]

Don't forget desperados under the eves

[@Roger-fs5yo]

Back in 94 I was in Orlando Florida in a hotel with DimeBag Darrell when Mississippi queen came on the radio. Between the shots of Crown and people being loud, he tried to teach me and my friend Rat how to play that riff. The greatest memory of my teenage year's🥺

[@dianewilliams1125]

What an amazing memory! The Tatooist who was friends with Dinebag did my Tat! He told me amazing stories of their friendship and was there when Dimebag was murdered. PEACE!

[@cmaden78]

I may have been to that party😂 don't remember a lot from some of the 90s😂

[@cmaden78]

Remember many people I was around at that time knowing Dimebag and saying what a great dude and great guitarist. He is missed🖤

[@johnnyjohnson1326]

Dime is definitely missed! I've never heard a negative story about him.

[@KevinWayne]

The Stampeders hit the charts with one other song: "Hit The Road, Jack." "In 1975, Canadian band The Stampeders released a version of the song taken from their album Steamin' featuring DJ Wolfman Jack. The song reached No. 6 in Canada and No. 40 in the US."

[@Edward-bd8iy]

There you go...'Clap for the Wolfman' indeed!

[@vlcccapt]

The Stampeders also had a hit in Canada called "Carry Me" and a song "Then Came The White Man" got a lot of air play.

[@willmfrank]

Let's not forget "Oh My Lady" and "Minstrel Gypsy"

[@billr6983]

"Wild Eyes" got played a lot too. Their heaviest tune.

[@willmfrank]

Any band whose greatest hits package is an album and not a single cannot be called a one-hit wonder.

[@craigvonberg4921]

NAME CHECK: Hey Professor. Only because I teach the history of pop music would I know this. The person who you referenced as being credited with "Black Betty" is NOT named "Huddle" but "Huddie" (with an "i" not an "l") Ledbetter, aka Lead Belly. I have heard it pronounced both "hudd-ee" and hue-dee", the latter from a music-short of the Weavers, where they mourn Ledbetter's death, and sing their hit, "Good Night Irene," composed by Ledbetter. In 1950, that was the first folk song to reach #1 in America. It sparked the whole whole folk revival in the '50s, which likewise lit the fuse for British skiffle.So much more about him, but that's my 2 cents. Love your channel, I'm always leaning something new. Keep rockin'.

[@sovereignbrehon]

I used to play guitars and sing with a man sang on Pete Seegers boat the Clearwater sloop that went up and down the Hudson! Great man, Pete Seegar. He could tell the kids a thing or two about cancel culture!

[@capricioushorse]

Thank you. I’m a long time Ledbelly fan and that pronunciation was bothering me too.

[@bainsey89]

I just want to say thanks for staying true to the "one hit wonder" definition. I hate it when other shows have a "those other hits don't count" attitude.

[@todhannigan8779]

Had no idea two of the members of Pilot were in Bay City Rollers! Great top 10! I cant believe Mott only got one hit in the US. Thanks Professor!

[@ogam5]

....yeah, it's been HOTLY debated whether their manager TAM Paton is related to David; Les McKeown could talk at LENGTH about that, Tod.....

[@67nearmint]

@@todhannigan8779 Worth mentioning also that the guitarist for Pilot, Ian Bairnson, played on every Alan Parsons Project album ever recorded until his death a few years ago. Every solo was a clinic in note selection, tone control and blending restraint with explosivendss. Very underrated axeman.

[@lisamh9037]

I never knew that!

[@zoso4rune504]

Jackie Blue Was probably one of my favorite OHW of the 70's

[@sparkyth67]

Ozark Mountain Daredevils wasn't a one hit wonder though. They also had if you want to get to heaven go to 25

[@wrapper2]

2:05 Speaking of The Knack, it's amazing how few people know about the song Good Girls Don't. What an awesome song that you don't hear much on the radio anymore.

[@tedkaczynski5933]

Saw the Knack in Jim Thorpe roughly 20 years ago and it was top 5 best shows I've ever been to. Criminally underrated band! Good Girls Dont...Pop Is Dead...Can I Borrow a Kiss...etc!

[@hallacar]

I like "Good Girls Don't" better than "My Sharona". But you have to have the album version, not the radio version.

[@VirginiaBeach742]

The whole 1st album is awesome. Great lead guitarist.

[@NOBodYknoys111]

The wrapper? You know Donnie Iris?

[@allanburton9385]

Stampeders had enough hits in Canada to put out a Best Of greatest hits album. I won dinner with the band and concert tickets when I was 15 years old.

[@OrdoSanctiBenedictus]

Bowie did a lot of good for many artists.RIP

[@Whisper_292]

It's hard to believe Werewolves of London is a one-hit wonder. The man was a genius.

[@TerrickTerran]

Got suggested one of his other songs yesterday and really enjoyed so will be looking up more.

[@ProfessorofRock]

So great!

[@FredGroenke55]

I know, right? Terrick, check out Splendid Isolation.

[@LennyG-TPFL]

Lawyers, Guns and Money? Excitable Boy? At least two more hits that I can remember…..Zevon was not a one hitter.

[@TerrickTerran]

@@FredGroenke55 will check it out later, thanks.

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

How about Stuck in the Middle with You? Stealers Wheel? 🖖🏼

[@ProfessorofRock]

Love it!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Reservoir Dogs!

[@chariotdrvr14]

Awesome. This is why you're called 'the Professor'

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks!

[@chrismanuel2471]

Man! I'm playing with the current bass player for the Stampeders... almost famous.😂

[@ProfessorofRock]

Serious? So cool! Tell us more!

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Really? What’s his name?

[@chrismanuel2471]

I'm just a horn player from a little town in B.C. who contracts out to a bunch of groups from cover bands to original projects. When some good friends of ours from Saksatoon head west, we all get together with Dave Chobot, who plays bass with the current Stampeders lineup. Super talented guy, and seriously humble.

[@berrypicker1]

Stampeders had another U.S. top 40 with " hit the road jack" On the Canadian charts I remember grooving to "Wild Eyes"(#2) "Carry Me"(#2), "Oh My Lady" #12, "Minstrel Gypsy" #6 and "Playin' in the Band" #23. Fun episode!

[@sisterpatty9622]

Minstrel Gypsy is one of my favourite songs ❤

[@jod4343]

I took my daughter and grandkid and son in kaw to see the Stampeders last year in Ottawa. They were amazing and played all their hits.

[@Panthror]

Fun fact: Queen was a supporting act for Mott The Hoople on two concert tours (1973, UK tour & 1974, USA tour).

[@Chapps1941]

I remember _"Werewolves of London"_ well and the connection to FM..And howling to the song

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure!

[@deantoso5376]

Now this has become my #1 show you have done. I am huge fan of one hit wonders from all decades. But growing up in the 70's brings back amazing memories.

[@ProfessorofRock]

COOL!

[@djsandvig1]

Old man here (76) I have clear memories of pop/rock/country/easy listening music reaching back to the 50’s. I remember seeing Elvis on Ed Sullivan.Because of where I was born & raised (Detroit) and how the family encouraged ALL music,I got to live through the greatest music epochs of all time. There is still great music today…you just gotta search for it.

[@LazyIRanch]

This really is a great episode! I'm about to listen to it again, in my kitchen while making bread. I want to share this one with my son. I hope when I'm gone that he remembers me the way Adam remembers his Dad, great memories of music and life! My son is 32 now, but he grew up listening to the music I love from Tom Waits (his favorite), Leonard Cohen, Zappa, Dire Straits, John Prine, Ray Wylie Hubbard, and many more. He shares good music he finds from all over the place. He's fond of Japanese rock and pop that I like too.

[@LazyIRanch]

@@djsandvig1 YES! There is still good music being made today, it's just not the top forty stuff. I love Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (for example) and I'm hoping the cool cats of Vintage Trouble get back together. I hate that they broke up. We were lucky that we had family that encouraged all kinds of music! My mom had great taste for a Southern white chick born in 1920. She loved Tom Jones and James Brown in the 60s (that was her "house-cleaning" music!). The first time she saw the Jacksons on Ed Sullivan, she was amazed by little Michael. She declared, "That little guy is going to be a HUGE star!" She was a Michael Jackson fan from that day on. In the 1980s, I came over to visit and walked in the kitchen and caught her "moonwalking" to "Billie Jean" with her radio cranked as high as it would go. I was never more proud that she was MY mom!☺😃

[@stevenr3134]

Bowie was truly amazing. Imagine the humbleness needed to give away a hit song to help out another band?

[@cc1k435]

I love those kinds of stories, like times Prince or Michael Jackson just wanted the song to be right for someone. David Bowie still blows my mind a bit even now, too. ❤

[@BearClanMan1970]

I used to date Wild Cherry's Rob Parissi's nephew. The first time I went to his home to pick him up for a date, in his living room he had all this Wild Cherry memoribilia and I thought "Wow, 'Play That Funky Music' must have REALLY spoken to this man!," then he told me of the family connection and showed me some family photos with Rob. He was a great guy from a great family.

[@ElaineWood-f2t]

I didn't know that Waddy Wachtel had provided the inspiration for the howls on Werewolves of London! Awesome!!

[@debrarandall6913]

Parsons is a musical genius... Poe has always been my favorite author...and tales of mystery and imagination of Edar A Poe is fabulous! Not everyone understands Poe...Parsons clearly does!

[@kingofallwhites]

The real genius in the Alan Parsons Project was Eric Woolfson.

[@LazyIRanch]

I wore the grooves out on my LP of "Tales of Mystery and Imagination of Edgar Allan Poe"! I drew a lot of sketches based on those songs. To this day, I still think "To One In Paradise" is absolutely gorgeous... "I've been through times when no one cared (Words that were mine) I've seen clouds in empty skies When one kind word meant more to me (Shall last as a memory) Than all the love in Paradise I believed in my dreams Nothing could change my mind Till I found what they mean Nothing can save me now." 🥺🥲💔 That album came out when I was 15, and one of the first things I bought with my earnings from my first part-time job. Ironically, that job was at Chick Fil A, but not surprisingly I didn't last long there. They didn't like my fondness of all things dark and creepy, or the fact that I didn't attend church.

[@edlawn5481]

@@kingofallwhites Absolutely. And Ian Bairnson, of Pilot, went on to become the APP's guitarist, so many great guitar solos.

[@FredGroenke55]

I was in middle school when Wild Cherry released Funky Music. We would sing it in the halls and got scolded by teachers. They thought we were dropping F-bombs

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha. Serious?

[@FredGroenke55]

Straight truth

[@cinmar720]

My dad wouldn’t let that song play on the radio. I could not convince him it was Funky not uhm the other.

[@FriscoKittens]

Okay but truth be told. - we were.

[@vcv6560]

Yeah, dropping the 'F bomb has to be saved for Prince's Erotic City, (I know 84). We were sure (and give his reputation) he was saying that, and somehow it made out to radio and all.

[@rogertemple7193]

This was a great collection of classic songs thanks Professor. 🎶🎤🎸🎸🎹🥁🎶

[@ProfessorofRock]

Thanks for listening!

[@LivingThroughMusicKC]

That whole Ram Jam album is underrated. It's 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 RIP Norman Greenbaum, greatest guitar rift ever made. One of my favorite tracks ever. ❤️ All Right Now, is my #1 LIB 70s track too. 🔥❤️

[@debbie4503]

Good morning @ProfessorofRock and all my Rock & Roll Friends! I love this song! (Sweet City Woman) Dang, I love all these songs!

[@Code.Name.V]

Welcome Debbie!...and also Debbie's great taste!

[@LaManteca76]

Howdy! Great song! 😄

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure. Great song for a great decade!

[@surlechapeau]

Honorable mentions: Do You Know What I Mean - Lee Michaels 1971(#6 US), Smoke From A Distant Fire - Sanford Townsend Band 1977(#9 US), Eddie & The Hot Rods - Do Anything You Wanna Do 1977 (UK #9).

[@ProfessorofRock]

Great honorable mentions! Love Smoke! So good.

[@LennyG-TPFL]

Yes! Do you know what I mean?

[@June-d5q]

When I was 15 in '72 I was in attendance to see with a bunch of friends not only Lee Michaels but JoJo Gunne and Wishbone Ash at the Hollywood Palladium. Great show. Thanks.

[@dianewilliams1125]

Great songs! Thanks for the memories! 😊😊😊

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love that first one.

[@georgemathie8123]

The Stampeders are a legendary band from the province where I live which is Alberta, Canada and they're from Calgary which is a few hours away from where I live which is Edmonton so happy to see a local band to get some well deserved recognition

[@Code.Name.V]

Canada Rocks!

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure. Great song!

[@ProfessorofRock]

Amen!

[@georgemathie8123]

@@ProfessorofRock there are many great Canadian bands for you to check out the headstones, saga and the tragically hip are a few for you to dig in and discover

[@Dan-d9v]

Are they the band that played sweet city women?

[@ceciliajones7816]

Zevon wrote so many great songs- Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner, Excitable Boy, Lwayers Guns and Money. The man was brilliant! Good picks, Prof! Love your creativity and dedication to education!

[@forakermm]

…he'll rip your lungs out Jim! 😂 And Ace’s solo work is a road trip staple.

[@Slinger43]

"I'd like to meet his Taylor" 😂👍

[@theunknownatheist3815]

@@Slinger43”Tailor”. 😂

[@Slinger43]

@@theunknownatheist3815 damn autocorrect 🤦 Probably thought I was saying something about Taylor Swift! 🤮 LOL!

[@Edward-bd8iy]

Ace went undercover of ELO's 'Do Ya' later on and it rocked.

[@ogam5]

.....he DIDN'T deviate MUCH from 'Hello's '75 original recording (a band ALSO well worth investigating; MANY highlights of their catalog.....)

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

I don't think anyone who has ever forgotten "Sweet City Woman" and then been reminded of it has shouted to the world or even whispered quietly to themselves "This is amazing"🤣😂😂😂

[@ttomgast1769]

Mott the Hoople , the last rock band to embrace the spirit of fifties rock and roll and drag it into the seventies with a modern hard rock sound . Yes and Ian Hunter at 85 still rocks like a MFer !!

[@tnrodgers]

This is my favorite category of all your content Adam. Great work, thank you!

[@waynevia6976]

Great episode. I love this bottled lightning episode.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Awesome! Thanks Wayne!

[@vcv6560]

I love these, the songs and the STORIES. You're truly the Kassem of our time. Hey Black Betty is the pie Peggy makes on King of the Hill. I thought everyone knew that!

[@rubybaby7320]

Dec 17th, 1977, I was at the Ft. Wayne Coliseum for Styx's Grand Illusion tour. Ram Jam was scheduled to perform after the opening band but they cancelled due to a sore throat or something. So, we had to listen to twice as much of the opener who was unknown to me. I was young and more into pop and I'd never listened to these guys' music so much and I was bored. Then the guy with the guitar, already looking crazy in his school boy getup, started banging his head and flinging sweat all over the front three rows. AC/DC did grow on me, but I regret that I didn't appreciate them so much that night.

[@michaelminch5490]

Who remembers the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, when Bowie performed Under Pressure with Annie Lennox, then brought out Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson to blow it out with All the Young Dudes?

[@cherylreichardt]

Oh I'm a big fan of Zevon's Werewolf of London! Those howls! What a cool idea! 👍👍

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right?

[@Slinger43]

Hank Williams Jr. absolutely loves WZ, that should tell everyone all they need know concerning Warren's talent, Jr. is not easily impressed 😉

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

Great howls.

[@davidapple1842]

Love Werewolves of London. Especially the video with George Hamilton.

[@jimsauber9252]

Fantastic Bottled Lightening!! Some of my favorite songs when growing up!!

[@mbgrafix]

I *LOVE* Alan Parsons!

[@John-Smiley-Garrett]

Who had a TON of other hits.

[@mbgrafix]

@@John-Smiley-Garrett Indeed, so many songs and productions that I love have Alan Parsons involvement in one manner or another...my favorite being the ALAN PARSONS PROJECT.

[@edlawn5481]

@@John-Smiley-Garrett Thanks to Eric Woolfson.

[@commonman711]

I am a FAN of this channel! Love the voice and stories. So well assembled.

[@jerryfritz374]

Mississippi Queen, Brandy, Sweet City Woman. All Great!!! Keep up the Great Research, Work Professor 😮

[@caseyjones6197]

I think you nailed it on the #1 & #2 song. I love Spirit in the Sky. But Alright was the bomb. Ever since Paul Rogers has been my favorite singer. Great video again Adam.

[@trinaq]

Neat, the 70's were a banner decade for one hit wonders. I love that David Bowie gave "All the Young Dudes" to Mott the Hoople, because he knew that they'd benefit from a hit song.

[@ProfessorofRock]

What a cool guy! Thanks Trina!

[@LaManteca76]

@@trinaq The more things I find out about David Bowie, the more I like him. So far I've heard nothing bad about him.

[@normdeshon665]

When your band is struggling to get noticed and you turn down help from David Bowie. "I don't get it, what are we doing wrong!?"

[@FriscoKittens]

I immediately agreed with Watts about Suffragette City, it doesn’t fit. Sounds to me like Bowie wrote it for the Stones because that song moves like Jagger.

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

And the world is kinder for it.

[@DCWhiting51]

I was having a really bad day until I watched this video, as always thank you for bringing some Joy to the world!

[@paulendicott9151]

Ahhh, yes, back in the good old days.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Right?

[@patlagando4427]

Professor is literally the best..Always so much killer, relevant content to give context to the song, artist or group.

[@Boblobblaw88]

Mott the Hoople is one of the very BEST bands of the 70s. The LP "Mott" is easily a top ten rock LP of the seventies.

[@ProfessorofRock]

For sure!

[@timmcm9538]

Ian Hunter was big in Detroit. FM radio in the 70"s played the band constantly. Another great tune worth mentioning was "Just another night"

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I agree! So underrated.

[@theunknownatheist3815]

My dad bought an amp for me when I was 12 from one of the members of Mott The Hooplle. It was a Fender Princeton Reverb tube combo amp, 12 watts, LOUD as hell. I still have it. Great little amp.

[@jrox6091]

Their1974 album, The Hoople, was even better!

[@barbarahallowell2613]

I've heard the story before, but it never gets old. It's eternally fresh. Mott was and always will be class. 😊❤😊

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

One Tin Soldier Rides Away by Original Caste. From the movie Billy Jack.

[@sovereignbrehon]

I happen to know all the lyrics to that song from when a friend taught it to me in middle school. Fast forward to my mid 40s and I'm with one of my fitness training clients here in LA and somehow we come to talk of that movie which it turns out, she had been in! Cracking up, we started singing that song and ended up serenading the gym with out goofiness. 😊

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

@@sovereignbrehon That is a great story, great song and one bad ass movie. Awesome your friend was in it. One of my favs to this day.

[@theunknownatheist3815]

Those Billy Jack movies had a big influence on me. I wanted to learn martial arts because of them. I even had a “Billy Jack” moment many years ago, when fighting a literal NeoNazi who was much taller than me. I told him “you’re gonna feel real stupid when you get knocked out by a guy half a foot shorter than you”. 😂 I didn’t knock him out completely, but I did knock him down with one hit.

[@perchlarkin]

@@JulieCaptivatedinFl One Tin Soldier by Original Caste is not from the movie Billy Jack. The version in the movie was by Coven. Well actually it was by Jinx Dawson. She was the lead singer for Coven but recorded it with an orchestra hired by the film's producer. Jinx refused credit insisting it be given to her band Coven. Around November 1971 the film producer sent a cease and desist to radio stations demanding they stop playing the record. Now Coven did record their own version which was a minor hit

[@JulieCaptivatedinFl]

@@theunknownatheist3815 That is a bad ass way to take down the bad guy!

[@Lewey57]

"All Right Now" was on almost every mix tape (8-track or cassette) I ever made...great song!

[@sivazh]

Never forget Werewolves of London playing as Tom Cruise runs the table on the local shark in The Color of Money. I was a young pool player and that movie and the soundtrack changed my life.

[@reloadnorth7722]

For a country of small population, Canada has and had some very serious talent.

[@ProfessorofRock]

No joke!

[@michellerobin5461]

Yes! I agree ✌🏻🇨🇦

[@Grungefan2018]

Oh Hell Yea ! I have thought that so many times. Bands and actors. You guys are doing something right up there 😊

[@willmfrank]

@@Grungefan2018 It's our cold winters and hot summers. The stress makes us tough and resilient. 😉😁

[@josephwirtz8352]

Warren Zevon also had a popular song named “Lawyers, Guns and Money”.

[@DS-hs3qp]

LOVE the Stampeders....great Canadian band. Their album "New day" is a classic.

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

Hey ProRo 🤓 I love the 70's 1hit wonders. I hope that you went deeper than!

[@ProfessorofRock]

What uP? Let's catch up on Sunday?

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

@@ProfessorofRock I'll hold my breast . Oops My Breath

[@e.k.borchgrevink2786]

"All Right Now" is the VERY FIRST song I ever danced to at an "After Game" Friday Night Dance at R.A Long High School with a girl named Vicky Gish. What a memory !!!!! Thanks Vicky, and Thanks POR ...

[@ericcrawford3453]

Man what about Ram Jam?? Ole Black Betty!!! Thats a Jam man!!! 🤟

[@AlexRamirez-fj4dj]

I love every song on this top 10 list. The 70s was when i really grew up. There were so many great 1 hit wonders but i love your choices here. The ace frealy hit i keep forgetting about but once i hear it i instantly flashback to the 70s when kiss wore makeup.

[@ohsoedgy6888]

I’m kinda disappointed that this isn’t on the list but honorable mention for this list is Roxy Music’s 1976 Proto-New Wave hit “Love Is The Drug”

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I love that song.

[@bridgethockney2303]

I thought they had hits? Both ends burning was my favorite ❤

[@ohsoedgy6888]

@@bridgethockney2303 Love Is The Drug was their only US Top 40 hit

[@Rain-uc4ru]

@@bridgethockney2303 = I love that track "Both Ends Burning" too I bought that, Love Is The Drug & ""Dance Away The Heartache" Roxy Music & Bryan Ferry were HUGE here in England Then, they later bought out "Flesh & Blood followed by "Avalon" Those two latter L.P's were gigantic sellers here. Did the title track "Avalon" chart as a single in the USA ?

[@bridgethockney2303]

@@Rain-uc4ru Love is the drug was another favorite!! Checking out Avalon to answer your question

[@KarlHalliday-q6j]

Awesome review Professor. I learn so much about the bands and their music watching your show. Thank you always.

[@marklane61]

70s music was the best. Something for everybody

[@DukesMusic84]

Play That Funky Music still hits different. I saw a compilation of KZbin reactors when they first saw who the singer was, it's hilarious.

[@ProfessorofRock]

Ha ha! Cool! Which ones the best one?

[@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980]

I had no idea it was a white man for years!

[@KandyKane999]

I saw that. It was quite funny.

[@sheryljohnson5906]

Still so hard to believe these songs never hit the tops of the charts !! ❤

[@sparkyth67]

Wild Cherry did in september of 76 for 3 weeks