1976

Bee Gees - You Should Be Dancing

"You Should Be Dancing" was a single by the Bee Gees, from the Children of the World album in 1976. The single rose to number five on the UK singles chart and hit number one for 1 week on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number one for 7 weeks on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play. It was this song that first launched the Bee Gees into disco stardom, although rock-oriented drums and guitars can be heard in the background. It was also the only track from the group to top the Club play charts. "You Should Be Dancing" is known today as the first chart-topper in which Barry Gibb uses his now-trademark falsetto (he had previously used it on the top-10 "Nights on Broadway", and on "Fanny (Be Tender With My Love)"). The song was prominently featured in the movie Saturday Night Fever. This song and the scene from the movie containing the song were seen and heard in Short Circuit. The Boston Celtics also play this song when they are about to win a basketball game accompanied by the ever popular "Dancing Gino" video from American Bandstand. Live performances of "You Should Be Dancing" during the 1979 Spirits Having Flown tour featured the Bee Gees' younger sibling, Andy Gibb, on backing vocals. [info courtesy: wikipedia.org]

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Al Stewart - If It Doesn't Come Naturally, Leave It

A great track from Al Stewart's "Year Of The Cat" LP. This is one of many Al Stewart songs which are difficult to find on CD. Enjoy!

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Alan Parsons Project - I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You

I Robot is a progressive rock album recorded by The Alan Parsons Project, engineered by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson in 1976. It was released by Arista Records in 1977 and re-released on CD in 1984 and 2007. It was intended to be based on the I, Robot stories written by Isaac Asimov, and actually Woolfson spoke with Asimov, who was enthusiastic about that. But the rights had already been granted to a TV/movie company, so the album's title was altered slightly by removing the comma, and the theme and lyrics were made to be more generically about robots rather than specific to the Asimov universe.[1] The cover inlay reads: "I ROBOT... THE STORY OF THE RISE OF THE MACHINE AND THE DECLINE OF MAN, WHICH PARADOXICALLY COINCIDED WITH HIS DISCOVERY OF THE WHEEL... AND A WARNING THAT HIS BRIEF DOMINANCE OF THIS PLANET WILL PROBABLY END, BECAUSE MAN TRIED TO CREATE ROBOT IN HIS OWN IMAGE." The title of the final track, "Genesis Ch.1 v.32", follows this theme by implying a continuation to the story of Creation, since the first chapter of Genesis only has 31 verses. The track "Don't Let it Show" was later covered by Pat Benatar on her album In the Heat of the Night. [info courtesy: wikipedia.org]

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