Hit List 2: More Hot 100 Chartbusters from the 70s

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Overview

Arriving 12 years after the initial volume, Ace's 2016 compilation Hit List 2: More Hot 100 Chartbusters from the 70s doesn't follow any precise genre or even methodology. Instead, it grabs 24 American hits from the 1970s -- some big, some small, some clear flukes -- arranging them for listenability's sake, which is appropriate for any collection that salutes the glory days of Top 40. Many of the songs here are familiar, perhaps overly so: "China Grove," "Drift Away," "Ramblin' Man," "Rocky Mountain Way," "Fooled Around and Fell in Love," "How Long," "Long Call Woman," "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo," and "Still the One" are still mainstays on radio and often pop up in films or commercials. Other singles here show up quite often on one-hit wonder collections -- "The Rapper," "Please Come to Boston," "Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)" -- which means the most interesting things lie on the margin, such as the bubblegum raver "That's the Way a Woman Is," Fanny's glam throwback "Charity Ball," the Band's back-porch swinger "Rag Mama Rag," Frijid Pink's heavy metal revision of "House of the Rising Sun," and Teegarden & Van Winkle's reworking of Hank Williams' "I Saw the Light" into "God, Love and Rock & Roll (We Believe)." None of these seem like likely entries into the Billboard charts and that's why they're so valued here, surrounding by songs that have become staples: they help illustrate how weird and glorious Top 40 radio could be in the '70s. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	09/02/2016
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667076722
Rank:	70276

Tracks

1. China Grove  -  Doobie Brothers  - Tom Johnston  - Ted Templeman
2. Drift Away  - Dobie Gray  - Mentor Williams
3. Charity Ball  - Alice DeBuhr  -  Fanny  - Jean Millington  - June Millington  - Richard Perry
4. Ramblin Man  -  Allman Brothers Band  - Forrest Richard Betts  - Johnny Sandlin
5. Rocky Mountain Way  - Rocke Grace  - Kenneth Passarelli  - Bill Szymczyk  - Joe Vitale  - Joe Walsh  - Joseph Walsh
6. That's the Way a Woman Is  - John Hoier  -  Messengers  - Michael Morgan
7. Rag Mama Rag  -  Band  - Robbie Robertson
8. Cinnamon Girl  -  Gentrys  - Knox Phillips  - Neil Young
9. How Long  -  Ace  - John Anthony  - Paul Carrack
10. The Rapper  - Dominic Ierace  -  Jaggerz
11. Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress  - Allan Clarke  - Roger Cook  - Roger Greenaway  -  Hollies  - Ron Richards
12. Everything I Own  -  Bread  - David Gates  - James Griffin
13. The House of the Rising Sun  -  Frijid Pink  - Alan Price  -  Traditional  - Mike Valvano
14. God, Love, and Rock & Roll (We Believe)  - Jim Cassily  - Skip Knape  -  Teegarden & VanWinkle  - David Teegarden
15. Fooled Around and Fell in Love  - Elvin Bishop  - Allan Blazek  - Bill Szymczyk
16. Please Come to Boston  - Jerry Crutchfield  - Dave Loggins  - David Loggins  - Glen Spreen
17. Sure as I'm Sittin' Here  - John Hiatt  - Jimmy Ienner  -  Three Dog Night
18. Anticipation  - Del Newman  - Paul Samwell-Smith  - Carly Simon
19. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo  - Rick Derringer  - Bill Szymczyk
20. When Will I Be Loved  - Peter Asher  - Phil Everly  - Linda Ronstadt  - Gregory Rose
21. Who Do You Think You Are  - Steve Barri  - Ben Benay  -  Donaldson  - Desmond Dyer  - Jimmie Haskell  - Clive Scott
22. Teenage Lament '74  - Michael Bruce  - Alice Cooper  - Jack Douglas  - Jack Richardson
23. Still the One  - Johanna Hall  - John Hall  -  Orleans  - Chuck Plotkin
24. Life Is a Rock (But the Radio Rolled Me)  - Marc Bellack  - Paul DiFranco  - Norman Dolph  - Joey Levine  -  Reunion

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Fanny   Primary Artist
Teegarden & VanWinkle   Primary Artist
The Band   Primary Artist
Reunion   Primary Artist
Orleans   Primary Artist
Ace   Primary Artist
Bread   Primary Artist
Frijid Pink   Primary Artist
Linda Ronstadt   Primary Artist
The Allman Brothers Band   Primary Artist
The Jaggerz   Primary Artist
The Messengers   Primary Artist
Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods   Primary Artist
The Gentrys   Primary Artist
The Hollies   Primary Artist
The Doobie Brothers   Primary Artist
Dobie Gray   Primary Artist
Carly Simon   Primary Artist
Rick Derringer   Primary Artist
Elvin Bishop   Primary Artist
Joe Walsh   Primary Artist
Three Dog Night   Primary Artist
Dave Loggins   Primary Artist
Alice Cooper   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Paul DiFranco   Composer,Producer
Dominic Ierace   Composer
Alice de Buhr   Composer
Jim Cassily   Producer
Norman Dolph   Composer
Allan Clarke   Composer
Allan Blazek   Producer
Alice Cooper   Composer
Paul Jeffrey   Package Design
Traditional   Composer
Paul Samwell-Smith   Producer
Ted Templeman   Producer
Steve Barri   Producer
The Band   Producer
Jimmy Ienner   Sounds,Producer
Mentor Williams   Composer,Producer
Neil Young   Composer
Mike Valvano   Producer
Nick Robbins   Mastering
Tom Johnston   Composer
Glen Spreen   Arranger
Jean Millington   Composer
The Allman Brothers Band   Producer
Paul Carrack   Composer
David Teegarden   Arranger,Composer
Del Newman   String Arrangements
James Griffin   Associate Producer
Elvin Bishop   Composer
David Gates   Producer,Arranger,Composer
John Hall   Composer
Joey Levine   Producer
John Anthony   Producer
Rocke Grace   Composer
Ron Richards   Producer
Johnny Sandlin   Producer
Desmond Dyer   Composer
Peter Asher   Producer
Robbie Robertson   Composer
Jimmie Haskell   Horn Arrangements,String Arrangements
Roger Cook   Composer
Roger Greenaway   Composer
Robert Landau   Cover Photo
Skip Knape   Arranger,Composer
Forrest Richard Betts   Composer
Marc Bellack   Producer
Gregory Rose   Arranger
John Hoier   Composer
David Loggins   Composer
Joseph Walsh   Composer
Kenneth Passarelli   Composer
Michael Morgan   Composer
Ben Benay   Rhythm Arrangements
Bill Szymczyk   Producer
The Hollies   Producer
Knox Phillips   Producer
Jack Richardson   Producer
Chuck Plotkin   Producer
Jack Douglas   Producer
Richard Perry   Producer
Carly Simon   Composer
Clive Scott   Composer
Tony Rounce   Liner Notes
Johanna Hall   Composer
Rick Derringer   Composer,Producer
June Millington   Composer
Jerry Crutchfield   Producer
Joe Vitale   Composer
Joe Walsh   Producer
John Hiatt   Composer
Phil Everly   Composer
Michael Bruce   Composer
Alan Price   Arranger,Composer
Teegarden & VanWinkle   Producer