The Hit List: 24 Hot 100 American Chartbusters of the 1970s

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Overview

Following in the tradition of its previous series The Golden Age of American Rock & Roll (which documented the 1950s) and Chartbusters (tracking the 1960s), the U.K. reissue label Ace moves into the Me Decade with The Hit List: 24 Hot 100 American Chartbusters of the 1970s. Its subtitle to the contrary, the first volume in the series actually focuses almost exclusively on Top 20 chart entries, documenting the autumn of AM radio's commercial heyday: sure, the pop hits of the 1970s have been maligned in many quarters -- and novelties like John Sebastian's theme to the TV smash Welcome Back, Kotter and cheese like Seals & Crofts' "Summer Breeze" won't change naysayers' minds -- but as these two-dozen songs prove, the decade was unmatched for the sheer variety of music that accessed the top of the charts, with hard rock, country-pop, disco and bubblegum pop all vying for commercial success. While the decade's true heavyweights like Elton John, Led Zeppelin and Neil Young are nowhere in sight, Ace nevertheless does a good job of assembling an accurate composite from the one-hit wonders at its disposal -- love 'em or hate 'em -- records like the Looking Glass' "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)," Jonathan Edwards' "Sunshine," and Tommy James' "Draggin' the Line" sum up everything the 1970s were about. ~ Jason Ankeny

Product Details

Release Date:	11/09/2004
Label:	Ace
UPC:	0029667003728
Rank:	55497

Tracks

1. Walk a Mile in My Shoes  - Joe South  -  South
2. American Woman  - Randy Bachman  - Burton Cummings  -  Guess Who  - Garry Peterson
3. Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)  - Jim Croce
4. Only You Know and I Know  -  Delaney & Bonnie  - Dave Mason
5. I Just Want to Celebrate  - Dino Fekaris  -  Rare Earth  - Nick Zesses
6. My Maria  - Daniel Moore  - B.W. Stevenson
7. Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)  -  Lulu
8. Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)  -  Looking Glass  - Elliot Lurie
9. Sunshine  - Jonathan Edwards
10. Don't Pull Your Love  -  Hamilton  - Dennis Lambert  - Brian Potter
11. Evil Ways  -  Santana  - Joe Zack
12. Draggin' the Line  -  James
13. Summer Breeze  - Dash Crofts  -  Seals & Crofts  - Jim Seals
14. Timothy  -  Buoys  - Rupert Holmes
15. Suavecito  - Richard Bean  -  Malo  - Pablo Tellez  - Abel Zarate
16. Westbound #9  - Daphne Dumas  - Ronald Dunbar  -  Flaming Ember  -  Wayne
17. You Won't See Me  - John Lennon  - Paul McCartney  - Anne Murray
18. Chevy Van  - Sammy Johns
19. Free Ride  - Dan Hartman  -  Winter
20. Rock and Roll Heaven  - Alan O'Day  -  Righteous Brothers  - John Stevenson
21. Welcome Back Kotter  - John Sebastian
22. Come and Get Your Love  -  Redbone  - Lolly Vegas
23. Overnight Sensation (Hit Record)  - Eric Carmen  -  Raspberries
24. I Can Help  - Billy Swan

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Guess Who   Primary Artist
Joe South & the Believers   Primary Artist
The Edgar Winter Group   Primary Artist
Delaney & Bonnie   Primary Artist
Looking Glass   Primary Artist
Jonathan Edwards   Primary Artist
Santana   Primary Artist
Lulu   Primary Artist
Rare Earth   Primary Artist
The Raspberries   Primary Artist
The Righteous Brothers   Primary Artist
Anne Murray   Primary Artist
Tommy James & the Shondells   Primary Artist
Malo   Primary Artist
Buoys   Primary Artist
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds   Primary Artist
Billy Swan   Primary Artist
Flaming Ember   Primary Artist
John Sebastian   Primary Artist
Sammy Johns   Primary Artist
Seals & Crofts   Primary Artist
Jim Croce   Primary Artist
Redbone   Primary Artist
B.W. Stevenson   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bob King   Producer
B.W. Stevenson   Composer
Bob Liftin   Producer
Chip Young   Producer
Jack Richardson   Producer
Larry Knechtel   Producer
Tony Rounce   Annotation,Liner Notes
Joe South   Composer,Producer
Garry Peterson   Composer
David Kershenbaum   Producer
Eric Carmen   Composer
David Rubinson   Producer
Looking Glass   Producer
John Lennon   Composer
Lolly Vegas   Composer,Producer
Delaney Bramlett   Producer
Dino Fekaris   Composer
Jonathan Edwards   Composer
Ronald Dunbar   Composer
Santana   Producer
Rick Derringer   Producer
Peter Casperson   Producer
Randy Bachman   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Producer
Jimmy Ienner   Producer
Rupert Holmes   Composer
Alan O'Day   Composer
Tommy Lee James   Producer
Brian Ahern   Producer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
Arif Mardin   Producer
Brent Dangerfield   Producer
Brian Potter   Composer,Producer
Dan Hartman   Composer
Billy Swan   Composer,Producer
Elliot Lurie   Composer
Jim Seals   Composer
John Sebastian   Composer,Producer
Dennis Lambert   Composer,Producer
Louie Shelton   Producer
Sammy Johns   Composer
Jim Croce   Composer
Nick Zesses   Composer
Tom Dowd   Producer
Tommy West   Producer
Tom Baird   Producer
Burton Cummings   Composer
Dash Crofts   Composer
Dave Mason   Composer
Edyth Wayne   Composer
Philip Lloyd-Smee   Cover Design
Jools DeVere   Package Design
Robert Landau   Cover Photo
John Stevenson   Composer
Pablo Tellez   Composer
Richard Bean   Composer
Jay Senter   Producer
Joe Zack   Composer
Daphne Dumas   Composer
Mike Gershman   Producer
Abel Zarate   Composer
Pat Vegas   Producer
Daniel Moore   Composer
Terry Cashman   Producer
Paul McCartney   Composer
Steve Barri   Producer