(Finished January 17th, 2022) Part 2 of "1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything", The Best of 1971: Soft Rock and Ballads
Hello,
I have no connection to the Apple series "1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything". However I started watching the 8 episode season tonight and reliving all that history and great music. I'll use this series as an inspiration for this blog. 1971 was a weird year in many away. One of the biggest artists of that year was The Osmonds. I was only 4 that year so I didn't have an opinion, but my opinion I'm sure would not have been that high. Looking back now I'm still shocked. How did a bunch of white Utah Mormon boys be in the same league as Marvin Gaye, Led Zeppelin and many others?
"1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything":
The Guitar Historian's look at the best albums of 1971:
Songs That Shaped 1971 (Part 1):
23) Cat Stevens "Moonshadow":
24) Cat Stevens "Morning Has Broken":
25) Cat Stevens "Wild World":
26) Bread "Baby I'm A Want You":
27) Bread "If":
28) Bread "Let Your Love Go":
The most shocking music superstars of 1971: The Osmonds. 29) Donny Osmond "Go Away Little Girl":
One of the many amazing albums of 1971 was Carole King's career defining "Tapestry". It has several amazing songs on it. Here are a few of them. 30) Carole King "It's Too Late":
31) Carole King "I Feel The Earth Move":
32) Carole King "So Far Away":
Carole King wrote this classic with Gerry Goffin, then the Shirelles took it and made it into a # 1 hit in 1960. Then Miss King took the classic, slowed it down and released it on her "Tapestry". 33) "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow":
34) Carole King "Tapestry":
Obviously a very good version but not as good as Aretha's version, but I like Miss King's cover or her own co-written song. 35) Carole King "(You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman":
36) Carole King "Smackwater Jack":
37) James Taylor "You've Got A Friend":
Amazing enough this song isn't written by Carole King, but no it was written by Mr. Paul Anka.
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