It’s Only Rock ‘n Roll is the twelfth British and fourteenth American studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in 1974. It was the last Rolling Stones album for guitarist Mick Taylor and the songwriting and recording of the album’s title track had a connection to Taylor’s eventual replacement, Ronnie Wood. The album has a firmer rock sound than the band’s previous album, the more funk- and soul-inspired Goats Head Soup.
Category: 70’s
Queen – We Will Rock You
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“We Will Rock You” is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World. Rolling Stone ranked it number 330 of “The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time” in 2004, and the RIAA placed it at number 146 on its list of Songs of the Century. In 2009, “We Will Rock You” was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
Blondie – Heart Of Glass
“Heart of Glass” is a song by American New Wave band Blondie, written by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. Featured on the band’s third studio album, Parallel Lines (1978), it was released as the third single in January 1979 and topped the charts in several countries including the United States.Rolling Stone ranked the song number 255 on its list of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
Boney M. – Rivers Of Babylon
“Rivers of Babylon” is a rastafarian song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970. The Melodians’ original versions of the song appeared in the soundtrack to the 1972 movie The Harder They Come and the 1999 Nicolas Cage movie Bringing Out the Dead. It became popularized in Europe by the 1978 Boney M. cover version.
Rod Stewart – Have You Ever Seen The Rain
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain” is a song written by John Fogerty and released as a single in 1971 from the album Pendulum (1970) by roots rock group Creedence Clearwater Revival. The song charted highest in Canada, reaching number one on the RPM 100 national album chart in March 1971. In the US, it peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in the same year. On Cash Box pop chart, it peaked at number three. Billboard co-listed the b-side “Hey Tonight”. In the UK, it reached number 36. It was the group’s eighth gold-selling single.