"Something in the Air ""Something in the Air"" is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman, written by Speedy Keen who also sang the song. It was a number 1 single for three weeks in the UK Singles Chart in July 1969. The song has been used for films, television and adverts, and has been covered by several artists. The track was also included on Thunderclap Newman's only album release ""Hollywood Dream"" over a year later. In 1969, Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist, was the catalyst behind the formation of the band. The concept was to create a band to perform"
"group's first single, ""Something in the Air"", was a UK number 1 hit and is the song for which Thunderclap Newman are best known. The single also reached #37 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart in the U.S. The album was recorded after the initial U.K. success of the first single. The original 1970 release opened with ""Hollywood #1"", with the title track, an instrumental by young guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, appearing toward the end of Side 2. The album then culminated in a reprise of the opener, ""Hollywood #2"" (featuring a miscellany of instruments including soprano saxophones, glockenspiel, sleigh bells,"
"Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman was a British rock band that Pete Townshend of the Who and Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John ""Speedy"" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy ""Thunderclap"" Newman. Their single, ""Something in the Air"", a 1969 UK number one hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks and compilations. The band released a critically acclaimed rock album, ""Hollywood Dream"", and three other singles (which appeared on the album), ""Accidents"", ""The Reason"" and ""Wild Country"". From 1969 until 1971, the nucleus of the band consisted of the songwriter John ""Speedy"""
"supported Big Country on a 2011 tour of the UK. Andy ""Thunderclap"" Newman died on 29 March 2016, at the age of 73. Thunderclap Newman Thunderclap Newman was a British rock band that Pete Townshend of the Who and Kit Lambert formed in 1969 in a bid to showcase the talents of John ""Speedy"" Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, and Andy ""Thunderclap"" Newman. Their single, ""Something in the Air"", a 1969 UK number one hit, remains in demand for television commercials, film soundtracks and compilations. The band released a critically acclaimed rock album, ""Hollywood Dream"", and three other singles (which appeared on"
"on the grounds of the Alexandra Palace in London. That year, he played guitar for One in a Million, which performed live at The Upper Cut and other London venues. McCulloch first rose to fame in 1969 when he joined Pete Townshend's friends, Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (piano) and songwriter John 'Speedy' Keen (vocals, drums), to form the band Thunderclap Newman. The band enjoyed a UK No. 1 hit with ""Something in the Air"" that year. Thunderclap Newman's album, ""Hollywood Dream"", on which McCulloch's title instrumental then and his song ""I See It All"" later appeared, sold well but was not"
"Beatles' 1968 song of that name, ""Something in the Air"" captured post-flower power rebellion, marrying McCulloch's sweeping acoustic and glowing electric guitars, Keen's powerful drumming and yearning falsetto, and Newman's felicitous piano solo. The song, beginning in E major, has three key changes, its second verse climbing to F-sharp major, and, via a roundabout transition, goes down to C major for Newman's barrelhouse piano solo. Following this, the last verse is, like the second, a tone above the previous verse, closing the song in A-flat major. The single reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart just three weeks after"
"of ""Hey Jude""), ""Something in the Air"" captured post-flower power rebellion, marrying McCulloch's electric rhythm and lead guitars, Keen's drumming and falsetto, Newman's piano solo and Townshend's (uncredited) electric bass. By December 1969, the single was awarded a gold disc for world sales of more than a million. ""Something in the Air"" appeared on the soundtracks of the films ""The Magic Christian"" (1969) and ""The Strawberry Statement"" (1970), the latter having helped the single reach number 25 in the United States. The song also appeared on the deluxe edition of the ""Easy Rider"" CD. In the UK and US, a"
"Townshend had planned to work on projects for each of the musicians, but Kit Lambert prevailed upon Townshend, who was working on what became the rock-opera ""Tommy"", to save time by coalescing the three musicians into the collective project that became Thunderclap Newman. ""Something in the Air"", which Keen wrote for the film ""The Magic Christian"", was number one on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks, replacing the Beatles' ""Ballad of John and Yoko"" and holding off Elvis Presley. Originally titled ""Revolution"", but later renamed because the Beatles had released a song of that name in 1968 (the B-side"
"a Japanese battle cymbal and a Chinese temple block), and finally ""Something in the Air"". In 1973 the album was reissued in the U.S. with different cover art by MCA Records. For its CD release in 1991, ""Something in the Air"" was moved to the start of the record. This version also added the single versions of ""Something In The Air"" (the single version's mix differed from the album version), ""Accidents"" and ""The Reason"", and the three non-album B-sides as bonus tracks. ""Something in the Air"" makes a brief appearance in the 1969 film ""The Magic Christian"" starring Peter Sellers"
"Everything's Archie (album) Everything's Archie is the second studio album released by The Archies, a fictional pop band from the Archie universe. The single ""Sugar, Sugar"" went to number one on the pop chart selling over six million copies and was awarded a golden disc. The single was ranked as the number one song of the year for 1969 according to ""Billboard"". The album was later reissued on RCA Records, and in 2012 by Essential Media Group. ""Everything's Archie"" peaked at number 66 on the ""Billboard"" 200 albums chart. It was originally released in 1969 on the Calendar Records label"
"""Pop Idol"" runner-up Gareth Gates' second studio album, ""Go Your Own Way"". The single was released on March 14, 2003, and was the official ""Comic Relief"" charity single for 2003. The song features guest vocals from The Kumars. The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming Gates' fourth number one single. Spirit in the Sky ""Spirit in the Sky"" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970 and reached number three on the US ""Billboard"""
"Spirit in the Sky ""Spirit in the Sky"" is a song written and originally recorded by Norman Greenbaum and released in late 1969. The single became a gold record, selling two million copies from 1969 to 1970 and reached number three on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart (April 18, 1970), where it lasted for 15 weeks in the Top 100. ""Billboard"" ranked the record the No. 22 song of 1970. It also climbed to number one on the UK, Australian and Canadian charts in 1970. ""Rolling Stone"" ranked ""Spirit in the Sky"" No. 333 on its list of the"
"Coca-Cola commercial in Taiwan. It was also recently used in an episode of ""Prime Suspect 1973"". ""Something in the Air"" features a short burst of ""La Marseillaise"" - the national anthem of France. The ""revolution"" reference in the songs lyrics has subtly been hinted at in the synthesised brass arrangement from 3'30"". ""La Marseillaise"" also features in the ""1812 Overture"" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and in the opening of the Beatles' 1967 single All You Need Is Love. The song has been covered by a number of artists, including: Something in the Air ""Something in the Air"" is a song"
"follow-up single, ""Accidents"", came out in May 1970 and charted at No. 44 for only a week, but not charting at all in the US. An album, ""Hollywood Dream"", again produced by Townshend and released the previous year, peaked in ""Billboard"" 200 chart at No. 163. ""Something in the Air"" was also in the film ""Kingpin"" (1996) and is used on the soundtrack. It was also used in ""Almost Famous"" (2000) and is on the soundtrack. It was also used in a 2008 television episode of ""My Name Is Earl"". The critic Nathan Morley described ""Accidents"" as the band's masterpiece."
"one-hit wonders. Among the best-known acts of bubblegum's golden era are 1910 Fruitgum Company, the Lemon Pipers, the Ohio Express and the Archies, an animated group which had the most successful bubblegum song with ""Sugar, Sugar"", ""Billboard Magazine""'s No. 1 single for 1969. Singer Tommy Roe, arguably, had the most bubblegum hits of any artist during this period, notably 1969's ""Dizzy"". The chief characteristics of the genre are that it is pop music contrived and marketed to appeal to pre-teens and teenagers, is produced in an assembly-line process, is driven by producers, often uses unknown singers, and has an upbeat"
"and 1969, the group spent more weeks in the UK Singles Chart than the Beatles and made the odd tour 'down under' to Australia and New Zealand, where they had also experienced some marked chart success during this period. They also scored a Number One hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1968 with ""The Legend of Xanadu"". The combined sales figures were in excess of one million copies. Their other top 10 UK hits included ""Hideaway"", ""Hold Tight!"", ""Bend It!"", ""Save Me!"", ""Touch Me, Touch Me"", ""Okay!"", ""Zabadak!"" and ""Last Night in Soho"". ""Bend It!"" was a big hit"
"Something (Beatles song) ""Something"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1969 album ""Abbey Road"". It was written by George Harrison, the band's lead guitarist. Soon after the album's release, the song was issued as a single, coupled with ""Come Together"". ""Something"" was the first Harrison composition released as a Beatles A-side and the only composition of his to top the US charts before the band's break-up. Its pairing with ""Come Together"" also marked the first time in the UK that the Beatles issued a single containing tracks that were already available on an LP"
"Jefferson Airplane Jefferson Airplane, a rock band based in San Francisco, California, was one of the pioneering bands of psychedelic rock. Formed in 1965, the group defined the San Francisco Sound and was the first from the Bay Area to achieve international commercial success. They were headliners at the three most famous American rock festivals of the 1960s—Monterey (1967), Woodstock (1969) and Altamont (1969)—and the first Isle of Wight Festival (1968) in England. Their 1967 break-out album ""Surrealistic Pillow"" ranks on the short list of the most significant recordings of the ""Summer of Love"". Two songs from that album, ""Somebody"
"one #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit with ""Strangers in the Night"" in 1966. Frankie Valli (who was portrayed in the play Jersey Boys) had 7 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including ""December 1963 (Oh, What a Night)"". Kool & the Gang had a #1 Hot 100 hit with ""Celebration"" in 1981. Bon Jovi had 4 #1 Hot 100 hits, including ""Living on a Prayer"" in 1987. Whitney Houston (d. 2012) had 11 #1 Hot 100 hits in the 1980s and 1990s, including ""I Will Always Love You"" in 1992. P.M. Dawn had one #1 hit with"
"Chart in 1968. The Dolls also recorded another Macaulay/Macleod hit composition, ""Baby Take Me in Your Arms."" The enduring image of the Paper Dolls, as seen, for example, on BBC Television's ""Top of the Pops"", was inescapably that of three young women in miniskirts, the popularity and brevity of which were at their height at the time. Moreover, the name of the group was itself suggestive of ""dolly birds"", a rather impersonal term which, in the 1970s, journalist Christopher Booker associated with ""girls [being] transformed into throwaway plastic objects"". Several follow-ups, notably ""My Life (Is in Your Hands)"" and ""Someday"","
"number one in the UK Singles Chart in January 1969, making them the first Scottish group to ever top that chart. Their cover sold around half a million in the UK, and a million copies globally by April 1969. They appeared on BBC One's music programme ""Top of the Pops"" to perform the track in kilts. Because the song features the lyrics ""life goes on"", a version performed by Patti LuPone and the cast of ""Life Goes On"" was featured on the 1989–1993 drama of that name on ABC in the United States. Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da ""Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"" is a song"
"People! People! was a one-hit wonder rock band that was formed in San Jose, California in 1965. Their greatest chart success came with their summer hit single ""I Love You"". The song, written by The Zombies bass guitarist Chris White, rose to number one in Japan (twice), Israel, Australia, Italy, South Africa, and the Philippines, and peaked at No. 14 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 in June 1968. At various times, band members have included Robb Levin, Geoff Levin, Albert Ribisi, John Riolo, David Anderson, Larry Norman, Gene Mason, Denny Fridkin, Tom Tucker, Bruce Thomas Eason (as Scott Eason), John"
"The Best of Peter, Paul and Mary: Ten Years Together The Best of Peter, Paul, and Mary: Ten Years Together is a 1970 greatest hits release by American folk trio Peter, Paul, and Mary. It is the last album released before the group split up in 1970. The album includes all of their greatest hits, including their only #1 hit ""Leaving On A Jet Plane"", ""If I Had a Hammer"", and their versions of the Bob Dylan songs ""Blowin' in the Wind"", ""Don't Think Twice, It's All Right,"" and ""Too Much of Nothing,"" along with others. The thirteen cuts were"
"Drains"". Their first recording was the single ""Something in the Air"", which became a number one hit in the UK and a substantial hit elsewhere in the world. This was the only number one hit in the UK that Townshend performed on. (The Who had none.) Following this success, Townshend produced their sole album, ""Hollywood Dream"". Townshend also produced ""Fire"" by the Crazy World of Arthur Brown in 1968 that was No. 1 in the UK and No. 2 in the US and was also an executive-producer on the band's debut album, also called ""The Crazy World of Arthur Brown""."
"Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969 Billboard Top Rock'n'Roll Hits: 1969 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1989, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1969. The original album includes six songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the year's No. 1 song, ""Sugar, Sugar"" by The Archies. The remaining four tracks each reached the Hot 100's Top 5. A 1993 re-issue replaced three tracks, bringing the number of chart toppers down from six to five. On the re-issue, a cover of the title track from the musical ""Hair"" was replaced with another cover from"
"singles) helped to pave the way for the acceptance of soul music by white pop audiences, and their song ""Soul Man"" was one of the first songs by a black group to top the pop charts using the word ""soul,"" helping define the genre. ""Soul Man"" was a number one Pop Hit (""Cashbox"": November 11, 1967) and has been recognized as one of the most influential songs of the past 50 years by the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, ""Rolling Stone"" magazine, and RIAA Songs of the Century. ""Soul Man"" was featured as the"
"had hits in the UK in the 1960s with songs such as ""So Much in Love"", a US chart topper and million-seller in 1963, ""Wonderful! Wonderful!"", a remake of the Johnny Mathis classic hit from 1957, ""Somewhere"", then in 1970s with ""You Little Trustmaker"" and ""Ms Grace"". The last of these became the group's biggest UK hit, reaching Number One in the UK Singles Chart in 1975, but barely dented the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, long after the success of ""So Much in Love"". ""Ms Grace"", while only charting modestly in the US, was and remains a regional hit with the"
"in an episode of the TV series ""Clangers"". One in a Million (band) One in a Million were a 1960s psychedelic rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, that included Jimmy McCulloch, later a member of Paul McCartney's Wings, as their lead guitarist. They released two singles, ""Use Your Imagination"" / ""Hold On"" for CBS, and ""Double Sight"" / ""Fredereek Hernando"" for MGM. This has become one of the most collectable psychedelic singles, and was included in David Wells' Top 100 Psychedelic Records by ""Record Collector"" magazine. A compilation album was released in 2008, which included both their singles and previously unreleased"
"1967 in music The year 1967 was an important one for psychedelic rock, and was famous for its ""Summer of Love"" in San Francisco. It saw major releases from The Beatles (""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"" and ""Magical Mystery Tour""), Small Faces (""Itchycoo Park""), Eric Burdon & The Animals (""Winds of Change""), Big Brother and The Holding Company (""Big Brother and The Holding Company""), The Doors (""The Doors"" and ""Strange Days""), Jefferson Airplane (""Surrealistic Pillow"" and ""After Bathing at Baxter's""), Moby Grape (""Moby Grape)"", Traffic (""Mr. Fantasy""), Pink Floyd (""The Piper at the Gates of Dawn""), Love (""Forever Changes)"","
"notable effort was the music element in the form of the animated band, The Archies. With vocals provided by Ron Dante and Toni Wine, the fictional group released a series of real-life albums and singles. Their most successful song is ""Sugar, Sugar"", which stood at the top of the pop charts for four weeks in 1969. ""Sugar, Sugar"" became the number 1 song of 1969 on the Billboard charts. (There are also many songs, however, that only appeared on the show and its various spin-offs.) A cover of ""Sugar, Sugar"", performed by Mary Lou Lord with Semisonic, is included on"
"The Number One Song in Heaven ""The Number One Song in Heaven"" is a disco song by the American rock duo Sparks. Released as a single in 1979, the song was produced and co-written by electro-disco producer Giorgio Moroder. It became a top 20 hit in the UK, where it peaked at number 14. In addition to the standard black vinyl, both the 7"" and 12"" versions of the single were issued in a variety of coloured vinyl releases (red, blue, and green). Sparks rerecorded the song in 1997, one version of which featured vocals by Jimmy Somerville and orchestrations"
"charts. In the United States for the years 1964 to 1966, the group achieved 12 number-one singles and nine number-one albums on the ""Billboard"" charts; by comparison, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys each had three chart-topping singles and one number-one album. In the US, in the case of singles for the decade, the Beatles headed Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Brenda Lee, the Supremes and the Beach Boys; in albums sales, they were followed by Presley, Sinatra, Herb Alpert, the Kingston Trio and Andy Williams. The Beach Boys, along with the Four Seasons, were the only two American pop"
"the Fish, The Great Society and Jefferson Airplane. The Byrds rapidly progressed from purely folk rock in 1966 with their single ""Eight Miles High"", widely taken to be a reference to drug use. Psychedelic rock reached its apogee in the last years of the decade. The Summer of Love of 1967 was prefaced by the Human Be-In event and reached its peak at the Monterey Pop Festival, the latter helping to make a major American star of Jimi Hendrix. Key recordings included Jefferson Airplane's ""Surrealistic Pillow"" and The Doors' ""Strange Days"". These trends climaxed in the 1969 Woodstock festival, which"