Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s - Softcover

Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 031214704X ISBN 13: 9780312147044

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 1996

Synopsis

Here is a lively and nostalgic look back at the forgotten era that gave us "Hooked on a Feeling", "Dancing in the Moonlight", "I Am Woman", "Seasons in the Sun", and more. The early '70s brought a "Convoy" of popular music--everything from the cheesy to the classic. The authors, true-blue '70s fanatics, have put together this irresistably readable book to transport readers back to a time when people wore smiley-face buttons, went to singles bars, and heartily sang along with Mac Davis. Illustrations throughout.

About this title

About the Author:

Don Breithaupt, a three-time Juno Award nominee, is a musician and journalist. He lives in Bolton, Ontario.

Jeff Breithaupt is a freelance writer and arts fundraiser; he lives in New York City.

From Library Journal:

Singer/songwriter Don and his brother Jeff try to reclaim the music of their youth. Beginning in 1971 after the breakup of the Beatles and ending in 1975 with the advent of disco, they devote 31 brief chapters to AM-radio hits of the early Seventies. The authors deal with such trends as the Philadelphia sound of Gamble and Huff, the folk-pop of James Taylor and Cat Stevens, late Motown hitmakers such as Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross, and the progressive rock of Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. They also address more obscure Canadian popsters, novelty records, and religious pop. Though paying homage to most of the rock/pop icons of the era, the brothers Breithaupt present a jumbled confusion of categories: They label such diverse artists as Elton John and the Carpenters as "self-pity pop," Harry Chapin and Tony Orlando as "story songsters," Linda Ronstadt and Helen Reddy as "feminist pop," and Herbie Hancock and Gino Vannelli as "jazz/pop." Their work quickly becomes a disorganized, seemingly endless compendium of early-Seventies hits that seldom explains the authors' obvious excitement about the music to the reader. Not recommended.?David P. Szatmary, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
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About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 031214704X
• ISBN 13: 9780312147044
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 216