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These are among our picks for Songs of the Summer in 1974 and 1984. Summertime, and the listening is easy, songs are rockin’ and the volume is high. Which is to say, it’s time to talk about songs of summers past.
Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Band of the Run” helped kick off the summer when it reached No. 1 in June 1974. Bo Donaldson and the Heywood’s “Billy, Don’t Be a Hero,” reached No. 1 on the Billboard 100 in June 1974. Bruce Springsteen ‘s “Dancing in the Dark,” spent four weeks at No. 2 on the Billboard 100 in July 1984. ABBA’s “Waterloo” helped them break into the American music scene when it went reached No. 6 on the Billboard 100 in Aug. 1974.
These are among our picks for Songs of the Summer in 1974 and 1984. This, though, we know: The Summer of ’74 was wild, man, with classic songs alongside some ‘what-were-we-thinking?’ tunes. The Summer of ’84 was much better, with breakthroughs by a number of artists still relevant today. to sing, and man, does she sing it. After this hit, the band changed its name to Rufus and Chaka Khan. The funky wah-wah guitar, one of the very uses of a guitar talk box, and just a groove that lasts all day long. “Tell me something good, tell me that you like it, yeah.”“Waterloo, I was defeated, you won the war.” The breakout single from ABBA, “Waterloo” uses Napoleon’s fateful defeat as a metaphor for a love affair.
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