#1970s-music

#1970s-music

Dexys Midnight Runners combined classic 60s soul with frontman Kevin Rowland's emotionally charged vocals, distinguishing themselves in a vibrant musical scene of mod and ska revivals.

In 1973, the readers of Creem magazine voted the New York Dolls the year's Best New Band. They also voted them the year's Worst New Band. The poll succinctly captured the polarizing effect of the group's brief but marked reign over the Lower Manhattan rock scene.

Brian James was a pioneering figure in the punk-rock movement, leading the Damned to make historic achievements as the first British punk band to release a single and an album.

The film is a window into the underground scene that emerged in the 1970s, powered by soul records that had flopped years earlier.

The sexy crossover tune "Rockin' Chair" was written by Miami composers Clarence "Blowfly" Reid and Willie Clarke and it thrust its way up the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart to No. 9 and No. 1 R&B in the summer of 1975.