Grand Funk Railroad - Mark Farner
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The #1 song from 50 years ago was Grand Funk Railroad's "We're an American Band".
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We’re an American Band
Songwriter: Don Brewer
Out on the road for forty days
Last night in Little Rock put me in a haze
Sweet, sweet Connie, doin' her act
She had the whole show and that's a natural fact
Up all night with Freddie King
I got to tell you, poker's his thing
Booze and ladies, keep me right
As long as we can make it to the show tonight
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band
Four young chiquitas in Omaha
Waitin' for the band to return from the show
Feelin' good, feelin' right, it's Saturday night
The hotel detective, he was outta sight
Now these fine ladies, they had a plan
They was out to meet the boys in the band
They said, "Come on dudes, let's get it on"
And we proceeded to tear that hotel down
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're an American band
We're comin' to your town
We'll help you party it down
We're an American band
We're an American band, wooo
We're an American band, wooo
We're an American band, wooo
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Grand Funk
Phoenix
1972 Capitol
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Tracks:
01. Flight of the Phoenix
02. Trying to Get Away
03. Someone
04. She Got to Move Me
05. Rain Keeps Fallin’
06. I Just Gotta Know
07. So You Won’t Have to Die
08. Freedom Is for Children
09. Gotta Find Me a Better Day
10. Rock ‘n’ Roll Soul
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Don Brewer
Mark Farner
Craig Frost
Mel Schacher
* Long Live Rock Archive
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The superstars of the previous eras mostly came back in the 90's for some reason and they stayed there since. Grand Funk Railroad, for instance, did return during the time, but they still have no new record to show. Pardon, they did do something as they – unwillingly – released a live album, titled Bosnia, but this is not them going in Sarajevo like U2, the concert they played was a benefit for the country. However, the renditions of their old songs – the disc is basically their best-of – do show a certain professionalism, which could be fine in small dosages, yet the thing can become nerve wracking. Then again, what would the best option for them be? The fact they're still a tour entity might be the best, because what would their album now even be?
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Year-End Poll #1: 1950
Kicking this project off with the first poll in the series by ranking the Billboard Top 10 Year-End singles from 1950. It will be another 8 years before the creation of Billboard's Hot 100 metric for charting popular music. The top songs were chosen based off of jukebox popularity, retail sales (both records and sheet music) and calculated via a survey Billboard Magazine would send out nationwide.
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Grand Funk Railroad - Mark Farner
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Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
© Don Delaney
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Grand Funk
What’s Funk?
1983 Full Moon
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Tracks:
01. Rock & Roll American Style
02. Nowhere to Run
03. Innocent
04. Still Waitin’
05. Borderline
06. El Salvador
07. It’s a Man’s World
08. I’m So True
09. Don’t Lie to Me
10. Life in Outer Space
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Dennis Bellinger
Don Brewer
Mark Farner
* Long Live Rock Archive
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Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
© Don Delaney
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Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
© Don Delaney
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