Mama Kat Thursday: Top 5 1974 Hits!
I was well into my teens before I first started really listening to popular music on the radio. That was around 1973-1974. Those were the days of vinyl records and D.J.'s still were polite on the air. I didn't really have any favorite artists. Still don't. I just don't have a mind that remembers artists by name, but I do remember songs. That was 43 years ago, however, so I had to review a Top 100 Hit List for 1974 to recall exactly which songs where hot that year and attach an artist to them! So here's my nostalogic list of my favorite radio hits from 1974: #1) The Streak by Ray Stevens A hilarious song making fun of a trendy 70's craze to strip then run through a public place or event butt naked, called "Streaking." I remember a seeing photo in the Indianapolis newspaper of a naked white guy "streaking" the Indianapolis 500 track back then. #2) Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield This was a fabulously beautiful, yet still...