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Ok, Songfacters...or in this case, Songfactors, I never thought I'd need help burning a cd, but I do. I want to burn one of mello stuff, all from the 70's. I know I could easily come up with 80 minutes worth of music on my own but I'd like to get some suggestions. Maybe you good people with impeccable taste in music can give me a few songs I may not have thought of otherwise. Here's what I have so far:

I Can't Tell You Why ~ The Eagles

Take It To The Limit ~ The Eagles

Tuesday's Gone ~ Skynyrd

Angie ~ The Stones

One More Time ~ Skynyrd

So, I guess I'm also kind of looking for a bit of a southern flavor, as well.

Lay it on me.

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Dave, great minds think alike... If you are downloading these, search "AM GOLD" and go wild..

Here is my contribution, more to come as they occur to me.

Pointer Sisters, "Fire" and "Slowhand".

Harry Nillson's "Everybody's Talkin'"

Seger's "Against the Wind"

Johnny Nash's "Hold Me Tight" and "I can See Clearly Now"

Ken.

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Bob Welch "Ebony Eyes"

Steely Dan "Reelin' in the Years"

Atlanta Rhythm Section "So Into You", "Imaginary Lover"

(Ahem) Jimmy Buffett "Margaritaville"

Exile "Kiss You All Over"

Fleetwood Mac - *anything*

Seals and Croft "Summer Breeze"

Gordon Lightfoot "Rainy Day People", "Cotton Ginny", "Sundown"

Joan Baez "Big Yellow Taxi"

Brook Benton "Rainy Night In Georgia"

Guess Who "American Woman"

Robert Palmer "Bad Case of Lovin' You"

Eagles "Lyin' Eyes"

Gary Wright "Dream Weaver"

Robert John "Sad Eyes"

Jim Croce "Don't Mess Around With Jim", "Carwash Blues"

Billy Paul "Me and Mrs. Jones"

Tony Orlando "Knock 3 Times"

Neil Diamond "Cracklin' Rosie" and a bazillion others.

Lulu "To Sir With Love" (I hear Mikey laughing at me, shaddap Mike)

Maria Muldaur "Midnight At the Oasis"

Jackie Deshannon "Put A Little Love In Your Heart"

Dusty Springfield "Son Of A Preacher Man"

Bread "I'd Like To Make It With You"

Redbone "Come And Get Your Love"

Sorry. This list, rocks. And proves, PROVES that the music of today doesn't stack up to this stuff.

Ken.

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I guess some of these are not southern flavor -

The Delfonics - Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)

Jimmy Cliff - Sitting in Limbo

Leon Russell - Bluebird, Back to the Island

Freddy Fender - Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

Tower of Power - Sparkling in the Sand

Tower of Power - You're Still a Young Man

Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

Bob Dylan - Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Helpless and 4+20

Stephen Stills - Go Back Home and Black Queen and

all those other mellow songs from that first solo album

Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris - Love Hurts

Bonnie Raitt - Angel From Montgomery

Linda Ronstadt - Keep Me from Blowing Away

Karla Bonoff - Falling Star

Allman Brothers - Midnight Rider, Blue Sky, Melissa

Jackson Browne - Rock Me on the Water, The Pretender

Steve Miller Band - I Love You

Marshall Tucker Band - Can't You See, Fire on the Mountain,

Searchin' for a Rainbow, Bob Away My Blues

Donny Hathaway - The Ghetto

Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly

The Spinners - I'll Be Around, It's a Shame

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

The Temptations - Just My Imagination(Running Away With Me)

The Persuasions - Gypsy Woman

Al Green - Tired of Being Alone, Let's Stay Together,

Love and Happiness

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One of the three suggestions will do:

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan

"Only A Fool Would Say That" by Steely Dan

"Show Biz Kids" by Steely Dan

"I'm Sorry" by Hall & Oates

"Sara Smile" by Hall & Oates

"Rich Girl" by Hall & Oates

Other songs to consider:

"A Horse With No Name" by America

"Diamond Girl" by Seals & Crofts

"What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers

"Wildfire" by Peter Michael Murphey

"We're All Alone" as covered by Rita Coolidge

"Love Will Find A Way" by Pablo Cruise

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I don't care what anyone thinks of me...

Partridge Family "I Think I Love You"

Gladys Knight "Midnight Train To Georgia"

Leo Sayer "When I Need You"

Al Stewart "Year Of The Cat"

Alan O'Day "Undercover Angel"

Looking Glass "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

Turtles "Happy Together"

Merrilee Rush "Angel Of The Morning"

Charlie Pride "Kiss An Angel Good Morning", "Your My Jamaica", "Burgers and Fries".

This list, rawks...

Ken.

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Black Water

Rockin' Down The Highway - Doobie Brothers

Into The Mystic

Tupelo Honey

And It Stoned Me - Van Morrison

All Day Music - War

Late In The Evening

Mother and Child Reunion

Loves Me Like A Rock - Paul Simon

Don't You Worry 'Bout A Thing - Stevie Wonder

Take The Long Way Home

Give A Little Bit - Supertramp

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I don't care what anyone thinks of me...

Partridge Family "I Think I Love You"

Gladys Knight "Midnight Train To Georgia"

Leo Sayer "When I Need You"

Al Stewart "Year Of The Cat"

Alan O'Day "Undercover Angel"

Looking Glass "Brandy (You're a Fine Girl)

Turtles "Happy Together"

Merrilee Rush "Angel Of The Morning"

Charlie Pride "Kiss An Angel Good Morning", "Your My Jamaica", "Burgers and Fries".

This list, rawks...

Ken.

Absolutely agree. Jr, I just posted some songs for another Songfactor who´s also making a 70s cd compilation...

I´ll add

Neil Diamond "Sweet caroline", Lou Reed "Perfect day", John Lennon, "Gimme the truth", JJCale, whatever... Fleetwood Mac "Rumors" album...

I´ll post some more later.

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Well thanks to all who contributed. I burned my cd last night, and listened to it at work today. Obviously, I couldn't use them all, and some suggested artist's songs, and I used the artist, but a different tune.

All in all, I think it came out pretty good. It has a definite mood.

Here's the cd, in order.:

1. Imaginary Lover ~ Atlanta Rhythmn Section

2. Against the Wind ~ Bob Seger

3. Drift Away ~ Dobie Gray

4. It Keeps You Runnin' ~ Doobie Brothers

5. I Can't Tell You Why ~ The Eagles

6. One More Time ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd

7. Just Remember I Love You ~ Firefall

8. Operator ~ Jim Croce

9. Night Moves ~ Bob Seger

10.Tuesday's Gone ~ Lynyrd Skynyrd

11.Classical Gas ~ Mason Williams

12.Helpless ~ CSN&Y

13.Take it to the Limit ~ The Eagles

14.Baby Come Back ~ Player

15.Angie ~ The Stones

16.Diamond Girl ~ Seals & Croft

17.I'm Not in Love ~ 10CC

Comes in just over 78 minutes. I believe Classical Gas is from 68 or so, but hey, it's my cd, right?

Special thanks to whom ever it was that suggested 'Helpless'. I'd forgotten what a wonderful song that is.

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Lets not forget The Carpenters! Specifically, "Close to You".

When I was young, I used to hide their albums under my bed when my friends came over. It was definately not cool to admit one listened to the Carpenters. :happybanana:

I did the same with the Bee Gees!

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