top 40 singles of the 1970's which...

EricTheWeary

...feature harmonica that aren't Dr Feelgood or Stevie Wonder. Bribes of a wisdom point for good answers.

octatonic

Piano Man by Billy Joel springs to mind.

And a bunch of other Billy Joel songs.

Lixarto

"Miss You".

octatonic

When the Levee Breaks too.

And "Heart of Gold".

EricTheWeary

octatonic;42710" said:

Piano Man by Billy Joel springs to mind.And a bunch of other Billy Joel songs.

I was googling harmonica hits earlier and that was one, although trying to play it in my head I can't remember any harmonica.

octatonic

EricTheWeary said:

octatonic;42710" said:

Piano Man by Billy Joel springs to mind.And a bunch of other Billy Joel songs.

I was googling harmonica hits earlier and that was one, although trying to play it in my head I can't remember any harmonica.

LOL.

It starts with harmonica and piano.

Phil_aka_Pip

Lindisfarne: Meet me on the corner

Deadman

Midnight cowboy?

historyisjunk

War- Low Rider

Bellycaster

Groovin' With Mr. Bloe

by

Mr. Bloe.

 

Addendum: Sorry for the edit, but I could not leave out Supertramp - Take the Long Way Home. Cracking Intro wi' t' Blues Harp.

 

stickyfiddle

Thunder Road and Promised Land by Springsteen. Not sure if either were top 40 but both are classics

close2u

Listen to

 

Blood On The Tracks by Bob

jaygtr

Thought of a good one.

"Jean genie" David Bowie .

TTony

The early-70s Quo stuff often had Bob Young playing harmonica.

Down the Dustpipe for one - but there are plenty others too.

 

http://youtu.be/ZUOAtDU5yFY

 

 

bertie

octatonic said:

When the Levee Breaks too.

And "Heart of Gold".

were either of those ever singles, let alone "top 40" ones ?  

jaygtr

"Heart of gold" was, it got to number 10 in 1972 .

"When the levee breaks" wasn't though.

geepers0677

Gotta be some early Springsteen?

ICBM

jaygtr said:

"Jean genie" David Bowie .

The winner.

For something a bit more off the beaten track... Hello - New York Groove (reached #9 in 1975).

Handsome_Chris

Two corkers for the pot:

Train In Vain - The Clash

Wand'rin' Star - Lee Marvin

IanSavage

geepers0677 said:

Gotta be some early Springsteen?

From a quick Google, the Boss didn't manage a Top 40 single in the UK until 1981 with 'The River'. I know, I'm surprised too

ICBM

IanSavage said:

From a quick Google, the Boss didn't manage a Top 40 single in the UK until 1981 with 'The River'. I know, I'm surprised too

Same here - actually The River was the first song I thought of since it contains some of the best harmonica playing ever recorded in my opinion - not at all technically complex, just spine-chilling and haunting. But not released until 1980 (on the album).