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Super Hits of the '70's: Have a Nice Day Vol. 5

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Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 5 gives us a number of solid hits from the rock and roll `70s era and the sound quality is excellent. The diversity of the artists on this CD impresses me and the artwork is as good as it always is in this CD series.

"Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" is a spicy little tune that starts the CD off with a huge burst of energy; Daddy Dewdrop does this one right! They sound great and the rhythm and beat are excellent. This song celebrates romance between men and women; and it works on many levels. I predict that you will enjoy ""Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)" very much!

Lobo does their "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo." This song gives us a somewhat softer rock number but they harmonize well; and the musical arrangement uses the strings to great advantage. I like the way Lobo sings and plays this tune. Richie Havens's "Here Comes Then Sun" is an excellent cover of that Beatles tune with some awesome guitar that blows me away every time I hear this song! Ritchie Havens sings this ballad perfectly; The Beatles must have been proud!

Murray Head performs "Superstar" from Jesus Christ Superstar; and his female backup vocalists couldn't sound any better! Jerry Reed's "When You're Hot, You're Hot" is really cool; this number will certainly bring back fond memories from those `70s years. I really like the playful and well done "When You're Hot, You're Hot."

There's also "Don't Pull Your Love" which they sing wonderfully; and "Indian Reservation (The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian)" by The Raiders always impressed me with its beat. The justifiable bitterness of the Native American is well displayed in the lyrics of this powerful song.

The Fortunes succeed big with their hit entitled "Here Come That Rainy Day Feeling Again;" this tune is well orchestrated and sung. Listen also for Tommy James's "Draggin' The Line;" the electric guitars on this ballad make it all the better as they sing this with lots of heart and soul. The Mike Curb Congregation ends the CD with their "Burning Bridges;" this is not the strongest tune on this album but it actually does make a good ending number for the CD.

Overall, Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 5 is a solid entry in this multiple CD series of great tunes from the 1970s. I highly recommend this album for fans of `70s rock.

There is not one terrible song in this collection of pop standards from 1971. Jerry Reed's "When You're Hot, You're Hot", Lobo's "Me And You And A Dog Named Boo", Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynolds "Don't Pull Your Love" and the Fortunes "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again" are the best of the bunch. Richie Havens even has a cover of the Beatles' "Here Comes The Sun". Every fan of early '70's music can pick their favorites here. One question: Why was Rhino reluctant to include Three Dog Night's "Joy To The World" here? that is perhaps the only downside of this CD. Good pop music is here, nonetheless. A good buy.

Some odd choices round out this volume. Big hits like "Superstar" by Murray Head and "Indian Reservation" by The Raiders are joined by some "hits" that some devout collectors may not even remember--"Games" by Redeye, "Get It On" by Chase, and "Burning Bridges" by Mike Curb Congregation. More actual hits should have appeared, but all in all, the CD is okay. All original versions.

Volume 5 demonstrates quite clearly the split personality of American Top-40 radio in the mid 1970s; it seemed quirky at the time but the kind of open-mindedness that would allow Jerry Reed, Richie Havens and Jesus Christ Superstar to sit side-by-side on the charts is sorely missed today.

As with all of the CDs in this series there are some clunkers that must be included for historical accuracy ("Chick-A-Boom," "Get It On" and the Jerry Reed song), some gems (Richie Havens, Tommy James, and the JCSuperstar track), and a couple of songs that virtually nobody remembers ("Games" and "Burning Bridges").

For me the highlight of Vol. 5 is the Fortunes "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again." In addition to a fine vocal and a great rhythm track, it has one of those great early-to-mid-70s fade outs, complete with the soaring string parts also heard on the Bee Gees "Lonely Days," Grand Funks' "I'm Your Captain" and the Beatles "All You Need Is Love." It's a great effect that I never get tired of.

This charming collection of 1971 hits demonstrates the wide variety of musical styles prevalent in the early 1970s. There was novelty aplenty in the form of one hit wonder Daddy Dewdrop's almost surrealistic Chick-A-Boom and country singer Jerry Reed's amusing When You're Hot, You're Hot.

From the humorous to the serious, Indian Reservation is The Raiders' version of the John D. Loudermilk song and spent ages at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. Hamilton, Joe Frank and Reynold's Don't Pull Your Love offers a great vocal sound, not unlike an American Tom Jones in triplicate, whilst harmony also rules in the UK band The Fortunes' hit Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again.

Featured in the movie Kelly's Heroes, Burning Bridges is a tuneful singalong/choral number that was ubiquitous on radio that year. Lobo had a good run of hits throughout the 1970s but Me And You And A Dog Names Boo has always been my favourite by this underrated singer/songwriter.

The equally underrated Tommy James, famous for Crimson And Clover, contributes the hypnotic Draggin' The Line whilst Richie Havens offers an enjoyable version of Here Comes The Sun. I don't remember the other tracks from my childhood but they're all quite likeable and worth a listen.

For a more complete picture of the year 1971, I also recommend the Billboard Top Rock `n Roll Hits, Top Soft Rock Hits and Hot Soul Hits of 1971. The only tracks repeated are Draggin' The Line, Indian Reservation and Me And You And A Dog Named Boo.

Volume 5 of the "Have a Nice Day" series may be the oddest disc in the set. There are no real standout songs here, but most of the cuts are at least recognizable. "Indian Reservation" and "Here Comes that Rainy Day Feeling" are arguably the strength of the collection, but they aren't worth much of an argument.

Overall, this is a pleasant dozen tracks that will pass the time without sticking in your mind. It serves more as background music than front line entertainment but, if you have most of the set, it's worth adding.

While Rhino's fifth volume in their Have A Nice Day series continues with their representing the Seventies as a decade of MOR pop, the songs on this release (with the exception of Lobo's "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo") fall into two distinct camps: 1) Sixties acts near the end of their chart career, and 2) one-hit wonders.

Let's consider the former first. The Raiders hadn't had a Top 40 hit in two years and hadn't been in the Top 10 for four years when they scored the only No. 1 single of their career with "Indian Reservation." [Trivia alert: Does anyone remember Don Fardon's original version of this song from three years earlier when it peaked at No. 20?] Tommy James had more than a dozen hits in the Sixties, but as a solo "Draggin' the Line" was his only Top 10 chart entry. And talk about coming back from the dead! The Fortunes previous hits ("You've Got Your Troubles" and "Here It Comes Again") were from 1965 before making their final chart appearance with the classic "Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again." Even Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds got their start in the Sixties as part of the studio group The T-Bones of "No Matter What Shape" fame.

Now, as far as the one-hit wonders go, it's a double-edged sword. On the one hand these are infrequently anthologized songs, but some of them were only minor hits. "Games" only reached No. 27 and "Burning Bridges," which came from the film "Kelly's Heroes" fared even worse at No. 37. "Chase" did little better at No. 24, but most people will recognize this because every pep band in the country had this in their repertoire. And does anyone really identify "Here Comes the Sun" (No. 16) with Richie Havens? In fact, the only Top 10 one-hit wonder was Daddy Dewdrop's "Chick-A-Boom (Don't Ya Jes' Love It)."

The highlight of volume 4 is Jerry Reed's novelty "When You're Hot, You're Hot." Overall, this is one of the weakest collections in the Have a Nice Day series.

While there are great tracks on all the Super Hits of the '70s series, the first five are the ones where every track is a winner.

Great cd Sound is great this collection is a must for 70's music lover.
Songs are all original and not re-records.Full length.Highly recomended.

this CD lives up to the name of the super hits of the 70s CDs some prettty good songs on it, and versions I remember from the radio. some of the tracks were songs I did not think I would ever find, I am very happy camper.