Top 40 music in 1979 is probably remembered most for the beginning of the end of the disco era. The end of the year saw a big shift in the direction of pop music, exemplified best by The Knack’s “My Sharona”. However, to think of 1979 that way is way too simplistic. That year was also full of sugary ballads, the perennial hard rock, and, of course, yacht rock. This year featured the one and only chart appearance for one yacht rock artist, Roger Voudouris.
Sweet Lui-Louise by Ironhorse
It’s not uncommon for a band member to leave a successful group and form his (or her) own group. Sometimes those later groups are successful themselves, and sometimes they aren’t. In the group of those bands which were somewhat successful, but forgotten, is the group Ironhorse and its one hit, “Sweet Lui-Louise”.
An introduction
Hi. I have set this blog aside to spotlight songs that were once popular, but now, at least in my opinion, they are not getting the attention that they deserve. This blog is intended to present an alternative to the same 100 songs that every mainstream classic hits radio station seems to love. Seriously, what classic hits station (or adult contemporary station, for that matter) doesn’t have “Take On Me” or “Come On Eileen” in its library? And are those songs any more worthy of being remembered than other songs? Not to me, they aren’t.