EZ Listening, Crooners, and More

[J E B Stuart]

The pop duo Peter and Gordon was part of the British Invasion in the 60's. Interestingly, Peter had a sister named Jane who dated Paul McCartney. Paul, in turn, gave this wonderful tune to Peter and Gordon who, in turn, got a #1 hit with it:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

Jimmy Webb wrote this classic number for Glen Campbell, who turned it into a #1 hit in 1968. Glen passed away from Alzheimer's at the age of 81 in 2017:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

The Girl From Ipanema spent two weeks at #1 on the easy listening chart and was a worldwide hit. Astrud Gilberto's beauty and softly sexy voice is what took this bossa nova classic over the top, IMHO.

Amen.

[formosan]

She was eighteen.

[J E B Stuart]

This song spent a week at #1 on the easy listening chart in 1975.  It's by Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds, although Reynolds left the group in 1972 and was replaced by Alan Dennison:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

This special, heartfelt song was written by Kenny Loggins for his brother Danny to celebrate the birth of his son Colin.  And, not surprisingly, Anne Murray had a #1 hit cover of it:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

The Little River Band is from OZ. I saw them live a number of years ago. Great show!  This is one of my favorites:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

I could post this in the 1960s thread, but this one won out. This is a special love song with wonderfully simple lyrics:

Amen.

[J E B Stuart]

Chad Stuart (no relation) and Jeremy Clyde formed Chad & Jeremy in 1962. Not long after, they were part of The British Invasions spearheaded by the Beatles, Stones, et al. C&J, however, had a soft sound that proved to be quite successful. This is their biggest song:

Amen.