Rock ’n’ Roll: The Definitive Collection (Easy 70s / Those Were the Days)

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Probably CDs 19 and 20 in a 20-CD set:

Set cat# / barcode: CDBOX04 / 9325425033787
Set cat# / barcode: CDR0654 / 9325425033787 (original issue?)

Annotation last modified on 2025-05-08 16:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼CD: Easy 70s
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Precious and Few
recording of:
Precious and Few
lyricist and composer:
Walter Nims
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Climax42:48
2Fallin’ in Love
recording of:
Fallin' in Love
composer:
Anne Marie Hamilton and Dan Hamilton (US pop musician and songwriter, 1946–1994)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds3:13
3Yellow River
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. (not for release label use! pre-Aug 2004 subsidiary of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.) (in 1970)
part of:
Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1970 (number: 83)
recording of:
Yellow River (in 1970)
lyricist and composer:
Jeff Christie
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Christie3.352:51
4The Night Chicago Died
recording of:
The Night Chicago Died
lyricist:
Peter Callander
composer:
Mitch Murray
Paper Lace3:16
5Beautiful Sunday
recording of:
Beautiful Sunday
writer:
Daniel Boone (pop singer and songwriter) and Rod McQueen (singer, composer and producer)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd (not for release label use!), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Daniel Boone3:00
6Indiana Wants Me
recording of:
Indiana Wants Me
lyricist and composer:
R. Dean Taylor (Canadian singer, songwriter and record producer)
R. Dean Taylor3:11
7Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
recording of:
Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again
writer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer), Roger Greenaway and Tony Macaulay
The Fortunes52:52
8Undercover Angel
Alan O’Day3:41
9Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
HHO Javelin Promotions Ltd. and HHO Ltd. (The Henry Hadaway Organisation Ltd., music licensing)
recording of:
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
writer:
Tony Macaulay and Barry Mason (English songwriter)
publisher:
Barry Mason Music Ltd., BMG Music Publishing Ltd., Intersong Music Ltd. and Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia
Edison Lighthouse32:35
10Hitchin’ a Ride
recording of:
Hitchin’ a Ride
lyricist:
Peter Callander
composer:
Mitch Murray
publisher:
Universal/Dick James Music Ltd. (fka Dick James Music Ltd.)
Vanity Fare2:55
11Sugar Baby Love
recording of:
Sugar Baby Love (The Rubettes)
lyricist:
Wayne Bickerton
composer:
Tony Waddington
premiered by:
The Rubettes (in 1974-01)
publisher:
Arlovol Music, Budde Music Inc. (US publisher) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
The Rubettes3:28
12I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
recording of:
I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
writer:
Bill Backer, Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer), Roquel Davis and Roger Greenaway
publisher:
PolyGram Music Publishing
version of:
I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke (original commercial jingle off which “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” was based)
The New Seekers2:33
13Midnight at the Oasis
recording of:
Midnight at the Oasis
lyricist and composer:
David Nichtern
publisher:
Space Potato Music (in 1974)
Maria Muldaur3:39
14Nice to Be With You
recording of:
Nice to Be With You
lyricist and composer:
Jim Gold
Gallery2:51
15My Baby Loves Lovin’
edit of:
My Baby Loves Lovin’ by White Plains
recording of:
My Baby Loves Lovin’
lyricist:
Roger Greenaway
composer:
Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer)
White Plains2:36
16I’d Love You to Want Me
recording of:
I’d Love You to Want Me
lyricist and composer:
Kent LaVoie (American singer-songwriter Roland Kent LaVoie)
publisher:
Famous Music Corp. (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Lobo34:11
2▶CD: Those Were the Days