10 LOST Singers THAT GAVE The 70s its Best Songs

Before "Brother Louie," before "More Than a Feeling," before "Without You" became the saddest song on every radio in the world, there was a voice behind each one. You've heard those voices a thousand times, through a car radio, at the roller rink, at a slow dance under dimmed gym lights. But the DJ almost never said their names. This is the story of ten singers who gave the 1970s its greatest songs and then disappeared from the credits of history. It includes a singer whose name never appeared on his own gold record, and a number one hit remembered for one misheard word. There's a songwriter whose first album literally had to ask, "Who is Dan Hartman?" There's a glam rock frontman who lost his voice outside a nightclub, and the shy Eagle who never wanted the spotlight on his own song. There's the man who borrowed from Rachmaninoff and paid for it, and the guitarist Hendrix reportedly admired, who sang the slow dance of the decade. There's a factory worker who built a cathedral of vocals in a basement. And at number one is the Badfinger songwriter who wrote a song the whole world sang back to him in someone else's voice. Ian Lloyd. Mickey Thomas. Chris Thompson. Dan Hartman. Brian Connolly. Randy Meisner. Eric Carmen. Terry Kath. Brad Delp. Pete Ham. The songs never left. Tonight, the names come back. Which of these voices didn't you know by name until now? Tell me in the comments, along with the song that takes you back. If you love the stories behind the records, subscribe to Rock Train. We dig where the liner notes stop. #70sMusic #ClassicRock #RockHistory #Badfinger #Eagles #Boston #Chicago #RockTrain rock,biographies,rock and roll,rock music,rock documentaries,retromusic,top 10 songs,60s music,1960s music,psychedelic rock,60s psychedelic rock,classic rock,rock history,psychedelic songs,classic rock 60s