As performers they cracked the top 40 twice, with neither song seeing much airplay since the decade of its release. Pop singing/songwriting duo Dick and Don Addrisi are responsible for writing at least one certified classic pop song, that being the Association’s “Never My Love”. The Addrisi Brothers: “We’ve Got to Get it On Again” It was an era when radio ruled–before a car commercial, social music sharing site, or Glee were equally likely ways for a song to break through.Īnd now our third installment dedicated to 70’s hits that fell between rock and a soft place…and through the cracks of oldies radio. Billboard Hot 100 charts of the 60′s and 70′s were a much more accurate reflection of a song’s popularity, before there were so many other ways for a song to enter the public consciousness (reflected by the number of pop charts Billboard now uses).

I’ll be citing the Billboard pop charts for reference. Our goal in this series of posts is to resurrect their memory to help in a small way to reverse the process of the “top tenning” of oldies formats, which reduce hit makers from previous decades to their most popular song or two and then overplay them until you almost loathe an artist you used to enjoy (think “Sweet Caroline” or “Don’t Stop Believin’”).

Every era and genre of music has songs that were popular in their day, but whose footprints have been washed from the sand over time.

70s slow rock