On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 5:23:44 AM UTC-4, George J. Dance wrote:

On Thursday, August 8, 2019 at 4:30:41 AM UTC-4, Johnny Galt wrote:

Yes, the Rolling Stones and, most of all The Who had the singles vs. albums trouble.

But 1969 brought Tommy..!

I don't know what you two stooges are yammering on about.

It had always (since the advent of the LP in 1948) been common practice for a singer/band to release singles that didn't appear on albums. That this practice continued throughout the 1960s is barely worth mentioning.

It certainly wasn't the norm. The norm was to sell albums through radio play, which meant via singles. The more singles the better, of course - having 4 hits singles on an album would almost guarantee its hit status - but I can't offhand

think of any group that had a #1 hit that wasn't on an album.

Of course it was the norm.

I list the record label for singles and the album name for album cuts in my ilibrary. Here is just a partial list of 1950s hit singles that were *not* simultaneously released on an album: Jezebel, Cry of the Wild Goose, Rose Rose I Love You, I

Believe, High Noon, Sugarbush, A Guy Is a Guy, Shanghai, Cry, The Little White Cloud that Cried, Just Walking in the Rain, Please Mr. Sun, Wheel of Fortune, Rock & Roll Waltz, Come On-A My House, Mambo Italiano, Slowpoke, Have You Heard, Wishing Ring,
The Loveliest Night of the Year, The Roving Kind, My Heart Cries for You, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Sparrow in the Treetop, How Much Is that Doggie in the Window, Old Cape Cod, Mockingbird Hill, Mockingbird, Istanbul Not Constantinople, No Not Much, Mr.
Sandman, Sound Off, Kiss of Fire, Tweedle Dee, Dance With Me Henry, Till I Waltz Again With You, Music! Music! Music, A Sweet Old Fashioned Girl, Hound Dog, Don't Be Cruel, Rock Around the Clock, See You Later Alligator, Who's Sorry Now, Unforgettable,
Mona Lisa, Dungaree Doll, Catch a Falling Star, Papa Loves Mambo, Tina Marie, Here in My Heart, etc.

Stick to just 1969 music, Pendragon.......

Good point. That is the "norm" I was referring to. But Pig Pen's comment was helpful. I checked out Elvis Presley last night, and that is exactly the business model RCA followed with him: They'd pick out the best songs for singles, which would not

appear on the albums, meaning that the fans would have to buy both.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqmC1T9rukk

The Who - We're Not Gonna Take It / See Me, Feel Me

From the album "Tommy".
Written by Pete Townshend.

The obvious link for me to give is "Pinball Wizard" (so I will): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AKbUm8GrbM

But here's the song I'd rather mention: a cover from that album that was the first thing from "Tommy" that I head on the radio, and that blew me away back then:

The Assembled Multitude, Overture from Tommy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v84dWza5TsQ

Midnight Cowboy was 1969 am I right...?

Yes, 'twas.

Harry Nilsson, Everybody's Talkin' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AzEY6ZqkuE

This movie, too:

Roger McGuinn, Ballad of Easy Rider: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWoMz6C7INQ

Thinking of Midnight Cowboy reminded me of a 15 year old question,here is the post and resolution:

On Tuesday, January 20, 2004 at 8:09:33 AM UTC-5, Rick B. wrote:

dockery58@yahoo.com (Will Dockery) wrote in news:bdb44a4f.0401192227.7e70170@posting.google.com:

I had a copy of his album in the early 1970s, folky and pretty
good... I can't find any info on him through search, and the
last name "Koromer" may not be exactly right, but close.

In the liner notes, mentioned that he wrote some of the songs
for the Midnight Cowboy soundtrack, but apparently they never
made it.

Possibly Jeffrey Comanor? His web site mentions a "Midnight Cowboy" connection: http://www.drjeffbooks.com/author.html . He's now a
physician and writer of children's books.

That is definitely him... and 15 years later, we have him on YouTube, or at least a few tracks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O9VSkIT28s

Song
No Home-Don't Care-7247-DNC
Artist
Jeffrey Comanor
Album
Jeffrey Comanor: Sure Hope You Like It (1969)

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