Nutbush City Limits is a song about the small town of Nutbush, in rural Tennessee, the hometown of Tina Turner. It was released, as a single, by Ike & Tina Turner, in 1973, shortly before their separation. It reached Number 4, in the UK, and Number 22, on the Billboard Hot 100.
Category Archives: 1970s
David Bowie – Drive In Saturday (1973)
From his 1973 album, “Aladdin Sane”, this song was the second single, from that album, reaching Number Three on the charts in the UK, in the Spring of 1973. Apparently it failed to make any impression in the USA. This was always one of my favorites, from that time, growing up in the UK, way …
Rush – Closer To The Heart (1977)
From their fifth album, A Farewell To Kings, this single, from 1977, Closer To The Heart, is by Canadian rockers Rush. This is one we used to play often, at the White Horse.
L.T.D. – Back In Love Again (1977)
L.T.D., featuring the great Jeffrey Osborne as lead singer, from the fall of 1977, with Back In Love Again.