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(1970) Westbound #9 - The Flaming Ember
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Posted on 07/03/2021 12:23:56 PM PDT by SamAdams76

So this weekend, the 70's station on Sirius is playing the Top 70 summer songs from each year of the 1970s (which is ten, in case you are counting).

They are digging up some real gems.

They are on 1970 right now and one of the songs was Westbound #9 by a band called The Flaming Ember.

Now I remember that song very well from that year. I was just 7 years old and not even interested in girls yet. My main thing was reading the Happy Hollisters book series by Jerry West that I got from the library as well as the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series. Yes, even Nancy Drew. I pretty much read whatever I could get my hands on in those days and my sister (who looked a bit like Laurie from the Partridge Family) was into Nancy Drew and then so was I.

Anyway, this song was on the AM Top 40 Station WRKO (Boston) quite a bit in the summer of 1970 and I always thought they were a black soul band like Chairmen of the Board or The Delfonics.

But no they were not. They ended up being just an average white band, which was quite a surprise to me when I finally saw them out on the YouTube a few years back.

They also had a big hit with "Mind, Body And Soul" during that era but this "Westbound #9" is my favorite from them because it reminds me of a summer in which I read Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys and Happy Hollisters as an 8-year-old kid.

They also had the ice cream truck coming around the neighborhood that summer and I would often get the ice cream sandwich for about a dime or maybe even a nickel.


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1 posted on 07/03/2021 12:23:56 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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I always thought “Mind, Body And Soul” and “Westbound #9” were good tunes that would have been great and bigger hits if they had been recorded by a popular R&B group of the type you mentioned.


2 posted on 07/03/2021 1:05:32 PM PDT by fidelis (Defeatism and despair are like poison to men's souls. If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.)
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Bump for later


3 posted on 07/03/2021 1:14:01 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Vote harder, sucker. Yeah, that's the ticket. ..)
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To: SamAdams76
Has anyone ever seen their singer and Nick Mason in the same room at the same time?


4 posted on 07/03/2021 2:14:57 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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LOL, everybody looked like that back then.


5 posted on 07/03/2021 2:15:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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...yup.....or Jon Lord...


6 posted on 07/03/2021 2:19:53 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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Still have my original 45rpm of “Mind, Body And Soul”. Still regularly listen to the song... on my iPhone. Great song.


7 posted on 07/03/2021 2:20:33 PM PDT by Obadiah
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...or some of the Broad Street Bullies...


8 posted on 07/03/2021 2:26:34 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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9 posted on 07/03/2021 2:28:38 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Short hair but still...


10 posted on 07/03/2021 2:34:21 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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11 posted on 07/03/2021 2:42:14 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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12 posted on 07/03/2021 2:43:34 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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One of my favorite early 70s tune. Great to dance to. Music Mike’s Flashback Favorites on Youtube is a particularly clean reproduction. I’m Not My Brother’s Keeper is another good cut from the group.


13 posted on 07/03/2021 2:55:29 PM PDT by abb
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I’ve seen that video. How ‘bout them highwater britches?


14 posted on 07/03/2021 2:56:34 PM PDT by abb
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To: fidelis
Westbound #9” were good tunes that would have been great and bigger hits if they had been recorded by a popular R&B group of the type you mentioned.

The Four Tops would have been good.

15 posted on 07/03/2021 2:56:50 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: abb

Ah, the 70s. Personally, I loved the medallion.


16 posted on 07/03/2021 3:11:47 PM PDT by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s^2)
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17 posted on 07/03/2021 3:21:07 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (Give me a Pigfoot and a Bottle of Beer)
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Blue-eyed soul, the music was called.


18 posted on 07/03/2021 3:25:37 PM PDT by abb
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To: SamAdams76

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avk6D7DzeMw
The Flaming Ember - I’m Not My Brothers Keeper


19 posted on 07/03/2021 4:36:32 PM PDT by abb
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The Four Tops would have been good.

I agree.

20 posted on 07/03/2021 4:42:41 PM PDT by fidelis (Defeatism and despair are like poison to men's souls. If you can't be positive, at least be quiet.)
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