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Jun 10 2009

The Three Best Songs By Blood, Sweat & Tears

Posted by: Fusion 45 in Three Best Songs, tags:

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You’ve Made Me So Very Happy was one of the first singles I remember owning. Like all the singles Columbia made through the 60’s and 70’s, the vinyl was pretty darn soft so the song turned scratchy within a few spins. (I remember doing radio in the late 70’s and early 80’s, when we still used records, avoiding CBS product because you knew the first 3 seconds of the song would be burned by repeated “cueings”.

My brother-in-law, a true to life, horn-playing, motorcycle riding hippie introduced me to the rest of the “Sweat” catalog, inadvertently, by letting me listen to his record collection (which included the Chase albums, as well). Later in life, Blood, Sweat And Tears’ greatest hits was always a chart-topper when my younger brother and I would have late-night, somewhat chemically distorted listening sessions.

Agree or disagree, the three best Blood, Sweat and Tears songs:

Blood, Sweat And Tears – And When I Die
Blood, Sweat And Tears – Hi-De-Ho
Blood, Sweat And Tears – You’ve Made Me So Very Happy

Miss Congeniality: Lucretia MacEvil

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12 Responses to “The Three Best Songs By Blood, Sweat & Tears”
  1. The Warden says: June 10th, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Gotta go with Spinning Wheel over Hi-DE-Ho. Other two I agree with.

  2. JJ says: June 10th, 2009 at 3:22 pm

    I disagree, Saw them Live with Don Maclain, when American Pie 1st came out. Go Down Gamblin, Spinning Wheel, for me are 2 of the best

  3. AMD says: June 11th, 2009 at 3:25 am

    Tough to argue with those three, though I’d try to accommodate Spinning Wheel as well.

  4. hfs radio fan says: June 11th, 2009 at 12:21 pm

    Go Down Gamblin…..

  5. Maximum Shine says: June 15th, 2009 at 10:59 pm

    While “You Made Me So Happy” may be one of Blood, Sweat & Tears best songs that is only because Brenda Holloway is such a fine writer, but BS&T version is wildly more popular, and it stinks of commercial. Brenda Holloway’s version is the masterpiece (not just the best of the bunch). The sincerity captured on Brenda’s version is lost when BS&T. It might simply be because she is a more skilled vocalist.

  6. Vaughn says: June 19th, 2009 at 4:35 am

    If you like those three songs so much then maybe you should replace the photo for this post with one that actually has the lead singer (David Clayton Thomas) in it. You have the Al Kooper (front and center) version of the band posted, that’s the first incarnation. All the hits came later.

  7. Fusion 45 says: June 19th, 2009 at 8:20 am

    Yeah, I know but I like the picture…

  8. iero says: June 25th, 2009 at 3:04 am

    My choice : I Love You More Than You`ll Know, with the great sound of Mike Bloomfield… The Spinning Wheel
    and, maybe, And When I Die.

  9. Stop Excessive Sweating says: June 26th, 2009 at 1:55 am

    Their first single is indeed a very nice one! Got some good memories from them :)

  10. 45sforever says: July 3rd, 2009 at 8:54 pm

    I’ll go with an album cut as #1, Sometimes In Winter, followed by You’ve Made Me So Very Happy and Go Down Gamblin.

  11. Carl says: July 30th, 2009 at 4:02 am

    You got the band photo right. This ban was by far the better band more blues.
    The album Child Is Father to the Man had the powerful songs
    1. I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know
    2. I Can’t Quit Her
    3. Without Her

  12. Dale Siegfreid says: November 9th, 2009 at 7:57 pm

    I’ve always thought “Go Down Gamblin’” was their best and seeing them live in concert at the MN state fair in 2009 confirmed that choice. Granted, Steve Katz is the only original member still performing (and this after a 35 year absence) but the current members played all the hits true to their original sound.

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