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...from that first hectic session, the group's third album, Led Zeppelin III (Atlantic), now No. 1 on the Billboard charts, was put together during the first six months of this year. The care and leisure show. Gallows Pole shows the clear influence of San Francisco's Creedence Clearwater Revival, and its monosyllabic, root-heavy style is powerful. One of the two best tracks is That's The Way, whose rich harmonies are a perfect match for the somewhat surreal lyrics about adolescent alienation. The other is Since I've Been Loving You, a superb slow...
Because of its shortness (75 ft. by 15 ft.), the sidewalk serves more as a sophisticated billboard for the three art galleries than as an important piece of urban design for New York. Even so, it calls attention to the visual importance of the pavement underfoot, and sets one example of how to make American cities more interesting for the overly neglected pedestrian...
Newspaper ads in Santiago show a Soviet tank squatting threateningly in the courtyard of Chile's Government House. "They didn't think it could happen in Czechoslovakia, either," the ads warn. A billboard, which depicts a street clogged with barbed wire, carries the message: "Here children used to play." Says another: "If Allende wins, this will be the last election...
...social activity, until recently, was playing pingpong together. They are also equally red-hot songwriters who have turned out hits for such diverse talents as Peggy Lee, Judy Collins, Ella Fitzgerald and the West Coast rock group called Three Dog Night (which moves up to No. 1 on the Billboard chart this week with a single of Newman's, Mama Told Me). Newman and Nilsson much prefer to sing their own material. Self-involvement, however, did not prevent Harry from devoting his latest RCA album (Nilsson Sings Newman) to Randy's songs...
...original score, and Rios' adenoidal crooning makes Dean Martin sound like Cesare Siepi. Still, it does contain a genuine chunk of Beethoven and someone is definitely listening. From Mobile to Manhattan, pop radio stations are giving A Song of Joy heavy air play. The record is high on Billboard's Hot 100 chart and still climbing. As for Rios, A & M will release his new LP this week and is sponsoring him on a U.S. tour. That should give his fans all the Joy they need...