In 1979 Diana Ross commissioned Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards to write her a song. Together, they wrote I’m Coming Out to pay recognise to Diana Ross’s disenfranchised queer fanbase. While the song became an anthem, it almost didn’t make it to the album’s final mix.
Hailing from Long Island, New York, Robert “Bobby” Cotter was only active in popular music for a handful of years. His decade around the New York scene
Simon and Garfunkel/Paul Simon-
Bridge Over Troubled Water, Cecelia, Mother and Child Reunion, Kodachrome, Loves Me Like A Rock, My Little Town, 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover, Slip Slidin Away: Kind of like the Bee Gees in the late 1970s, Paul Simon (and Simon and Garfunkel) had one of the hottest hit streaks throughout the decade with standards like
Bridge Over Troubled Water, and tougher, more diverse (genre-wise) but very accessible sounds in the case of Simon s solo hits. Surprisingly, the tough-than-usual S&G reunion single
My Little Town from 75 is my favourite of the duo s songs â it s more personal and has a very punchy sound. Their 1960s material was more poetic in nature.