Lost 70’s At 7: Uriah Heep

Today's Lost 70's at 7, brought to you by Dickie Doo Bar-B-Que, takes us back to 1972. Uriah Heep came out with the album Demons and Wizards, which featured "The Wizard" and "Easy Livin'." Uriah Heep may be considered a British Band and to some are thought of as a one hit wonder, but they have put out 25 albums in their career and are still producing music today. They had much better success in Europe than in the U.S. in the history of the band.

Easy Livin' was the only hit from this Uriah Heep album to garner success in the United States, but it hit #39 on the Billboard charts back then. It is one of those songs when I listen back to it, I try and figure out why it wasn't higher. But when you have songs out at that time from Sammy Davis Jr. with "The Candy Man" and Bill Withers with "Lean On Me," you can easily see why it never cracked #1 in the United States.

I love the upbeat tempo of "Easy Livin'" and the who synthesizer sound completes it with the vocalization at the end.

Other bands have tried to duplicate this early 1970s song, but none brought it much success. I like to think that's shows the uniqueness of Mick Box. Box is the only member of Uriah Heep to stick with the band from its inception in 1969 until today.

The band recently announced they even have a forthcoming re-release of a previously released obscure re-records anthology, now known as Totally Driven.

Let's roll back to 1972 with "Easy Livin'" from Uriah Heep.