Creem 1977 Readers' Poll

[David]

The Creem 1977 Readers' Poll, which ran in the March 1978 issue, had some interesting surprises & some expected but gratifying results.

Top Albums
1. Rumours
2. Love You Live
3. Cat Scratch Fever
4. Love Gun
5. Going for the One

Top Songs
1. Dreams
2. Cat Scratch Fever
3. God Save the Queen
4. Barracuda
5. Life in the Fast Lane

Best R&B Single
1. Sir Duke
2. Boogie Nights
3. Lido Shuffle
4. Easy
5. I Wish
6. Brick House
7. Dreams

Top Groups
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Kiss
4. Rolling Stones
5. Aerosmith

Top Live Groups
1. Led Zeppelin
2. Kiss
3. Aerosmith
4. Queen
5. Fleetwood Mac

Best Female Singer
1. Linda Ronstadt
2. Stevie Nicks
3. Ann Wilson
4. Patti Smith
5. Christine McVie
6. Grace Slick

Best R&B Singer
1. Mick Jagger
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Boz Scaggs
4. David Bowie
5. Southside Johnny
6. George Benson
7. Rod Stewart
8. Peter Wolf
9. Stevie Nicks
10. Willy DeVille

Best Keyboardist
1. Keith Emerson
2. Rick Wakeman
3. Elton John
4. Christine McVie
5. Gary Wright

Hero/Heroine of the Year
1. Robert Plant
2. Jimmy Page
3. Keith Richard
4. Gene Simmons
5. Ted Nugent
6. Stevie Nicks
7. Steve Martin
8. David Bowie

Comeback of the Year
1. Iggy Pop
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Crosby, Stills & Nash
6. Bob Welch

Album Cover of the Year
1. Love Gun
2. Rumours
3. Love You Live
4. Book of Dreams
5. I'm in You
6. News of the World

Fashion Plate of the Year
1. Johnny Rotten
2. Gene Simmons
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Rod Stewart
5. David Bowie
6. Deborah Harry

Sex Object of the Year
1. Stevie Nicks
2. Robert Plant
3. Linda Ronstadt
4. Paul Stanley
5. Farrah Fawcett-Majors
6. Deborah Harry

Couple of the Year
1. Rod Stewart & Britt Ekland
2. Mick & Bianca Jagger
3. Gregg & Cher Allman
4. Paul & Linda McCartney
5. Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham
6. Robert & Maureen Plant
7. David Bowie & Iggy Pop

[dissention]

Originally Posted by David

Best R&B Single
1. Sir Duke
2. Boogie Nights
3. Lido Shuffle
4. Easy
5. I Wish
6. Brick House
7. Dreams

Best R&B Singer
1. Mick Jagger
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Boz Scaggs
4. David Bowie
5. Southside Johnny
6. George Benson
7. Rod Stewart
8. Peter Wolf
9. Stevie Nicks
10. Willy DeVille

Comeback of the Year
1. Iggy Pop
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Led Zeppelin
4. Emerson, Lake & Palmer
5. Crosby, Stills & Nash
6. Bob Welch

If they say so.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by David

Best R&B Single
1. Sir Duke
2. Boogie Nights
3. Lido Shuffle
4. Easy
5. I Wish
6. Brick House
7. Dreams

Best R&B Singer
1. Mick Jagger
2. Stevie Wonder
3. Boz Scaggs
4. David Bowie
5. Southside Johnny
6. George Benson
7. Rod Stewart
8. Peter Wolf
9. Stevie Nicks
10. Willy DeVille

Huh??? Creem really was/is a stoner magazine.

[gldstwmn]

I've never really thought of Dreams as an R&B song.

[Richard B]

Originally Posted by gldstwmn

I've never really thought of Dreams as an R&B song.

Yeah...and I don't think Creem readers really actuallly know or listen to R&B.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

well Dreams DOES kinda have an R&B feel to it.. esp the original Rumours album version.


Chris

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

well Dreams DOES kinda have an R&B feel to it.. esp the original Rumours album version.


Chris

I think so too - even Dallas Austin noticed as much when he said "even old '70s Fleetwood Mac tunes like Nicks' Rhiannon and Dreams have a R&B groove running through them." http://fmlegacy.com/steviestrouble.htm

[markolas]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

I think so too - even Dallas Austin noticed as much when he said "even old '70s Fleetwood Mac tunes like Nicks' Rhiannon and Dreams have a R&B groove running through them." http://fmlegacy.com/steviestrouble.htm

Speaking of Dallas Austin...does anyone know if the tracks he produced for TISL have ever been circulated? Or was there anything even recorded?

[dissention]

Originally Posted by ShangriLaTroubl

well Dreams DOES kinda have an R&B feel to it.. esp the original Rumours album version.


Chris

Not enough to call it an R&B single or Nicks an R&B singer (which I found hilarious).

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by dissention

Not enough to call it an R&B single or Nicks an R&B singer (which I found hilarious).

I'd venture to say she's as "R&B" as David Bowie, Peter Wolf and Rod Stewart.

But you're just cranky because she trounced Debbie in two categories.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I'd venture to say she's as "R&B" as David Bowie, Peter Wolf and Rod Stewart.

I would never call any of them R&B.

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

But you're just cranky because she trounced Debbie in two categories.

Hee. Considering Nicks was named an R&B singer, I'll consider the sources.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by dissention

I would never call any of them R&B.

Neither would I. Wouldn't call Stevie an R&B singer either. But she was at least as deserving of the title as her competition was.

Originally Posted by dissention

Hee. Considering Nicks was named an R&B singer, I'll consider the sources.

Gotta give Stevie credit... she beat FARRAH FREAKIN' FAWCETT!!!

[skcin]

Where were The Eagles in this poll? Weren't they huge at that time too? Just curious.

[David]

Originally Posted by skcin

Where were The Eagles in this poll? Weren't they huge at that time too? Just curious.

They were in a couple of categories, but the Creem readership generally really hated the Eagles -- much like the Rolling Stone readership (& staff) at the time.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by David

They were in a couple of categories, but the Creem readership generally really hated the Eagles -- much like the Rolling Stone readership (& staff) at the time.

Really? Why? Were they considered too AC, even at that time?