THINGS WERE A little different back in 1971: women wore flowers in their hair, and men got away with flared trousers, moustaches and letting their hair flow.
But some things haven't changed all that much. Back then, radio stations around the world picked up on a tune called Me and You and a Dog Named Boo and turned it into a sensation. It's singer - a guy called Roland Kent LaVoie, who went by the stage name Lobo - became a star and started touring.
These days, chances are that if you tune into those same radio stations the song will still be on the air at some stage most days. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo has become an easy-listening staple. And for Lobo, the money has been rolling in ever since.
But he still enjoys hitting the touring circuit each year, and his travels have now brought him to Hong Kong. Lobo plays the Convention and Exhibition Centre tomorrow night. His hair still has a definite flow about it. And that moustache is still there.
Me and You wasn't Lobo's one and only big seller. Other top 10 hits include I'd Love You to Want Me and Don't Expect Me to Be Your Friend. But the dog song is the one most people can hum along to. It has long been a karaoke-bar favourite - which is why, when Lobo's recording and performing careers had almost come to a stop in the late 1980s, Asia was still lapping him up. After a four-years hiatus, Lobo resurfaced in 1989 with a record from Taiwan, Am I Going Crazy. And by 1995 he had signed to Singapore-based Pony Canyon label, for which he still records.
When he toured Taiwan last year, Lobo reflected on why his music has managed to find an audience over three decades - and why Me and You has remained a classic-hits radio favourite.
'Because it's safe,' he told the Taipei Times. 'Even when it was a hit it was perceived as elevator music. It got huge amounts of air play on those contemporary adult-music stations - you know, the ones that basically play elevator music all day. But also because it's from the heart. I'm not trying to be flashy or gimmicky, and I think people can tell that from the first listen.'