7 of the 70s: 3/13/14 (1973)...

Hey gang, throwback Thursday is here, and time to serve up seven more nuggets from the 70s. This week I'm back to 1973, the year Pink Floyd's classic Dark Side Of The Moon album was released in March in the US and England...

Maureen McGovern - "The Morning After"
from the albums The Morning After (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriters: Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha

The former secretary got her big break with the theme to the biggest of the disaster movies of the 70s, winning an Oscar for the writers in the process.

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Dawn featuring Tony Orlando - "Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose"
from the album Dawn's New Ragtime Follies (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriters: J. Russell Brown, Irving Levine

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Back when the group was making the pop/vaudeville revival thing happen, this number sounded like a remake of something from the 20s.

Lobo - "Don't Expect Me To Be Your Friend"
from the album Of A Simple Man (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #8
Songwriter: Lobo

Tallahassee, Florida native Roland LaVoie donned the wolf-ish moniker for his records, which belied the total easygoingness of his music. Even this kiss-off seems meek.

Jud Strunk - "Daisy A Day"
from the album Daisy A Day (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14
Songwriter: Jud Strunk

The comedian who appeared on Laugh-In and The Tonight Show got more sentimental on this old-time romance ditty.

Gilbert O'Sullivan - "Out Of The Question"
from the album Back To Front (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17
Songwriter: Gilbert O'Sullivan

Another act in the retro almost vaudevillian pop that was going round in the early 70s, the Irish/English songwriter has a forgotten gem with this top-20 hit.

Donny Osmond - "Young Love"
from the album Alone Together (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #25
Songwriters: Ric Cartey, Carole Joyner

The song that went to #1 for both country troubadour Sonny James and movie idol Tab Hunter was revived by the young Osmond for one of his hits, leaning more towards the country treatment.

Johnny Rivers - "Blue Suede Shoes"
from the album Blue Suede Shoes (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38
Songwriter: Carl Perkins

The rock and roll journeyman had a hit with this cover of one of the earliest big rock hits...

I'll be back later with eight more from 1983...