7 of the 70s: 1/31/13...

Hey gang, thanks for stopping by, I'm back for another trip to the seventies, and this week its back to 1974, the year ABBA won the Eurovision song contest with their track "Waterloo".

Dionne Warwicke & The Spinners - "Then Came You"
from the album Then Came You (Dionne) & New And Improved (Spinners) (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

During the brief moment that Dionne added an "e" to her surname on advice of her numerologist (foreboding her Psychic Friends future), she scored a #1 hit with the most epic of collaborations with the Detroit vocal group that sounded more Motown than Motown.

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Steely Dan - "Rikki Don't Lost My Number"
from the album Pretzel Logic (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

One of my all-time favorite 70s songs, I was convinced as I was growing up that this was sung in the perspective of a guy singing to a young in-the-closet male "Ricky", and a coming out anthem I clung to as a young gay man. Apparently it was about a married (and pregnant) chick Donald Fagen was macking on. Oh well, I still prefer my interpretation better.

Dave Loggins - "Please Come To Boston"
from the album Apprentice (In A Musical Workshop) (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

Singer/songwriter (and cousin of Kenny), Dave has his one big hit about a wandering man who just needs to stay put.

Bobby Womack - "Lookin' For A Love"
from the album Lookin' For A Love Again (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10

Bobby originally had a R&B hit with his group the Valentinos with this in 1962, then revived it for the proto-disco era to better rewards. Proving even further his longevity, he just won the Q Award for album of the year for his excellent The Bravest Man In The Universe album.
 
Lamont Dozier - "Trying To Hold On To My Woman"
from the album Out Here On My Own (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #15
 

Motown's greatest songwriter strikes out on his own with this slow-jam from his debut solo album.

Tower Of Power - "Don't Change Horses (In The Middle Of A Stream)"
from the album Back To Oakland (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #26

The classic jazz-funk outfit had a drummer's dream of an album in 1974, and this nugget was its centerpiece.

Melba Montgomery - "No Charge"
from the album No Charge (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #39

The anthem every mom should have on their hands when their bratty entitled kids whine on that they want something.

That does it for this week's flashback, I'll be back later with 8 more from 1984...