7 of the 70s: 2/28/13 (1978)...

Hey gang, I'm back with seven more nuggets from the 70s, and this week I'm back to 1978, the year Albino Lucini became Pope John Paul I for only 33 days.

Player - "Baby Come Back"
from the album Player (1977)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1

The California band who delved into "space soft rock" mined pure Hall & Oates territory with this chart-topper.

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Gino Vannelli - "I Just Wanna Stop"
from the album Brother To Brother (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4

Canadian balladeer gave us this song to launch a thousand booty-calls, even name-checking his hometown Montreal in the process.

Andy Gibb - "(Our Love) Don't Throw It All Away"
from the album Shadow Dancing (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #9

Andy got one of his brother Barry's best ballads with this sweet number that's also on the Bee Gees Greatest album with their own take.

Barry Manilow - "Even Now"
from the album Even Now (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #19

Yes, this was my hairstyle back then. Lord. But Barry got give drama like any drag queen today could only hope for.

Barbra Streisand - "Love Theme from "Eyes Of Laura Mars" (Prisoner)"
from the album Barbra Streisand's Greatest Hits Vol. 2 (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #21

If she'd have asked me, this would've been the song I'd want her to have sung at the Oscars last week (well, not in the memoriam segment, but...)

Teddy Pendergrass - "Close The Door"
from the album Life Is A Song Worth Singing (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #25

Teddy's first solo top-40 hit (and #1 R&B single) took us straight to the bedroom and never looked back.

Rufus & Chaka Khan - "Stay"
from the album Street Player (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #38

No, don't go. Chaka needs you to stick around, and how can you say no to that?

Well, that's it for this flashback, I'll return later with 8 more from 1988. Groove on!