7 of the 70s: 3/14/13 (1970)...

Welcome back to this week's flashback to the 70s, and this time out I'm back to 1970, the year Richard Nixon signed OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Act) into law...

Carpenters - "We've Only Just Begun"
from the album Close To You (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #2

What started as a commercial jingle by diminutive Paul Williams became the perfect start of the perfect musical decade. Another in the short list of songs that can have me in tears by the end for no reason but its beauty.


The Guess Who - "No Time"
from the album American Woman (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #5

Another song that I loved the vocal interplay between the verses and the chorus, the Canadians took a reworked version of a song from their previous album and went top-10..

The Hollies - "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother"
from the album He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother (US 1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7

Yeah, another of those that gets me bawling by the end. For other reasons. Their best moment.

Four Tops - "Still Water (Love)"
from the album Still Waters Run Deep (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #11

One of the classic Motown quartet's best laid-back numbers, proving Levi Stubbs can groove it real easy as well as hard.

Engelbert Humperdinck - "Winter World Of Love"
from the album Engelbert Humperdinck (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #16

As winter refuses to let go this year, here's to the last batch of snow we got (hopefully) last week in the East, and still around Europe now...

Candi Staton - "Stand By Your Man"
from the album Stand By Your Man (1971)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24

Yesterday's "birthday girl" took Tammy Wynette's country classic to church with this awesome rendition.

Steppenwolf - "Monster"
from the album Monster (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #39

Once the religious, the hunted and weary
Chasing the promise of freedom and hope
Came to this country to build a new vision
Far from the reaches of Kingdom and pope...

A true religious history of this country, as the world awaits Pope Francis.

That's it for this week's trip, I'll be back with 8 more from 1980 in a bit...