7 of the 70s: 7/11/13 (1973)...

I'm ready for another throwback to the seventies, and this week we're back to 1973, the year the DEA, the Drug Enforcement Administration, is started...

Eddie Kendricks - "Keep On Truckin'"
from the album Eddie Kendricks (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriters: Leonard Caston, Anita Poree, Frank Wilson

This proto-disco song by the former Temptation included a nod to them in the lyrics.

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The Spinners - "Could It Be I'm Falling In Love"
from the album Spinners (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #4
Songwriters: Melvin and Mervin Steals

One of the best of the Philly Sounds' best vocal groups, with a conversational style that strengthened their material tenfold.

Seals & Crofts - "Diamond Girl"
from the album Diamond Girl (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6
Songwriters: Jim Seals, Dash Crofts

The soft-rock pros were probably one of the biggest emissaries for the Baha'i faith, discussing it in their concerts and incorporating it in some of their music (just not this one)...

Helen Reddy - "Peaceful"
from the album I Am Woman (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12
Songwrtier: Kenny Rankin

After being recorded by a myriad of artists including the songwriter himself, this sweet song got its time to shine as the follow-up to Reddy's iconic title track from I Am Woman...

Tower Of Power - "So Very Hard To Go"
from the album Tower Of Power (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #17
Songwriters: Emilio Castillo, Steve Kupka

The amazing soul band's biggest hit had Lenny Williams on vocals, and the tightest playing from this band that should have been bigger than they were.

The J. Geils Band - "Give It To Me"
from the album Bloodshot (1973)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #30
Songwriters: Seth Justman, Peter Wolf

This streetwise rock jam with reggae undertones was one of the highlights of their pre-Freeze-Frame fame.

Bette Midler - "Friends"
from the album The Divine Miss M (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #40
Songwriters: Mark Klingman, Buzzy Linhart

If there's one song that takes me on an emotional rollercoaster, it's this one. It's a deceptive little song in its outward appearance, just like me.