7 of the 70s: 10/17/13 (1975)...

Hey gang, it's 70s throwback time, and this week I'm back to 1975, the year boxing champ Muhammad Ali defeated Joe Frazier in the "Thrilla in Manila" in the Philippines. (As before I've included links to buy anything)...

Paul McCartney & Wings - "Listen To What The Man Said"
from the album Venus & Mars (1975)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriter: Paul McCartney

My absolute favorite non-Beatles single from the Maccer. Maybe it takes me back immediately to listening to AM radio on the beach as a kid.

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Ringo Starr - "No No Song"
from the album Goodnight Vienna (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriter: Hoyt Axton

The former Beatles' drummer's ode to teetotaling was written by Okie Axton, then "Carib-ified" to even give a bigger "wink" to it all...

Morris Albert - "Feelings"
from the album Feelings (1975)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #6
Songwriter: Morris Albert

The singer/songwriter from Sao Paulo, Brazil recorded one of my mother's favorite songs ever, one that I absolutely hated to have to play on my electric organ in practice.

John Lennon - "#9 Dream"
from the album Walls and Bridges (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak; #9
Songwriter: John Lennon

It wasn't Yoko, but rather May Pang, his girlfriend during his separation, that provided the vocals to this rather ethereal record.

George Harrison - "Dark Horse"
from the album Dark Horse (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #15
Songwriter: George Harrison

The song that would eventually name his record label shows clearly the laryngitis that would plague him during his subsequent tour, but the song itself is one of his best-written and personal of songs...

Billy Preston - "Struttin'"
from the album The Kids & Me (1974)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #22
Songwriters: George Johnson, Louis Johnson, Billy Preston

The "Fifth Beatle" and keyboard virtuoso (and openly gay man) got his jam on in this synth space trip to the funkiest planet ever....

Marie Osmond - "Who's Sorry Now"
from the album Who's Sorry Now (1975)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #40
Songwriters: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Ted Snyder

Marie celebrated her 54th birthday a few days ago; this remake of the Connie Francis classic became her second solo top-40 hit when she was just sixteen.

That's it for this week's flashback to the seventies..I'll be back later with eight more from 1985....