7 of the 70s: 10/24/13 (1976)...

Hey gang, it's time for this week's 70s throwback, and right now I'm back to 1976, the year the Copyright Act of 1976 extended the duration of musicians' work for another 20 years...(as usual I've included links to buy anything if possible on mp3 or CD)...

The Sylvers - "Boogie Fever"
from the album Showcase (1975)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriters: Freddie Perren, Kenny St. Lewis

Sure, there were the Osmonds and the DeFranco Family, but it was this sibling act that I felt really came to the caliber of the Jacksons in their musicianship and pure funkiness.

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Dorothy Moore - "Misty Blue"
from the album Misty Blue (1976)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriter: Bob Montgomery

The soul singer from Jackson, Mississippi revived an old country song that Brenda Lee passed on, and wrung every bit of emotion out of it, and was one of the classiest so-called "one-hit wonders" of the decade.

George Benson - "This Masquerade"
from the album Breezin' (1976)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #10
Songwriter: Leon Russell

The climax from the album considered by many to be the flagship of the smooth jazz genre, George's rendition of this beautiful heartbreaker had me in tears as a child (when I learned it on the organ)...

Yvonne Elliman - "Love Me"
from the album Love Me (1977)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14
Songwriters: Barry & Robin Gibb

The Hawaiian singer had her first big success since her breakthrough in Jesus Christ Superstar with this cover of the Bee Gees that must have gotten her noticed for their later Saturday Night Live soundtrack.

The Trammps - "That's Where The Happy People Go"
from the album Where The Happy People Go (1976)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #27
Songwriter: Ron Baker

Gamble & Huff production whiz Ronnie Baker wrote this track that owed as much to Motown as it did to disco...

Natalie Cole - "Inseparable"
from the album Inseparable (1975)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #32
Songwriters: Chuck Jackson, Marvin Yancy

The title track from Nat King Cole's daughter's first album proved she was far beyond a nepotistic act.


The Supremes - "I'm Gonna Let My Heart Do The Walking"
from the album High Energy (1976)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #40
Songwriters: Harold Beatty, Brian Holland, Eddie Holland

The last Supremes single to make the pop top-40 featured Sherrie Payne on lead vocals, along with overdubbed backup by new member Susaye Greene, so in effect having four women sing on the record (along with Mary Wilson and recently departed Cindy Birdsong)...

That's it for this week's seventies trip...I'll be back later with eight more from 1986...