7 of the 70s: 11/7/13 (1978)...

Hey gang, it's throwback Thursday time, and I'm serving up seven more nuggets from 1978, the year the Caribbean island nation of Dominica gained independence from Great Britain. (As usual, I've included links to buy anything on MP3 or CD when I can)..

Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams - "Too Much, Too Little, Too Late"
from the album You Light Up My Life (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriters: Nat Kipner, John Vallins

Mathis had his first top-10 single in 15 years and first #1 since 1957 with this breezy MOR break-up sweetness with newbie Williams.

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Dan Hill - "Sometimes When We Touch"from the album Longer Fuse (1977)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriters: Dan Hill, Barry Mann

On the list of critics' most hated songs of the seventies, I personally loved this clunky, lyrically inarticulate power-ballad that is totally man-like in its romantic naivete.

ABBA - "The Name Of The Game"
from the album ABBA: The Album (1977)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #12
Songwriters: Stig Anderson, Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus

As Agnetha and Bjorn's marriage was coming apart, this song of paranoia and uncertainty produced one of their most beautiful recordings.

Eric Carmen - "Change Of Heart"
from the album Change Of Heart (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #19
Songwriter: Eric Carmen

The power-pop singer from the Raspberries with the giant hair scored in the disco era with this soft-rock plea that would predict the yacht rock of the early 80s.

Elton John - "Part Time Love"
from the album A Single Man (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #22
Songwriters: Elton John, Gary Osborne

This chick is the front is just not having it. I guess Stevie Wonder just re-wrote this song, since the theme's are kind of the same.

Linda Ronstadt - "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"
from the album Simple Dreams (1977)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #31
Songwriter: Warren Zevon

Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham sang backup on the single for this awesome addition to one of the greatest female rock singers of all time.

Dolly Parton - "Heartbreaker"
from the album Heartbreaker (1978)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #37
Songwriters: Carole Bayer Sager, David Wolfert

This country chart-topper was one of Dolly's overlooked gems that permeated the disco-fied country radio landscape.

That's a wrap for this week's 70s trip..I'll be back later with 8 more from 1988...