7 of the 70s: 10/22/14 (1971)

Hey guys, it's hump day 70s time, and this week I'm back to 1971, the year Walt Disney World opened in Orlando....

James Taylor - "You've Got A Friend"
from the album Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon (1971)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #1
Songwriter: Carole King

If the religion of rock and roll had a "Lord's Prayer" hymn, this would be it. King's words with Taylor's voice is simply transcendent. Tears every time.

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Carpenters - "For All We Know"
from the album Carpenters (1971)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #3
Songwriters: James Griffin, Fred Karlin, Robb Wilson

This song was nominated for an Oscar, but the siblings weren't allowed to perform it on the show. The reeds on this record are simply divine.

Cat Stevens - "Peace Train"
from the album Teaser And The Firecat (1971)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #7
Songwriter: Cat Stevens

I love how Stevens is so damn passionate in this performance of this anti-war song, demanding you get on, not just asking...

Stephen Stills - "Love The One You're With"
from the album Stephen Stills (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #14 
Songwriter: Stephen Stills

Stills' band compadres David Crosby and Graham Nash sung backup on this iconic folk-rock anthem, but it was the centerpiece of his own solo debut.

Matthews' Southern Comfort - "Woodstock"
from the album Later That Same Year (1970)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #23
Songwriter: Joni Mitchell

This band fronted by the British folk singer that was part of the seminal group Fairport Convention topped the British chart with their version of the Joni Mitchell ode to the town, concert, and movement.

Chicago - "Questions 67 and 68"
from the album Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: #24
Songwriter: Robert Lamm

So what are the other 66 questions? Since "Can this feeling that we had together, suddenly exist between?" is 67, the others before must've been pretty heavy.

Bread - "Mother Freedom"
from the album Baby I'm-A Want You (1972)
Billboard Hot 100 peak: 37
Songwriter: David Gates

Yes, Bread could "rock out", as proven by this concert fave.

I'll be back tomorrow with eight more from 1981...