The Who: "Bell Boy" [ Purchase ] For this entry in the Other Guy theme, you could almost say it's the Other Other Other ...

Pink Floyd: Brain Damage [ purchase ] I couldn't let the week go by without at least acknowledging the triumphant pentultimate track to...

Doug Sahm & Bob Dylan: Wallflower [ purchase ] Doug Sahm: Ain't That Loving You * [ purchase ] Doug Sahm: Me And Paul [ purchas...

Ann Peebles: I Can't Stand The Rain [ purchase ] Though we're solid on the wide segment of the musical spectrum that calls itself r...

Dr. Hook: The Cover Of The Rolling Stone [ purchase ] One of my favorite songs from 1973 is this Dr. Hook gem penned by by the inimitable S...

Jackson Browne: I Thought I Was A Child [ purchase ] My introduction to Jackson Browne's music came when my middle brother brought home...

First of all, as almost certainly the youngest contributor here at SMM, I feel slightly discriminated upon, exiled if-you-will, by this wee...

Lori Lieberman: Killing Me Softly With His Song [ purchase ] Roberta Flack: Killing Me Softly With His Song [ purchase ] The Fugees: Kill...

The Allman Brothers Band : Ramblin' Man [ purchase ] In 1973, the Allman Brothers were touring in support of Brothers and Sisters, and t...

Gram Parsons : Return of the Grievous Angel Gram Parsons : Love Hurts [ purchase ] 1973 is the year Gram Parsons died. He did so just a fe...

David Essex : Rock On [ purchase ] Rock On was written for the movie That'll Be The Day , which was part of a pair of films (the other b...

Paul Simon: Love Me Like A Rock [ purchase ] My first two posts this week came from albums I love without reservation. That is not the ca...

Mothers Day, 1973 the world is blessed with my birth. Secretariat wins the Triple Crown. Watergate comes to a head and the DEA is formed. Am...

The Who: I'm One [ purchase ] I'm pretty sure that Quadrophenia was the first record released in 1973 to find its way into my coll...

Brownsville Station : Smokin' In The Boys Room [ purchase ] Just about the worst thing that could happen to a school kid in 1973 ...

Jerry Jeff Walker: Sangria Wine [ purchase ] [ AMG Review ] Willie Nelson: Devil In A Sleepin’ Bag [ purchase ] [ AMG Review ] Waylon Je...

Herbie Hancock: Watermelon Man [ purchase ] It's interesting that the first year prompt that I've been here for is 1973. 1973 mar...

Michael Nesmith: Some of Shelly's Blues [ purchase ] Michael Nesmith was a member of The Monkees... but don't hold that against him....

Steely Dan: Bodhisattva [ purchase ] A jamming, loose, eminently danceable tune, paced out as a 1950s jitterbug and famous for its guitarwor...