Seventies Breeze by The Smooth Operators

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In the 1970s all kinds of genres melted together: pop, jazz, rock and soul. The Smooth Operators put a handful of those mixed gems together to create a Seventies Breeze!

Before Alan O'Day became a successful recording artist, he was writing hits for other singers. First there was "The Drum" in 1971 for teen idol Bobby Sherman, which was featured on his Portrait of Bobby album. "Angie Baby" for mellow Australian crooner Helen Reddy followed in 1974 on her Free and Easy album, and the single hit the top of the charts late that year. Three years later, O'Day stepped in front of the microphone and took "Undercover Angel," another song he penned, into the winner's circle. The single sold a couple of million copies in 1977 for Pacific Records. O'Day went on to score another winner as a singer, this time in Australia. His "Skinny Girls" rose to number one in 1980. The following year he and Tatsuro Yamashita collaborated on "Your Eyes," which Yamashita released to popular acclaim in Japan. He also wrote "Rock and Roll Heaven" for the Righteous Brothers. Alan O'Day died from cancer at his home in Westwood, California in May 2013 at the age of 72.

Tracklist:

James Walsh Gypsy Band – Cuz It’s You Girl (1978)
The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes (1978)
Minnie Riperton – You Take My Breath Away (1979)
America – Tin Man (1974)
Brothers Johnson – Strawberry Letter 23 (1977)
Fleetwood Mac – Rhiannon (1975)
Nick Decaro – Getting Might Crowded (1974)
Steely Dan – Haitian Divorce (1976)
Sly & The Family Stone – If You Want Me To Stay (1973)
Jim Spencer – Wrap Myself Up In Your Love (1979)
Hall & Oates – It’s Uncanny (1977)
Carly Simon – Waterfall (1975)
Gino Vannelli – People Gotta Move (1974)
Sons Of Champlin – You (1976)
Batteaux – High Tide (1973)
Andrew Gold – Never Let Her Slip Away (1978)
Ian Matthews – Don’t Hang Up Your Dancing Shoes (1978)
Greenflow – No Other Life Without You (1977)
Dobie Gray – Drift Away (1973)
Rasa – A Perfect Love (1979)
Mud – Time And Again (1976)
Mark Williamson – I Need You (1979)
Leroy Hutson – A Lover’s Holiday (1976)
George McCrae – It’s Been So Long (1975)
Maxine Nightingale – Gotta Be The One (1976)
Alan O’Day – Undercover Angel (1977)
Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds ‎– Daisy Mae (1971)
Cheese – Lady Love (1977)
Orphans Of Love ‎– Quick 'N Slick (1978)
Genesis – Follow You, Follow Me (1978)
Nova – Feel Like Getting Down (1979)
Foster Sylver – Misdemeanour (1973)
Berni Flint ‎– I Don't Want To Put A Hold On You (1977)


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