Episode #130: Flying Easy


Some of the best Star Time episodes (the ones the Smithsonian keeps bugging me about anyway) feature songs from a compressed time frame. Whereas most episodes tend to cover material from a span of ten years or more, shows like this one, with songs from a tight 5-year window, sound like they were made by old-world craftsmen with fine Corinthian leather. So let's go on this flight through the '70s, when pilots were sexy and tarmacs were paved with gold, or more likely polyurethane.

ArtistSongYearLabel
Set 1
Howard TateLittle Volcano1970Lloyd Price's Turntable
Greene SistersWhen Will We Be Paid (For the Work We Did)1971Mankind
Annette ThomasNothing Is Everlasting1972Stax
Boz ScaggsMonkey Time1971Columbia
Eddie Harris & Les McCannUniversal Prisoner1971Atlantic
Barbara MasonBed and Board1972Buddah
Set 2
The PersuadersYou Musta Put Something in Your Love1972Win Or Lose
Eddie FloydMy Mind Was Messed Around at the Time1971Stax
Pat & PamI'm the One Who Loves You1971Our Own
David RuffinDay in the Life, of a Working Man1972Motown
Dionne WarwickCheck Out Time1970Scepter
Donny HathawayFlying Easy1973ATCO
Jimmy CliffOpportunity Only Knocks Once1971Beverly's Records
Quiet EleganceI Need Love1973Hi
Set 3
The Chi-LitesOne Man Band (Plays All Alone)1973Brunswick
Millie JacksonHypocrisy1973Spring
Bobby WomackGot to Get You Back1972United Artists
Ohio PlayersEcstasy1973Westbound
Black IvoryI Keep Asking You Questions1972Today
Nolan PorterI Like What You Give1972ABC
Stevie WonderSweet Little Girl1972Tamla
Set 4
The IntriguesI Gotta Find Out for Myself1970Yew
Frederick KnightPick'um Up, Put'um Down1973Stax
RiotJust Beyond1974Motown
Annette SnellJust as Hooked as I've Ever Been1974Dial
Bill WithersCan We Pretend1974Sussex
The MetersBirds1972Reprise
Harold Melvin & the Blue NotesTo Be True1975Philadelphia Int'l

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