Perfect Pop Songs

Massachusetts was Robin's peak. Wish they wrote more songs for him.

Sundown -- great song, great lyrics.

@davehg  - I was just listening to "Nilsson Schmilsson" and was going to post the same. So here it is......

The 1973 Grammy award for Best Pop Vocal, Male......

Harry Nilsson - "Without You"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dnUv3DUP4E

"To Love Somebody
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"

As good as Bee Gees were, and good they were, these two songs have (to me) even better interpretations.

Rod Stewart and To Love Somebody (with Booker T. and you will know it without me saying it).

Al Green and How Can You Mend a Broken Heart. Not to go into vinyl/digital debate, but on the record is even more touching. Once my record develops clicks and pops it may become the ultimate version.

Before someone beats me to it.......

Don McLean - "American Pie"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM

I think of the early to mid 1970s as a key time for pop. With the Beatles no more, it opened up the doors for a myriad of artists and influences. Singer songwriters, arrangers, R&B and Soul and gospel influences, so much pop goodness.

Heck, Al Green was a one man pop/gospel/soul hurricane (and among my top 5 artists).

To the above list of perfect pop I’d include:

Baker Street -Gerry Rafferty
Treat Her Like a Lady - Cornelius Bros and Sister Rose
Pretty much any hit by the Staple Singers
She’s Gone - Hall & Oates
I’ve Got the Music in Me - Thelma Houston
Shining Star - The Manhattans
Pretty much any hit by the Temptations
Cruisin - Smokey Robinson