70's, 80's 'Feel Good' Music

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"We're All Alone" is a song written by Boz Scaggs, which became a hit for Frankie Valli in 1976. The next year it was a top-ten hit for Rita Coolidge in the US and the UK. Scaggs introduced it on his 1976 album Silk Degrees, and included it as the B-side of two of the four single releases from that LP, including "Lido Shuffle".
Scaggs' own version of "We're All Alone" was the standard B-side of his international single release "Lido Shuffle" including its release in the US and UK where "Lido Shuffle" respectively charted at number 11 and number 13. However, in Australia, Scaggs' "We're All Alone" was issued with "Lowdown" as the flip to become a double A-side chart entry reaching number 54 in the autumn of 1977, the only evident instance of the Scaggs original charting.
Frankie Valli had a single version from his Valli LP which reached number 78 U.S. in August 1976 (number 74 Cash Box, number 27 Adult Contemporary; Canada number 73 Pop, number 36 AC).
The Rita Coolidge version of "We're All Alone" was featured on the album Anytime...Anywhere released in March 1977. Her version had the greatest sales success.

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Boz Scaggs - We're All Alone​

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Frankie Valli - We're all alone​

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Rita Coolidge – We're All Alone​

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"Long Long Time" is a song written by Gary White< which became a hit for Linda Ronstadt in 1970. "Long Long Time" is about a lasting love for someone who did not last as a lover.
In 1970, Linda Ronstadt released the song as a single and on the album Silk Purse. The single spent 12 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at No. 25, while reaching No. 15 on Canada's "RPM 100" (her first single there), No. 8 on Canada's CHUM 30 chart, and No. 20 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.
In 1971, Ronstadt was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance for her rendition of "Long Long Time".

Linda Ronstadt - Long Long Time​

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"If" is a song written by American singer-songwriter David Gates in 1971. Originally popularized by his group Bread, "If" charted at No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 when released as a single in 1971 and No. 6 in Canada. It also spent three weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Easy Listening chart, and one week at the top of the Canadian AC chart.
Record World said that the "gentle song by group's own David Gates (he produced and arranged also) will score in short order."
In the U.S., Bread's tune was the shortest song title to become a top ten hit until 1993, when Prince hit No. 7 with "7", later matched by Britney Spears' No. 1 hit "3" in 2009. The song is distinguished by its opening line "If a picture paints a thousand words..."
Olivia Newton-John was one of the first to cover the song, recording a version for her 1971 debut solo album, If Not for You, and performing the song during her first American television performance that year on The Dean Martin Show.

DAVID GATES - (If")​

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Olivia Newton-John - If​

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