It’s 60’s but it’s huge right now and I read the thread but didn’t see them. Foxygen. Here’s their single but the whole album is perfect:
Woo! I get to add new titles –
Spirit in the Sky by Norman Greenbaun
ABC – The Jackson 5
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do – ABBA
How about Bette Midler’s cover of Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy?
Snowbird – Anne Murray
Do You Know the Way to San Jose – Dionne Warwick
A bit later, but WTF? Rock Lobster and Love Shack by the B-52s are perfect.
Pretty much everything by Bachman-Turner Overdrive, but maybe their instrumentation is a little heavy for your taste.
A much older song, but Bob Seger’s cover puts it into the timeline – You Never Can Tell
Part of the Plan – Dan Fogelberg
The Long Run – Eagles
Honky Cat and Crocodile Rock by Elton John
Almost every thing by the Fifth Dimension, extra breezy points for Up Up And Away (in My Beautiful Balloon)
I also think of Christopher Cross and other Yacht Rock songs.
How about 10cc “I’m Not In Love.”
Okay, a few more suggestions that I didn’t see posted yet, all 70s era:
“Miracles” - Jefferson Starship
“Midnight at the Oasis” - Maria Muldaur
“Up the Ladder to the Roof” - the Supremes (post-Diana Ross era)
“I’ll Take You There” - the Staple Singers
“Pink Moon” - Nick Drake
“Skating Away (on the Thin Ice of a New Day)” - Jethro Tull
“Ripple” - Grateful Dead
Twisted – Joni Mitchell
Little River Band - Reminiscing
Didn’t see this posted (although I might have missed it); it was the first song that popped into my head:
*Afternoon Delight *by the Starland Vocal Band.
The Future’s So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades – Timbuk3
“Arizona” - Mark Lindsay
Sail On - Commodores (I think?)
Not exactly 70s.
George Benson’s Breezin’ for me too, although slightly more jazzy.
Apologies if also mentioned but
Carly Simon - You’re So Vain
Cher - Cherokee Nation
Loggins & Messina - Your Momma Don’t Dance
5th Dimension - Aquarius
Minnie Ripperton - Loving You
No love for Jim Croce?[ul][]I Got a Name[]Operator[]Time in a Bottle[]Dreamin’ Again[/ul]
Ditto all the way; it’s what I entered the thread to post. Definition of “70s breezy” to me.
Good gad, what’s “breezy” about this ponderous, bass-driven lament?