March 1975 In Music

Continuing the "tradition" started last year, here's what was happening in music in March 1975.  At least some of what was happening, from my perspective.

 Notable Albums:

• Nuthin' Fancy - Lynyrd Skynyrd  - The 3rd album from the kings of mid 70's southern rock.  Apologies to the Allmans, but they were past their peak by '75...
• That's The Way Of The World - Earth Wind and Fire - Ranked #493 on Rolling Stone's list of 500 Best Albums of all time, and featuring the iconic "Shining Star"...
• Spring Fever - Rick Derringer - Despite the weirdly androgynous cover, this  album rocked, and was one of my favorites back then.
• Tommy - Various Artists - Soundtrack from the movie adaptation of the The Who's 1969 album.  One of the most disappointing releases of the mid-70's, IMHO.  Both the movie and the music...
• Dressed To Kill - Kiss - The 3rd release from the future Hall-Of-Famer band, featuring the signature "Rock And Roll All Night".  Reality is, I was never much of a Kiss fan....
• Steely Dan - Katy Lied

 Notable Singles:

Five songs topped the charts during the 5 weeks of March 1975:

• Best Of My Love - Eagles.   The last of 3 singles from 1974's "On The Border" album, this was their first chart topper.
• Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton John.  John's second chart topper in a row on the US charts, following "I Honestly Love You".  Also the first of 4 number ones that John Farrar wrote for her.
• Black Water - Doobie Brothers.  The last of 3 singles from 1974's "What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits" album, this was their first chart topper.
• My Eyes Adored You - Frankie Valli.  Frankie's first big US hit since the 60's, this started a nice resurgence, with 8x Top 40's and 3x number 1s over 4 years.
• Lady Marmalade - Labelle. The only Top 40 hit for Patti Labelle between 1962's "I Sold My Heart To The Junkman" (which peaked at 15)  and her1986 hit "New Attitude" (which peaked at 17).