What Year Is It (33)?

Amidst the dross, there were a number of great pop singles this year, like Todd Rundgren’s “I Saw the Light,” “Backstabbers” by the O’Jays, “Layla” from Derek and the Dominos, Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together,” “I’ll Take You There” from the incomparable Staple Singers, Arlo Guthrie’s “City of New Orleans” and “I Can See Clearly Now” by Johnny Nash.