Music Monday: “My Maria” – hit in 1973 by B.W. Stevenson
Posted By RichC on April 1, 2024
It seems shocking, or at least it surprised me, that Louis Charles B.W. (BuckWheat) Stevenson’s popular hit “My Maria” had not been mention as a Music Monday song?
I happened to hear it last month on SiriusXM’s 70’s on 7 and jotted it down to check the blog. I did find the Three Dog Night version of “Shambala” (Stevenson recorded it too) and then realized that the same songwriter, Daniel Moore, also co-wrote “My Maria” with Stevenson in that same year.
BW Stevenson – “My Maria” | 1973 |
Lindy Blaskey, Moore’s music publisher at ABC/Dunhill Records heard Daniel’s one verse and chorus of “My Maria” but Moore thought it was too bubble-gum sounding. Lindy Blaskey gave the verse and chorus to B.W. Stevenson and asked him to write an additional verse. When finished, David Kershenbaum, Stevenson’s producer at RCA Records, agreed with Lindy Blaskey that the song sounded like a hit.