The 1970s continued a trend toward a proliferation of No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. In 1970, there were 23 songs that reached the top spot on the chart, but by the mid-1970s, more than 40 titles rotated in and out of the top spot for the first time in history.

Jun 6, 2023 · The 1970s was a fantastic decade for music, with so many different genres setting the charts alight, from Queen to ABBA to David Bowie to Elton John, from classic rock to disco to glam to soul.

Apr 13, 2024 · Between disco, rock, country, R&B, funk and soul music the 70s saw some of the greatest sonic outputs of any era, and to this day many of these songs are still celebrated and able to...

January 3 – Ex-Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs.; January 4 – The Who drummer Keith Moon fatally runs over his chauffeur with his Bentley trying to escape a mob outside a pub. The death is later ruled an accident. January 7 – Max Yasgur, owner of the Bethel, New York farm where the 1969 Woodstock Festival was held, is sued for $35,000 in ...

The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1970s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.

The 1970s weren't just about bell-bottoms and lava lamps – this was the era that gave us everything from face-melting guitar solos to consciousness-expanding reggae rhythms, from glam rock ...

Jun 4, 2018 · From somewhere in space landed David Bowie and Marc Bolan – two otherworldly angels at the forefront of glam rock. The 70s didn’t do things by halves; relive the magic with the decade’s 100 key...

Aug 22, 2016 · From 10cc to XTC and from punk to to prog to ambient to disco, our list of the greatest songs from one of music’s greatest decades. The 1970s was arguably the single decade of the 20th century...

Aug 28, 2019 · 20 songs that were inescapable during Nixon era, including Marvin Gaye, Elton John, Carole King and more. Michael Putland/Getty, Terry O'Niell/Getty, Jim McCrary/Getty. Pondering pop history from a...

Funk, Soul, R&B, Pop, Hard Rock, Soft Rock and Disco all carved out their place in the music world in the 1970s. The late 70s also witness the birth of another young music style: hip-hop. Some of the best rock n roll of all time was recorded in the 70s.