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- Roxy Music - 'Dance Away' Roxy Music - Dance Away. Read more: Roxy Music's 10 greatest ever songs. Bryan Ferry originally wrote this for his 1977 solo album In Your Mind and his 1978 follow-up The Bride Stripped Bare, but it was finally included on the next Roxy collection.
- The Osmonds - 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds - Crazy Horses. Despite being known as a schmaltzy boyband, The Osmonds released this surprisingly brilliant hard rock track in 1972.
- Glen Campbell - 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Glen Campbell - Rhinestone Cowboy (Official Music Video) Larry Weiss first recorded this song, but it was Glen Campbell's cover a year later that became a huge hit.
- The Clash - 'London Calling' The Clash - London Calling (Official Video) Released right at the end of the decade in December 1979, this apocalyptic and politically charged track showcased the Clash's post-punk style.
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s.
#Reached Number OneArtist (s)Single227January 3, 1970228January 31, 1970229February 7, 1970230February 14, 1970"Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" ...- Rush, "2112" (1976) A titanic 20-minute title track populated by crazy-good instrumental interludes, crazy-weird screeching and a sometimes plain-crazy what-if-they-banned-music theme, this is the most ambitious thing Rush ever did.
- Van Halen, "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love" (1978) Eddie Van Halen will always be known – and justifiably so – for his finger-popping pyrotechnics, but "Ain't Talking 'About Love" shows another side, as he experiments with an instrument you're unlikely to find in many hard-rock songs: The electric sitar.
- Free, "All Right Now" (1970) Lost great Paul Kossoff provides a perfect foil for Paul Rodgers, as heard on this breakthrough song for Free. Unfortunately, his growing addictions led to a too-early band dissolution in 1973 – and, three years later, Kossoff was dead.
- Mott the Hoople, "All the Young Dudes" (1972) David Bowie wrote and produced "All the Young Dudes" for Mott the Hoople, who suddenly catapulted to glam-rock royalty after years toiling as a lumbering British blues band.
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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
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Oct 28, 2014 · This top Billboard Hot 100 songs of each decade is ranked based on each title’s performance on the Hot 100 through the chart dated Nov. 1, 2014.
Jan 31, 2024 · Our list of the best 70s songs spans from rock music to glam to soul and funk. We even delve into sounds from Brazil, Germany, and beyond. Dive in!
