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- Rocket Man By Elton John. Watch this video on YouTube. Rocket Man was released in 1972 as the lead single from Elton John’s album Honky Château. The song was an immediate hit, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart and number six on the US Billboard Hot 100.
- Take Me Home, Country Roads By John Denver. Watch this video on YouTube. Take Me Home, Country Roads was released in 1971 and quickly became one of John Denver’s signature songs.
- Me And Bobby McGee By Janis Joplin. Watch this video on YouTube. Me and Bobby McGee is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and originally released in 1969 by Roger Miller.
- Cracklin Rosie By Neil Diamond. Cracklin’ Rosie is a song by American singer-songwriter Neil Diamond. It was released in 1970 and quickly became a hit, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October of that year.
- “Hotel California” by The Eagles, 1977. Winning Grammy of the year in 1978, the song was over six minutes long and featured a tale out of a nightmare. So much, in fact, that the song was the basis of American Horror Story: Hotel.
- “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac, 1977. As an interesting six-minute suite of three compiled songs, “Bohemian Rhapsody” is widely regarded as one of the best rock songs of all time.
- “Stayin’ Alive” by The BeeGees, 1977. How big were the BeeGees in the '70s? Big enough that most of their B-sides also went platinum—with the B-side of “Stayin Alive” being “If I Can’t Have You.”
- “Close to You” by The Carpenters, 1970. Brother-and-sister duo Karen and Richard Carpenter stole everyone’s hearts with Karen’s soaring contralto and lyrics originally written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.
Aug 10, 2015 · David Bowie -- aka "Ziggy Stardust," aka the "Thin White Duke" -- is one of the most iconic pop figures of the '70s. His shape-shifting persona was emblematic of the fluidity of his sound and...
Apr 13, 2024 · Between disco, rock, 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 find new...
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Oct 11, 2023 · Here are seven songs that not only defined the ’70s but also continue to thrill fans and listeners today. Videos by American Songwriter. 1. “Stairway to Heaven”—Led Zeppelin (1971)
Dec 4, 2017 · The 70s era is most commonly associated with the decade’s signature sound which is disco and no other song can represent that era and genre better than “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees. The high-falsetto phenomenon put the Gibb brothers into worldwide superstardom during the era of “Saturday Night Fever”, which they will be forever ...
Sep 27, 2022 · The 70s was a golden decade for music. It brought to us a heap of great rock (e.g. The Stones, Queen), singer-songwriters (e.g. Neil Young, Kate Bush), prog-rock (e.g. Pink Floyd, Genesis), not to mention the rise of reggae (Bob Marley), funk (James Brown, Funkadelic), disco (Chic), and punk rock (The Clash). What a period!
