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Jun 18, 2024 · Get ready to groove to the biggest and most iconic songs from the 1970s! This ultimate playlist is a time capsule of the decade's best music across all genres.
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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.
Dec 13, 2022 · Relive the best moments of music from the 70's with this SETMIX. Enjoy the best classic songs of this decade, in an epic setmix that will take you on a journey into the past. Join us on...
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- Music from Africa
- AOR
- Funk
- Punk
- Music from Brazil
- New Wave / Power Pop
- Jazz
- Post-Punk
- Music from and Inspired by Jamaica
It’s kind of hard to believe, but rock was nearly two decades old by the time the 70s rolled around, which meant that things had come a long way from “Rocket 88.” The elements that made it great, however, remained much the same: Electric guitars and a love of the blues underpinned so much of what Eric Clapton, Janis Joplin, The Rolling Stones, and ...
There had already been incredibly popular music coming from Africa for decades, but the 70s saw a few singular artists emerge that would have an enormous impact. Fela Kuti pioneered Afrobeat with legendary drummer Tony Allen, while Mulatu Astatke mixed jazz, Latin music, and his native Ethiopian sounds into a complete unique concoction. Perhaps the...
People often mistake softness for weakness. Listen to “Big Yellow Taxi” or “Deacon Blues,” however, and you’ll understand that plenty of the best 70s AOR music has a bite to it. The songs below often showcase the complexity of love, whether it be the banquet of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night” or the attention-seeking Pretenders. But perhaps the m...
It’s hard to imagine a more vital genre in the 70s than funk. Songs from Black artists all over the United States were busy soundtracking dance floors the world over. The intent was often simply to make folks move: “Haven’t You Heard,” “Boogie Oogie Oogie,” and just about everything James Brownput to wax, for instance. But just as much music was in...
Punk, in the popular imagination, swept away everything bloated and old before it. It’s not quite as simple as that, but it likely felt that way during the last few years of the 70s. How else to explain the vital energy that produced “God Save the Queen” and “Blitzkrieg Bop”? What’s often lost in all of that talk about punk is the musicianship of s...
The seismic impact of the Tropicáliamovement hung over Brazil’s musical output in the 70s. Artists were either continuing to build on its revolutionary fervor or trying to build something different in its wake. Tropicália artists like Gal Costa and Caetano Veloso released some of their best songs in the 70s. Tim Maia and Erasmo Carlos, meanwhile, h...
The best New Wave and power pop artists in the 70s wrote songs that simply didn’t quite fit into the established narratives of the decade. Many of these artists embraced technology in unconventional ways. (Gary Numan, 10cc, and Blondie were all at the cutting–edge in terms of sound.) But just as many were simply exceptional at the craft of writing ...
Jazz was a many splendored thing throughout the 70s. The best songs, however, found artists stretching at the confines of the genre, pressing forward into uncharted territory. Alice Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Don Cherry all pushed things in strange, exciting new directions. Some jazz got cosmic, other folks used music as a vehicle for protest. One ...
Where do you go when you feel like everything has been destroyed? Even further out, seemingly, in the case of post-punk artists like Suicide, Throbbing Gristle, and The Slits. The best post-punk songs of the 70s threw away all the rules and emerged with some of the most vital music of the decade. Perhaps just as important, it was some of the most i...
The influence of Jamaica on popular music is hard to overstate. The 70s is the decade that some of the best songs from the island had a massive international impact, like Jimmy Cliff’s The Harder They Come and Bob Marley’s “Three Little Birds.” On the island itself, Lee Perry was pioneering dub techniques, helping to bring together The Congos’ mast...
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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.
Jun 4, 2018 · The 70s didn’t do things by halves; relive the magic with the decade’s 100 key tracks. Words: Dan Martin, Matthew Horton, Priya Elan, Tim Chester.
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Sep 6, 2024 · Combined with the star-studded talent of groups like Fleetwood Mac, ABBA, and Queen, the 1970s was a decade destined for greatness. To remember that glory, we put together a list of the...
