There are roughly 520 weeks in a decade. Every week presents the opportunity for a new song to reach the top of the chart. As a result, every decade introduces the world to hundreds of No. 1 singles, ...
In 1970, some of the acts that dominated the '60s were still pushing out quality tunes, while new and emerging artists helped define the following decade.
More than five decades after it first climbed the charts, Edison Lighthouse's hit song "Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)" continues to stand as one of the defining pop-rock tracks of the 1970s. The ...
Were you a young person or possibly a kid in the 1970s? If so, the music taste you have today was probably formed back in the 1970s. And I’d be bold enough to say that folk, rock, and disco fans were ...
In 1970, one heartfelt hit captured both warmth and heartbreak, telling a story that stayed with listeners long after it ended. James Taylor’s “Fire and Rain” comes from a deeply personal place. It ...
Throughout music history, there have been a handful of novelty songs that have managed to become smash hits. 52 years ago today, "The Streak" by Ray Stevens was on top of the chart after being ...
Following the star studded 1960s, which brought folk, rock 'n' roll, and more to the mainstream, the year 1970 had big shoes to fill. However, it undoubtedly kept up the momentum and delivered some of ...
Bee Gees sit at the intersection of pop songwriting and disco groove, a position they secured in the late 1970s with a run of worldwide hits. Their work around the film Saturday Night Fever turned the ...