I don't know a big lot about the 70s compared to the decades after but these are probably my three favourite songs from the decade I have heard so far.
Excellent pop rock tune, I thought until I found out recently, that this was from later than 1974!
This song is so very different, especially with the operatic vocal.
Definitely my favorite of all the electronic HI-NRG disco songs in the late 70s. Have liked this one for a long time.
What are your favourite 70s tracks?
My faves all debuted in the 80s-90s so I don't really know a lot about the 70s either
Cheryl Lynn - Got to Be Real
Emotions - Best of My Love
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams
Diana Ross - Do You Know Where You're Going To
Diana Ross - The Boss
I'm sure there's more but that's all I can think of right now
David Bowie - Life On Mars
David Bowie - Starman
David Bowie - Golden Years
Pink Floyd - The Great Gig In The Sky
Pink Floyd - Money
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall Pt. 2
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The UK
The Stranglers - Peaches
The Stranglers - Nice 'n' Sleazy
The Stranglers - No More Heroes
The Stranglers - Get A Grip On Yourself
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Fleetwood Mac - Second Hand News
Joy Division - Disorder
Joy Division - Insight
Joy Division - No Love Lost
Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love
Buzzcocks - Everybody's Happy Nowadays
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
The Ruts - Babylon's Burning
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Blondie - Heart Of Glass
Blondie - Sunday Girl
XTC - Making Plans For Nigel
The Clash - White Riot
The Clash - White Man In Hammersmith Palais
The Clash - Death Or Glory
The Clash - London Calling
The Clash - Train In Vain
The Clash - The Card Cheat ("There's a solitary man crying HOLD ME!")
Blondie - Hanging On The Telephone
Blondie - One Way Or Another
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Hong Kong Garden
Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods
Gang Of Four - At Home He's A Tourist
Hot Chocolate - Every 1's A Winner
Hot Chocolate - You Sexy Thing
Skids - Into The Valley
KC And The Sunshine Band - That's The Way (I Like It)
Patti Smith - Gloria
Patti Smith - Free Money
Patti Smith Group - Frederick
Patti Smith Group - Dancing Barefoot
Patti Smith Group - Because The Night
The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing
Baccara - Yes Sir I Can Boogie
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side
Lou Reed - Vicious
Boney M - Ma Baker
Boney M - Rasputin
Boney M - Gotta Go Home
Boney M - Daddy Cool
Electric Light Orchestra - Mr Blue Sky
Electric Light Orchestra - Evil Woman
Heart - Barracuda
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
Sister Sledge - He's The Greatest Dancer
Wire - Three Girl Rhumba
Wire - Outdoor Miner
The Police - Can't Stand Losing You
The Police - Roxanne
The Police - Walking On The Moon
The Police - Message In A Bottle
The Rolling Stones - Angie
ABBA - Mamma Mia
ABBA - Gimme Gimme Gimme (A Man After Midnight)
ABBA - Dancing Queen
The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Fanfare For The Common Man
Emerson Lake And Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Leonard Cohen - Lover Lover Lover
Leonard Cohen - Who By Fire
Motorhead - Overkill
Motorhead - Stay Clean
Motorhead - No Class
Motorhead - Louie Louie
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
M - Pop Muzik
M - M Factor (The B-side to Pop Muzik)
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Electricity
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
The Knack - My Sharona
Deep Purple - Fireball
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life
Iggy Pop - The Passenger
The Who - Baba O'Riley
Chic - Le Freak
Chic - Good Times
Earth Wind & Fire - September
Barry White - Can't Get Enough Of Your Love
Barry White - You're The First, My Last, My Everything
Barry White - Never Gonna Give You Up
A Taste Of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
Village People - YMCA ("(Young man!) There's no need to be down, I said (Young man!) )
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime
T. Rex - 20th Century Boy
T. Rex - The Groover
T. Rex - Midnight
T. Rex - Laser Love
T. Rex - I Love To Boogie
T. Rex - Telegram Sam
T. Rex - Children Of The Revolution
Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy
Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
ABBA - Waterloo
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby
Pilot - Magic
Pilot - January
10cc - Dreadlock Holiday
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets
Elton John & Kiki Dee - Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John - Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
Bee Gees - Tragedy
Ian Dury And The Blockheads - Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Tubeway Army - Are Friends Electric
David Bowie - Heroes
The Doors - LA Woman
The Doors - Love Her Madly
The Doors - The Changeling
The Doors - Riders On The Storm
Black Sabbath - War Pigs
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Deep Purple - Strange Kind Of Woman
Bob Marley - One Love
The Beatles - Let It Be
The Flying Lizards - Money
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Al Stewart - On The Border
Al Stewart - Year Of The Cat
Tavares - More Than A Woman
Gerry Rafferty - Get It Right Next Time
Gerry Rafferty - Baker Street
The Specials - Gangsters
The Specials - Rudi, A Message To You
Buzzcocks - Times Up
Buzzcocks - Boredom
The list goes on
A fw off the top of my head:
ABBA- Dancing Queen
ABBA- Mamma Mia
ABBA - S.O.S.
Blondie - Sunday Girl
Carly Simon - You're So Vain
Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves
Dolly Parton - Jolene
Donna Summer - I Feel Love
Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide
Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi
Joni Mitchell - River
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
If I had to only pick a top 3 I'd say it'd be Wuthering Heights first for sure, and then Bohemian Rhapsody and Rhiannon.
Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Bee Gees - Night Fever
The Police - Message In A Bottle
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love with Someone...
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks
Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop
Supertramp - Give A Little Bit
George Benson - Give me the Night
Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
ELO - Don't Bring Me Down
ELO - All Over The World
ELO - Evil Woman
ELO - Livin Thing
Bob Marley - No Woman, No Cry
Bob Marley - One Love
Bob Marley - Three Little Birds
Abba - Gimme Gimme Gimme
The Beatles - Let It Be
too many to list but some of my fave acts from the decade are Queen, ELO, Supertramp, Police. Elton John
My favourites are heavily influenced by the music my parents listened to...
You could pretty much include most of Bowie and Blondie's 70s material...
In no order, and with no categories, so it's a mess just listed as I think of them, but trying to stick to one per artist:
Lou Reed - Wild Child
Diana Ross & the Supremes - This is Why I Believe in You
Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers - One Track Mind
Ramones - Ramona
Japan - Wish You Were Black
The Stooges - Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell
Bob Marley - Natural Mystic
Black Sabbath - The Writ
The Rolling Stones - Beast of Burden
Leonard Cohen - Love Calls You by Your Name
Mick Ronson - Music is Lethal
Throbbing Gristle - Hit by a Rock
Television - Elevation
Syd Barrett - Golden Hair
Joy Division - I Remember Nothing
David Bowie - The Bewlay Brothers
Neil Young - Only Love Can Break Your Heart
The Kinks - Celluloid Heroes
Roxy Music - The Thrill of It All
Brian Eno - Dead Finks Don't Talk
Suzi Quatro - 48 Crash
The Sweet - Jeanie
Richard Hell & the Voidoids - New Pleasure
The Carpenters - I Kept On Loving You
KISS - Christine Sixteen
The Beach Boys - Let Us Go On This Way
The Hollies - He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
Motorhead - All the Aces
I could go on, but I have many. The '70s is one of my favourite eras.
Just remembered these two great 70s rock anthems.
(1975)
(1979)
A song I've not seen mentioned in here so far, it was recently used in an advert but I know of it from Adam Curtis' documentary Hypernormalisation and through it being played a lot on 6Music. Suicide's "Dream Baby Dream". Magnificent!
Midnight At The Oasis - Maria Muldaur
Torn Between Two Lovers - Mary MacGregor
Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette
Seasons In The Sun - Terry Jacks
Werewolves Of London - Warren Zevon
The Snake - Al Wilson
A Rose Has To Die - Dooleys
Mississippi - Pussycat
Fernando - Abba
Angel Fingers - Wizzard
Summerlove Sensation - Bay City Rollers
Some Girls - Racey
Emotions - Samantha Sang
What I've Got In Mind - Billie Jo Spears
Get Up And Boogie - Silver Convention.
Free - Deniece Williams
Mouldy Old Dough - Lieutenant Pigeon
Jolene - Dolly Parton
Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton
This one hasn't been mentioned yet! Great tune!
This one too, I know the start is a bit cheesy , but the rest is a great song I think, both production and vocal are brill, its my fave of his.
I recently discovered this #4 hit from 1973. The guitar is lovely in it!
It’s The Carpenters - We’ve Only Just Begun for me
I do really like this cheesefest that was #1 in 1976, it is very nostalgic as my local cafe I went to a lot used seemed to always have this on its playlist when I was younger. The highlights for me are the Ooh-hoo's and the horn bits.
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