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1970s Retro Records of The Decade: Play-offs:

 

Abba - S.O.S.

Abba - Fernando

Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You

Abba - Money Money Money

Aerosmith - Dream On

Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

Al Green - Let's Stay Together

Bee Gees - Night Fever

Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

Billy Joel - Piano Man

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Blondie - Denis

Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

Bob Marley & Wailers - No Woman No Cry

Boston - More Than A Feeling

Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

Clash - London Calling

David Bowie - Fame

David Bowie - Changes

David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing

David Bowie - Starman

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

Donna Summer - I Feel Love

Elton John - Candle In The Wind

Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

Elton John - Rocket Man

Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary

Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

Kinks - Lola

Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

Led Zeppelin - All My Love

Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes

Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Pink Floyd - Money

Police - Message In A Bottle

Police - Roxanne

Queen - We Will Rock You

Queen - We Are The Champions

Queen - Killer Queen

Rod Stewart - Maggie May

Rolling Stones - Miss You

Shocking Blue - Venus

Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

Slade - Far far away

Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen

T Rex - Get It On

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

 

Please Vote for your 20 favourites (minimum Top 10) in order (1st, 2nd, etc) from that list of nominations WITHIN the NEXT WEEK by Saturday 16th February.

 

The top 20 songs will join the 30 songs (ROTY's 1970, 1971 ... to 1979) in the Record of the 1970s Decade Final

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1. Queen - We Will Rock You (20 points)

2. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

3. Abba - Money Money Money

4. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

5. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

6. Queen - Killer Queen

7. Queen - We Are The Champions

8. Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You

9. Carly Simon - You're So Vain

10. Bee Gees - Night Fever

11. Abba - S.O.S.

12. Elton John - Rocket Man

13. Abba - Fernando

14. Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

15. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

16. Elton John - Candle In The Wind

17. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

18. Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

19. Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

20. Blondie - Denis

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1st Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 20 Pts

2nd Donna Summer - I Feel Love

3rd Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

4. David Bowie - Starman

5. Abba - S.O.S.

6. T Rex - Get It On

7. Aerosmith - Dream On

8. Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

9. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

10. Led Zeppelin - All My Love

11. Clash - London Calling

12. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

13. Slade - Far far away

14. Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes

15. Police - Roxanne

16. Kinks - Lola

17. Al Green - Let's Stay Together

18. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

19. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

20. Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die

 

1 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

2 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

3 Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen

4 Blondie - Denis

5 Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

6 Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You

7 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

8 Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

9 David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing

10 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

11 Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

12 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

13 Kinks - Lola

14 Police - Roxanne

15 Rod Stewart - Maggie May

16 Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

17 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

18 Rolling Stones - Miss You

19 Shocking Blue - Venus

20 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song

 

 

 

1 David Bowie - Starman

2 Donna Summer - I Feel Love

3 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

4 Clash - London Calling

5 Bob Marley & Wailers - No Woman No Cry

David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing

David Bowie - Fame

David Bowie - Changes

Kinks - Lola

Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

T Rex - Get It On

Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes

Al Green - Let's Stay Together

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

Shocking Blue - Venus

Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

Blondie - Denis

Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

Police - Roxanne

Carly Simon - You're So Vain

 

 

 

 

 

1 Blondie - Denis

2 David Bowie - Starman

3 T Rex - Get It On

4 Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen

5 David Bowie - Changes

6 Elton John - Rocket Man

7 Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes

8 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

9 Police - Message In A Bottle

10 Queen - Killer Queen

11 Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

12 Slade - Far far away

13 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

14 Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

15 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

16 Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper

17 Clash - London Calling

18 David Bowie - Fame

19 Kinks - Lola

20 Queen - We Are The Champions

 

1. Al Green - Let's Stay Together 20pts

2. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

3. Carly Simon - You're So Vain

4. Elton John - Candle In The Wind

5. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

6. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen

7. Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

8. Police - Message In A Bottle

9. Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

10.Donna Summer - I Feel Love

11.Abba - Fernando

12.Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You

13.Elton John - Rocket Man

14. Abba - Money Money Money

15. David Bowie - Starman

16.Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion

17. Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

18. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

19. Boston - More Than A Feeling

20.Slade - Far far away

01 Police - Message In A Bottle

02 David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing

03 Bob Marley & Wailers - No Woman No Cry

04 Blondie - Denis

05 Clash - London Calling

06 Police - Roxanne

07 David Bowie - Starman

08 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

09 Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

10 Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

11 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

12 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

13 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

14 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

15 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love

16 David Bowie - Changes

17 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

18 Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die

19 Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

20 Queen - We Are The Champions

1 The Police - Message In A Bottle (20pts)

2 The Police - Roxanne

3 Blondie - Denis

4 Cher - Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves

5 Billy Joel - Piano Man

6 Kinks - Lola

7 David Bowie - Starman

8 David Bowie - Changes

9 Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

10 Bob Marley & The Wailers - No Woman No Cry

11 Black Sabbath - Paranoid

12 Led Zeppelin - Kashmir

13 Slade - Far Far Away

14 Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army

15 Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song

16 Queen - Killer Queen

17 Rod Stewart - Maggie May

18 The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

19 Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing

20 Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes

1. David Bowie - Starman

2. Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes

3. Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen

4. Who - Won't Get Fooled Again

5. Queen - Killer Queen

6. T Rex - Get It On

7. Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army

8. Al Green - Let's Stay Together

9. Police - Message In A Bottle

10. Derek & The Dominoes – Layla

11. Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

12. Queen - We Will Rock You

13. Rolling Stones - Miss You

14. Carly Simon - You're So Vain

15. Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

16. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

17. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

18. Shocking Blue – Venus

19. Queen - We Are The Champions

20. Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town

 

1st ABBA - SOS

2 ABBA - Money Money Money

3 Donna Summer - I Feel Love

4 Bowie - Changes

5 Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love?

6 Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi

7 The Police - Message in a Bottle

8 Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

9 Rolling Stones - Miss You

10 Queen - We Are the Champions

11 Queen - Killer Queen

12 Paul McCartney - Live and Let Die

13 The Clash - London Calling

14 Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army

15 Elton John - Rocket Man

16 Bowie - Starman

17 ABBA - Knowing Me Knowing You

18 Blondie - Denis

19 Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry

20 Carpenters - Close to You

1. Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves

2. Abba - S.O.S.

3. Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You

4. Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

5. Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You

6. Queen - We Are The Champions

7. Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

8. Elton John - Candle In The Wind

9. Abba - Money Money Money

10. Police - Message In A Bottle

11. Boston - More Than A Feeling

12. Queen - We Will Rock You

13. Abba - Fernando

14. Clash - London Calling

15. Donna Summer - I Feel Love

16. David Bowie - Fame

17. Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

18. Derek & The Dominoes - Layla

19. Police - Roxanne

20. Rod Stewart - Maggie May

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.-Carpenters----(They Long To Be) Close To You :wub: :wub: :wub:

2.-Abba - S.O.S.

3.-Abba - Fernando

4.-Abba - Money Money Money

5.-Bee Gees - Night Fever

6.-Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive

7.-Billy Joel - Piano Man

8.-Boston - More Than A Feeling

9.-Carly Simon - You're So Vain

10.-Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me

11.-Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

12.-Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

13.-Police - Roxanne

14.-Queen - We Will Rock You

15.-Queen - We Are The Champions

16.-Queen - Killer Queen

17.-Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize

18.-Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way

19.-Abba-Knowing Me Knowing You

20.-Bob Marley-No woman No cry

 

 

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1970s Record Of The Decade Playoffs : Results

 

Thanks to the 33 of you who voted:

 

Position / Artist - Song Title / Points Scored

 

60th Shocking Blue - Venus 9

59th Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary 23

58th Slade - Far far away 39

57th David Bowie - Fame 45

56th Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama 46

54th Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 48

54th Thin Lizzy - Boys Are Back In Town 48

52nd Elton John - Candle In The Wind 61

52nd Aerosmith - Sweet Emotion 61

51st Bee Gees - Night Fever 64

50th David Bowie - John I'm Only Dancing 65

49th Paul McCartney & Wings - Live And Let Die 68

48th Rolling Stones - Miss You 69

47th Thelma Houston - Don't Leave Me This Way 70

46th Pink Floyd - Money 72

45th Mott The Hoople (or David Bowie) - All The Young Dudes 73

44th Sweet - Love Is Like Oxygen 80

43rd Led Zeppelin - All My Love 83

42nd Who - Won't Get Fooled Again 84

41st Rod Stewart - Maggie May 86

 

40th Al Green - Let's Stay Together 94

39th Billy Joel - Piano Man 96

38th Kinks - Lola 104

37th T Rex - Get It On 109

35th Led Zeppelin - Immigrant's Song 113

35th Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love 113

34th Derek & The Dominoes - Layla 114

33rd Joni Mitchell - Big Yellow Taxi 115

32nd Blue Oyster Cult - (Don't Fear) The Reaper 116

30th Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing 118

30th Elton John - Rocket Man 118

29th Fleetwood Mac - Dreams 119

28th Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize 121

27th Elton John - Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me 126

26th Elvis Costello & Attractions - Oliver's Army 127

25th Police - Roxanne 128

24th Donna Summer - I Feel Love 130

23rd Carly Simon - You're So Vain 131

22nd Cher - Gypsies Tramps And Thieves 134

 

The following songs go through to the 1970s Record of The Decade Final:

 

19th Abba - Fernando 135

19th Queen - Killer Queen 135

19th Blondie - Denis 135

18th Black Sabbath - Paranoid 137

16th Abba - Knowing Me Knowing You 138

16th Bob Marley & Wailers - No Woman No Cry 138

15th Queen - We Will Rock You 143

14th David Bowie - Changes 147

12th Carpenters - (They Long To Be) Close To You 151

12th Abba - Money Money Money 151

11th Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water 155

10th Clash - London Calling 160

9th Aerosmith - Dream On 163

8th Boston - More Than A Feeling 167

7th Abba - S.O.S. 170

6th Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive 177

5th David Bowie - Starman 182

4th Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here 186

3rd Queen - We Are The Champions 191

2nd Police - Message In A Bottle 212

 

1st Led Zeppelin - Kashmir 227

 

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