Music
These are Billboard's top twenty songs for each year during 1970-1979.
1970
1 Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water 2 Carpenters (They Long To Be) Close To You 3 Guess Who American Woman / No Sugar Tonight 4 B.J. Thomas Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head 5 Edwin Starr War 6 Diana Ross Ain't No Mountain High Enough 7 Jackson 5 I'll Be There 8 Rare Earth Get Ready 9 Beatles Let It Be 10 Freda Payne Band Of Gold 11 Three Dog Night Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 12 Ray Stevens Everything Is Beautiful 13 Bread Make It With You 14 Vanity Fair Hitchin' A Ride 15 Jackson 5 ABC 16 Jackson 5 The Love You Save / I Found That Girl 17 Neil Diamond Cracklin' Rose 18 Dawn Candida 19 Sly and The Family Stone Thank You (Fallettin Me Be Mice Elf Again) / Everybody Is A Star 20 Eric Burdon and War Spill The Wine 1971 1 Three Dog Night Joy To The World 2 Rod Stewart Maggie May / (Find A) Reason To Believe 3 Carole King It's Too Late / I Feel The Earth Move 4 Osmonds One Bad Apple 5 Bee Gees How Can You Mend A Broken Heart 6 Raiders Indian Reservation 7 Donny Osmond Go Away Little Girl 8 John Denver Take Me Home, Country Roads 9 Temptations Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) 10 Dawn Knock Three Times 11 Janis Joplin Me And Bobby McGee 12 Al Green Tired Of Being Alone 13 Honey Cone Want Ads 14 Undisputed Truth Smiling Faces Sometimes 15 Cornelius Brothers and Sister Rose Treat Her Like A Lady 16 James Taylor You've Got A Friend 17 Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff 18 Rolling Stones Brown Sugar 19 Lee Michaels Do You Know What I Mean 20 Joan Baez The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down 1972 1 Roberta Flack The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face 2 Gilbert O'Sullivan Alone Again (Naturally) 3 Don McLean American Pie 4 Nilsson Without You 5 Sammy Davis Jr. Candy Man 6 Joe Tex I Gotcha 7 Bill Withers Lean On Me 8 Mac Davis Baby Don't Get Hooked On Me 9 Melanie Brand New Key 10 Wayne Newton Daddy Dont You Walk So Fast 11 Al Green Let's Stay Together 12 Looking Glass Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) 13 Chi-Lites Oh Girl 14 Gallery Nice To Be With You 15 Chuck Berry My Ding-A-Ling 16 Luther Ingram If Loving You Is Wrong I Don't Want To Be Right 17 Neil Young Heart Of Gold 18 Stylistics Betcha By Golly, Wow 19 Staple Singers I'll Take You There 20 Michael Jackson Ben 1973 1 Tony Orlando and Dawn Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree 2 Jim Croce Bad Bad Leroy Brown 3 Roberta Flack Killing Me Softly With His Song 4 Marvin Gaye Let's Get It On 5 Paul McCartney and Wings My Love 6 Kris Kristofferson Why Me 7 Elton John Crocodile Rock 8 Billy Preston Will It Go Round In Circles 9 Carly Simon You're So Vain 10 Diana Ross Touch Me In The Morning 11 Vicki Lawrence The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia 12 Clint Holmes Playground In My Mind 13 Stories Brother Louie 14 Helen Reddy Delta Dawn 15 Billy Paul Me And Mrs. Jones 16 Edgar Winter Group Frankenstein 17 Dobie Gray Drift Away 18 Sweet Little Willy 19 Stevie Wonder You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 20 Cher Half Breed 1974 1 Barbra Streisand The Way We Were 2 Terry Jacks Seasons In The Sun 3 Love Unlimited Orchestra Love's Theme 4 Redbone Come And Get Your Love 5 Jackson 5 Dancing Machine 6 Grand Funk Railroad The Loco-Motion 7 MFSB TSOP 8 Ray Stevens The Streak 9 Elton John Bennie And The Jets 10 Mac Davis One Hell Of A Woman 11 Aretha Franklin Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) 12 Kool and The Gang Jungle Boogie 13 Maria Muldaur Midnight At The Oasis 14 Stylistics You Make Me Feel Brand New 15 Al Wilson Show And Tell 16 Jim Stafford Spiders And Snakes 17 David Essex Rock On 18 John Denver Sunshine On My Shoulder 19 Blue Magic Sideshow 20 Blue Swede Hooked On A Feeling 1975 1 Captain and Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together 2 Glen Campbell Rhinestone Cowboy 3 Elton John Philadelphia Freedom 4 Freddy Fender Before The Next Teardrop Falls 5 Frankie Valli My Eyes Adored You 6 Earth, Wind and Fire Shining Star 7 David Bowie Fame 8 Neil Sedaka Laughter In The Rain 9 Eagles One Of These Nights 10 John Denver Thank God I'm A Country Boy 11 Bee Gees Jive Talkin' 12 Eagles Best Of My Love 13 Minnie Riperton Lovin' You 14 Carl Douglas Kung Fu Fighting 15 Doobie Brothers Black Water 16 Sweet Ballroom Blitz 17 B.J. Thomas (Hey Wont You Play) Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song 18 Tony Orlando and Dawn He Don't Love You (Like I Love You) 19 Janis Ian At Seventeen 20 Average White Band Pick Up The Pieces 1976 1 Wings Silly Love Songs 2 Elton John and Kiki Dee Don't Go Breaking My Heart 3 Johnnie Taylor Disco Lady 4 Four Seasons December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night) 5 Wild Cherry Play That Funky Music 6 Manhattans Kiss And Say Goodbye 7 The Miracles Love Machine (Part 1) 8 Paul Simon 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover 9 Gary Wright Love Is Alive 10 Walter Murphy and The Big Apple Band A Fifth Of Beethoven 11 Daryl Hall and John Oates Sara Smile 12 Starland Vocal Band Afternoon Delight 13 Barry Manilow I Write The Songs 14 Silver Convention Fly, Robin, Fly 15 Diana Ross Love Hangover 16 Seals and Crofts Get Closer 17 Andrea True Connection More, More, More 18 Queen Bohemian Rhapsody 19 Dorothy Moore Misty Blue 20 Sylvers Boogie Fever 1977 1 Rod Stewart Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright) 2 Andy Gibb I Just Want To Be Your Everything 3 Emotions Best Of My Love 4 Barbra Streisand Love Theme From "A Star Is Born" 5 Hot Angel In Your Arms 6 Kenny Nolan I Like Dreamin' 7 Thelma Houston Don't Leave Me This Way 8 Rita Coolidge (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher And Higher 9 Alan O'Day Undercover Angel 10 Mary MacGregor Torn Between Two Lovers 11 K.C. and The Sunshine Band I'm Your Boogie Man 12 ABBA Dancing Queen 13 Leo Sayer You Make Me Feel Like Dancing 14 Jimmy Buffett Margaritaville 15 Electric Light Orchestra Telephone Line 16 Pablo Cruise Whatcha Gonna Do? 17 Peter McCann Do You Wanna Make Love 18 Stevie Wonder Sir Duke 19 Eagles Hotel California 20 Marvin Gaye Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 1978 1 Andy Gibb Shadow Dancing 2 Bee Gees Night Fever 3 Debby Boone You Light Up My Life 4 Bee Gees Stayin' Alive 5 Exile Kiss You All Over 6 Bee Gees How Deep Is Your Love 7 Player Baby Come Back 8 Andy Gibb (Love Is) Thicker Than Water 9 A Taste Of Honey Boogie Oogie Oogie 10 Commodores Three Times A Lady 11 Frankie Valli Grease 12 Paul Davis I Go Crazy 13 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John You're The One That I Want 14 Samantha Sang Emotion 15 Eric Clapton Lay Down Sally 16 Rolling Stones Miss You 17 Billy Joel Just The Way You Are 18 Wings With A Little Luck 19 Yvonne Elliman If I Can't Have You 20 Chic Dance, Dance, Dance (Yowsah, Yowsah, Yowsah) 1979 1 Knack My Sharona 2 Donna Summer Bad Girls 3 Chic Le Freak 4 Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I'm Sexy 5 Peaches and Herb Reunited 6 Gloria Gaynor I Will Survive 7 Donna Summer Hot Stuff 8 Village People Y.M.C.A. 9 Anita Ward Ring My Bell 10 Robert John Sad Eyes 11 Bee Gees Too Much Heaven 12 Donna Summer MacArthur Park 13 Dr. Hook When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman 14 David Naughton Makin' It 15 Pointer Sisters Fire 16 Bee Gees Tragedy 17 Olivia Newton-John A Little More Love 18 Blondie Heart Of Glass 19 Doobie Brothers What A Fool Believes 20 Chic Good Times |
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