Top Songs of the 70s
The 70s ushered so many different kinds of music into vogue.
Our radios were playing everything from easy listening to hard rock to disco.
America’s youth sang and danced with their friends to their favorite songs and adults crowded trendy nightclubs and discos that played the latest tunes all night long.
As far as music is concerned, it was a memorable decade, and there are many top songs from the 70s that will be forever engrained in our memories.
They’re sung by some of the greatest names of the 1970s as well as some one-hit wonders whose name never again appeared on the charts. They come from a variety of different genres and are a wonderful representation of the music of the decade.
1970
Get Ready – Rare Earth
American Woman – The Guess Who
Bridge Over Troubled Waters – Simon and Garfunkel
ABC – Jackson 5
Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head – B.J. Thomas
Let It Be – The Beatles
1971
Knock Three Times – Dawn
One Bad Apple – The Osmonds
It’s Too Late – Carole King
Take Me Home, Country Roads – John Denver
Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
1972
American Pie – Don McLean
Brand New Key – Melanie
Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan
Lean on Me – Bill Withers
The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face – Roberta Flack
Let’s Stay Together – Al Green
1973
Crocodile Rock – Elton John
Bad, Bad Leroy Brown – Jim Croce
Me and Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul
Killing Me Softly with His Song – Roberta Flack
Delta Dawn – Helen Reddy
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree – Tony Orlando and Dawn
1974
The Locomotion – Grand Funk
Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks
TSOP (The Sounds of Philadelphia) – MFSB featuring The Three Degrees
You Make Me Feel Brand New – The Stylistics
Sunshine on My Shoulders – John Denver
Come and Get Your Love – Redbone
1975
Love Will Keep Us Together – The Captain and Tenille
My Eyes Adored You – Franki Valli
At Seventeen – Janis Ian
One of These Nights – Eagles
Shining Star – Earth, Wind, and Fire
Philadelphia Freedom – Elton John
1976
Play that Funky Music – Wild Cherry
Disco Lady – Johnnie Taylor
A Fifth of Beethoven – Walter Murphy
50 Ways to Leave your Lover – Paul McCartney
Tonight’s the Night – Rod Stewart
Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
1977
You Light Up My Life – Debbie Boone
Evergreen – Barbara Streisand
Dancing Queen – Abba
I Like Dreamin – Kenny Nolan
Torn Between Two Lovers – Mary MacGregor
I Just Want to Be your Everything – Andy Gibb
1978
Night Fever – Bee Gees
Stayin’ Alive – Bee Gees
Three Times a Lady – Commodores
Boogie Ooogie Oogie – A Taste of Honey
You’re the One that I Want – John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
Shadow Dancing – Andy Gibb
1979
Le Freak – Chic
My Sharona – The Knack
YMCA – Village People
I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor
Hot Stuff – Donna Summer
Do Ya Think I’m Sexy? – Rod Stewart
