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Merle Haggard topped the chart with one of his best-known songs, "The Fightin' Side of Me". [1] Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1970, 23 different singles topped the chart, which was published at this time under the title Hot Country Singles ...
The Bee Gees scored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewart remained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton John amassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs). #
1991 The Dillards: There Is a Time (1963–70) [13] 1991 Southern Pacific: Greatest Hits [14] 1991 Brinsley Schwarz: Surrender to the Rhythm [15] Jan 1991 Desert Rose Band: A Dozen Roses: Greatest Hits
Billboard magazine has published charts ranking the top-performing country music songs in the United States since 1944. The first country chart was published under the title Most Played Juke Box Folk Records in the issue of the magazine dated January 8, 1944, and tracked the songs most played in the nation's jukeboxes. [1]
Bayou Country: 1969 [4] "Born on the Bayou" John Fogerty Bayou Country: 1969 [4] "Born to Move" John Fogerty Pendulum: 1970 [5] "Broken Spoke Shuffle" John Fogerty Green River (40th Anniversary Edition) 2008 [6] "Call It Pretending" John Fogerty Non-album single B-side of "Porterville" 1967 "Chameleon" John Fogerty Pendulum: 1970 [5] "Commotion ...
During the 1970s, a similar style of country rock called southern rock (fusing rock, country, and blues music, and focusing on electric guitars and vocals) was enjoying popularity with country audiences, thanks to such non-country acts as The Ozark Mountain Daredevils, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Allman Brothers Band, and The Marshall Tucker Band.
Merle Haggard topped the chart with the live albums Okie from Muskogee, and The Fightin' Side of Me, each named for one of his best-known songs. Top Country Albums is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music albums in the United States, published by Billboard. In 1970, 10 different albums topped the chart, which was at the time ...
Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1974, 41 different singles topped the chart, which at the time was published under the title Hot Country Singles, in 52 issues of the magazine, based on playlists submitted by country music radio stations and ...