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Billboard published a weekly chart in 1970 ranking the top-performing singles in the United States in soul music and related African American-oriented music genres; the chart has undergone various name changes over the decades to reflect the evolution of such genres and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1] In 1970, it was ...
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). #
0–9. List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1942; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1943; List of Harlem Hit Parade number ones of 1944; List of Billboard number-one R&B songs of 1945
Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the continuation of the free love movement, and, of course, Rock and Roll at its height of fame.
The Carpenters scored their first #1 hit with "(They Long to Be) Close to You" reaching the top spot for four consecutive weeks in 1970. These are the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1970. That year, 14 acts earned their first number one, such as B. J. Thomas, the Jackson 5, Shocking Blue, the Guess Who, Ray Stevens, Three Dog Night ...
Simon & Garfunkel had two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The Jackson 5 had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1970. This is a list of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of the year 1970. [1] It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. [2]
In 1970 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group; In 1971 it was awarded as Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group, Vocal or Instrumental; In 1972 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group; From 1973 to 1980 it was awarded as Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus
August 1 August 8: The Isaac Hayes Movement: Isaac Hayes August 15 August 22: ABC: The Jackson 5 August 29 September 5 September 12 September 19 September 26: Diana Ross: Diana Ross: October 3 October 10: Third Album: The Jackson 5 October 17 October 24 October 31 November 7 November 14 November 21 November 28 December 5 December 12 December 19 ...