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According to Christgau, the decade also saw greater fragmentation along stylistic lines because of the rise of semipopular music: "It goes back to whenever arty types began to find 'the best' rock worthy of attention in the '60s, but in the '60s tolerance was the rule; it was easier to name rough substyles—say British invasion, folk-rock ...
A list of musical groups and artists who were active in the 1960s and associated with music in the decade This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The artists of the 1970s produced so many chart-topping hits we compiled a list. It includes bands and singers such as Stevie Wonder, ABBA, and Redbone. ... the free love movement of the '60s and ...
Still, it was the '70s that saw the R&B singer paving the way for future artists. During that decade, Wonder recorded five chart-topping singles, as well as his 1976 diamond platinum album "Songs ...
Roy Orbison was one of rock's famous artists who wrote ballads of lost love. In the early part of the decade, Elvis Presley continued to score hits. For most of the 60s, Presley mostly released films. Presley decided to get away from films by 1969; his last #1 song on the charts was Suspicious Minds which was released in 1969.
Neil Diamond released three multi-platinum live albums in the ‘70s, but the most famous one is Hot August Night, perhaps in part because of Diamond’s hilariously strange pose on the album cover.
In 1970, 16 songs topped the chart based on playlists submitted by easy listening radio stations and sales reports submitted by stores. [ 1 ] In the issue of Billboard dated January 3, the number one position was held by " Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head " by B. J. Thomas , which was in its third week in the top spot, [ 2 ] and in the same ...
Sweet Movie: Dušan Makavejev: Carole Laure, John Vernon, Anna Prucnal: France [27] The Text of Light: Stan Brakhage: United States: They Do Not Exist: Mustafa Abu Ali: Palestine [28] [failed verification] Vase de Noces: Thierry Zéno: Dominique Garny: Belgium: The Wait: Uzi Peres: Israel 1975: Bataille de Waterloo: Marcel Broodthaers: Belgium ...