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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). #
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]
Other sub-genres of rock, particularly glam rock, [6] hard rock, progressive rock, art rock, blues rock, and heavy metal achieved various amounts of success. Other genres such as reggae were innovative throughout the decade and grew a significant following. [7]
Arguably the biggest rock band of the '70s, the Eagles' two albums from that era—"Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975)" and "Hotel California"—are among the bestselling records of all time.
The double LP live album represents the height of ‘70s rock excess, so leave it to the longwinded prog rockers of Yes to swing for the fences with a triple live album, complete with a Yessongs ...
When introduced by Billboard in March 1981, the Mainstream Rock chart was entitled Top Tracks and designed to measure the airplay of songs being played on album-oriented rock radio stations. The chart has undergone several name changes over the years, first to Top Rock Tracks in September 1984 and then to Album Rock Tracks in April 1986.
The 1970s was an era that produced some of the greatest live albums in history. In the previous decade, artists and producers took great pains to make studio albums sound as spotless and pristine ...
Bon Jovi appealed to their hard rock audience with songs such as "Keep the Faith" (1992), but also achieved success in adult contemporary radio, with the hit ballads "Bed of Roses" (1993) and "Always" (1994). [102] Bon Jovi's 1995 album These Days was a bigger hit in Europe than it was in the United States, [125] spawning four hit singles in ...