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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). #
Because music from the ‘70s is so iconic, many songs are still used and referenced in pop culture today (i.e. Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), a biopic of the band Queen; the Guardians of the Galaxy ...
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 ...
Roberta Flack had two of the biggest hits of the decade with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", from the Clint Eastwood film Play Misty for Me; and "Killing Me Softly". Both were #1 hits on the pop charts and she became the first and the only female artist to win back to back Grammy Awards for Record of the Year. [22]
The Jackson 5 reached number one for the first time in January and by the end of the year had accumulated four chart-toppers.. 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 ...
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 ...
List of number-one artists by total weeks at number one Position Artist Weeks at No. 1 1 The Jackson 5 10 2 Simon & Garfunkel 6 3 B.J. Thomas 4 The Beatles The Carpenters 6 The Guess Who 3 Edwin Starr Diana Ross The Partridge Family 10 Sly & the Family Stone 2 Ray Stevens Three Dog Night Smokey Robinson & the Miracles 14 Shocking Blue 1 Bread
"All My Life" by K-Ci & JoJo (1997) "Close to me you're like my father, Close to me you're like my sister, Close to me you're like my brother" Well, OK—that seems weird, but I'm still down with it.