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The Bee Geesscored the most number-one hits (9 songs) and had the longest cumulative run atop the BillboardHot 100 chart (27 weeks) during the 1970s. Rod Stewartremained at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for 17 weeks during the 1970s. Elton Johnamassed the second-most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart during the 1970s (6 songs).
Sailing (Christopher Cross song) " Sailing " is a 1979 soft rock song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross. It was released in June 1980 as the second single from his self-titled debut album (1979), which was already certified gold by this time. The song was a success in the United States, reaching number one on ...
George Michael was the only artist to achieve two year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles in the 1980s. He achieved this with his songs " Faith " and " Careless Whisper ". He is one of two recording acts to achieve more than one year-end Billboard Hot 100 number-one single in the history of the chart, with the other being The Beatles, who ...
Yacht rock (originally known as the West Coast sound[4][5] or adult-oriented rock[6]) is a broad music style and aesthetic [7] commonly associated with soft rock, [8] one of the most commercially successful genres from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. Drawing on sources such as smooth soul, smooth jazz, [1] R&B, and disco, [7] common stylistic ...
The Ship that Never Returned. Sink the Bismark. (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay. Six Months in a Leaky Boat. Sloop John B. Someone's Rocking My Dreamboat. The Song of the Volga Boatmen. Song of the Yue Boatman. Southbound (Carrie Underwood song)
The first wave of Maritime traditional music was led by folk artist John Allan Cameron in the 1970s . By the late 1980s, Cape Breton had produced two crossover acts, the multi-platinum selling The Rankins and the less successful but critically acclaimed Barra MacNeils , Ashley MacIsaac , Natalie MacMaster , Lennie Gallant , and Slainte Mhath .
[2] [1] According to Gavin Sutherland, the Sutherland Brothers co-wrote two original songs with Stewart which Stewart hoped to record for Atlantic Crossing: however the only Sutherland Brothers tune Stewart would record for the album would be "Sailing" whose seemingly nautical theme complemented the album's title. [6]
Simon & Garfunkelhad two songs on the Year-End Hot 100, including "Bridge Over Troubled Water" The Jackson 5had four songs on the Year-End Hot 100, the most of any artist in 1970. This is a list of Billboardmagazine's Top Hot 100songs of the year 1970.[1] It covers from January 3 to November 28, 1970. [2]