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The Billboard Hot 100 is the main song chart of the American music industry and is updated every week by the Billboard magazine. During the 1970s the chart was based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales figures and airplay on American radio stations.
70 "No Time" The Guess Who: 71 "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" The Delfonics: 72 "The Wonder of You" Elvis Presley: 73 "Up Around the Bend" Creedence Clearwater Revival: 74 "(If You Let Me Make Love To You Then) Why Can't I Touch You?" Ronnie Dyson: 75 "I Just Can't Help Believing" B.J. Thomas: 76 "It's a Shame" The Spinners: 77 "For the ...
The song describes a mine cave-in and aftermath, with the implication the two survivors cannibalized their companion, the eponymous Timothy. Written by Rupert Holmes , who also performed piano on the song, "Timothy" was conceived from the band being forced to promote their first single without the aid of their label, Scepter Records .
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 ...
"Signs" is a song by the Canadian rock group Five Man Electrical Band. It was written by the band's frontman, Les Emmerson, and popularized the relatively unknown band, who recorded it for their true first album, Good-byes and Butterflies, in 1970.
July 4 – The music countdown show American Top 40 debuts. July 17 – The Guess Who perform at the White House for President Nixon and his guest the Prince of Wales (now Charles III). At Pat Nixon's request, they do not play their breakthrough hit "American Woman" due to the song's supposed anti-American lyrics.
The song was released as the lead single from the album in March 1970 through Warner Bros. Records. Written by vocalist and frontman Jim Peterik , it is about a girl that often used him for her mode of transportation, leading Peterik to surmise that he was little more than her "vehicle".
All the Madmen (song) All the Tired Horses; All Things Must Pass (song) Almost Cut My Hair; Alone Again (Bee Gees song) The American Ruse; Amos Moses; And I Love You So (song) And the Tide Rushes In; Another Day (Roy Harper song) Another Lonely Night (Jean Shepard song) Anyday (song) Apache Drop Out; Apeman (song) Applause (Bonnie Franklin song ...