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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 and since 2005 has been published as Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs. [1] In 1970, it was ...
Bat Out of Hell (song) Be Here Now (George Harrison song) Beast of Burden (song) Beautiful (Gordon Lightfoot song) Because the Night; Before My Heart Finds Out; Behind Blue Eyes; Bein' Green; Ben (song) Best of My Love (Eagles song) Betcha by Golly, Wow; Beth (song) Better Love Next Time; Beware of Darkness (song) Bless You (John Lennon song)
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). #
The following is a list of notable soft rock bands and artists and their most notable soft rock songs. This list should not include artists whose main style of music is anything other than soft rock, even if they have released one or more songs that fall under the "soft rock" genre. (Such songs can be added under Category:Soft rock songs.)
It reached its peak in the mid- to late 1970s with acts like the reformed Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours (1977) was the best selling album of the decade. [6] Major British soft rock artists of the 1970s included 10cc, Mungo Jerry and ELO. A large number of mainstream rock songs fit into the singer-songwriter classification.
Five albums in the series were released, one each for the years from 1970 to 1974. All 50 tracks reached the top ten of the Billboard Easy Listening chart and were top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. In addition to the individual availability of each volume, the series was also issued in box set.
Issue date Album Artist January 3: Puzzle People: The Temptations: January 10 January 17 January 24 January 31 February 7 February 14: Diana Ross Presents The Jackson 5
Nineteen artists scored multiple entries in the top 10 in 1970. Elvis Presley and The Jackson 5 shared the record for most top 10 hits in 1970 with four hit singles each. Christie was one of a number of artists with two top-ten entries, including the number-one single "Yellow River".