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ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images Have you ever wondered what happened to the great heartthrobs of the 1970s and 1980s? In some cases, it's an easy question to answer, as they managed to ...
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 most successful female artist in the 1970s was Loretta Lynn, releasing her best-selling album Coal Miner's Daughter in 1970. She gained a total of seven number one albums, and 20 number one hit singles including her biggest hit single, 1970s "Coal Miner's Daughter," which went on to sell more than 500,000 copies to date.
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 ...
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 ...
If you grew up in the '80s, '90s, or the 2000's, it's safe to say there were plenty of heartthrobs over the years. SEE ALSO: 11 TV stars from the '90s that you most definitely had a crush on.
Paul McCartney with wife and Wings band member Linda.McCartney wrote the Wings song "Mull of Kintyre", which was the best-selling record of the decade.Queen, who spent nine weeks at number one with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in 1975 John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John, who had two number-one singles in 1978 and occupied the top spot for over a quarter of the year.
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]