The 70s is most probably an acquired taste for those of us who's childhood was in the 90s which led us to worship the artists and bands of pop and alternative. However, in the 70s we see the ascension of disco and its peak in the latter part of the decade. The decade actually belonged to rock. The mainstream was definitely hard rock as the chart toppers were mostly from the head banging artists and bands. Pop music was also gaining momentum but with slower numbers suited for the dancing of that era. There is mostly original music unlike the 90s and 2000s where artists and bands tend to sample and cover the same old song with different beats and twists.
This list is a compilation of the greatest hits released between 1970-1979 by different artists and bands with the exception of a very few artists having collaborated on songs. I have deliberately excluded other double entries for the sole purpose of providing space for one-hit wonders and to prevent artists or bands such as Elton John, Queen and The Beatles from having double entries. Therefore, painstakingly I have had to research and find out the best song released by these artists and bands. Thus, these are the Ultimate Hits of the 70s based on chart performance as well as accolades received.
- Pink Floyd – Another brick in the wall Part II
- Olivia Newton John & John Travolta – You’re the one that I want
- Bee Gees – Tragedy
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over troubled water
- Gloria Gaynor – I will survive
- John Lennon – Imagine
- Queen – Bohemian rhapsody
- Blondie – Heart of glass
- Elton John & Kiki Dee – Don’t go breaking my heart
- ABBA – Dancing queen
- The Beatles – Let it be
- Debby Boone – You light up my life
- George Harrison – My sweet lord
- Carl Douglas – Kung fu fighting
- Anita Ward – Ring my Bell
- Chicago – If you leave me now
- Roberta Flack – Killing me softly with his song
- Glen Campbell – Rhinestone cowboy
- Ray Stevens – The Streak
- Boney M – Rivers of Babylon
- Harry Nilsson – Without you
- Neil Diamond – Cracklin’ Rosie
- Elvis Presley – Burning love
- Chic – Le freak
- Leo Sayer – When I need you
- The Rolling Stones – Angie
- Gilbert O’ Sullivan – Alone again (naturally)
- Village People – Y.M.C.A.
- Donny Osmond – Puppy love
- Wings – Silly love songs
- Marvin Gaye – Let’s get it on
- Carole King – It’s too late
- Barry White – You’re the first, the last, my everything
- Terry Jacks – Seasons in the sun
- Van McCoy – The hustle
- Rod Stewart – Da ya think I’m sexy
- Don McClean – American pie
- George McCrae – Rock your baby
- Michael Jackson – Don’t stop til you get enough
- Led Zeppelin – Whole lotta love
- Barbra Streisand – Evergreen
- BJ Thomas – Raindrops keep falling on my head
- Elton John – Crocodile rock
- The Carpenters – Top of the world
- Chuck Berry – My ding-a-ling
- KC and the Sunshine Band – That’s the way (I like it)
- Eagles – Hotel California
- Jackson 5 – I’ll be there
- Hues Corporation – Rock the boat
- Stevie Wonder – Superstition
- A Taste of Honey – Boogie, oogie, oogie
- Tony Orlando and Dawn – Knock three times
- The Knack – My Sharona
- Carly Simon – You’re so vain
- America – A horse with no name
- David Soul – Don’t give up on us
- Smokey Robinson and The Miracles – The tears of a clown
- Cliff Richard – We don’t talk anymore
- Al Green – Let’s stay together
- The Emotions – Best of my love
- The Moody Blues – Nights in white satin
- Minnie Riperton – Lovin’ you
- James Taylor – You’ve got a friend
- Mud – Tiger feet
- The Three Degrees – When will I see you again
- Wild Cherry – Play that funky music
- The Buggles – Video killed the radio star
- Andy Gibb – Shadow dancing
- Diana Ross – Do you know where you’re going to
- Johnny Nash – I can see clearly now
- Helen Reddy – I am woman
- Sonny and Cher – All I ever need is you
- Barry Manilow – Mandy
- The Police – Message in a bottle
- The Pretenders – Brass in pocket
- Donna Summer – Hot stuff
- Sly and the Family Stone – Family affair
- Tammy Wynette – Stand by your man
- Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand – You don’t bring me flowers
- M – Pop Muzik
- Anne Murray – You needed me
- Janis Joplin – Me and Bobby McGee
- Meco – Star Wars Theme
- Freddie Fender – Before the next teardrop falls
- David Bowie – Fame
- T. Rex – Get it on
- The Temptations – Just my imagination (running away with me)
- The Manhattans – Kiss and say goodbye
- Olivia Newton John – I honestly love you
- Styx – Babe
- Bill Withers – Lean on me
- Peaches & Herb – Reunited
- Yvonne Elliman – If I can’t have you
- Melanie Safka – Brand new key
- The Osmonds – One bad apple
- Starland Vocal Band – Afternoon delight
- Gladys Knight & the Pips – Midnight train to Georgia
- Silver Connection – Fly Robin Fly
- The Partridge Family – I think I love you
- Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining star
- Eric Clapton – I shot the sheriff
- Commodores – Three times a lady
- Rose Royce – Car wash
- Fleetwood Mac – Dreams
- Kate Bush – Wuthering heights
- Ringo Starr – You’re sixteen
- Middle of the Road – Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
- Tina Charles – I love to love (but my baby loves to dance)
- The Stylistics – You make me feel brand new
- Edison Lighthouse – Love grows (where my Rosemary goes)
- Andy Kim – Rock me gently
- Bay City Rollers – Bye bye baby
- The New Seekers – I’d like to teach the world to sing
- The Four Seasons – December, 1963 (Oh what a night)
- Art Garfunkel – I only have eyes for you
- Neil Young – Heart of gold
- Mary MacGregor – Torn between two lovers
- Brotherhood of Man – Save your kisses for me
- Tubeway Army – Are ‘friends’ electric?
- MFSB & The Three Degrees – TSOP (The sound of Philadelphia)
- Herb Albert – Rise
- Jim Croce – Time in a bottle
- David Cassidy – How I can I be sure
- Mac Davis – Baby don’t get hooked on me
- The Rubettes – Sugar baby love
- Dr. Hook – When you’re in love with a beautiful woman
- Cher – Gypsys, Tramps and Thieves
- Billy Paul – Me & Mrs. Jones
- Ohio Players – Love rollercoaster
- Gary Glitter – I love you love me love
- The Guess Who – American woman
- Dionne Warwick & The Spinners – Then came you
- Neil Sedaka – Bad blood
- Billy Preston – Nothing from nothing
- Rupert Holmes – Escape (The Pina Colada Song)
- Slade – Mama weer all crazee now
- Shaun Cassidy – Da doo ron ron
- Bread – Make it with you
- Dave Edmunds – I hear you knocking
- Pussycat – Mississipi
- Suzi Quatro – Can the can
- Gary Numan – Cars
- Lena Martell – One day at a time
- Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell – Dueling banjos
- The Boomtown Rats – I don’t like Mondays
- Windsor Davies and Don Estelle – Whispering grass
- 10cc – I’m not in love
- David Essex – Hold me close
- Sweet – Fox on the run
- Earth, Wind & Fire & The Emotions – Boogie wonderland
- The Spinners – Working my way back to you/Forgive me girl
- Ken Boothe – Everything I own
- The Manhattan Transfer – Chanson d’amour
- Player – Baby come back
- Paper Lace – Billy don’t be a hero
- Jean Knight – Mr. Big stuff
- Johnnie Taylor – Disco lady
- Three Dog Night – Joy to the world
- Showaddywaddy – Under the moon of love
- Vicky Lawrence – The night the lights went out in Georgia
- The Chi-Lites – Oh girl
- Linda Ronstadt – Blue bayou
- Rick Dees – Disco duck
- Creedance Clearwater Revival – Travelin’ band
- The Supremes – Stoned love
- Tom Jones – She’s a lady
- Status Quo – Down down
- Lieutenant Pigeon – Mouldy old dough
- Exile – Kiss you all over
- Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – Too much, too little, too late
- Smokie – Living next door to Alice
- Ian Dury and the Blockheads – Hit me with your rhythm stick
- Bob Marley – No woman no cry
- The Sylvers – Boogie fever
- Aretha Franklin – Spanish harlem
- Sammy Davis Jr. – The candy man
- Bob Dylan – Knockin’ on heaven’s door
- Pilot – January
- Freda Payne – Band of gold
- Boston – More than a feeling
- Paul Anka & Odia Coates – (You’re) having my baby
- Wizzard – See my baby jive
- Aerosmith – Dream on
- Jimmy Osmond – Long haired lover from Liverpool
- Hot Chocolate – You sexy thing
- Sex Pistols – God save the Queen
- Julie Covington – Don’t cry for me Argentina
- Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet home Alabama
- Stories – Brother Louie
- James Brown – Get up (I feel like being a) sex machine
- Frankie Valli – Grease
- Black Sabbath – Paranoid
- Peters and Lee – Welcome home
- Deep Purple – Smoke on the water
- Five Stairsteps – O-o-h child
- Alvin Stardust – My coo ca choo
- Seals and Crofts – Get closer
- Roxy Music – Love is the drug
- Barry Biggs – Sideshow
- Cheap Trick – I want you to want me
Til the next beat…
At Ease!!!
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