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Top 40 songs of the 70s
As Jason Hardy has just played the top 40 songs of the 70s, I thought I would list them here. I noticed a few oddities in his announcements. For example, he would time no 1s according to month of release rather than month they topped the chart. For example, he claimed the New Seekers to have been no 1 in Nov 73 instead of Jan 74. He also claimed The Floral Dance to have been no 1, when really it only made no 2. He did not name the no 11 song but I think I know what it was.
I have marked # by the songs he didn't play (hash as in hash-up of the timings as it was only a 2-hour show ). I have chosen my own top 10 within the list, and marked ~ by these but a * for my own no 1 from this top 40.Anyway, the list is as below. # 40 George Harrison:- My Sweet Lord 39 Bee Gees:- How Deep is Your Love? 38 Dr Hook:- When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman 37 Gloria Gaynor:- I Will Survive 36 Leo Sayer:- When I Need You # 35 Peters & Lee:- Welcome Home ~ 34 Elton John/ Kiki Dee:- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 33 Nilsson:- Without You # 32 Father Abraham & the Smurfs:- The Smurf Song #~ 31 Tubeway Army:- Are Friends Electric? # 30 Johnny Mathis:- When a Child is Born ~ 29 Abba:- Dancing Queen # 28 Boomtown Rats:- I Don’t Like Mondays 27 New Seekers:- You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me 26 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band:- The Floral Dance 25 Cliff Richard:- We Don’t Talk Anymore 24 Commodores:- Three Times a Lady 23 Pussycat:- Mississippi 22 Rod Stewart:- Sailing # 21 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards:- Amazing Grace ~ 20 Ian Dury & the Blockheads:- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 19 Showaddywaddy:- Under the Moon of Love ~ 18 Dawn:- Tie a Yellow Ribbon 17 New Seekers:- I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing 16 Julie Covington:- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina # 15 Little Jimmy Osmond:- Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool 14 Simon Park Orchestra:- Eye Level #~ 13 Slade:- Merry Christmas Everybody ~ 12 Brotherhood of Man:- Save Your Kisses for Me 11 not disclosed, but presumably Gary Glitter:- I Love You Love Me Love 10 David Soul:- Don’t Give Up on Us 9 Art Garfunkel:- Bright Eyes * 8 Blondie:- Heart of Glass # 7 Queen:- Bohemian Rhapsody 6 Village People:- YMCA #~ 5 John Travolta/ Olivia Newton-John:- Summer Nights # 4 Boney M:- Mary’s Boy Child ~ 3 John Travolta/ Olivia Newton-John:- You’re the One that I Want # 2 Boney M:- Rivers of Babylon 1 Wings:- Mull of Kintyre |
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I like so many of these songs.
How was this compiled? Was it sales based or a public vote maybe? Either way I wish I'd heard it. |
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I like so many of these songs.
How was this compiled? Was it sales based or a public vote maybe? Either way I wish I'd heard it. |
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Thanks, I'll try in a couple of days. I'm a permanent big fan of 70's music anyway, it's my favourite music, but for some reason I'm particularly into listening to 70's music of all types at the moment. I can't get "Leader Of The Pack" and "Blockbuster" out of my head today along with Donna Summer's "Down Deep Inside".
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There were so many great songs in the 70's, but unfortunately most of them are not in that list.
Two Boney M songs in the top four is hilarious, and just shows lack of taste is there for all generations. |
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There were so many great songs in the 70's, but unfortunately most of them are not in that list.
Two Boney M songs in the top four is hilarious, and just shows lack of taste is there for all generations. i presume this was based on sales?.. nothing annoys me more then crediting a track being at #1 wrongly. prime example is my fav, 'keep on running' spencer daivis group. it was released and entered the charts in december 65, but was the first #1 of 1966, so when its referred to as "a #1 from 1965" it really pisses my off... NO IT WASNT!. |
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Interestingly, there is nothing from 1970 or '71. New Seekers may have snuck in at the end of 1971 but wasn't really a hit until '72.
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This is nothing more than purely a sales list. Certainly no chance of it being a public vote, as Gary Glitter would hardly be getting voted in at No11 nowadays would he! It's sales. These kind of lists are getting rather tedious on radio programmes aren't they?
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My own particular ultimate 70s top 40, culled from a greater number with several reluctant exclusions to get down to the required figures.
1) Kiki Dee-Amoreuse 2) Kiki Dee-I Got The Music In Me 3) Manhattan Transfer-Chanson D'Amour 4) Manhattan Transfer-Walk In Love 5) Clifford T Ward-Gaye 6) 10CC-I'm Not In Love 7) Love Unlimited-Walkin' In The Rain With The One I Love 8) Love Unlimited-It May Be Winter Outside (But In My Heart It's Spring) 9) ELO-Telephone Line 10) Abba-I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do 11) Abba-Fernando 12) Deniece Williams-Free 13) When I Need You-Leo Sayer 14) Abba-Dancing Queen 15) Pussycat-Mississippi 16) Judy Tzuke-Stay With Me Till Dawn 17) Dooleys-Love Of My Life 18) Dooleys-Think I'm Gonna Fall In Love With You 19) Manfred Mann-Blinded By The Light 20) Argent-Hold Your Head Up 21) Sweet-Love Is Like Oxygen 22) Floaters-Float On 23) Jigsaw-Sky High 25) Exile-Kiss You All Over 26) Patsy Gallant-From New York To LA 27) KC & The Sunshine Band-Shake Your Booty 29) George Harrison-You 30) Love Unlimited Orchestra-Love's Theme 31) David Bowie-Heroes 32) David Bowie-Life On Mars 33) David Bowie-Sound & Vision 34) Paul Evans-Hello, This Is Joannie 35) Sheila & B Devotion-Singin' In The Rain 36) Sheila & B Devotion-Spacer 37) John Lennon-Mind Games 38) John Lennon-Number Nine Dream 39) John Lennon-Whatever Gets You Through The Night 40) Sylvia-Pillow Talk |
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From your own choices Phoenix I paricularly like Hold Your Head Up and Whatever Gets You Through the Night.
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my top singles of the 70's. in no order.
Mr Bloe - Groovin with mr bloe Ides of March - Vehicle Juicy Lucy - Who do you love? Rare Bird - Sympathy Fleetwood Mac - The green manalishi (with the two pronged crown) Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo chile Hollies - Gasoline alley bred D B M T - Mr president Jethro Tull - The witches promise Marmalade - Rainbow Exuma - Damn fool Atomic Rooster - Tomorrow night East of Eden - Jig a jig Atomic Rooster - Devils answer John Dumas - Nine by nine Electric Light Orchestra - 10538 Overture Todd Rundgren - I saw the light Electric Light Orchestra - Showdown Steeleye Span - Gaudette Albert Hammond - It never rains in southern california Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown Ronnie Lane and Slim Chance - The Poacher Cockney Rebel - Mr soft Prelude - After the goldrush Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel - Make me smile (come up and see me) Jam - All around the world Gordon Lightfoot - The wreck of the edmund fitzgerald Public Image ltd – Public image Kate Bush – Wuthering heights Squeeze – Take me im yours Skids – Into the valley Angelic Upstarts - Im an upstart Squeeze – Slap n tickle ok, theres not 40, but these by year were my top favs. |
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Interestingly, there is nothing from 1970 or '71. New Seekers may have snuck in at the end of 1971 but wasn't really a hit until '72.
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As Jason Hardy has just played the top 40 songs of the 70s, I thought I would list them here. I noticed a few oddities in his announcements. For example, he would time no 1s according to month of release rather than month they topped the chart. For example, he claimed the New Seekers to have been no 1 in Nov 73 instead of Jan 74. He also claimed The Floral Dance to have been no 1, when really it only made no 2. He did not name the no 11 song but I think I know what it was.
I have marked # by the songs he didn't play (hash as in hash-up of the timings as it was only a 2-hour show ). I have chosen my own top 10 within the list, and marked ~ by these but a * for my own no 1 from this top 40.Anyway, the list is as below. # 40 George Harrison:- My Sweet Lord 39 Bee Gees:- How Deep is Your Love? 38 Dr Hook:- When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman 37 Gloria Gaynor:- I Will Survive 36 Leo Sayer:- When I Need You # 35 Peters & Lee:- Welcome Home ~ 34 Elton John/ Kiki Dee:- Don’t Go Breaking My Heart 33 Nilsson:- Without You # 32 Father Abraham & the Smurfs:- The Smurf Song #~ 31 Tubeway Army:- Are Friends Electric? # 30 Johnny Mathis:- When a Child is Born ~ 29 Abba:- Dancing Queen # 28 Boomtown Rats:- I Don’t Like Mondays 27 New Seekers:- You Won’t Find Another Fool Like Me 26 Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band:- The Floral Dance 25 Cliff Richard:- We Don’t Talk Anymore 24 Commodores:- Three Times a Lady 23 Pussycat:- Mississippi 22 Rod Stewart:- Sailing # 21 Royal Scots Dragoon Guards:- Amazing Grace ~ 20 Ian Dury & the Blockheads:- Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick 19 Showaddywaddy:- Under the Moon of Love ~ 18 Dawn:- Tie a Yellow Ribbon 17 New Seekers:- I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing 16 Julie Covington:- Don’t Cry for Me Argentina # 15 Little Jimmy Osmond:- Long-Haired Lover from Liverpool 14 Simon Park Orchestra:- Eye Level #~ 13 Slade:- Merry Christmas Everybody ~ 12 Brotherhood of Man:- Save Your Kisses for Me 11 not disclosed, but presumably Gary Glitter:- I Love You Love Me Love 10 David Soul:- Don’t Give Up on Us 9 Art Garfunkel:- Bright Eyes * 8 Blondie:- Heart of Glass # 7 Queen:- Bohemian Rhapsody 6 Village People:- YMCA #~ 5 John Travolta/ Olivia Newton-John:- Summer Nights # 4 Boney M:- Mary’s Boy Child ~ 3 John Travolta/ Olivia Newton-John:- You’re the One that I Want # 2 Boney M:- Rivers of Babylon 1 Wings:- Mull of Kintyre http://www.everyhit.com/searchsec.php |
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How can any 70s list not include.one things for sure, Mull of bleedin kintyre would not get a look in.who draws up these lists. Sunday school teachers?
Free All right Now & Little bit of Love. Stealers Wheel Stuck in the middle & Star. Steeley Dan, Do it again. Bad Company. Feel like makin Love. Carol King, It's to late. |
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How can any 70s list not include.
Free All right Now & Little bit of Love. Stealers Wheel Stuck in the middle & Star. Steeley Dan, Do it again. Bad Company. Feel like makin Love. Carol King, It's to late. One things for sure, Mull of bleedin kintyre would not get a look in. who draws up these lists. Sunday school teachers? |
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How can any 70s list not include.
Free All right Now & Little bit of Love. Stealers Wheel Stuck in the middle & Star. Steeley Dan, Do it again. Bad Company. Feel like makin Love. Carol King, It's to late. One things for sure, Mull of bleedin kintyre would not get a look in. who draws up these lists. Sunday school teachers? It was obviously based on sales so it was the British buying public. The biggest hit on your list is Free's "All right Now" which was a no.2 so it was doubtful that any of the tracks you listed would have been in there. Pick any decade and the results would be the same. The British public in general have always had and always probably will have truly awful taste in music.
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Just a little disappointed that T.Rex didn't make the top 40.
I always thought 'Hot Love' was one of the biggest hits of the early 70s. Or Chicory Tip's 'Son of My Father' or Steve Harley's 'Make Me Smile' but not as big as I thought. Pity. Of course the songs that go on to have a lasting influence and audience, don't always sell the most initially. |
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Of course the songs that go on to have a lasting influence and audience, don't always sell the most initially. |
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i presume this was based on sales?.. nothing annoys me more then crediting a track being at #1 wrongly. prime example is my fav, 'keep on running' spencer daivis group. it was released and entered the charts in december 65, but was the first #1 of 1966, so when its referred to as "a #1 from 1965" it really pisses my off... NO IT WASNT!. |
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If it's based on sales where is Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie? as it's in the top 10 singles sellers of all time (7th and the only 1970's track) and was the top selling single in the 1970's
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New Seekers made number 2 in July 1971
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If it's based on sales where is Baccara - Yes Sir, I Can Boogie? as it's in the top 10 singles sellers of all time (7th and the only 1970's track) and was the top selling single in the 1970's
I'm pretty sure the Top 10 all time sellers list of the UK charts features a few 70s tracks like a couple of Grease songs, a couple of Boney M songs, Mull Of Kintyre and Bohemian Rhapsody (70s & 1991 sales combined) in fact 6 of the top 7 of the 70s Top 10 is in there, I'm sure. |
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The Beatles were number one from 18th dec 1965 SDG made it to number 1 on 22nd jan 1966
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yes i know, thats my point, keep on running is often (in pop music quizes) referred to as 'a number one from 65'.. when it was a #1 in 66.
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). I have chosen my own top 10 within the list, and marked ~ by these but a * for my own no 1 from this top 40.
It was obviously based on sales so it was the British buying public. The biggest hit on your list is Free's "All right Now" which was a no.2 so it was doubtful that any of the tracks you listed would have been in there. Pick any decade and the results would be the same. The British public in general have always had and always probably will have truly awful taste in music.
