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    '70s Music -- An Introduction

    • Posted on Sep 30th 2009 4:33PM by Adam Horne
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    Though the psychedelic '60s had ended, '70s music marked a time of great experimentation, as new media outlets helped bring different cultures and audiences closer together than ever before. Rock music was expanding and branching out into new genres: hard rock acts like Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath filled arenas with their explosive sounds while progressive rockers like Rush and King Crimson took cues from experimental classical music to help expand the boundaries of traditional rock music. In other parts of the country, the once underground punk scene started entering the mainstream due to the success of the Ramones, Sex Pistols, and the reggae-infused Clash.

    Other new genres were exploding in popularity as well. Donna Summer, the Village People and the Bee Gees' wildly popular 'Saturday Night Fever' '70s music contributions ushered in the disco era to eager club-goers across the country. In the world of jazz, artists like Miles Davis and the Mahavishnu Orchestra, refusing to isolate themselves from popular modern music, added electric guitar and rock sounds to traditional jazz, creating a new genre known as 'jazz fusion.' Towards the end of the decade, the funk genre was beginning to evolve into what would become modern day hip hop, thanks largely in part to the popularity of 'Rapper's Delight,' the 1979 hit single by the Sugarhill Gang.

    Popular Styles in '70s Music

    Funk
    Disco
    Art Rock
    Progressive Rock
    Hard Rock
    Punk
    Glam Rock
    Jazz Fusion
    Reggae
    Lite Rock

    Top Albums in '70s Music

    Led Zeppelin, 'Led Zeppelin IV' (1971)
    Neil Young, 'Harvest' (1972)
    Elton John, 'Greatest Hits' (1974)
    Boston, 'Boston' (1976)
    Eagles, 'Hotel California' (1976)
    Peter Frampton, 'Frampton Comes Alive' (1976)
    Fleetwood Mac, 'Rumours' (1977)
    'Saturday Night Fever' Soundtrack (1977)
    Michael Jackson, 'Off the Wall' (1979)
    Pink Floyd, 'The Wall' (1979)

    Top Artists in '70s Music

    Eagles
    Pink Floyd
    Led Zeppelin
    Fleetwood Mac
    Boston
    Elton John
    Bee Gees
    Steve Miller Band
    The Rolling Stones
    Lynyrd Skynyrd

    Online Radio Stations for '70s Music

    Super '70s Radio
    '70s Country Radio
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    mike sutphinat 10-10-2009

    yes please help we are trying to find a song.the person that we are looing for is dive heavener he sogn look hart hear comes heavn but nobody has heard of he he sagn this song back in 1974 to 1978 please help. thank so much mike sutphin

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