Monday, December 31, 1979

Dave's Faves: Top 100 Songs, 1970-1979

Dave’s Faves:
My Top 100 Songs

1970-1979

These are my personal favorite top 100 songs from 1970-1979.

1. Styx “Renegade” (1978)
2. The Police “Message in a Bottle” (1979)
3. Styx “Come Sail Away” (1977)
4. Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
5. Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
6. Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
7. Little River Band “Cool Change” (1979)
8. Styx “Fooling Yourself (Angry Young Man)” (1977)
9. Queen “We Will Rock You” / “We Are the Champions” (1977)
10. Styx “Suite Madame Blue” (1975)

11. Pink Floyd “Comfortably Numb” (1979)
12. Styx “Babe” (1979)
13. David Bowie “Changes” (1971)
14. Squeeze “Up the Junction” (1979)
15. Eagles “Hotel California” (1977)
16. Gerry Rafferty “Baker Street” (1978)
17. Supertramp “The Logical Song” (1979)
18. Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
19. Eagles “Desperado” (1973)
20. Kenny Rogers “Coward of the County” (1979)

21. Peter Gabriel “Solsbury Hill” (1977)
22. Bing Crosby with David Bowie “Peace on Earth/The Little Drummer Boy” (1977)
23. Bruce Springsteen “Born to Run” (1975)
24. Pink Floyd “Mother” (1979)
25. Harry Chapin “Cat’s in the Cradle” (1974)
26. Journey “Feeling That Way” / “Anytime” (1978)
27. Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
28. Stevie Wonder “I Believe When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever” (1972)
29. Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
30. Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (1978)

31. Billy Joel “Piano Man” (1974)
32. Boston “More Than a Feeling” (1976)
33. Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
34. The Boomtown Rats “I Don’t Like Mondays” (1979)
35. Derek and the Dominos “Layla” (1970)
36. Eagles “Take It Easy” (1972)
37. Yes “Roundabout” (1971)
38. The Police “Roxanne” (1978)
39. The Who “Won’t Get Fooled Again” (1971)
40. Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)

41. Lynyrd Skynrd “Free Bird” (1973)
42. David Bowie “Heroes” (1977)
43. Andrea McCardle “Tomorrow” (1977)
44. Eagles “Heartache Tonight” (1979)
45. John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
46. REO Speedwagon “Ridin’ the Storm Out (live)” (1977)
47. John Williams “Star Wars (Main Title)” (1977)
48. Queen “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” (1979)
49. Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
50. Little River Band “Lonesome Loser” (1979)

51. Eagles “I Can’t Tell You Why” (1979)
52. Meat Loaf “Paradise by the Dashboard Light” (1977)
53. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Turn the Page (live)” (1976)
54. Pink Floyd “Money” (1973)
55. James Taylor “Fire and Rain” (1970)
56. Aerosmith “Walk This Way” (1976)
57. James Taylor “You’ve Got a Friend” (1971)
58. Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
59. Kansas “Carry on Wayward Son” (1976)
60. Elton John “Your Song” (1970)

61. Jimmy Buffett “Margaritaville” (1977)
62. Supertramp “Take the Long Way Home” (1979)
63. Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band “Old Time Rock and Roll” (1978)
64. The Who “Behind Blue Eyes” (1971)
65. Foreigner “Hot Blooded” (1978)
66. Eric Clapton “Wonderful Tonight” (1977)
67. Kansas “Dust in the Wind” (1977)
68. Elvis Costello “Alison” (1977)
69. Golden Earring “Radar Love” (1973)
70. The Alan Parsons Project “Damned if I Do” (1979)

71. Pink Floyd Shine on You Crazy Diamond” (1975)
72. Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
73. Bad Company “Shooting Star” (1975)
74. The Kinks “Lola” (1970)
75. Fleetwood Mac “Go Your Own Way” (1976)
76. Eric Clapton “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (1975)
77. Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
78. Bruce Springsteen “Thunder Road” (1975)
79. Rush “The Trees” (1978)
80. Nick Lowe “Cruel to Be Kind” (1979)

81. The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
82. Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
83. John Denver “Rocky Mountain High” (1972)
84. Aerosmith “Dream On” (1973)
85. Pink Floyd “Wish You Were Here” (1975)
86. Rupert Holmes “Escape (The Pina Coloda Song)” (1979)
87. Chicago “25 or 6 to 4” (1970)
88. Lipps Inc. “Funkytown” (1979)
89. Aerosmith “Sweet Emotion” (1975)
90. Todd Rundgren “Hello It’s Me” (1972)

91. Neil Young “Old Man” (1972)
92. The Alan Parsons Project “Breakdown” (1977)
93. Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
94. Jethro Tull “Aqualung” (1971)
95. Grateful Dead “Truckin” (1970)
96. Styx “Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)” (1978)
97. The Doors “Roadhouse Blues” (1970)
98. Led Zeppelin “Kashmir” (1975)
99. Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (1979)
100. Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)


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