Dave’s Music Database book:

Music of the 1970s

Abba, the Beatles, the Bee Gees, Black Sabbath, Blondie, David Bowie, Carpenters, Eagles, Al Green, Billy Joel, Led Zeppelin, Dolly Parton, Pink Floyd, Queen, Kenny Rogers, the Sex Pistols, Simon & Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Donna Summer, Village People, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young. All of them and more are in this handy guide to the decade which:

Explores disco, glam, punk, folk rock, heavy metal, pop, country, R&B, and more
Highlights songs and albums which won awards each year from 1970 to 1979
Lists the decade’s biggest songs, albums, and acts, overall and in different genres
Spotlights 50+ songs and 30+ albums

Songs Featured in the Book:

Abba “Dancing Queen” (1976)
AC/DC “Highway to Hell” (1979)
The Beatles “Let It Be” (1970)
Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive” (1977)
Black Sabbath “Paranoid” (1970)
Blondie “Heart of Glass” (1978)
Debby Boone “You Light Up My Life” (1977)
Glen Campbell “Rhinestone Cowboy” (1975)
The Carpenters “They Long to Be Close to You” (1970)
Chic “Le Freak” (1978)
Charlie Daniels Band “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” (1979)
Deep Purple “Smoke on the Water” (1973)
John Denver “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (1971)
Derek and the Dominos “Layla” (1971)
Eagles “Hotel California” (1976)
Gloria Gaynor “I Will Survive” (1978)
Al Green “Let’s Stay Together” (1971)
The Jackson 5 “ABC” (1970)
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson “Mammas, Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys” (1978)
Billy Joel “Just the Way You Are” (1977)
Elton John “Your Song” (1970)
Carole King “It’s Too Late” (1971)
The Knack “My Sharona” (1979)
Gladys Knight & the Pips “Midnight Train to Georgia” (1973)
Led Zeppelin “Stairway to Heaven” (1971)
John Lennon “Imagine” (1971)
Loretta Lynn “Coal Miner’s Daughter” (1970)
Lynyrd Skynyrd “Free Bird” (1973)
Paul McCartney & Wings “Silly Love Songs” (1976)
Don McLean “American Pie” (1971)
Mott the Hoople “All the Young Dudes” (1972)
Dolly Parton “Jolene” (1973)
Pink Floyd “Another Brick in the Wall Part II” (1979)
Queen “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)
Lou Reed “Walk on the Wild Side” (1972)
Kenny Rogers “The Gambler” (1978)
Sex Pistols “God Save the Queen” (1977)
Simon & Garfunkel “Bridge Over Troubled Water” (1970)
Carly Simon “You’re So Vain” (1972)
Sister Sledge “We Are Family” (1979)
The Staple Singers “I’ll Take You There” (1972)
Rod Stewart “Maggie May” (1971)
Barbra Streisand “The Way We Were” (1973)
Donna Summer “Hot Stuff” (1979)
Three Dog Night “Joy to the World” (1970)
T-Rex “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” (1971)
Village People “Y.M.C.A.” (1978)
Wild Cherry “Play That Funky Music” (1976)
Bill Withers “Lean on Me” (1972)
Stevie Wonder “Superstition” (1972)
Neil Young “Heart of Gold” (1972)