A Comprehensive Guide to the Top 100 Songs of the 70s

By Johnny Cat in Blogs & Internet, History, Music on Feb 3, 2010 at 11:06 pm

SuperSeventies has a nice index of the top ten songs of each year in the decade I discovered music.  That was mostly via radio, and that decade saw quite a shift in popular styles, as you can see at the link.  Each song is linked to an informative bio, with links to other information.

I was surprised to learn that John Denver’s hit “Sunshine on My Shoulders” was conceived for a made-for-TV movie.

The feature was called Sunshine, and was a character study based on a real-life journal excerpted in the Los Angeles Times. It told the story of a terminal cancer case: a nonestablishment couple and the doctor who tried to save the young woman. CBS drew high ratings when they aired the film on November 9, 1973.

The soundtrack version was re-recorded in time for Denver’s greatest hits album, and became his first number one hit.  For my money, his best song will always be “Rocky Mountain High.”

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  1. oliver
    Feb 4th, 2010 at 3:09 am

    No Zeppelin, no Sabbath?! This list is irrelevant and stupid

  2. Larfin Jackarse
    Feb 4th, 2010 at 5:01 am

    In this modern pornocractic age, the song ‘torn between two lovers’ sounds…..uncomfortable.

  3. Larfin Jackarse
    Feb 4th, 2010 at 5:02 am

    Larfin Jackarse Oops, something in your comment triggered the blog engine to request a moderation. Don’t worry – someone will take a look at it manually soon! There’s no need to re-submit the comment.

    1 rule for Neatoland, 1 rule for the Restovus.

  4. leonardo
    Feb 4th, 2010 at 10:26 am

    I love 70′s music. Here is a great link for Top-40 songs for every year from 1930-1999′

    http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/top40/index.html

  5. CYBret
    Feb 4th, 2010 at 8:47 pm

    As I recall, “Sunshine” was also a very briefly lived series.


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