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1970s Recording Artists
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Albums: Best of Bowie, Hunky Dory, The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on January 8, 1947 in Brixton, London) is an iconic British rock musician. Active in five decades of popular music and frequently reinventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an innovator, particularly for his work in the 1970s. He has been cited...
- The Who
Albums: Who's Next, My Generation - The Very Best of The Who, The Ultimate Collection (disc 1)
The Who are an English hard rock rock band that formed in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England, in 1964 and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential bands in the world. They are also famed for their prowess as a live band - winning awards and being described as "possibly the...
- John Lennon
Albums: Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon, Anthology, Imagine
John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon) (October 9, 1940 - December 8, 1980) is best known as a singer, songwriter and guitarist for the British rock band The Beatles. His creative career also included the roles of solo musician, political activist, humorist, artist, actor and author.
- Eagles
Albums: Hell Freezes Over, The Very Best of the Eagles, Long Road Out Of Eden
The Eagles (currently formed by vocalist/drummer Don Henley, vocalist/guitarist Glenn Frey, guitarist Joe Walsh and bassist Timothy B. Schmit) are an American rock band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in the early 1970s. With five Number 1 singles and six Number 1 albums, the Eagles were...
- Stevie Wonder
Albums: Songs In The Key Of Life, The Definitive Collection, Talking Book
Stevie Wonder (born May 13, 1950 Saginaw, MI) is a singer, songwriter, producer, musician, humanitarian and social activist. Although his name at birth was Stevland Judkins, he later changed his name to Stevland Morris. His mother's biography states that his surname was legally changed to Morris...
- Elton John
Albums: Greatest Hits, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, The Lion King
Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947) is an English pop and rock singer, composer and pianist. In a career spanning four decades, Elton John has sold over 250 million records and has over 50 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of...
- Fleetwood Mac
Albums: The Dance, Rumours, Greatest Hits
Fleetwood Mac are a British/American rock band formed in 1967, that have experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success. From the band's inception through the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted as long as two years, but all featured core members Mick...
- The Clash
Albums: London Calling, Combat Rock, The Clash
The Clash were a punk rock band from London, England, active from 1976 to 1986. One of the most successful and iconic bands from the first wave of punk in the 1970s, they incorporated rock and roll, reggae, rockabilly, and eventually many other music styles into their repertoire.
- ABBA
Albums: Gold: Greatest Hits, Gold, ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop music group formed in Stockholm in 1972, consisting of Anni-Frid "Frida" Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog. They became one of the most commercially successful acts in the history of popular music, topping the charts worldwide from 1972 to...
- Ramones
Albums: Ramones, Rocket to Russia, Ramones Mania
The Ramones were an American punk rock band from 1974 to 1996. The Ramones were one of the first punk rock bands and the influence of their straightforward, stripped-down sound has been immeasurable. They formed in Queens, New York, United States and from there on they slogged & toured through an...
- Bee Gees
Albums: Number Ones, The Very Best of the Bee Gees, Saturday Night Fever
The Gibb brothers were born on the Isle of Man to English parents in 1946 (Barry Alan Crompton Gibb, September 1) and 1949 ( twins Robin Hugh Gibb and Maurice (pronounced "Morris") Ernest Gibb, December 22). The family returned to father Hugh Gibb's home town of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester...
- Cat Stevens
Albums: Tea for the Tillerman, Teaser and the Firecat, The Very Best of Cat Stevens
Cat Stevens (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21st July 1948, and now named Yusuf Islam) is best known for his work as a popular British singer-songwriter, although born and raised by a Cypriot father and a Swedish mother. At the outset of his musical career, Georgiou adopted the stage name "Cat...
- Rod Stewart
Albums: Every Picture Tells a Story, Still The Same... Great Rock Classics Of Our Time, Never a Dull Moment
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer and songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He has Scottish and English parentage. With his distinctive raspy tenor voice, Stewart came to prominence in the late 1960s and early...
- Electric Light Orchestra
Albums: Out of the Blue, Discovery, ELO's Greatest Hits
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) was a very successful rock music group of the 1970s and 1980s, formed in Birmingham, England. They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock.
- The Carpenters
With their light, airy melodies and meticulously crafted, clean arrangements, the Carpenters stood in direct contrast with the excessive, gaudy pop/rock of the '70s; yet they became one of the most popular artists of the decade, scoring 12 Top Ten hits, including three number one singles.
- Supertramp
Albums: Breakfast in America, Crime of the Century, The Very Best of Supertramp
Supertramp is a British progressive rock and pop band that had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s. The band was formed in the United Kingdom in 1969, and split in 1988. In 1997, Supertramp re-formed with former members plus several new musicians, and remained active until 2003.
- Steely Dan
Albums: Can't Buy a Thrill, Aja, A Decade of Steely Dan
American jazz-rock band based around musicians and songwriters Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, characterized by jazz-influenced structures and harmonies; ambiguous, narrative lyrics filled with dark wit and obscure allusions.
- Jethro Tull
Albums: Aqualung, Original Masters, The Very Best Of
Ian Anderson's flute may be the defining factor in Jethro Tull's music, but it's only one element in a band that's been around since the late 60s. Originally a blues-based rock band with a few dollops of British folk in their sound, they evolved into one of the most popular progressive rock bands...
- Big Star
Albums: #1 Record, Radio City, #1 Record/Radio City
Big Star was an American rock and roll band of the early 1970s whose work is often cited as a prime example of power pop. Drawing upon pop music traditions — especially The Beatles, The Byrds, The Kinks, The Zombies, Badfinger, The Who, Todd Rundgren, Moby Grape, The Beach Boys and Free — Big...
