20 Biggest Songs of the Summer: The 1970s
Disco, new wave, soul and soft rock soundtrack the sweltering summers of The Me Decade
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The possibilities of the LP format that were explored in the 1960s flowered more fully in the Seventies, with rock, R&B and countless emerging new styles reaching experimental new extremes. Nevertheless, the art of the hook still ruled the singles charts, with AM Gold balladeers and insurgent disco divas heating up the Hot 100 every summer. These are the decades biggest pop hits from the summer solstice to the autumn equinox, minus some of the ballads and wimpier fare from guys like Gilbert OSullivan and Donny Osmond.
In This Article: Diana Ross, Disco, Donny Osmond, Elton John, The Carpenters, The Knack
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