Stacker looked at the #1 rock songs of the 1970s using the Billboard Hot 100 and MusicBrainz, an open music encyclopedia via the University of Waterloo. - TV Times/Future Publishing via Getty Images ...

Music has evolved throughout the decades, but even with the current musical climate, no one can deny the impact of the 1970s. Performers of today have revisited this era to not only pay tribute but to ...

These classic rock bands found a lot of success in the 1970s, then almost totally disappeared. Let's find out what happened ...

In need of a good cry? These tear-jerker songs from the 1970s will do the trick, especially if you grew up during that decade.

Everybody has a favorite decade behind us as far as music and songs released then that we love the most. It could be the thing of the youth or anything else that ties us, and it could easily be said ...

According to Billboard, Karen and Richard Carpenter secured the number two spot on the charts with five different songs from ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the ...

Disco music was one of the predominant forms of pop music in the 1970s. While subsequent generations made disco songs, the genre never again reached the same level of cultural saturation it did during ...

The Beatles released hits in the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. Some of those songs were hits during their initial run as a band. On the other hand, some Beatles songs were hits after the ...

Elton John performing his song ‘Crocodile Rock’ on the set of The Muppet Show. Rock music electrified the 1970s, igniting a decade of creativity and innovation in music. The subgenres that stemmed ...

Rock music electrified the 1970s, igniting a decade of creativity and innovation in music. The subgenres that stemmed from rock continue to reverb throughout our culture today. Progressive rock bands ...