The below list of the Top 50 Hard Rock Songs of the '70s, voted on by UCR staff, reads like the ultimate classic rock radio ...
Speed, aggression, pace, sweat. These are words that leap to mind when people think of punk rock music—especially that of the ...
The 1970s were an eclectic time for music and ... The Reaper” has long been established as one of the greatest rock songs of the 70s. Despite “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” being Blue Oyster ...
By that, I mean I won’t simply defer to what was most popular at the time and claim these songs represent the best of “pop” ...
Violinist Graham Preskett played on not one but two Mott the Hoople albums, Mott in 1973 and The Hoople in 1974. He then went ...
But indeed there are many classic rock songs that wouldn’t exist if it weren’t for classically trained artists. When the band’s piano-playing roadie Billy Powell made himself known by ...
The 1970s were a decade of disco balls, bell-bottoms, funky hair and an eclectic mix of music that still makes us groove.
In its 1970s heyday, the genre boasted ... Flip through the slideshow for 20 songs that should be on your essential Southern rock playlist, from Lynyrd Skynyrd standards to deeper cuts from ...
On December 27, 1969, just a few days before the dawn of the new decade, the music world witnessed an extraordinary ... every inch of my love” on their hit, Whole Lotta Love, the Beatles ...
Few songs feel as complete as “Rosanna ... for Browne’s career—it completely rewired what soft rock could be in the 1970s. Depending on the day, I might even argue that it’s one ...
Their 1969 debut LP fused jazz, soul, and funk into an unexpected hit, and by the mid-1970s, songs like “Funky Stuff ... doing funk, rock, and soul covers and getting paid in drinks ...
Despite producing a plethora of rock hits in the 1970s, Frampton opted to open his performance with ... the Prince of ...