Here is a selection of the best albums and songs from 1970. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
| Albums (?) | Wikipedia |
| Aretha Franklin | Spirit in the Dark | ☆ |
| Badfinger | No Dice | ☆ |
| Badfinger | Magic Christian Music | ☆ |
| Big Brother & the Holding Company | Be a Brother | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Paranoid | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | ☆ |
| Blood, Sweat & Tears | Blood, Sweat & Tears 3 | ☆ |
| Cat Stevens | Tea For The Tillerman | ☆ |
| Cat Stevens | Mona Bone Jakon | ☆ |
| Chicago | Chicago (II) | ☆ |
| Conway Twitty | Hello Darlin' | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Cosmo's Factory | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Pendulum | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Deja Vu | ☆ |
| Curtis Mayfield | Curtis | ☆ |
| Deep Purple | In Rock | ☆ |
| Derek & The Dominos | Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Diana Ross | ☆ |
| Elton John | Tumbleweed Connection | ☆ |
| Elton John | Elton John | ☆ |
| Elvis Presley | That's The Way It Is | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Emerson, Lake & Palmer | ☆ |
| Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | ☆ |
| Freddie Hubbard | Red Clay | ☆ |
| Free | Fire And Water | ☆ |
| Funkadelic | Funkadelic | ☆ |
| Funkadelic | Free Your Mind...and Your Ass Will Follow | ☆ |
| Genesis | Trespass | ☆ |
| George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | ☆ |
| Gladys Knight & the Pips | If I Were Your Woman | ☆ |
| Gordon Lightfoot | Sit Down Young Stranger | ☆ |
| Grand Funk Railroad | Closer to Home | ☆ |
| Grand Funk Railroad | Grank Funk | ☆ |
| Hawkwind | Hawkwind | ☆ |
| Hot Tuna | Hot Tuna | ☆ |
| Ike & Tina Turner | Workin' Together | ☆ |
| Isaac Hayes | The Isaac Hayes Movement | ☆ |
| James Brown | Sex Machine | ☆ |
| James Taylor | Sweet Baby James | ☆ |
| Jethro Tull | Benefit | ☆ |
| Jimi Hendrix | Band Of Gypsys | ☆ |
| Jimmy McGriff | Electric Funk | ☆ |
| Joe Cocker | Mad Dogs and Englishmen | ☆ |
| John Lennon | John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Hello, I'm Johnny Cash | ☆ |
| Johnny Winter | Johnny Winter And | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Ladies of the Canyon | ☆ |
| King Crimson | In The Wake Of Poseidon | ☆ |
| King Crimson | Lizard | ☆ |
| Kris Kristofferson | Kristofferson | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Led Zeppelin III | ☆ |
| Leon Russell | Leon Russell | ☆ |
| MC5 | Back In the USA | ☆ |
| Merle Haggard and the Strangers | The Fightin' Side of Me | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | ☆ |
| Neil Young | After the Gold Rush | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | Black Gold | ☆ |
| Paul Kantner | Blows Against the Empire | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney | McCartney | ☆ |
| Poco | Poco | ☆ |
| Quincy Jones | Gula Matari | ☆ |
| Randy Newman | 12 Songs | ☆ |
| Roberta Flack | Chapter Two | ☆ |
| Rod Stewart | Gasoline Alley | ☆ |
| Santana | Abraxas | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Bridge Over Troubled Water | ☆ |
| Spirit | 12 Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed & Delivered | ☆ |
| Syd Barrett | The Madcap Laughs | ☆ |
| Tangerine Dream | Electronic Meditation | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Idlewild South | ☆ |
| The Band | Stage Fright | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Sunflower | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Let It Be | ☆ |
| The Carpenters | Close To You | ☆ |
| The Delfonics | The Delfonics | ☆ |
| The Doors | Morrison Hotel | ☆ |
| The Flying Burrito Brothers | Burrito Deluxe | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | American Beauty | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Workingman's Dead | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | American Woman | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | Share the Land | ☆ |
| The J. Geils Band | The J. Geils Band | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One | ☆ |
| The Moody Blues | A Question of Balance | ☆ |
| The Move | Looking On | ☆ |
| The Soft Machine | Third | ☆ |
| The Stooges | Fun House | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Loaded | ☆ |
| The Who | Live At Leeds | ☆ |
| Thunderclap Newman | Hollywood Dream | ☆ |
| Tim Buckley | Starsailor | ☆ |
| Traffic | John Barleycorn Must Die | ☆ |
| Uriah Heep | ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble | ☆ |
| Van der Graaf Generator | H to He, Who Am the Only One | ☆ |
| Van der Graaf Generator | The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Moondance | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | His Band and the Street Choir | ☆ |
| Various Artists | Woodstock: Music From the Original Soundtrack and More | ☆ |
| Various Artists | Jesus Christ Superstar | ☆ |
| Willie Dixon | I Am The Blues | ☆ |
| Wishbone Ash | Wishbone Ash | ☆ |
| Songs (?) | Wikipedia |
| B.J. Thomas | I Just Can't Help Believing | ☆ |
| Back Street Band | This Ain't The Road | ☆ |
| Badfinger | No Matter What | ☆ |
| Badfinger | Without You | ☆ |
| Barbra Streisand | Stoney End | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Black Sabbath | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Iron Man | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Paranoid | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | War Pigs | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | N.I.B. | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Evil Woman (Don't You Play Your Games With Me) | ☆ |
| Black Sabbath | Planet Caravan | ☆ |
| Blues Image | Ride Captain Ride | ☆ |
| Bobby Bloom | Montego Bay | ☆ |
| Bread | Make It with You | ☆ |
| Bread | Look What You've Done | ☆ |
| Bruce Haack | Super Nova | ☆ |
| Canned Heat | Let's Work Together | ☆ |
| Cat Stevens | Wild World | ☆ |
| Cat Stevens | Father and Son | ☆ |
| Cat Stevens | Where Do the Children Play? | ☆ |
| Chairmen of the Board | Give Me Just a Little More Time | ☆ |
| Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Ban | Express Yourself | ☆ |
| Charley Pride | Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone | ☆ |
| Chicago | 25 Or 6 To 4 | ☆ |
| Chicago | Colour My World | ☆ |
| Chicago | Make Me Smile | ☆ |
| Clarence Carter | Patches | ☆ |
| Conway Twitty | Hello Darlin' | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Have You Ever Seen The Rain | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Lookin' Out My Back Door | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Up Around the Bend | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Who'll Stop the Rain | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Run Through the Jungle | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | I Heard It Through the Grapevine | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Travelin' Band | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Long As I Can See the Light | ☆ |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | Hey Tonight | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Ohio | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Woodstock | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Teach Your Children | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Helpless | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young | Carry On/Questions | ☆ |
| Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young | Our House | ☆ |
| Curtis Mayfield | Move On Up | ☆ |
| Curtis Mayfield | (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go | ☆ |
| Dave Edmunds | I Hear You Knocking | ☆ |
| David Ackles | Candy Man | ☆ |
| David Bowie | The Man Who Sold The World | ☆ |
| Dawn | Knock Three Times | ☆ |
| Deep Purple | Child In Time | ☆ |
| Deep Purple | Black Night | ☆ |
| Derek & The Dominos | Layla | ☆ |
| Derek & The Dominos | Bell Bottom Blues | ☆ |
| Derek & The Dominos | Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad? | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Ain't No Mountain High Enough | ☆ |
| Diana Ross | Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand) | ☆ |
| Donny Hathaway | This Christmas | ☆ |
| Donovan | Riki Tiki Tavi | ☆ |
| Edison Lighthouse | Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes) | ☆ |
| Edwin Starr | War | ☆ |
| Elton John | Your Song | ☆ |
| Elton John | Border Song | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | Lucky Man | ☆ |
| Emerson, Lake & Palmer | The Barbarian | ☆ |
| Eric Burdon and War | Spill The Wine | ☆ |
| Eric Clapton | After Midnight | ☆ |
| Eric Clapton | Blues Power | ☆ |
| Eric Clapton | Let it Rain | ☆ |
| Five Man Electrical Band | Signs | ☆ |
| Frank Zappa | Peaches En Regalia | ☆ |
| Freda Payne | Band Of Gold | ☆ |
| Free | All Right Now | ☆ |
| Free | Fire and Water | ☆ |
| Gary Burton | Vibrafinger | ☆ |
| Gene Chandler | Groovy Situation | ☆ |
| George Harrison | My Sweet Lord | ☆ |
| George Harrison | What Is Life | ☆ |
| George Harrison | Isn't It A Pity | ☆ |
| George Harrison | All Things Must Pass | ☆ |
| Gil Scott-Heron | The Revolution Will Not Be Televised | ☆ |
| Gladys Knight & The Pips | If I Were Your Woman | ☆ |
| Gordon Lightfoot | If You Could Read My Mind | ☆ |
| Grand Funk Railroad | Closer to Home/I'm Your Captain | ☆ |
| Grateful Dead | Box of Rain | ☆ |
| Helen Reddy | I Am Woman | ☆ |
| James Brown | Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine | ☆ |
| James Brown | The Funky Drummer | ☆ |
| James Gang | Funk #49 | ☆ |
| James Taylor | Fire And Rain | ☆ |
| James Taylor | Sweet Baby James | ☆ |
| Jerry Reed | Amos Moses | ☆ |
| Jethro Tull | Teacher | ☆ |
| Jim Henson (Kermit the Frog) | Bein' Green | ☆ |
| Jimi Hendrix | Star Spangled Banner | ☆ |
| Joe Cocker | The Letter | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Instant Karma! | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Mother | ☆ |
| John Lennon | Working Class Hero | ☆ |
| Johnny Cash | Sunday Morning Coming Down | ☆ |
| Johnny Pearson | Heavy Action | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Big Yellow Taxi | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | Woodstock | ☆ |
| Joni Mitchell | The Circle Game | ☆ |
| Jose Feliciano | Feliz Navidad | ☆ |
| King Crimson | In the Wake of Poseidon | ☆ |
| King Floyd | Groove Me | ☆ |
| Kris Kristofferson | Casey's Last Ride | ☆ |
| Kris Kristofferson | Me and Bobby McGee | ☆ |
| Kris Kristofferson | Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down | ☆ |
| Kris Kristofferson | Help Me Make It Through the Night | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Immigrant Song | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Tangerine | ☆ |
| Led Zeppelin | Gallows Pole | ☆ |
| Leon Russell | A Song For You | ☆ |
| Leon Russell | Delta Lady | ☆ |
| Linda Ronstadt | Long, Long Time | ☆ |
| Loretta Lynn | Coal Miner's Daughter | ☆ |
| Lynn Anderson | Rose Garden | ☆ |
| Maxi, Dick and Twink | Things You Hear About Me | ☆ |
| MC5 | The American Ruse | ☆ |
| MC5 | Shakin' Street | ☆ |
| MC5 | Looking at You | ☆ |
| Miles Davis | Bitches Brew | ☆ |
| Mountain | Mississippi Queen | ☆ |
| Mungo Jerry | In The Summertime | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Cracklin' Rosie | ☆ |
| Neil Diamond | Soolaimon | ☆ |
| Neil Young | Southern Man | ☆ |
| Neil Young | After The Gold Rush | ☆ |
| Nina Simone | To Be Young, Gifted and Black | ☆ |
| Nitty Gritty Dirt Band | Mr. Bojangles | ☆ |
| Paul McCartney | Maybe I'm Amazed | ☆ |
| Quatermass | Black Sheep Of The Family | ☆ |
| Quicksilver Messenger Service | Fresh Air | ☆ |
| Rare Earth | Get Ready | ☆ |
| Ray Stevens | Everything Is Beautiful | ☆ |
| Santana | Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen | ☆ |
| Santana | Oye Como Va | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | Cecilia | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | The Only Living Boy In New York | ☆ |
| Simon & Garfunkel | El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could) | ☆ |
| Sonny Curtis | Love is All Around | ☆ |
| Stephen Stills | Love The One You're With | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours | ☆ |
| Stevie Wonder | We Can Work It Out | ☆ |
| Sugarloaf | Green-Eyed Lady | ☆ |
| T. Rex | Ride a White Swan | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Midnight Rider | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | In Memory of Elizabeth Reed | ☆ |
| The Allman Brothers Band | Revival | ☆ |
| The Band | The Shape I'm In | ☆ |
| The Band | Stage Fright | ☆ |
| The Beach Boys | Forever | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Let It Be | ☆ |
| The Beatles | Across the Universe | ☆ |
| The Beatles | The Long and Winding Road | ☆ |
| The Beatles | I Me Mine | ☆ |
| The Carpenters | We've Only Just Begun | ☆ |
| The Carpenters | (They Long To Be) Close To You | ☆ |
| The Carpenters | Merry Christmas, Darling | ☆ |
| The Delfonics | Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) | ☆ |
| The Doors | Roadhouse Blues | ☆ |
| The Doors | Peace Frog | ☆ |
| The Doors | Waiting for the Sun | ☆ |
| The Five Stairsteps | O-o-h Child | ☆ |
| The Grass Roots | Temptation Eyes | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Uncle John | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Sugar Magnolia | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Truckin' | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Casey Jones | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Ripple | ☆ |
| The Grateful Dead | Friend of the Devil | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | American Woman | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | No Time | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | Share the Land | ☆ |
| The Guess Who | Hand Me Down World | ☆ |
| The Ides of March | Vehicle | ☆ |
| The J.B.'s | The Grunt | ☆ |
| The Jackson 5 | ABC | ☆ |
| The Jackson 5 | I'll Be There | ☆ |
| The Jackson 5 | Santa Claus is Coming to Town | ☆ |
| The Jackson Five | The Love You Save | ☆ |
| The Kinks | Lola | ☆ |
| The Mash | Suicide is Painless (The Theme From M*A*S*H) | ☆ |
| The Melodians | Rivers Of Babylon | ☆ |
| The Mike Curb Congregation | Burning Bridges | ☆ |
| The Moody Blues | Question | ☆ |
| The Osmonds | One Bad Apple | ☆ |
| The Partidge Family | Come on Get Happy | ☆ |
| The Partridge Family | I Think I Love You | ☆ |
| The Pretty Things | The Good Mr. Square / She Was Tall, She Was High | ☆ |
| The Spinners | It's a Shame | ☆ |
| The Supremes | Stoned Love | ☆ |
| The Temptations | Ball Of Confusion (That's What the World is Today) | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Sweet Jane | ☆ |
| The Velvet Underground | Rock & Roll | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | Joy To The World | ☆ |
| Three Dog Night | Mama Told Me (Not To Come) | ☆ |
| Todd Rundgren | We Gotta Get You a Woman | ☆ |
| Toots & the Maytals | Pressure Drop | ☆ |
| Tower of Power | Social Lubrication | ☆ |
| Traffic | Glad | ☆ |
| Traffic | John Barleycorn (Must Die) | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Moondance | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Domino | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Into the Mystic | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Caravan | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | And it Stoned Me | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Crazy Love | ☆ |
| Van Morrison | Everyone | ☆ |
| Willie Dixon | Little Red Rooster | ☆ |
| Wishbone Ash | Errors of My Way | ☆ |
