Uncovering the Next Generation's Hall of Fame
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The Defining Artists of the 1970s
The following artists released some of the best music of the 1970s. Hall of Famers are highlighted in orange.
John Williams Dire Straits Olivia Newton-John Deep Purple Bob Seger Patti Smith Gil Scott-Heron Billy Joel Toto LaBelle The J. Geils Band The Bee Gees Lou Reed Paul Simon Meat Loaf Joe Jackson Rory Gallagher Elton John Eric Clapton Randy Newman Traffic Barry Manilow The B-52's Jethro Tull Janis Joplin Queen Heart Ramones Emerson, Lake & Palmer Michael Jackson Fleetwood Mac Van Halen Styx Ringo Starr The Grateful Dead Leonard Cohen The Chi-Lites Jefferson Starship Roberta Flack Aerosmith James Taylor Suzi Quatro Giorgio Moroder Boz Scaggs Aretha Franklin The Isley Brothers Joan Baez The Cars Thin Lizzy David Bowie Chicago Three Dog Night Warren Zevon Marianne Faithfull James Brown The Move Fela Kuti The Kinks Harry Nilsson The Jackson Five Bad Company Barbra Streisand Cat Stevens ZZ Top Journey Quincy Jones Black Sabbath The Who Ohio Players The Doobie Brothers Jackson Browne The Commodores Donna Summer Motörhead The Damned Bruce Springsteen Gloria Gaynor Smokey Robinson Bette Midler Suicide Simon and Garfunkel Frank Zappa John Lennon Elvis Costello & the Attractions George Harrison The Cure Van Morrison King Crimson Hawkwind Pere Ubu Kenny Loggins Badfinger Loretta Lynn Hall & Oates Blue Öyster Cult Kenny Rogers Gladys Knight and the Pips Robert Palmer Peter Frampton Big Star Esther Phillips Television Waylon Jennings The Alan Parsons Project The Stylistics Linda Ronstadt Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Small Faces/The Faces Miles Davis Bill Withers Uriah Heep The Jam Sly and the Family Stone Slade The Carpenters Marvin Gaye Merle Haggard Tom Waits Leon Russell Electric Light Orchestra Neil Diamond Creedence Clearwater Revival Barry White Tangerine Dream Rainbow America T. Rex Free Rufus with Chaka Khan MC5 Jeff Beck Parliament-Funkadelic Roxy Music Raspberries Paul McCartney Dr. John Wire The Spinners Gordon Lightfoot Peter Tosh Bob Dylan Elvis Presley Joy Division/New Order The Eagles Alice Cooper KC & the Sunshine Band Poco Peter Gabriel Jimmy Buffett Throbbing Gristle Devo Diana Ross Supertramp The Beach Boys Mott the Hoople Sweet Blondie Gram Parsons Pink Floyd War Derek and the Dominos Rod Stewart Joe Cocker Teddy Pendergrass The Staple Singers Weather Report Charlie Daniels Steve Miller John Denver Kool & the Gang Carly Simon Stevie Wonder The Stooges Lynyrd Skynyrd The O'Jays Foreigner Nick Drake Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes Grand Funk Railroad Gang of Four The Guess Who Bobby Womack Cheap Trick The Runaways Isaac Hayes KISS The Buzzcocks Sparks Brian Eno The Beatles New York Dolls John Prine The Band Genesis The Allman Brothers Band Glen Campbell Wishbone Ash Iggy Pop Yes Kansas ABBA Boston The Moody Blues Al Green Carole King The Village People Joni Mitchell The Temptations Led Zeppelin George Benson Neil Young Nick Lowe Chic Wendy Carlos Judas Priest Willie Nelson Ike and Tina Turner The Doors The Police Bob Marley Little Feat Sex Pistols Emmylou Harris Jimmy Cliff Eddie Money The Clash Kate Bush Ashford and Simpson Kris Kristofferson Can Cher Curtis Mayfield Earth, Wind & Fire Jim Croce Rush Dolly Parton Billy Preston The Velvet Underground Johnny Cash Santana Todd Rundgren Crosby, Stills and Nash AC/DC The Rolling Stones Neu! Sun Ra Talking Heads The Pointer Sisters Kraftwerk Herbie Hancock Steely Dan
Of the 251 artists listed above, 57% have been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
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The Defining Albums of the 1970s
Diana Ross - Diana Ross (1970)
Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (1970)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu (1970)
The Velvet Underground - Loaded (1970)
Santana - Abraxas (1970)
James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970)
George Harrison - All Things Must Pass (1970)
Neil Young - After the Gold Rush (1970)
The Who - Live At Leeds (1970)
The Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead (1970)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)
The Carpenters - Close To You (1970)
The Grateful Dead - American Beauty (1970)
Elton John - Tumbleweed Connection (1970)
Randy Newman - 12 Songs (1970)
John Lennon - John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
The Stooges - Fun House (1970)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1970)
MC5 - Back In the USA (1970)
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (1971)
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
Janis Joplin - Pearl (1971)
Paul and Linda McCartney - Ram (1971)
Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter (1971)
The Who - Who's Next (1971)
Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin IV (1971)
Carole King - Tapestry (1971)
Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story (1971)
John Lennon - Imagine (1971)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)
Joni Mitchell - Blue (1971)
Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality (1971)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971)
Leonard Cohen - Songs Of Love And Hate (1971)
The Allman Brothers Band - At Fillmore East (1971)
John Prine - John Prine (1971)
Alice Coltrane - Journey in Satchidananda (1971)
Funkadelic - Maggot Brain (1971)
David Bowie - Hunky Dory (1971)
The Doors - L.A. Woman (1971)
Bill Withers - Just As I Am (1971)
Harry Nilsson - Nilsson Schmilsson (1971)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
Stevie Wonder - Talking Book (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Young, Gifted and Black (1972)
Lou Reed - Transformer (1972)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (1972)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972)
Elton John - Honky Chateau (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Music of My Mind (1972)
Big Star - #1 Record (1972)
Al Green - I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)
Jimmy Cliff & Various Artists - The Harder They Come (1972)
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (1972)
The Eagles - Eagles (1972)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (1972)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd) (1973)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Al Green - Call Me (1973)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
The Temptations - Anthology (1973)
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' (1973)
The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (1973)
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (1973)
Roxy Music - For Your Pleasure (1973)
New York Dolls - New York Dolls (1973)
ZZ Top - Tres Hombres (1973)
Gram Parsons - Grievous Angel (1974)
Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like a Wheel (1974)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974)
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology (1974)
Sparks - Kimono My House (1974)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Big Star - Radio City (1974)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (1974)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic (1975)
Queen - A Night At The Opera (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
Joni Mitchell - The Hissing of Summer Lawns (1975)
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night (1975)
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Al Green - Al Green's Greatest Hits (1975)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
KISS - Alive! (1975)
Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti (1975)
Brian Eno - Another Green World (1975)
Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger (1975)
Fela Kuti & Africa 70 - Expensive Shit (1975)
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Stevie Wonder - Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
Aerosmith - Rocks (1976)
Joni Mitchell - Hejira (1976)
David Bowie - Station To Station (1976)
Bob Dylan - Desire (1976)
Blondie - Blondie (1976)
Jackson Browne - The Pretender (1976)
KISS - Destroyer (1976)
The Eagles - Hotel California (1976)
Elvis Presley - The Sun Sessions (1976)
Ramones - Ramones (1976)
The Modern Lovers - The Modern Lovers (1976)
Ramones - Rocket To Russia (1977)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
Steely Dan - Aja (1977)
Bee Gees & Various Artists - Saturday Night Fever (1977)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
The Clash - The Clash (1977)
Rufus - Ask Rufus (1977)
Fleetwood Mac - Rumours (1977)
David Bowie - Low (1977)
Billy Joel - The Stranger (1977)
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Exodus (1977)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
Talking Heads - More Songs About Buildings And Food (1978)
The Cars - The Cars (1978)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
The Police - Outlandos d'Amour (1978)
Billy Joel - 52nd Street (1978)
Blondie - Parallel Lines (1978)
Big Star - Third/Sister Lovers (1978)
The Rolling Stones - Some Girls (1978)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick At Budokan (1978)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (1979)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (1979)
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box (1979)
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Damn the Torpedoes (1979)
The Raincoats - The Raincoats (1979)
Chic - Risqué (1979)
Pink Floyd - The Wall (1979)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
AC/DC - Highway to Hell (1979)
The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Gang of Four - Entertainment! (1979)
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)
Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures (1979)
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The Defining Songs of the 1970s
Edwin Starr - War (1970)
The Grateful Dead - Ripple (1970)
The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (1970)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (1970)
Elton John - Your Song (1970)
Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1970)
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970)
Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
The Kinks - Lola (1970)
Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (1970)
Free - All Right Now (1970)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (1970)
Santana - Oye Como Va (1970)
James Taylor - Fire And Rain (1970)
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic (1970)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (1970)
Jackson 5 - ABC (1970)
Cat Stevens - Father and Son (1970)
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (1970)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (1970)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla (1970)
Joni Mitchell - River (1971)
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (1971)
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1971)
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (1971)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (1971)
Harry Nilsson - Without You (1971)
John Lennon - Imagine (1971)
David Bowie - Changes (1971)
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You (1971)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (1971)
David Bowie - Life on Mars? (1971)
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1971)
War - Slippin' Into Darkness (1971)
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On (1971)
Sly & The Family Stone - Family Affair (1971)
The Staple Singers - Respect Yourself (1971)
Al Green - Let's Stay Together (1971)
Yes - Roundabout (1971)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (1971)
T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer (1971)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (1971)
T. Rex - Bang A Gong (Get It On) (1971)
Elton John - Tiny Dancer (1971)
Carole King - You've Got a Friend (1971)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (1971)
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (1972)
Bill Withers - Lean On Me (1972)
Al Green - Love And Happiness (1972)
Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1972)
The Eagles - Take It Easy (1972)
Mott The Hoople - All The Young Dudes (1972)
Neil Young - Heart Of Gold (1972)
Randy Newman - Sail Away (1972)
Steely Dan - Reelin' In The Years (1972)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
Lou Reed - Walk On The Wild Side (1972)
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (1972)
The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (1972)
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1972)
The O'Jays - Love Train (1972)
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (1972)
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (1972)
New York Dolls - Personality Crisis (1973)
Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song (1973)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1973)
The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (1973)
Pink Floyd - Money (1973)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
The Faces - Ooh La La (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973)
Hall & Oates - She's Gone (1973)
Iggy And The Stooges - Search And Destroy (1973)
The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (1973)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Elton John - Bennie And The Jets (1973)
Bruce Springsteen - Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (1973)
Dr. John - Right Place Wrong Time (1973)
Gladys Knight & The Pips - Midnight Train To Georgia (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Higher Ground (1973)
Aerosmith - Dream On (1973)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird (1973)
ZZ Top - La Grange (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (1973)
Frank Zappa - Montana (1973)
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974)
Big Star - September Gurls (1974)
Joni Mitchell - Help Me (1974)
Average White Band - Pick Up The Pieces (1974)
Kraftwerk - Autobahn (1974)
Kiss - Rock And Roll All Nite (1974)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama (1974)
Bob Marley - No Woman No Cry (1974)
Genesis - The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (1974)
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run (1975)
Roxy Music - Love Is The Drug (1975)
David Bowie - Fame (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road (1975)
David Bowie - Young Americans (1975)
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue (1975)
War - Low Rider (1975)
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (1975)
Patti Smith - Gloria (1975)
Earth Wind and Fire - Shining Star (1975)
Fleetwood Mac - Landslide (1975)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (1975)
Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic (1975)
Willie Nelson - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (1975)
Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland (1975)
Parliament - Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker) (1975)
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (1975)
Steve Miller Band - Fly Like An Eagle (1976)
Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop (1976)
Boston - More Than A Feeling (1976)
Sex Pistols - Anarchy In The U.K. (1976)
The Modern Lovers - Roadrunner (1976)
Bob Seger - Night Moves (1976)
The Trammps - Disco Inferno (1976)
The Eagles - Hotel California (1976)
The Damned - New Rose (1976)
Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (1976)
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way (1976)
Tom Petty - American Girl (1976)
The Runaways - Cherry Bomb (1976)
Peter Tosh - Legalize It (1976)
ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976)
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Three Little Birds (1977)
Elvis Costello - Alison (1977)
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (1977)
Parliament - Flash Light (1977)
Iggy Pop - Lust For Life (1977)
Fleetwood Mac - Dreams (1977)
Queen - We Will Rock You (1977)
Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (1977)
Heart - Barracuda (1977)
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill (1977)
Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen (1977)
The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive (1977)
Billy Joel - Just The Way You Are (1977)
The Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer (1977)
Steely Dan - Deacon Blues (1977)
David Bowie - Heroes (1977)
Donna Summer - I Feel Love (1977)
The Jam - In The City (1977)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (1977)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (1977)
Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (1977)
Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil (1978)
The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1978)
Blondie - Heart Of Glass (1978)
Patti Smith - Because The Night (1978)
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (1978)
The Cars - Just What I Needed (1978)
Cheap Trick - Surrender (1978)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (1978)
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
Elvis Costello - Pump It Up (1978)
Dire Straits - Sultans Of Swing (1978)
Chic - Le Freak (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (1978)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (1978)
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (1978)
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive (1978)
The Police - Roxanne (1978)
The Doobie Brothers - What A Fool Believes (1978)
Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2 (1979)
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) (1979)
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (1979)
Bauhaus - Bela Lugosi's Dead (1979)
AC/DC - Highway To Hell (1979)
Sister Sledge - We Are Family (1979)
The Slits - Typical Girls (1979)
Patti Smith - Dancing Barefoot (1979)
Chic - Good Times (1979)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979)
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (1979)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Michael Jackson - Rock With You (1979)
Blondie - Dreaming (1979)
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