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.
Aerosmith Gloria Gaynor MC5 Neil Diamond Isaac Hayes Creedence Clearwater Revival Can Kris Kristofferson The Commodores The Isley Brothers Peter Frampton Tom Waits John Prine Johnny Cash Kenny Rogers Foreigner The Spinners The Chi-Lites Poco The Buzzcocks Suzi Quatro The Stooges Talking Heads Meat Loaf Pere Ubu Teddy Pendergrass War Rainbow AC/DC Ashford and Simpson Fleetwood Mac James Brown Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes The Who David Bowie Robert Palmer Van Halen The Grateful Dead Alice Cooper Waylon Jennings John Denver Marvin Gaye Gram Parsons Traffic Carole King The Village People Todd Rundgren Rory Gallagher Free Miles Davis Hall & Oates Bruce Springsteen Kenny Loggins Eddie Money Iggy Pop Jeff Beck Jefferson Starship Van Morrison Barry White Loretta Lynn Joan Baez Journey Mott the Hoople Jethro Tull George Harrison Judas Priest Crosby, Stills and Nash Joy Division/New Order Billy Joel Bill Withers Neil Young Merle Haggard Donna Summer ZZ Top Gang of Four The Allman Brothers Band Carly Simon Dire Straits Bette Midler Led Zeppelin ABBA Chic Leonard Cohen Queen The Stylistics Harry Nilsson Television T. Rex Kansas Big Star Cat Stevens James Taylor Quincy Jones The Staple Singers Herbie Hancock Roberta Flack The Kinks Santana Stevie Wonder The Alan Parsons Project Yes Nick Lowe KISS Thin Lizzy The Eagles Sun Ra Brian Eno Aretha Franklin Wendy Carlos The Pointer Sisters Gordon Lightfoot Janis Joplin Ramones Toto Devo The Small Faces/The Faces The Doobie Brothers Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers The Velvet Underground Badfinger Kraftwerk Cheap Trick Blondie Nick Drake Billy Preston LaBelle Elvis Presley Steve Miller Joe Cocker Leon Russell Derek and the Dominos Raspberries Pink Floyd Ringo Starr Bob Seger Willie Nelson Elton John Charlie Daniels Uriah Heep Neu! Three Dog Night Sex Pistols Suicide Weather Report The Moody Blues Sparks Jimmy Cliff Supertramp Michael Jackson Steely Dan Joe Jackson The Doors Throbbing Gristle Paul McCartney Dolly Parton Barry Manilow Jackson Browne Rush Ohio Players Peter Gabriel Simon and Garfunkel Gladys Knight and the Pips Kate Bush Dr. John The Guess Who Kool & the Gang KC & the Sunshine Band The Cure Boz Scaggs Tangerine Dream Little Feat Grand Funk Railroad Olivia Newton-John Lynyrd Skynyrd Esther Phillips Elvis Costello & the Attractions The Beatles Lou Reed Blue Öyster Cult Al Green Curtis Mayfield New York Dolls Eric Clapton Genesis Randy Newman George Benson The Clash America Peter Tosh Bobby Womack Earth, Wind & Fire The Band The Jackson Five The Carpenters The Temptations Barbra Streisand Roxy Music King Crimson Bob Dylan Ike and Tina Turner Jimmy Buffett Joni Mitchell Marianne Faithfull Motörhead Cher Boston Sly and the Family Stone Diana Ross Wire The Jam Bad Company Smokey Robinson Styx Parliament-Funkadelic Rod Stewart The Damned The Cars John Williams Paul Simon Sweet Wishbone Ash The Rolling Stones Deep Purple The B-52's The Beach Boys John Lennon Linda Ronstadt Glen Campbell The Runaways Hawkwind The J. Geils Band Emerson, Lake & Palmer Emmylou Harris The Bee Gees Rufus with Chaka Khan Frank Zappa The O'Jays Heart The Police Fela Kuti Black Sabbath Warren Zevon Jim Croce Bob Marley Gil Scott-Heron Patti Smith Slade Chicago Electric Light Orchestra
Of the 249 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)
Curtis Mayfield - Curtis (1970)
James Brown - Sex Machine (1970)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
Cat Stevens - Tea For The Tillerman (1970)
The Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla & Other Assorted Love Songs (1970)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (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)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (1970)
MC5 - Back In the USA (1970)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
Alice Cooper - Love it to Death (1971)
The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers (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)
Sly & The Family Stone - There's A Riot Goin' On (1971)
Jethro Tull - Aqualung (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)
Yes - Close To The Edge (1972)
Dr. John - Dr. John's Gumbo (1972)
Neil Young - Harvest (1972)
The O'Jays - Back Stabbers (1972)
Nick Drake - Pink Moon (1972)
Todd Rundgren - Something/Anything? (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)
War - The World Is A Ghetto (1972)
David Bowie - The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars (1972)
Bonnie Raitt - Give It Up (1972)
Jimmy Cliff & Various Artists - The Harder They Come (1972)
Steely Dan - Can't Buy A Thrill (1972)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (1972)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
The Eagles - Eagles (1972)
The Rolling Stones - Exile On Main St. (1972)
Mott the Hoople - All the Young Dudes (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (1972)
Bill Withers - Still Bill (1972)
Lynyrd Skynyrd - (Pronounced 'Leh-'nerd 'Skin-'nerd) (1973)
Lou Reed - Berlin (1973)
The Isley Brothers - 3+3 (1973)
The Who - Quadrophenia (1973)
Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh (1973)
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
Al Green - Call Me (1973)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Catch a Fire (1973)
Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1973)
David Bowie - Aladdin Sane (1973)
Herbie Hancock - Head Hunters (1973)
Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy (1973)
The Temptations - Anthology (1973)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' (1973)
The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
Toots and the Maytals - Funky Kingston (1973)
Mott the Hoople - Mott (1973)
Bruce Springsteen - The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Innervisions (1973)
Jackson Browne - For Everyman (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)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Sparks - Kimono My House (1974)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Big Star - Radio City (1974)
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology (1974)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Natty Dread (1974)
Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic (1974)
Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1974)
Randy Newman - Good Old Boys (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)
Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac (1975)
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night (1975)
Elton John - Captain Fantastic and The Brown Dirt Cowboy (1975)
Bob Dylan and the Band - The Basement Tapes (1975)
Parliament - Mothership Connection (1975)
Bob Dylan - Blood On The Tracks (1975)
Roxy Music - Siren (1975)
Al Green - Al Green's Greatest Hits (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)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
Suicide - Suicide (1977)
Eric Clapton - Slowhand (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)
Wire - Pink Flag (1977)
Talking Heads - Talking Heads: 77 (1977)
Meat Loaf - Bat Out Of Hell (1977)
Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True (1977)
Cheap Trick - In Color (1977)
Van Halen - Van Halen (1978)
Willie Nelson - Stardust (1978)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (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)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick At Budokan (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)
Donna Summer - Bad Girls (1979)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (1979)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (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)
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970)
Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1970)
Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)
The Kinks - Lola (1970)
Santana - Black Magic Woman/Gypsy Queen (1970)
Black Sabbath - Paranoid (1970)
Free - All Right Now (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)
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (1970)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
Derek & The Dominos - Layla (1970)
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (1971)
Joni Mitchell - River (1971)
Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen (1971)
Led Zeppelin - Stairway To Heaven (1971)
Harry Nilsson - Without You (1971)
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (1971)
John Lennon - Imagine (1971)
David Bowie - Changes (1971)
Joni Mitchell - A Case of You (1971)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (1971)
The Rolling Stones - Wild Horses (1971)
David Bowie - Life on Mars? (1971)
Isaac Hayes - Theme From Shaft (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)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (1971)
Carole King - You've Got a Friend (1971)
Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (1972)
Lyn Collins - Think (About It) (1972)
Al Green - Love And Happiness (1972)
Bill Withers - Lean On Me (1972)
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
Stevie Wonder - Superstition (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)
The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (1972)
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (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)
The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (1973)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1973)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
The Faces - Ooh La La (1973)
Pink Floyd - Money (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (1973)
Hall & Oates - She's Gone (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Iggy And The Stooges - Search And Destroy (1973)
The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (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)
Aerosmith - Toys In The Attic (1975)
Led Zeppelin - Kashmir (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)
Television - Marquee Moon (1977)
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (1977)
Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express (1977)
The Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (1977)
Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (1977)
The Rolling Stones - Miss You (1978)
Van Halen - Runnin' With The Devil (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 B-52's - Rock Lobster (1978)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (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)
The Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight (1979)
Neil Young - My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) (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)
Talking Heads - Life During Wartime (1979)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb (1979)
The Clash - London Calling (1979)
Michael Jackson - Rock With You (1979)
Blondie - Dreaming (1979)
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