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.
Jefferson Starship Elvis Costello & the Attractions Blue Öyster Cult Stevie Wonder The Chi-Lites Raspberries Hall & Oates Eric Clapton Deep Purple Michael Jackson Cher Frank Zappa Leonard Cohen Rory Gallagher Al Green Chicago Toto Billy Joel Thin Lizzy Willie Nelson Devo The Bee Gees Suzi Quatro The Beach Boys Free Fela Kuti Led Zeppelin Talking Heads Rainbow Kansas Traffic The Commodores Randy Newman Merle Haggard Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Olivia Newton-John Steely Dan Aretha Franklin Herbie Hancock America Grand Funk Railroad Journey The Eagles Marvin Gaye Sex Pistols Three Dog Night Bob Dylan Supertramp George Harrison Sly and the Family Stone Paul McCartney Roberta Flack Bad Company Can Johnny Cash George Benson Ramones Donna Summer ZZ Top The Modern Lovers Roxy Music The Kinks The Grateful Dead The Move Poco Electric Light Orchestra Janis Joplin Television The Jackson Five Dolly Parton John Lennon King Crimson Jimmy Buffett The Moody Blues Carole King Big Star Slade Kenny Rogers The Staple Singers Ohio Players Neil Young Peter Gabriel AC/DC The Cure KC & the Sunshine Band Quincy Jones Warren Zevon Leon Russell Paul Simon John Denver Cheap Trick Hawkwind Sparks John Prine Jethro Tull The Small Faces/The Faces The Who Steve Miller Linda Ronstadt Queen Gil Scott-Heron Lynyrd Skynyrd Kris Kristofferson Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes Charlie Daniels Curtis Mayfield Emmylou Harris Uriah Heep Harry Nilsson Pink Floyd Rush Ringo Starr Genesis Joe Cocker Barry White The Jam Billy Preston Crosby, Stills and Nash Rufus with Chaka Khan Yes Marianne Faithfull The Village People Aerosmith Rod Stewart Kate Bush Wire Buzzcocks Gordon Lightfoot Throbbing Gristle Esther Phillips Parliament-Funkadelic Loretta Lynn Gloria Gaynor Robert Palmer Jackson Browne Derek and the Dominos The Isley Brothers The Stylistics Bob Seger Barry Manilow Gram Parsons New York Dolls Elvis Presley The Allman Brothers Band Cat Stevens Suicide Bob Marley Meat Loaf Van Morrison Neu! The Rolling Stones The Runaways Dionne Warwick Nick Drake Ike and Tina Turner The Police Fleetwood Mac Tom Waits Todd Rundgren Simon and Garfunkel Giorgio Moroder Badfinger Earth, Wind & Fire Van Halen Bobby Womack Neil Diamond Weather Report Isaac Hayes Bruce Springsteen Jeff Beck Styx Boz Scaggs The Band Motörhead War Joan Baez ABBA The O'Jays Dr. John LaBelle James Brown John Williams MC5 Sweet T. Rex The Temptations The Cars Santana Jim Croce David Bowie Peter Frampton The Doors Boston Gang of Four Kraftwerk The Damned Alice Cooper Judas Priest Kenny Loggins The Doobie Brothers The Spinners Pere Ubu Joe Jackson The Velvet Underground Joni Mitchell Mott the Hoople Eddie Money The Pointer Sisters Tangerine Dream Wishbone Ash Heart Patti Smith Chic Iggy Pop Glen Campbell Waylon Jennings Brian Eno Joy Division/New Order Nick Lowe Diana Ross Emerson, Lake & Palmer Black Sabbath James Taylor Bette Midler The Stooges Smokey Robinson The Carpenters Little Feat Kool & the Gang Bill Withers Foreigner KISS The B-52's Blondie Sun Ra The Alan Parsons Project Miles Davis The Beatles Dire Straits The J. Geils Band Lou Reed Barbra Streisand The Clash Jimmy Cliff The Guess Who Ashford and Simpson Teddy Pendergrass Peter Tosh Creedence Clearwater Revival Carly Simon Gladys Knight and the Pips Elton John Wendy Carlos
Of the 253 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)
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)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (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)
Van Morrison - Moondance (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)
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)
T. Rex - Electric Warrior (1971)
Dolly Parton - Coat of Many Colors (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)
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)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (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)
Bob Marley & the Wailers - Burnin' (1973)
The Stooges - Raw Power (1973)
The Temptations - Anthology (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)
Neil Young - On The Beach (1974)
Richard and Linda Thompson - I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (1974)
Labelle - Nightbirds (1974)
Jackson Browne - Late For The Sky (1974)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Sparks - Kimono My House (1974)
Tom Waits - The Heart of Saturday Night (1974)
Big Star - Radio City (1974)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
The Meters - Rejuvenation (1974)
Eric Clapton - 461 Ocean Boulevard (1974)
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology (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)
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)
Al Green - Al Green's Greatest Hits (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)
Bruce Springsteen - Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (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)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (1978)
Marvin Gaye - Here, My Dear (1978)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (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)
Graham Parker and The Rumour - Squeezing Out Sparks (1979)
Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Rust Never Sleeps (1979)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (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)
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1970)
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)
Eric Clapton - After Midnight (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)
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (1970)
Jackson 5 - ABC (1970)
Cat Stevens - Father and Son (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)
The Chi-Lites - Have You Seen Her (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)
The Who - Baba O'Riley (1971)
Carole King - You've Got a Friend (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)
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (1972)
The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (1972)
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (1972)
The Staple Singers - I'll Take You There (1972)
The O'Jays - Love Train (1972)
David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust (1972)
The Temptations - Papa Was A Rollin' Stone (1972)
Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come (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)
The Faces - Ooh La La (1973)
Pink Floyd - Money (1973)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
Stevie Wonder - Living for the City (1973)
Hall & Oates - She's Gone (1973)
Grand Funk Railroad - We're An American Band (1973)
The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (1973)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
Iggy And The Stooges - Search And Destroy (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)
Patti Smith - Gloria (1975)
Donna Summer - Love to Love You Baby (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)
Billy Joel - Scenes from an Italian Restaurant (1977)
Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen in Love (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)
The Cars - Just What I Needed (1978)
Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) (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)
The Undertones - Teenage Kicks (1978)
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (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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