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.
Ramones Talking Heads Kenny Loggins Little Feat Hall & Oates Kool & the Gang John Williams Journey The Jackson Five George Harrison Boston Kate Bush The Isley Brothers Alice Cooper Fleetwood Mac New York Dolls Jackson Browne Blondie The Stylistics Gordon Lightfoot Throbbing Gristle Billy Joel The Stooges Waylon Jennings Giorgio Moroder The Doobie Brothers The Spinners Ringo Starr Weather Report Uriah Heep Loretta Lynn Stevie Wonder Jefferson Starship Dire Straits Bob Seger Wendy Carlos Rush John Prine Free Dolly Parton The Temptations Warren Zevon The Pointer Sisters Charlie Daniels The Jam Joy Division/New Order Raspberries The Doors Tom Waits Tangerine Dream Cheap Trick Joni Mitchell Miles Davis Styx Glen Campbell Motörhead Neu! Foreigner Bill Withers Sly and the Family Stone MC5 Toto Television The Alan Parsons Project The Allman Brothers Band Randy Newman Van Halen Johnny Cash Fela Kuti The Grateful Dead ZZ Top Elvis Costello & the Attractions Nick Drake The Modern Lovers Joan Baez Traffic Dionne Warwick Carole King The Eagles Diana Ross Steely Dan The Carpenters Marianne Faithfull America Peter Tosh Thin Lizzy Barry White Van Morrison Yes Gram Parsons Teddy Pendergrass Three Dog Night The Beatles Nick Lowe The Cars Bob Marley Elton John Suzi Quatro Michael Jackson The Band Slade Rufus with Chaka Khan Olivia Newton-John Bob Dylan Creedence Clearwater Revival The J. Geils Band Suicide George Benson Esther Phillips Chic Peter Frampton Iggy Pop Aretha Franklin Kraftwerk Earth, Wind & Fire Jimmy Buffett Robert Palmer The Police Eddie Money Heart Kris Kristofferson Ohio Players Sparks Boz Scaggs Queen Mott the Hoople Smokey Robinson Black Sabbath Joe Jackson Curtis Mayfield Devo Todd Rundgren War Supertramp The Moody Blues Electric Light Orchestra Al Green The B-52's Janis Joplin T. Rex Harry Nilsson Simon and Garfunkel Brian Eno Chicago Blue Öyster Cult Emmylou Harris Donna Summer Carly Simon The Velvet Underground The Chi-Lites David Bowie The Beach Boys The Damned The Guess Who Meat Loaf Kenny Rogers Merle Haggard Gang of Four Ike and Tina Turner The Runaways Patti Smith Elvis Presley KISS Roberta Flack Grand Funk Railroad Santana The Commodores Jethro Tull King Crimson The Staple Singers Genesis Sun Ra Frank Zappa Neil Young Parliament-Funkadelic LaBelle Poco Barry Manilow John Lennon Herbie Hancock Marvin Gaye Bobby Womack Paul McCartney James Brown Judas Priest Rod Stewart AC/DC Rory Gallagher Neil Diamond Lynyrd Skynyrd Gil Scott-Heron The Clash Derek and the Dominos Jimmy Cliff Leonard Cohen Badfinger The Small Faces/The Faces Quincy Jones Buzzcocks Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes The Rolling Stones The Who The Move Wire Barbra Streisand Jim Croce Can John Denver Leon Russell Bruce Springsteen Rainbow Isaac Hayes Cat Stevens Linda Ronstadt Willie Nelson Eric Clapton Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Crosby, Stills and Nash Pere Ubu Sex Pistols Deep Purple Steve Miller Sweet Bette Midler Led Zeppelin Billy Preston The Bee Gees Aerosmith Emerson, Lake & Palmer Joe Cocker Hawkwind Jeff Beck KC & the Sunshine Band The Cure Dr. John The O'Jays Ashford and Simpson Roxy Music ABBA Peter Gabriel Gloria Gaynor Gladys Knight and the Pips Kansas Cher Pink Floyd Paul Simon Lou Reed Big Star Wishbone Ash The Kinks James Taylor Bad Company The Village People
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)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (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)
MC5 - Back In the USA (1970)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory (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)
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)
Paul Simon - Paul Simon (1972)
Can - Ege Bamyasi (1972)
Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace (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)
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)
Brian Eno - Here Come The Warm Jets (1974)
Sparks - Kimono My House (1974)
Big Star - Radio City (1974)
Barry White - Can't Get Enough (1974)
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology (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)
Earth, Wind & Fire - That's the Way of the World (1975)
Patti Smith - Horses (1975)
KISS - Alive! (1975)
Al Green - Al Green's Greatest Hits (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)
Eric Clapton - Slowhand (1977)
Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols (1977)
Suicide - Suicide (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)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (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)
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)
Cheap Trick - Cheap Trick At Budokan (1978)
Elvis Costello - This Year's Model (1978)
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Armed Forces (1979)
Public Image Ltd. - Metal Box (1979)
The Police - Reggatta de Blanc (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)
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 Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
The Grateful Dead - Ripple (1970)
Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop (1970)
Elton John - Your Song (1970)
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up (1970)
Black Sabbath - Iron Man (1970)
Neil Young - After The Gold Rush (1970)
Eric Clapton - After Midnight (1970)
Gil Scott-Heron - The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (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)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Ohio (1970)
Van Morrison - Into the Mystic (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)
Led Zeppelin - Rock And Roll (1971)
Joni Mitchell - River (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)
T. Rex - Cosmic Dancer (1971)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (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)
Bill Withers - Lean On Me (1972)
Al Green - Love And Happiness (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)
The Rolling Stones - Tumbling Dice (1972)
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (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)
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)
Little Feat - Dixie Chicken (1973)
The Faces - Ooh La La (1973)
Pink Floyd - Money (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)
Frank Zappa - Montana (1973)
The Allman Brothers Band - Ramblin' Man (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)
Parliament - Flash Light (1977)
Bill Withers - Lovely Day (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)
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)
The Clash - (White Man) In Hammersmith Palais (1978)
Funkadelic - One Nation Under a Groove (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)
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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