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.
MC5 War Charlie Daniels The Beatles Wishbone Ash Olivia Newton-John The Bee Gees Slade Esther Phillips Eddie Money Billy Joel Meat Loaf Roxy Music Poco Eric Clapton Warren Zevon Dr. John George Benson KC & the Sunshine Band The Kinks Jim Croce Roberta Flack The Grateful Dead Boston The Beach Boys Bad Company Led Zeppelin Squeeze Kate Bush Gordon Lightfoot The Clash The Guess Who Joni Mitchell George Harrison Neil Diamond Hawkwind John Williams Joan Baez Joe Cocker Herbie Hancock Thin Lizzy Santana Rainbow Todd Rundgren Bill Withers Suicide Weather Report The Who Three Dog Night Waylon Jennings The Modern Lovers Big Star Janis Joplin Genesis Creedence Clearwater Revival Gladys Knight and the Pips Sparks The Alan Parsons Project Diana Ross Carole King Willie Nelson Frank Zappa Robert Palmer Bobby Womack Emerson, Lake & Palmer Marianne Faithfull The Staple Singers Dire Straits Judas Priest Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes Ashford and Simpson Peter Gabriel Pere Ubu ABBA Rory Gallagher Elvis Costello & the Attractions Leonard Cohen Dionne Warwick Cheap Trick T. Rex Elton John Sun Ra Crosby, Stills and Nash The Small Faces/The Faces Gram Parsons Earth, Wind & Fire AC/DC The B-52's Rod Stewart LaBelle Jefferson Starship Paul Simon Nick Lowe Alice Cooper The Carpenters Can Bob Seger The Isley Brothers Bette Midler King Crimson Supertramp Michael Jackson Kraftwerk Loretta Lynn The Doobie Brothers Ringo Starr Yes Brian Eno Toto Kenny Rogers KISS Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers Parliament-Funkadelic Queen The Move Elvis Presley The Cars The Stylistics Kris Kristofferson Motörhead Harry Nilsson Rush Van Morrison Fleetwood Mac America Badfinger Teddy Pendergrass Donna Summer Deep Purple Rufus with Chaka Khan Curtis Mayfield Al Green Quincy Jones Derek and the Dominos Lynyrd Skynyrd Cher James Brown Randy Newman The Doors Billy Preston Chicago Cat Stevens ZZ Top The Eagles Hall & Oates The Spinners The Velvet Underground Ramones Steve Miller Gil Scott-Heron Journey Talking Heads Free Gloria Gaynor Bob Dylan Ike and Tina Turner Throbbing Gristle The Village People Devo Styx Wendy Carlos Peter Frampton Steely Dan The Rolling Stones Paul McCartney Foreigner The Temptations Bonnie Raitt Fela Kuti Carly Simon Joe Jackson Marvin Gaye Chic Ian Dury and the Blockheads The Jackson Five Blondie Kenny Loggins Jeff Beck Joan Armatrading Gang of Four Lou Reed Emmylou Harris Jimmy Buffett Leon Russell Aerosmith Peter Tosh Boz Scaggs Tom Waits Ohio Players Suzi Quatro John Prine The Moody Blues The Police Pink Floyd David Bowie The Band John Lennon Linda Ronstadt Sex Pistols Barbra Streisand Merle Haggard The Damned The Cure Jackson Browne Stevie Wonder Aretha Franklin Blue Öyster Cult Iggy Pop Electric Light Orchestra Traffic Black Sabbath Kool & the Gang Mott the Hoople Buzzcocks Barry Manilow John Denver Giorgio Moroder Glen Campbell Jimmy Cliff The Commodores Wire Raspberries Bob Marley Sly and the Family Stone The Pointer Sisters The Stooges Little Feat Nick Drake Barry White Television Isaac Hayes Van Halen Miles Davis Grand Funk Railroad Simon and Garfunkel Heart Johnny Cash Dolly Parton Joy Division/New Order Neil Young The O'Jays The J. Geils Band The Runaways Neu! Tangerine Dream The Chi-Lites New York Dolls Smokey Robinson Jethro Tull Uriah Heep Johnny Winter Bruce Springsteen James Taylor The Jam Patti Smith Kansas Sweet The Allman Brothers Band
Of the 258 artists listed above, 56% 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)
Miles Davis - Bitches Brew (1970)
James Brown - Sex Machine (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)
Sly & The Family Stone - Greatest Hits (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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Diana Ross and the Supremes - Anthology (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)
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)
Hank Williams - 40 Greatest Hits (1978)
Devo - Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978)
X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents (1978)
Buddy Holly - 20 Golden Greats (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)
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)
The Slits - Cut (1979)
Buzzcocks - Singles Going Steady (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 Beatles - Let It Be (1970)
The Grateful Dead - Ripple (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)
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)
Cat Stevens - Father and Son (1970)
James Brown - Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine (1970)
Jackson 5 - ABC (1970)
The Velvet Underground - Sweet Jane (1970)
Van Morrison - Moondance (1970)
Grateful Dead - Box of Rain (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)
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)
Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (1972)
Stevie Wonder - You Are The Sunshine Of My Life (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)
Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (1972)
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (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)
The Wailers - I Shot The Sheriff (1973)
Dolly Parton - Jolene (1973)
Pink Floyd - Money (1973)
The Faces - Ooh La La (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)
Billy Joel - Piano Man (1973)
The Wailers - Get Up, Stand Up (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)
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)
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)
ABBA - Dancing Queen (1976)
Peter Tosh - Legalize It (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)
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)
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)
The B-52's - Rock Lobster (1978)
Earth, Wind & Fire - September (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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