1970 No. 1 Hit, Once Named Best Country Song of the Year, Turns 56

It's been exactly 56 years since Conway Twitty released one of his biggest hits. On March 23, 1970, the iconic country music singer released what would become a career-defining smash hit: his beloved ...

1970 No. 1 Hit Ranked Among Best ‘Soft Rock Songs’ of All Time Became a Timeless Classic

In 2024, Ultimate Classic Rock ranked the 40 best soft-rock songs, organizing a list of some of the greatest works in the ...
American Songwriter

4 of the Biggest Hit Country Songs of the 1970s

The 1970s were a great time for country music. Artists like Dolly Parton, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Conway Twitty ruled the charts and airwaves. At the same time, the decade saw some major ...

This 1971 Classic Rock Song Was Ranked the Best 1-Hit Wonder of the 1970s

And so it is with Don McLean, who recorded a hit so massive that it ranked number one on a list of the “greatest one-hit ...
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3 Hit Songs From the 1970s That Were Written on the Road

Sometimes, the greatest songs are written outside of one's comfort zone. These hit 1970s songs were written while on the open ...
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The biggest musicians of the 1970s, then and now

Using historical Billboard charts and other top song and album lists from the 1970s, Stacker spotlighted 15 of the ...
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Retro Roundup: 1970s hits outside the Top 10 Part 58: Solo Beatles Part 9

We now resume, and in this case conclude, our series on the solo Beatles hits of the 1970s that did not hit the prestigious ...
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Iconic ‘70s Hit Gets First Official Music Video 55 Years Later

Iconic ‘70s Hit Gets First Official Music Video 55 Years Later originally appeared on Parade. Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky” was one of the surprise hits of 1970 when it reached No. 3 on the ...