Top Decade - Top Songs!!

The Top 10 Singles of 1970
1."Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon And Garfunkel
2."American Woman" - The Guess Who
3."Get Ready" - Rare Earth
4."Band Of Gold" - Freda Payne
5."Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas
6."ABC" - The Jackson 5
7."Let It Be" - The Beatles
8."(They Long To Be) Close To You" - Carpenters
9."Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night
10."War" - Edwin Starr

The Top 10 Singles of 1971
1. "Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night
2. "It's Too Late" - Carole King
3. "How Do You Mend A Broken Heart" - Bee Gees
4. "Indian Reservation" - The Raiders
5. "One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
6. "Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
7. "Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations
8. "Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver
9. "Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
10. "Knock Three Times" - Dawn

The Top 10 Singles of 1972
1. "American Pie" - Don McLean
2. "Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
3. "Without You" - Nilsson
4. "Brand New Key" - Melanie
5. "I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
6. "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton
7. "Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
8. "The First Time Ever I Saw You Face" - Roberta Flack
9. "Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
10. "Lean On Me" - Bill Withers

The Top 10 Singles of 1973
1. "Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
2. "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
3. "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
4. "My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings
5. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
6. "Touch Me In The Morning" - Diana Ross
7. "Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy
8. "Playground In My Mind" - Clint Holmes
9. "Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
10. "Me And Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul

The Top 10 Singles of 1974
1. "The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
2. "Come And Get Your Love" - Redbone
3. "Seasons In The Sun" - Terry Jacks
4. "Show And Tell" - Al Wilson
5. "Love's Theme" - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
6. "The Loco-motion" - Grand Funk
7. "Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
8. "You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics
9. "Sunshine On My Shoulders" - John Denver
10. "T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)"" - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees

The Top 10 Singles of 1975
1. "Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille
2. "Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
3. "Fame" - David Bowie
4. "Shining Star" - Earth, Wind and Fire
5. "My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli
6. "Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver
7. "Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
8. "One Of These Nights" - Eagles
9. "Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band
10. "At Seventeen" - Janis Ian

The Top 10 Singles of 1976
1. "Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor
2. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee
3. "Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
4. "Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart
5. "Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
6. "Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings
7. "A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy
8. "Love Machine (Part 1)" - The Miracles
9. "50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
10. "December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - The Four Seasons

The Top 10 Singles of 1977
1. "You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
2. "I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb
3. "Evergreen" - Barbra Streisand
4. "Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day
5. "I Like Dreamin'" - Kenny Nolan
6. "Dancing Queen" - Abba
7. "Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor
8. "Higher And Higher" - Rita Coolidge
9. "Best Of My Love" - The Emotions
10. "Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell

The Top 10 Singles of 1978
1. "Night Fever" - Bee Gees
2. "Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
3. "Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
4. "Kiss You All Over" - Exile
5. "Three Times A Lady" - Commodores
6. "Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey
7. "Baby Come Back" - Player
8. "Emotion" - Samantha Sang
9. "You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
10. "Grease" - Frankie Valli

The Top 10 Singles of 1979
1. "My Sharona" - The Knack
2. "Le Freak" - Chic
3. "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart
4. "Bad Girls" - Donna Summer
5. "YMCA" - Village People
6. "Reunited" - Peaches and Herb
7. "Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward
8. "I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
9. "Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees
10. "Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer

The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll ed. by Patricia Romanowski, Holly George-Warren and Jon Pareles (New York: Fireside, 1995).