▸ the year you arrived
1970
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You will be 56 this year — a child of the '70s.
The song that ruled the year you arrived
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Top of your year, by vibe
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Top 10 of 1970
- 1
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
- 2
(They Long to Be) Close to You
The Carpenters
- 3
American Woman
The Guess Who
- 4
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
B.J. Thomas
- 5
War
Edwin Starr
- 6
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Diana Ross
- 7
I'll Be There
Jackson 5
- 9
Let It Be
The Beatles
- 10
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
- 11
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
Your stats
Your generation
Gen X
1970 belonged to
Creedence Clearwater Revival
3 year-end chart hits
🔙 The world you were born into
The world around the music — what was on screen, and what was on the shelf.
🎬 Set the scene
1970: a Spirograph out on the rug, a Fresca going flat, and just enough time to hang the drive-in speaker on the car window.
🎬 At the movies
📼 Saturday cartoons
- Scooby-Doo👕 tee →
- Schoolhouse Rock!
- Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- The Pink Panther Show
- Hong Kong Phooey
- The Jetsons
- The Flintstones
How well do you remember 1970?
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💬 Memories from 1970
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