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The Year in Music

1970

The songs, the screens, the headlines

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel — cover art

1970 in music: “Bridge Over Troubled Water” by Simon & Garfunkel topped the year-end chart; Creedence Clearwater Revival owned the airwaves.

The sound of 1970

Bridge Over Troubled Water by Simon & Garfunkel — cover art
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon & Garfunkel
1970
(They Long To Be) Close To You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994) by The Cranberries — cover art
(They Long To Be) Close To You (Live At Féile, Tipperary, Ireland / 1994)
The Cranberries
1970
American Woman by The Guess Who — cover art
American Woman
The Guess Who
1970
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head by B.J. Thomas — cover art
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
B.J. Thomas
1970
War by Edwin Starr — cover art
Ain't No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell — cover art
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
1970
I'll Be There by Jackson 5 — cover art
I'll Be There
Jackson 5
1970
Let It Be by The Beatles — cover art
Let It Be
The Beatles
1970
Band of Gold by Freda Payne — cover art
Band of Gold
Freda Payne
1970
Mama Told Me (Not to Come) by Three Dog Night — cover art
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
Three Dog Night
1970
Everything Is Beautiful by Ray Stevens — cover art
Everything Is Beautiful
Ray Stevens
1970
Make It With You by Bread — cover art
Make It With You
Bread
1970

At the movies

  • Patton
  • M*A*S*H
  • Love Story

On TV

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • The Partridge Family
  • Monday Night Football

Headlines

  • First Earth Day
  • Beatles break up
  • The floppy disk is introduced

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