The year in music

Best Songs of 1970

The Beatles break up. Simon & Garfunkel have “Bridge over Troubled Water”, Black Sabbath’s first album starts heavy metal, and Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin die within weeks of each other.

Let It Be
Play 1970

38 songs

Across the Universe

Across the Universe

The Beatles
Let It Be

Let It Be

The Beatles
Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar

The Rolling Stones
Proud Mary

Proud Mary

Tina Turner
Cry Me a River

Cry Me a River

Joe Cocker
The Letter

The Letter

Joe Cocker
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)

The Temptations
Into the Mystic

Into the Mystic

Van Morrison
Moondance

Moondance

Van Morrison
Your Song

Your Song

Elton John
Bitches Brew

Bitches Brew

Miles Davis
Casey Jones

Casey Jones

Grateful Dead
Friend of the Devil

Friend of the Devil

Grateful Dead
I'm Eighteen

I'm Eighteen

Alice Cooper
Ripple

Ripple

Grateful Dead
Southern Man

Southern Man

Neil Young
Sugar Magnolia

Sugar Magnolia

Grateful Dead
Uncle John's Band

Uncle John's Band

Grateful Dead
Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath
Child in Time

Child in Time

Deep Purple
Iron Man

Iron Man

Black Sabbath
Move On Up

Move On Up

Curtis Mayfield
Paranoid

Paranoid

Black Sabbath
War Pigs

War Pigs

Black Sabbath
Whaling Stories

Whaling Stories

Procol Harum
Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Diana Ross
Lola

Lola

The Kinks
Sweet Jane

Sweet Jane

The Velvet Underground
Bridge Over Troubled Water

Bridge Over Troubled Water

Simon & Garfunkel
Cecilia

Cecilia

Simon & Garfunkel
Mother

Mother

John Lennon
Big Yellow Taxi

Big Yellow Taxi

Joni Mitchell
Coal Miner's Daughter

Coal Miner's Daughter

Loretta Lynn
Oye Como Va

Oye Como Va

Santana
A Song for You

A Song for You

Leon Russell
In the Summertime

In the Summertime

Mungo Jerry
Layla

Layla

Derek and the Dominos
Me and Bobby McGee

Me and Bobby McGee

Janis Joplin

1970 on Music By Decade

The catalogue holds 38 songs first released in 1970. Rock, Folk Rock and Classic Rock lead the year. Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath and Joe Cocker are among the voices of 1970.

Artists of 1970

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