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Jan '70
Jan '70
Canadian band The Guess Who release the album American Woman which would go top ten. The single "American Woman" would hit #1 in May.
Chicago breaks through with their second album generating three top ten singles,,,"Color My World", "25 or 6 to 4" and "Make Me Smile".
Jan '70
Former Pink Floyd frontman Syd Barrett releases his first solo album The Madcap Laughs.
Jan '70
"Spirit In The Sky" by Norman Greenbaum tops the charts in the UK (#3 US). (more)
Jan '70
Simon and Garfunkel release the album Bridge Over Troubled Water which would win the Grammy for album of the year. The single of the same name would also hit #1.
Feb '70
Feb '70
Paul McCartney files petition with the court to dissolve The Beatles partnership. He is disgusted with the group's decision to hire Phil Spector to remix the songs that would become the Let It Be album, among other reasons.
Feb '70
James Taylor leaves Apple Records and releases the album Sweet Baby James on Warner Brothers. He has a #3 single with "Fire and Rain" and receives major publicity as a leader in the wave of new, more mellow, singer songwriters of the time.
Feb '70
The Doors get back to the Blues with the album Morrison Hotel which climbs to #4 on the album chart.
Feb '70
Mar '70
Mar '70
Mar '70
Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell has a hit album with Ladies of the Canyon featuring the hit song "Woodstock".
Apr '70
Apr '70
Paul McCartney's first solo album goes to #1 US #2 UK and contains the single "Maybe I'm Amazed". (more)
May '70
Three Dog Night have a #1 hit with "Mama Told Me Not To Come" written by Randy Newman.
May '70
May '70
The Beatles release the Phil Spector produced album - Let It Be. It generates three #1 hits "Get Back", "Let It Be" and their final #1, "The Long and Winding Road".
Jun '70
The Kinks song"Lola" about a romantic encounter with a transvestite makes #2 UK and #9 US.
Jun '70
Deep Purple In Rock is the fourth album by the band featuring the ten minute song "Child In Time". The album charts at #4 in the UK.
Jul '70
The Stooges release their second album on Elektra Records - Funhouse.
Jul '70
Grand Funk Railroad release their album Closer To Home, one of three albums to go Gold for them in 1970.
Jul '70
Aug '70
Aug '70
Eric Clapton releases his first solo album and scores a Top 20 hit with his cover of JJ Cale's "After Midnight".
Aug '70
Brother and sister act The Carpenters release their second album Close To You scoring two #1 hits. They would go on to be the top selling american act of the seventies.
Sep '70
Sep '70
Sep '70
Sep '70
Santana's second album yields a top ten hit with their cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Black Magic Woman".
Sep '70
Sep '70
Sep '70
Oct '70
Diana Ross releases her first solo album and scores a #1 hit with her cover of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".
Freda Payne has a #1 single with the Holland, Dozier, Holland, song "Band of Gold".
On Oct. 4 Janis Joplin is found dead in a Los Angeles hotel room of an apparent heroin overdose.
Led Zeppelin III is released and tops the charts in the US and UK. They also score a top 20 hit with "Immigrant Song".
Oct '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Nov '70
Dec '70
Dec '70
TV sitcom The Partridge Family generates a #1 hit with "I Think I Love You" with vocals by newly minted teen idol David Cassidy.
Cat Stevens breaks through in the US with his second album. The single "Wild World" goes to #11 US.
Badfinger's second album of 1970, No Dice, brings them their second top ten hit "No Matter What".
John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band debut released and goes top ten on both sides of the Atlantic.
Welsh guitarist Dave Edmunds goes to #1 in the UK (#4 US) with his cover of Smiley Lewis' "I Hear You Knockin".
On their fifth album, American Beauty, the Grateful Dead continue to move towards country. The album received considerable FM radio play with "Truckin" and "Ripple" as singles.
Eric Clapton forms Derek and the Dominos and releases an album including guest appearances by Duane Allman. The single "Layla" goes top ten in the US and UK
Aug '70
Dec '70
Originally recorded in 1967, "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles is re-released and hits #1 on both sides of the Atlantic.
Dec '70
After three upbeat #1 singles, The Jackson Five top the charts again with a slow ballad "I'll Be There".
Jan '70
Dionne Warwick has her 7th top ten hit with "I'll Never Fall In Love Again". (more)
Jun '70
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On This Page In
Rock and Roll History 1970:
The Guess Who
Dionne Warwick
Chicago
Syd Barrett
Norman Greenbaum
Simon & Garfunkel
Shocking Blue
The Beatles
James Taylor
The Doors - Morrison Hotel
Black Sabbath
Mountain
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Joni Mitchell
Elton John
Paul McCartney
Three Dog Night
War - Spill The Wine
The Beatles - Let It Be
Free - All Right Now
The Kinks - Lola
Deep Purple
The Stooges - Funhouse
Grand Funk Railroad
Mungo Jerry
Eric Clapton
Neil Diamond
The Carpenters
Edwin Starr - War
Neil Young
Santana
Jimi Hendrix
Diana Ross
Freda Payne
Rare Earth - Get Ready
Janis Joplin
Led Zeppelin - III
George Harrison
Grateful Dead -
American Beauty
Cat Stevens
The Partridge Family
Badfinger
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Jackson Five
Plastic Ono Band
Smokey Robinson
Dave Edmunds
Derek & The Dominos
US #1 Hits of 1970
UK #1 Hits of 1970
US #1 Albums of 1970
UK #1 Albums of 1970
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