@yourmusiceducationAll 252 US #1 songs from the 1970s, 1 second per week. The Bee Gees had 9 number one hits and topped the charts for a total of 27 weeks (more than half a year). That doesn’t include the songs that Barry Gibb wrote for Andy Gibb and other artists. Elton John had the second […]
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @soyyner Groovy man! The 70s were already in full-on 70s mode by 1971. Dawn, the Osmonds, Donny Osmond, Carole King, James Taylor, Paul Revere and The Raiders, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Cher, and Paul McCartney all earned their first #1 records that year. Janis Joplin also got her first #1 with the second-ever
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @jgibson2 1970 was the year The Beatles got their final #1 song in the United States, appropriately it was “The Long and Winding Road”. It was also the year that George Harrison got his first as a solo act. Other first-time chart-toppers included B. J. Thomas, The Jackson 5, Neil Diamond, The Carpenters,
@yourmusiceducationAhh 1962, the year the best-selling song of the year was a clarinet solo and the trombone-focused instrumental “The Stripper” held the top spot for one week. It was the best of times, it was the strangest of times. The Four Seasons led by their East Coast style falsetto held the #1 position on the
@yourmusiceducation1961 pop music was, shall we say, interesting. Songwriters and lyricists shoved together into small offices trying to write the next hit and sell whatever they could to the next no-name band trying to play the next hit. And record companies hiring people for their looks rather than for their musicianship. Sounds a lot like
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @timetravelingnerd 1974 was so bad it’s good, man! Three of the Beatles had #1 songs (four if you include Billy Preston). Band on the Run was the most memorable of those three. John Denver was the only act with two chart toppers that year, including his first ever number one. Other first-timers included
@yourmusiceducationEvery #1 song (best sellers and Hot 100) from 1958. Do you know them all? #musichistory #learnontiktok #music #oldschool #50smusic Tiktok failed to load. Enable 3rd party cookies or use another browser Here’s the Spotify playlist The Hot 100 began in 1958; here’s the Spotify playlist for just Hot 100 #1 songs @yourmusiceducation’s Newsletter is
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @brkase13 1975. What a trip, man. It was the year for country/pop crossovers with 5 country songs reaching #1 that year (and another 1975 releases topping the chart in January 1976). This year holds the record for the most consecutive weeks with a new #1 with 14. Elton John bookended that run with
@yourmusiceducationReplying to @reginecarter The US pop charts were quite diverse in 1973 as we saw a slow march from the sounds of the 60s to the sounds of the 70s. The counter culture and hippie aesthetic were still very much evident and yet a new wave of diverse musical styles continued to thrive. Roberta Flack
