Here it is, the definitive list of the best songs from the 1970s - the era between the Beatles and Duran Duran. My only guideline is that an artist can only land on this list one time. These are in no particular order and, like all pop culture lists, totally a matter of taste and therefore worthless.1. Carry On - Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
2. Guitar Man - Bread
3. Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson
4. Help Me - Joni Mitchell
5. I'd Have You Anytime - George Harrison
6. Levon - Elton John
7. Family of Man - Three Dog Night
8. Love Alive - Heart
9. For the Love of Money - The O'Jays
10. Lovely Day - Bill Withers
11. Love is Alive - Gary Wright
12. Josie - Steely Dan
13. Living for the City - Stevie Wonder
14. Isn't It Time - The Babys
15. Rise - Herb Alpert
16. Seven Island Suite - Gordon Lightfoot
17. Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts
18. Sail On - The Commodores
19. Chevy Van - Sammy Johns
20. Hair of the Dog- Nazareth
21. Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image
22. Night Fever - Bee Gees
23. Highway to Hell - AC/DC
24. Rich Girl - Daryl Hall & John Oates
25. Peaceful - Helen Reddy
26. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
27. What You Won't Do for Love - Bobby Caldwell
28. Hotter than Hell - KISS
29. Searching (For So Long) - Chicago
30. Lowrider - War
31. Boogie Man - KC & the Sunshine Man
32. Ventura Highway - America
33. The Things We Do for Love - 10cc
34. Hotel California - The Eagles
35. Vehicle - Ides of March
36. Knowing Me, Knowing You - ABBA
37. Theme from Shaft - Isaac Hayes
38. Family Tradition - Hank Williams, Jr.
39. Nights Are Forever - England Dan & John Ford Coley
40. Love Will Keep Us Together - Captain & Tennille
41. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
42. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
43. I Am I Said - Neil Diamond
44. You're So Vain - Carly Simon
45. Open the Door - Pentangle
46. Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love - Van Halen
47. Midnight Rider- The Allman Brothers
48. Saturday Night Special - Lynrd Skynrd
49. Morning Will Come - Spirit
50. Stranglehold - Amboy Dukes
51. Jet Airliner - The Steve Miller Band
52. Do Ya - The Move
53. Danny's Song- Loggins and Messina
54. Superstar - The Carpenters
55. Son of a Son of a Sailor - Jimmy Buffett
56. Hey, Hey, What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin
57. Baba O'Riley - The Who
58. Promises - Eric Clapton
59. Dreaming - Blondie
60. Smiling Faces Sometimes - The Undisputed Truth
61. Hold Your Head Up - Argent
62. All Right Now- Free
63. We're All Alone- Rita Coolidge
64. Piano Man - Billy Joel
65. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
66. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
67. Got to Give It Up (Pt. 1)- Marvin Gaye
68. Have You Never Been Mellow - Olivia Newton-John
69. Candida - Tony Orlando & Dawn
70. Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers
71. Hitch a Ride - Boston
72. Reminiscing - Little River Band
73. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkle
74. Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - James Brown
75. Paranoid - Black Sabbath
76. Slow Ride - Foghat
77. Black Water - The Doobie Brothers
78. September - Earth, Wind and Fire
79. Moondance - Van Morrison
80. Let's Stay Together - Al Green
81. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd
82. Do You Feel Like We Do? - Peter Frampton
83. Free Ride - The Edgar Winter Group
84. Life on Mars - David Bowie
85. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
86. Can't Get Enough of Your Love - Barry White
87. Roundabout - Yes
88. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield
89. Paradise by the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
90. Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
91. Come Sail Away - Styx
92. Don't Leave Me this Way - Thelma Houston
93. One - Harry Nilsson
94. Hello, Hurray - Alice Cooper
95. Everything's Alright - Yvonne Elliman
96. Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
97. We Are Family - Sister Sledge
98. It's Too Late - Carol King
99. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
100. I Got a Name - Jim Croce
Okay, I know many of you rock snobs and music geeks are wondering where are all the rare B-sides and other commercially remote songs? Well, maybe another day I'll do a list of sinfully underplayed songs from the 70s. For now just be happy I didn't put anything by Shaun Cassidy on here.
Now take a moment of silence to stare in awe at the greatness of the music from the 1970s.
