1970's Music of the Decade

check out the following websites:

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/ .  Then do a search on the genre or one of the artists - - - better then wikipedia - they did a background check on wikipedia's info!

http://www.southernmusic.net/1970.htm

http://www.thepeoplehistory.com/70smusic.html

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_songs70-79.html

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_artists70s.html

http://oldies.about.com/od/70spopandsoul/70s_Music.htm

 

R&B / SOUL Genre

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Rhythm_and_blues

Important people to Check out:

Stevie Wonder

B.B. King


Motown

The Temptations

The Jackson 5

Donna Summers


Disco

KC and the Sunshine Band

The Bee Gees

The Village People

ABBA

ROCK Genre

Glam Rock

Queen

Alice Cooper

David Bowie

KISS


Soft Rock

James Taylor

Billy Joel

Fleetwood Mac


Hard Rock

Led Zeplin

RUSH

Ted Nugent

Aerosmith


Southern Rock

Lynrd Skynrd

The Marshall Tucker Band


Punk

Patti Smith

The Clash


FOLK Genre

Cat Stevens

The Mamas and The Papas

John Denver

Peter, Paul, and Mary

COUNTRY Genre

Dolly Parton

Kenny Rogers