What are your favourite songs from the 70s? 😎 🎸 🪩

[Littledidsheknow]

Making a new 70s playlist for Spotify, but lacking inspiration. If I Google best songs from the 70s I just get lots of good big hits, which are not always, y’know, good music.

So far I have some Bowie, Led Zeppelin, The Jam, The Police, Cat Stevens, Fleetwood Mac, The Jacksons, Siouxsie, The Clash and others.
looking for good songs of all genres, forgotten gems… even cheesy pop if it’s good.

What are your 70s favourites? 🙂

Has anyone mentioned Mott the Hoople? All the Young Dudes, All the Way from Memphis, Roll away the Stone. Just to name a few of their hits. I love Ian Hunter who is still going strong at 84!!

Pressed too soon!

Substitute - Clout
Dancing in the City - Marshall Hain
I love to love - Tina Charles
Sugar Baby Love - the Rubettes

Oh and The Who!! So many great tracks.

When I Need You - Leo Sayer
Amoureuse - Kiki Dee (so fucking sexy - although as a 12 year old I didn't appreciate it!)
The Slade ballads - Everyday and How Does it Feel; surprisingly still good.

Love cruel to be kind

Elvis Costello - I can't stand up for falling down

Don't Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult, an absolute classic
I love the Nightlife, Alicia Bridges
Loving You, Minnie Ripperton
Virginia Plain, Roxy Music

From my nostalgia Spotify playlist. I was 16 in 1975.

The Passenger - Iggy Pop
Lady in Black - Uriah Heep
Roxanne - Police
Walk in the Wild Side - Lou Reed
Back Street Love- Curved Air

You Wear It Well - Rod Stewart and The Faces ( when Rod's voice was👌)
Sylvia - Focus

The Sweet - Blockbuster and Ballroom Blitz
Middle of the Road -Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
The Rubettes - Sugar Baby Love
Boney M - Rasputin, Daddy Cool and Rivers of Babylon
Slade - Cum on Feel the Noise
Mungo Jerry - In The Summertime (my uncle was in the band)
Edison Lighthouse - Love Grows Where My Rosemary Goes
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline
So many more! I was born in 79. I love driving and blasting out my greatest hits of the 70's! 😂

Without You - Harry Nilsson

Angie Baby - Helen Reddy

I am Woman - Helen Reddy

From New York to LA - Patsy Gallant

Ooh some treats here! For sheer atmosphericness Im going to add Summer Breeze by the Isley Brothers (think it was 70s?) And Midnight at the Oasis by ?

Midnight at the Oasis was by Linda Lewis. (I think...)

It was Maria Muldaur.

Wow, Back Sreet Love by curved Air -had completely forgotten that . Sounds rubbishy on iPhone though.

The moments..nine times.
Lew kirkton.. heaven in the afternoon.
The fantastic Johnny .. don't depend on me.
70s nsoul.

Kirkton..not kirkton.

Kirton.. bloody phone.

Billy Ocean
Red light spells danger
1977

Yes, Spotify isn't really anonymous, is it? If I can be bothered, I'll set up a new free account and make and share it from there. Watch this space.

Your suggestions are all great, everyone, there are very few that I don't like. Thanks again.
The playlist will be very long... difficult to add just one or two songs from some artists who had loads of great songs!

I was born in 1969, so just a child in the 70s. My parents were young and very cool though, so had huge record collection, there was Radio 1; and Top of the Pops was a family event for everyone then, I think. Music on all the time. It was an awesome time to be a child.

Up the Junction by Squeeze was the first record I bought & I still love it.
It was on lilac vinyl!
Brilliant song, great storytelling from the brilliant team of Difford & Tilbrook. Jools Holland was still in the band at that time too.
I loved Cool for Cats as well, so cool!
They were always so good on Top of the Pops.

I absolutely loving the story telling from Squeeze.

Judy Tzuke "Stay with me til dawn",the most beautiful song ever written.

Jerry Rafferty "Baker street"

10cc "Dreadlock holiday"

Led zeppelin "Kashmir" and "Babe I'm gonna leave you".

Playlist under construction 🏗️ 🔫 ⚒️ 🪛

It's looking like it's going to be very long!

Dammit, I'd forgotten about Squeeze, too!

Steely Dan "Peg"