Reacting to The Most Popular Song Each Month in the 70s

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[@danielhoehne801]

Cool that the Carpenters seemed to have clicked with you. Karen was an incredible talent, amazing voice...and she was a drummer as well.

[@JenniJewell]

It touched me how moved he was listening to Karen sing.

[@almostyummymummy]

Her vocal control was something else. Gave her so much power to all those wonderful songs. No. Genuineness.

[@LadyIarConnacht]

The Carpenters had a sister-brother act and were famous for soft rock or easy listening. They very often appeared on live TV on music variety shows which were very popular during this era.

[@samueltabo3390]

Abba was massive all over the world in the 70s and early 80s. I'm loving it that the unique and lush vocals of Karen Carpenter of the Carpenters grabbed your attention. She had one of the best voices in music

[@marydavis5234]

ABBA actually released a new Cd last year

[@Dragoncurse4]

@farscape Abba was most definitely massive in North America.

[@ntvypr4820]

@farscape Oh, YES they were, I was there. I was a radio DJ and I PLAYED their stuff from the beginning in 1974 to 1983 when they bowed out. They were regulars at or near the top of the Rock Hot 100 charts all through the late 70's and early 80's.

[@marydavis5234]

@farscape Where did you get your false information that ABBA was not massive in NA, they were on all the US talk shows during the 1970s and all the albums sold out in every US record store.

[@alexioverdo5225]

@samueltabo Karen is imo the best standalone contralto female voice ever recorded.

[@christined6321]

😂😂😂yes you heard them in the ‘80s & ‘90s because they’re classics!!!! Never gets old! I can’t believe you never heard Pina Colada😩

[@CamoJan]

You actually knew quite a few of them! Good on you! The 70's was a great decade for music. You could listen to rock, soft rock, pop, funk, soul, country, disco, etc all on the same station! We had a wide genre of music to listen to! Glad you're doing these! ♥

[@theblackbear211]

Michael Jackson's singing career started at the age of 6, with his brothers as part of "The Jackson 5", by the age of 14 he was releasing solo albums. He was well established by 1979, when he was 21.

[@greendragonpublishing]

I came here to say this - here's a video of a very young MJ! kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2PFh3x4rNV2iqM I think he's 10 here?

[@Zejoant]

Thats insane

[@jlpack62]

I know all these songs. This is the soundtrack of my childhood and adolescence. The music out of the 70s was special. You should react specifically to the Carpenters. Karen Carpenter had perfect pitch and a voice like no other. Sadly she died young in the early 80s due to anorexia.

[@myst0dreamer]

I know about 95% of the songs but oddly the local radio stations (the way we listened to new music in the old days) didn't play a lot of these songs, and I learned about them by chance or later on.

[@nancyrinkers9723]

The 70’s were the age of Disco. The reason there were so many BeeGee hits in the late 70’s is because the movie Saturday Night Fever came out and was a huge hit and so was the soundtrack.

[@myst0dreamer]

I believe that the first Bee Gees song on the list came out in 1975-ish, and you can immediately hear the funk background and the dance and music style of disco. But just before that was a song called The Hustle which introduced (or made famous) the dance in the title. Everyone tried to learn that dance, and Disco practically overnight replaced the prior pop music style. Before that soft rock had a period of time of popularity (I think people just wanted calm music as a change of pace from prior). I'm pretty sure that this list was from the pop music charts, and therefore things like metal or rock were generally excluded unless the piece of music broke through. Some of the music was a throwback to '60's pop and some was a foretaste of the '80's. There was some Soul and Funk thrown in. Elton John and some others were Glam Rock. A few Country music were mentioned. Kate Bush was an entry out of maybe what you would call Alternative music today. Blondie was the first sign of Punk Rock, although they did other styles as well. Oh, and I probably should mention that there was a bigger gulf between the British charts and the American charts back then, I think it was the internet that made people aware of songs they never would have otherwise internationally.

[@RandomJane104]

Staring who else but John Travolta. 😆

[@Jimbodisfan]

​@@myst0dreamer "Jive Talkin'" appears on the Bee Gees' 1975 album *Main Course*.

[@myst0dreamer]

@@Jimbodisfan You are right, my time order is wrong. But from my subjective pov when I was in high school at the time, the hustle, as a dance, was inextricably entwined with the music's development and popularity. Also the movie "Saturday Night Fever" contributed greatly. That movie didn't come out until 1977. Music took time to spread in those days, it depended a lot on the programming choices of radio DJ, and which station you listened to, and TV, which, remember, was mostly broadcast. So it seemed to me that all three appeared simultaneously.

[@Jimbodisfan]

@@myst0dreamer You're not wrong. I simply clarified where that song came from. If Luka goes down the 1970s musical rabbit hole, he may decide to stay awhile.

[@LuxRoyale]

I'm 22 and love classic rock, know most of these. Glad to see you branch out more musically, and know that a lot of people I know my age also dig classic rock!

[@robynhurley5119]

That is impressive!!! 22? Wow. I am 56

[@johnnyd.seducedmarilynm.7599]

Yup, I'm 23, but 70s and 80s music is my stuff. My grandma raised me right❤

[@HermanVonPetri]

That funky bass rhythm you were curious about was a staple of the disco genre.

[@douglasmcclelland]

You might know of ABBA but what you don’t know is that they are the 2nd top selling band OF ALL TIME, after the Beatles who are number 1. ABBA ruled the pop music world from 1974 to 1982 when they disbanded only to return 40 years later in 2021 with a new album and amazing ground breaking concert still running daily in London!

[@adamskeans2515]

actually the 2nd is Garth Brooks

[@DalekNazi]

Abba were the biggest selling group in the UK in the 70’s and had 23 top ten hits of which 9 got to no:1..In the US The Carpenters were the biggest group in terms of singles sales in the 70’s and became equally as popular in the UK…a few years back a UK programme called “The Nations favourite Carpenters songs” was broadcast..it’s an hour long but well worth watching as it tells their life story and also what we voted from all of their hits or music faberge eggs as I call them.

[@andrewjosepholson]

Wow. This was my childhood. Every. Single. Song. unleashes a flood of memories.

[@ntvypr4820]

The soundtrack of your life. It is MINE for sure..

[@1964paulsmith]

Abba had more number 1's than anyone else in the 70's in the UK and not many groups could create as much of a buzz as they did when they made a comeback after 40 years. True legends!

[@Winnywoo]

I was born in '75 so knew 90+% of these songs. I always liked 60's and 70's songs even if a little before my time. The Carpenters were well known for their beautifully layered vocal harmonies. I lol when he said "That song's from Shrek!". I've heard that said several times before from younger coworkers who think 70's and 80's songs were created for those animated movies.

[@greendragonpublishing]

Yeah, Abba and the Beegees were absolute powerhouses in the 1970s. Abba was in the Eurovision qualifiers one year, and exploded on the scene. They won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo.

[@robertdinmore1971]

ABBA ( Agnetha, Bjorn, Benny, Anni-Frid “ Frida “) is a band from Sweden who were initially active from 1972-1982. The Name comes from the 4 members initials. They were 2 married couples but both marriages ended in divorce in the late 70’s / early 80’s. Their big break came from winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with Waterloo. They have sold over 400 million albums worldwide and the best selling act of the 70’s. They were approached a few years ago to put on new concerts using digital versions of themselves as they were in the 1970’s and as a result of this they decided to record a couple of new songs to be performed as well as their older hits. They enjoyed recording them so much that they decided to do a new album called Voyage which was released on 5th Nov 2021 almost 40 years after their last Album The Visitors and has sold over 2.5 million so far. Their Greatest Hits Album entitled ABBA GOLD which was 1st album to spend 1,000 weeks on the UK charts enjoying 3 spells at number 1 (1992, 1999 & 2008) and today it is still in the charts.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

Voyage album was no1 in 18 countries and ended 2nd best selling album of 2021 worldwide and no8 with incl.streaming.

[@rogers.5153]

Fun fact: Olivia Newton-John represented Great Britain in the 1974 Eurovison Song Contest and came in 4th! On one of her tv specials later, Olivia hosted ABBA and Andy Gibb (he was the younger brother of the 3 Gibb brothers, Maurice, Robin and Barry, that made up the Bee Gees). There are videos on KZbin of the special. Check them out!

[@rogers.5153]

@tecdessus Thank you, I made the correction.

[@SoLongAndThanksForAllTheFish.]

I’m 42 and I knew almost every single one of these… because my parents listened to them. Also a great song by The Carpenters: “Close to You”

[@erikawilliams9558]

Same here

[@firebird7479]

Andy Gibb was the youngest brother to the Bee Gees. The hit song by The Bay City Rollers is a cover of a 1964 hit by The Four Seasons, who turn up later on this video and whose lead singer turns up further into the video, Frankie Valli, who had the hit record "Grease".

[@Tarzan91303]

The Carpenters have the one of the highest selling albums of all times. Elton John, Queen, Abba, and The Eagles ruled in the 70s. You should definitely check them all out. Also, some songs are classics but never reached #1, so if they only reached #2 or #3, they won't make this list.

[@ntvypr4820]

Exactly.

[@colleenmonell1601]

Funny but I am totally OK with you knowing any of these songs from something other than just knowing the artists. BTW, Michael Jackson began signing for the masses as a child in the 60's with his brothers, The Jackson 5.

[@juanramirez-wk8ty]

Abba are amazing with loads of absolute classic tunes and this is coming from an old Heavy Metal head, LOL!

[@frankisfunny2007]

Alot of these videos came from the artist's KZbin page. Which they added a video later on, or touched up a video. That's why the visual quality looks good. Especially for the 1970s

[@danpals7678]

Woah! All my teenage years just flashed before my eyes and ears. Thanks

[@Liamshavingfun]

This is back when they could sing and didn't need autotune. I knew everyone!

[@Apollo_Blaze]

Well said! So true.

[@c.michellesparks2925]

Mostly Pop and what we called soft rock at the time. Still great stuff! Edit: You have to keep in mind that these are the Top 40 hits only. Hard Rock didn't get radio play at the time.

[@frankisfunny2007]

Later in the video, disco dominated the mid-to-late 1970s

[@firebird7479]

Hard Rock had its own format on the radio... Album Oriented Rock.

[@ntvypr4820]

As a DJ back then I can so some of it did, Not Black Sabbath or much Zeppelin, but you had Boston, Queen and others..

[@ntvypr4820]

@@firebird7479 Usually on FM and late at night.

[@firebird7479]

@@ntvypr4820 I don't know which stations you are talking about. I worked for Friday Morning Quarterback. We had a weekly Tip Sheet for Top 40/AC/RB/MOR and we had another strictly for AOR...24/7 Album Oriented Rock. WMMR in Philadelphia has been on the air, playing AOR 24/7/365 since 1968. They aren't the only ones.

[@TB-tr3cm]

Well done. This was fun. I was in high school and college in the 70's -- so I know all of these songs. I was actually surprised that you recognized as many as you did. Good job.

[@79BlackRose]

ABBA were massive! They had 9 #1 singles.

[@frankdeboer1347]

They were the number 2 export of Sweden, second only to Volvo.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

And 5 no1 albums(out of 10 that was from 1976 plus their 2021 comeback).Unfortunately this list misses 2 of their hugest hits."Knowing me knowing you'1977 and "Chiquitita' 1979 and still an hymn in LAtin America.

[@79BlackRose]

@@christianoazzuro6711 Chiquitita is my favourite song of theirs.

[@christianoazzuro6711]

@@79BlackRose Yeah We all got an Abba fave and not just one.They are F_ABBA.

[@SomeRandomOldFatGuy]

It was so fun to watch your mind boggle again and again.

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

The piano-singing combo is a trope of the "singer-songwriter", which seems to have been a big thing at the time. Someone who combines composing, lyrics writing, and performing in the same person tend to like either a piano or an acoustic guitar a lot of the time. It's the extreme opposite of big-production pop groups that are assembled by a producer to lip-sync things written, composed, and largely performed by others. About Zeppelin, you can imagine based on the softness of everything on this list how super-hard and edgy they would have sounded against that backdrop (I mean, they still are, and music isn't nearly as soft today), which would tend to scare away a basic pop audience.

[@ntvypr4820]

AbbA was based around the piano, so was Billy Joel.

[@hectorsmommy1717]

The "singer-songwriter" was very much a thing in the late 60's into the 70's. Many would accompany themselves with a guitar and thus frequently got lumped in with folk singers, even though they really weren't. The songs were personal, introspective, and minimally produced. Cat Stevens, Neil Diamond, Jim Croce, Kris Kristofferson, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, James Taylor, Harry Chapin, Carly Simon, Carole King, etc. were considered singer-songwriters.

[@caseyflorida]

I'm 60 years old and I know most of these. Remember loving them when I was a teenager!

[@robynhurley5119]

Im 56

[@disoriented1]

At 9:11 when you stated that was 'easy on the ears'...the voice was that of Karen Carpenter. Even if the songs the Carpenter's performed meant nothing to you..that voice...beautifully haunting. I am biased, because that is the sound of my youth from about age 5 to age 10 in the U.S., where the group was more well known.

[@williambranch4283]

Way before your time. American music was still good thru the 80s.

[@Dreamer-gp8ye]

Bee Gee's Stayin' Alive is Disco

[@JKM395]

I Honestly love you too, Olivia.

[@klb9142]

I Honestly Love You was sung by the same woman that sang Your The One That I Love, with John Travolta. She passed away this year. R.I.P. Olivia Newton John.

[@ABBADiego]

“You know ABBA”. No, you, in fact, do not know ABBA. 😊

[@teej0813]

You've got it right, this list is focused on popular music. Missing from this list is a lot of superb hard rock, acid rock, progressive rock, funk, R&B, and country. Bands like Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, Yes, The Who, Moody Blues, Frank Zappa, and Jethro Tull wouldn't have been considered 'popular' at the time. Yet, they produced much of the very best music of the 70s decade.

[@frankdeboer1347]

Just so you know, Andy Gibb was the younger brother of the Bee Gees (Brothers Gibb) and died early in the 80's.

[@janetnwonderland]

You are trying to count the songs that you do know while I'm counting the songs that I don't know. Fourteen was my magic number. I remember them all from my childhood and youth being played repeatedly on the radio. I also remember some from album plays in my home, even though many were continuously played on the radio throughout the seventies. And that is thankfully, or I would have no memory of songs from when I was two. Hahaha. Yes, I'm not a spring chicken. There were some really crap songs on this list that I didn't even like as a kid. But there were so many that are just wonderful, and a handful that are pretty classic. And I loved the Carpenter's. "Rainy Days and Mondays." The way they perform that song and the words, really just brings about a melancholy feeling that I can't describe. It really gets me. They do have some surprisingly good music.

[@Swampzoid]

8:01 The Carly Simon song is definitely from the early 70's but a video was added to the original 1970's song in the early 2000's. I knew every one on the list. I am 61 years old.

[@ESUSAMEX]

"I'm so confused" is said so often in Lav Luka's videos that I am beginning to think that he earns money each time he says it.

[@Jeff121456]

MJ was 21 in 1979. He first charted in '68 with the Jackson Five.

[@okie-kan9240]

I remember most all of them. I was born in 1970 so I know most of them.

[@dameinnoble3995]

Ahhhh The Carpenters, absolute bliss.

[@grahamparks1645]

The hustle was like Gangnam style in the 70’s

[@rhiahlMT]

Piano playing has been around a long time Thurston. These songs are off the Top 40 charts of the day. Popular music. My Ding-A-Ling is a classic, LOL. The single largest selling Pop artist of the 1970s was Elton John. Karen Carpenter was instrumental in bringing awareness to eating disorders. Unfortunately, it took her death to anorexia. ABBA, later Bee Gees was Disco. Michael Jackson was in the Jackson 5 in the early 70s. The artists in the 90s wish they were as good as those in the 70s. 😂

[@scottmcgregor4829]

There is a huge difference in the top 40 singles music and the rock music of the 70s. Many rock bands actually sold more albums than much of the top 40 artists. What is now known as classic rock you will not see on a list like this. The two exceptions on this list are Eagles and Queen. Ironically Queen was still more of an album oriented band in the 70s than a singles band. Their popularity dropped off in the early to mid 80s and gained popularity in the 90s when Bohemian Rhapsody was featured prominently in the 90s movie "Wayne's World" and hasn't let up since.

[@susanapplegate9758]

I can tell you what I was doing every single month of 1970 to at least 1976, just by hearing these. I know every one; used to lug around reel to reel tape recorders to friend's houses so we could record them for each other (cheap way to get copies)! Lots and lots of high school and early adulthood memories, good and bad ~ fun to see your reaction to how many are new to you :) Surprised I didn't see any by Bread or CCR, or Raiders, or Moody Blues. And we did seem to have a few fun and silly songs too (Jeremiah was a Bullfrog, Muskrat Fever, etc) and of course The Desiderata (a poem - not a song, but it was on the radio so much we all knew the whole thing by heart).

[@Jimbodisfan]

Jeremiah Was a Bullfrog - Joy to the World; Muskrat Love

[@MaikKellerhals]

"Is this pop music?" Well these are the most popular songs each month. So by definition it's "Pop" music ;)

[@sonofroderick4255]

That's when music was good. The lyrics were clear. Music wasn't raunchy, nasty, no expletives. Music will never be what it was.

[@ktkacer1039]

I believe those 'top' were based on record singles sales. They also had charts back then, all the radio stations across the USA would put in most requested songs their top w/e (10? 25? 100? I don't recall). and yeah some artists were 'before their time'. and w/ the piano playing & singing... it was also Liberace's 'time' too (NOT 'rock') I think that was a significant part of that instrument's 'popularity' w/ singers/groups... The "funk" background re: Bee Gees you mentioned... yeah it was part of Disco rock Yeah John Travolta has it all he can dance, act, sing. The man is talented.

[@SonOfMuta]

0:08 "Every century from the 70s onward" JFC, you muppet. A century is 100 years. The word you're trying to think of is "decade"

[@evorock]

Bye bye baby was number 1 when i was born (March 24th 1975) and spent 6 weeks at no 1. bloody good tune!

[@autistickakarot]

Wings was massive during their active years. Also Michael Jackson had been around since the 60s as a child singer with the Jackson 5. I would assume you know ABC or I want you back, probably their most known songs.

[@greenwidow]

Oh honey you are bringing back alot of good memories for me, I loved Abba, had a big crush on Andy Gibb (brother to Bee Gees)...it would be great if you reviewed Grease too. I remember getting a book order in school and one was an instructional book on disco dances. Lol Anyway, you youngsters don't know what you were missing, so it's great you are doing these videos! Keep it up!

[@banjobanjo2]

"If You Like Pina Coladas" WAS in Shrek.

[@ozzy7109]

The movie you're talking about with the John Travolta meme is Pulp Fiction

MJ was 21 in October of 79. His birthday is the end of August so he might have still been 20 when the video was shot.

[@marysweeney7370]

A lot of these songs, especially from the first half of the 70's would have been played on AM radio. Am radio is all most people listened to - in their cars, on their small transistor radios. There were all sorts of styles played - motown, pop, soft rock, folk, disco, rock hits ( like Beatles, Elton John), blues, country...you name it, it was on the radio if it was a hit . We didn't make such distinctions among styles/genres. It was just music, and most of the songs were top hits on the charts. Later, there was FM rock stations that played harder rock, progressive rock.

[@germainedaniel8720]

My ding a Ling is about a bell, but if you listen to it you'll think it was about what you thought it was. Also it was the biggest song the UK!

[@chrisstott4100]

Glad you knew a few of the songs, Thurston! I still need to send you a ton of CDs of 70's artists to bring you up to speed.:-) Ray Stevens is comedy/country artist. You should listen to his song "the streak".:-) Karen Carpenter had one of the voices ever in music. You should listen to the Carpenters. Yes, ABBA was extremely popular in the 70's and today. 70's one of the great decades of music.

[@karlamackey4675]

"The Streak" is a must! You'll love it. Would love to see your reaction 🤣🤣🤣😋

[@bobclarke1815]

Karen died of anorexia nervosa at the age of 33, the light went out that day.

[@Chris-es7qp]

ABBA 3rd biggest selling artist of all time I think

[@jrag9435]

The last song was actually in the movie Shrek…

[@muyleche6466]

As an American, I'm finding it hard to accept that you don't know the last song. Lol 😅

[@lihzzahrdspeed6631]

Same

[@rejoiceinthetruth]

As a Brit, I agree!

[@Fridge56Vet]

Don't worry, I can't keep a straight face through the "My Ding-a-Ling" song either.

[@gallendugall8913]

This list is clearly some weird European list. The #1 song in the US in July of 1972 was Chuck Berry's My Ding-A-Ling.

[@nbunnysnowboard]

You said you didn’t know the last song but that song was in fact in Shrek! 😂 The Escape Song (Piña Colada) plays when Lord Farquad picks Fiona out of the 3 princesses that the Magic Mirror shows him

[@theblackbear211]

A lot of these would have been classified as "pop" music (and sometimes "easy listening") hits even 50 years ago, so it's not surprising that you are not familiar with a lot of them - I grew up hearing them, but I haven't heard a lot of them in well over a decade, maybe more.

[@adancer3592]

Pop music means Popular music So all of these are Pop Music

[@3251JOE]

The Bee-Gees had two main phases. Harmonic melodies in the late sixties-early seventies and the disco phase for the movie "Saturday Night Fever", starring John Travolta as a disco dancer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Bee-Gees stands for Brothers Gibb. Andy Gibb, who had two monthly hits in this video, was their younger brother.

[@charlayned]

This is kinda long but I hope I can add some context to this. I loved your reactions to the music. I grew up in this era. I graduated high school in 1975 and I knew all of these. This was the “Hot Top 40” music from that era. We had our transistor radios and cassette tape recorders and we had to make our own “mix” tapes off the radio and hope like heck that the DJ wouldn’t talk over the opening. Our music wasn’t really portable except for that, we had vinyl records (33 rpms) and the smaller 1-song per side 45 rpms that both took a record player, which wasn’t portable. I also saw the advent and demise of the 8-track tapes. My 1968 AMC Marlin car (my first) had factory 8-track player and air conditioning (which didn’t come in until then). I had the Carpenters on 8-track, I loved their stuff. I saw them in concert. They were a brother/sister group. They had a good run but Karen Carpenter battled anorexia and died basically of starvation at what was the height of their fame. It was so sad. You talked about Paul McCartney and Wings. That was the band he formed with his wife Linda after the Beatles broke up. They did quite a bit of music up until 1980. Linda got sick and passed from Cancer in 1998. After Wings broke up, McCartney went single artist. Simon and Garfunkel-Paul Simon teamed up with Art Garfunkel to make some good stuff, Bridge over Troubled Water, The Boxer, Sound of Silence, and so much more. They had a bad split and Paul Simon has gone on to do a great career solo. Michael Jackson: Started at age 5 with his brothers to do the Jackson 5. He split as a teen and had a fabulous career up until his death. I was a huge fan of his. Also: see The Osmonds, who were the other brother group from the same period. The 1970s music was a ‘bridge’ music. We went from the pop and protest songs of the 60s to the world of Disco. The early period was coming out of the Vietnam War (ended 1974) and we were looking for happy stuff. This was the era of the variety shows on TV that had comedy and music, bell bottoms and hot pants (very short shorts). We had different music, the soft folk music style evolved with people like John Denver. The middle music style was the pop stuff. On the fringe was the beginning of the hard rock era, bands like Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith (yeah, Stephen Tyler is old!!), AC/DC and Kiss, among a LOT more. The radio stations seemed to be a bit afraid to put the hard rock into their pop rotations so we got very little. There were a couple of rock stations but not many, especially in the more rural areas (I grew up in Amarillo Texas). The era ended with the Disco music of 1976-early 1980s. I hated Disco. This was the dance stuff you saw in the list. Abba, BeeGees, and more. Yes, Abba was popular back then. I found the Mamma Mia movie fun because it’s all Abba music. BeeGees were Saturday Night Fever. This was the era of platform shoes and rhinestones. I was a DJ in the late 1980s, at what they called an “easy listening” station. We played the softer stuff from the 70s-80s and the weekends had Solid Gold Saturday Night with the 60s and70s music. I was on the radio board for that one, then when it was over, I did “Pillow Talk” which was the soft love songs from the 70s and 80s. It was fun, right up until the station got sold and went into Tejano music and all the DJs from the easy listening station got fired. If you’re interested in music from the era and the people who made it, I can highly recommend the Professor of Rock KZbin Channel. He’s great and has a lot of interesting people he interviews. He's a bit critical of today's music, but loves the stuff you just played. www.youtube.com/@ProfessorofRock

[@sonofroderick4255]

Luka, I've noticed you've been coughing and congested, sneezing for a couple of months. That's quite unusual . Have you gone to see a doctor. You might consider chest x-rays. I'm a former nurse and just concerned. Take care of yourself buddy. God Bless from Texas

[@secolerice]

I turned 13 in January of 1970, so this is most of my era (along with the 60s). There are so many that are not on this list that should be. Some of these I don't know at all. And I don't know why I missed all of the ABBA stuff except that when disco hit, I tuned it out and listened to the folk stations and what is now called Prog rock (Jethro Tull). I wonder what the Billboard lists would look like. I was also a huge John Denver fan but there is only one song here. As a big Beatle fan, I was so bummed when they split, so I followed all their separate careers. I saw the Carpenters perform in Seattle. It was an amazing concert! Karen played a mean set of drums.

[@nirmalsuki]

Damn it 1970s... Leave some good music for future artists to make. 1970 oozed so much creativity and talent that they had to find new and innovative ways to make music in the next decade... That's why there was so much electronic music in the 80s. The 90s had a bit of a throwback to indie music, and the in 1999, Autotune took over and fucked everything up.

[@peterbradfield2805]

I’m watching your vid, you need to listen to more of the late Karen Carpenter who we lost way too early @ 32 years old back in February 1983. This listing in this vid is based on the most popular song in that month, with the chart listings based on a combination of sales and radio airplay. In the 1980’s, video airplay on MTV was included for the basis of the overall compilation of the charts. Much later in the 2010’s also added was the digital downloads.

[@nobodysbusiness566]

So many great old songs I remember most of htem although I was only 10 in 1974. THe Carpenters had so many good songs, most of what you are hearing I would call pop and soft rock. Have a listen to more of Boney M they were so good. ABBA were huge, so many hits and my little sister used to blast the house from her room otrturing me with Abba and I would blast her with Boney M, ACDC etc lol

[@solitarybee3714]

Knowing music from way back in the 50s right up until the present day, I'm finding it strange that some people are obsessed with the "GENRE" of a song. What possible difference does it make to know the genre of any song, so long as it is one you are enjoying the sound of? You can bang your head against a tree all day long trying to figure out some dumb trivia about a musical performance to try & put it into some little slot that makes no difference whatsoever. Get over it & enjoy the music.

[@burnout_2017]

This is from top 40 charts and zepplin was never a top 40 type band...as well as pink floyd. The charts were more about radio play which meant 2 to 3 minute length songs. Pop charts

[@廖浩-x8e]

In the description of original video, the uploader says most NOW famous 70s songs are not actually chart toppers and that he feels frustrated making the video.

[@Autumn_Forest_]

I was born in 1974 and know all of these songs. I’m American though. The genre you weren’t sure about is sort of hippie/protest (anti-Vietnam)/folk music that sort of all came out around at the same time in the 70s. The Bee Gees were disco music, which a lot of people hated and still hate. The Bee Gees are the only disco I can tolerate, since they were soooo gooood.

[@3251JOE]

The Beatles last hit was "Let It Be"in early 1970 released just as they were breaking up. All four released great music under their individual names for many years after.

[@Ojisan642]

Something hilarious about this video is when you saw John Travolta and said “I’m so confused.” Travolta was the star of a TV sitcom before that, playing the role of a high school student where his catch phrase was “I’m so confused.” The show was called “Welcome Back Kotter” and was very meme-worthy from a 1970s perspective.

[@robertmills538]

Abba, The Bee Gees Disco it was the thing. Just Remember, a whole new universe could be assembled out of what you don't know

[@dgab3784]

Decades mate, not centuries 😅

[@scenicdrive725]

"I will survive" you didnt know, but thought was in Shrek. The last song, Escape "The Pina Colada song", was definitely in Shrek when Lord Farquod is choosing his bachelorette.

[@Aboz]

There are parts of I Will Survive that sound similar to I Want a Hero, which was in Shrek. Explains the confusion

[@denisemarcus5633]

I remember as a kid on Saturday in the late 70's early 80's, hearing "Kung-fu Fighting" and some bad dubbed Chinese Kung-fu movies would play. 🤣🤣🤣 Perfect Saturday morning cartoons and Kung-fu movies.

[@douglasostrander5072]

Never felt soooo old. Knew every song and I was pretty young in the early 70s. This is what I grew up listening to on a clock radio as I was going to sleep.

[@ntvypr4820]

Woke up to it too. Played it in the car, on CASSETTES and the radio.

[@dansby37]

And this list just scratches the bare surface of that decade, where is Donna Summer, Carly Simon, Carole King and plethora of others, this has to be from another countries perspective on the most popular songs of each month.

[@Notric]

John Travolta was an actor and he played a part in a musical, Grease. I think you will find many actors were Singers and Dancers as well.

[@mil2k11]

Karen Carpenter is a legend. If you haven't heard Carpenter's stuff, I'd suggest giving it a try. She died too young.

[@YetiUprising]

10:52 Ya know that conspiracy about reptile aliens being in the government or whatever? I've never seen someone look so much like a reptile.

[@helenahopkinson381]

John Travolta was in Saturday night Fever, Staying alive movies from the disco era

[@justafreethinker]

Lava: The Carpenters are one of the best selling groups of all time (especially in the 70s) Karen Carpenter is one of the greatest female singers of all time. They're genre is soft rock, easy listening or what you would call today Adult Contemporary.. RIP Karen "Angel" Carpenter

[@0chuklz0]

I think you are getting screwed up because there have been a lot of really good covers of a lot of these songs done by more modern artists.

[@ollythorp5428]

Mate, 10 years is a decade, not a century. That'd be 100 years . And the Beatles were in the 60s!

[@mildredpierce4506]

This music is from 50 years ago. Way before your time so don’t feel bad about not knowing these songs.

[@erinfrances428]

@19:01 John Travolta & Olivia Newton John were in the movie Grease. The song was for the movie, not a song that he wrote.

[@ravenm6443]

I’m 32 and listen to mainly music from 90-10s and feel ABBA is freakin legendary! If you like ABBA, I suggest the ABBA Gold album. It’s their greatest hits album and is worth every freakin second. I have it both on CD and Vinyl.

[@rbeattymd]

70's was the era of Disco, so most of the songs fit the dance craze

[@almostyummymummy]

Were ABBA really that big? That is something of an understatement.