(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('70S) - ROUND 2

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[dangus]

Also... Although I think that the lyrics are somewhat better, I might be a little more charitable towards the syrupy old-folks-home sound of Close to You, because of the Wayne and Wanda version on the Muppet Show.

[bagster]

I love "Close to you"

It appeals to my inner woman.

:)

[bagster]

Awwww. Why would I think you were attacking me?

Besides. If I had thought that, I would have attacked you back. You must not know me.

:)

[dangus]

No, it was quite plain you weren’t feeling attacked; I just thought that in today’s internet environment, it’s good to give credit to people who aren’t so damned touchy. ;-)

[the OlLine Rebel]

3 1975 “Philadelphia Freedom” Elton John
5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

Are you picking for this bracket, or passing?

[the OlLine Rebel]

“p.s. I know I screwed up my list. I got tired from all the html and mistakes I made. I shoulda just listed my picks. Derp.”

And? Do I just take all the “bold” or do you want to ensure the bolds were all correct?

[bagster]

Just take all the bold. They are my picks. You might come across some that are matched up wrong. In which case there are two picks when there should only be one. Use your discretion and throw out any that are messed up. So sorry.

[the OlLine Rebel]

To be clear, you’re passing on the brackets you don’t list at all?

[the OlLine Rebel]

LOL that’s OK. I just was worried you might be comparing non-existant pairs.

I’ll do my best. Thanks.

[the OlLine Rebel]

I love almost all of these. Some I actually didn’t know, or thought I didn’t know, so checked them out.

Not sure I hate a single one of them.

For me it’s hard because they’re both so good. I’m still 2nd-guessing on a few pairs. Some it’s “easy” because I absolutely LOVE a song.

[Alright2BRight]

Some tough decisions. Had to eliminate some I really like and had to select some I wouldn’t own. Nonetheless, here are my selections:

1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel

3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who

2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters

5 1971 “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” Bee Gees

1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night

3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King

7 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson

2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan

3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean

1 1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando and Dawn

3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack

2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce

2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks

1 1974 “The Way We Were” Barbra Streisand

3 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra

7 1975 “Fame” David Bowie

5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell

4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons

6 1976 “Kiss and Say Goodbye” The Manhattans

3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions

5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry

2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb

6 1977 “I Like Dreamin’” Kenny Nolan

4 1977 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” Barbra Streisand

1 1978 “Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb

3 1978 “You Light Up My Life” Debby Boone

6 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees

5 1979 “Reunited” Peaches & Herb

1 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack

4 1979 “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart

[RansomOttawa]

Here's my round 2 picks (in bold):

1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel
6 1970 “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross

3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who
4 1970 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” B.J. Thomas

2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters
5 1970 “War” Edwin Starr

2 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart
5 1971 “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” Bee Gees

1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night
6 1971 “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” Paul Revere & the Raiders

3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King
4 1971 “One Bad Apple” The Osmonds

1 1972 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Roberta Flack
7 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson
4 1973 “Let’s Get It On” Marvin Gaye

2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan
6 1972 “I Gotcha” Joe Tex

3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean
5 1972 “The Candy Man” Sammy Davis Jr.

1 1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando and Dawn
7 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John

3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack
5 1973 “My Love” Paul McCartney & Wings

2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce
6 1973 “Why Me” Kris Kristofferson

2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks
5 1974 “Dancing Machine” The Jackson 5

1 1974 “The Way We Were” Barbra Streisand
6 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad

3 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra
4 1974 “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone

1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille
7 1975 “Fame” David Bowie

3 1975 “Philadelphia Freedom” Elton John
5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell
6 1975 “Shining Star” Earth, Wind & Fire

4 1975 “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” Freddy Fender
4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons

1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings
6 1976 “Kiss and Say Goodbye” The Manhattans

3 1976 “Disco Lady” Johnnie Taylor
3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions

2 1976 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Elton John & Kiki Dee
5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry

2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb
5 1977 “Angel in Your Arms” Hot

1 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart
6 1977 “I Like Dreamin’” Kenny Nolan

4 1977 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” Barbra Streisand
4 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees

1 1978 “Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb
7 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player

3 1978 “You Light Up My Life” Debby Boone
5 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile

2 1978 “Night Fever” Bee Gees
6 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees

2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer
5 1979 “Reunited” Peaches & Herb

1 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack
6 1979 “I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor

3 1979 “Le Freak” Chic
4 1979 “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart

[RansomOttawa]

I'm curious: How far down in the Billboard charts for any given year do you have to go before finding an ABBA song? I'm actually surprised none actually made the top 7 for any year.

I wonder if anyone else's perception of 70s music is biased by what you hear on "classic rock" radio. It's surprising how little overlap there seems to be between the top 40 of the decade, and the stuff that gets played today on FM radio. I can understand the album-oriented or progressive bands being bigger in album or ticket sales than single sales or radio airplay. Pink Floyd and Yes weren't exactly radio-friendly at the time. But were there no top-40 performers in the decade that had enough staying power to qualify as "classic rock" by the 2010s? Not even Springsteen, apparently.

There seems to be more overlap in the 80s—U2, Dire Straits, Van Halen, the Police, and Bryan Adams come immediately to mind.

[the OlLine Rebel]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1977

12, Dancing Queen, 1977. That’s tops.

ABBA is great; I have an album now of theirs I’ve copied and my son is now loving it.

“Classic Rock” to me always meant “hard rock”, not actually popular. Lord knows we’ve had “classic rock” stations around here for decades and they play hard rock mostly c.1970 when I was forced to listen c. 1990, and it’s only progressed a little since then to newer.

Popular should be and is a GENERAL term - what is popular? Sorry, not a whole lot of hard/heavy/punk/etc bands actually made it on the charts. But LOTS of fringe types who worship this stuff sure hang out on-line and live in a fantasy world that their preference was the only good stuff and that everyone loved it. Not quite.

My husband taught me about “album-oriented rock” recently, stating he found out about it in college (80s) when the campus station called itself that. He replied to the hipster DJs that this must mean the music nobody listens to. Which upset their poor little hearts.

They can’t stand that they’re the odd men out.

I better shut up before I get myself in trouble! Off the soap box (i.e., I’ve heard all the bellyaching every time there is a music discussion, esp. with these charts - that there’s “no good music” here; these people seem to overpopulate the ‘net because their taste is NOT reflected by reality on the charts)

[the OlLine Rebel]

BTW, you might call me “Ms” Rebel. ;-)

[WXRGina]

BTW, you might call me “Ms” Rebel. ;-)

Got it! Thanks. :-)

[CommerceComet]

1 1970 “Bridge over Troubled Water” Simon & Garfunkel 6 1970 “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross

3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who 4 1970 “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” B.J. Thomas

2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters 5 1970 “War” Edwin Starr

2 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart 5 1971 “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart” Bee Gees

1 1971 “Joy to the World” Three Dog Night 6 1971 “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” Paul Revere & the Raiders

3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King 4 1971 “One Bad Apple” The Osmonds

1 1972 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Roberta Flack 7 1972 “Lean on Me” Bill Withers

4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson 4 1973 “Let’s Get It On” Marvin Gaye

2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan 6 1972 “I Gotcha” Joe Tex

3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean 5 1972 “The Candy Man” Sammy Davis Jr.

1 1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando and Dawn 7 1973 “Crocodile Rock” Elton John

3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack 5 1973 “My Love” Paul McCartney & Wings

2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce 6 1973 “Why Me” Kris Kristofferson

2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks 5 1974 “Dancing Machine” The Jackson 5

1 1974 “The Way We Were” Barbra Streisand 6 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad

3 1974 “Love’s Theme” Love Unlimited Orchestra 4 1974 “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone

1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille 7 1975 “Fame” David Bowie

3 1975 “Philadelphia Freedom” Elton John 5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli

2 1975 “Rhinestone Cowboy” Glen Campbell 6 1975 “Shining Star” Earth, Wind & Fire

4 1975 “Before the Next Teardrop Falls” Freddy Fender 4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons

1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings 6 1976 “Kiss and Say Goodbye” The Manhattans

3 1976 “Disco Lady” Johnnie Taylor 3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions

2 1976 “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” Elton John & Kiki Dee 5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry

2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb 5 1977 “Angel in Your Arms” Hot

1 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart 6 1977 “I Like Dreamin’” Kenny Nolan

4 1977 “Evergreen (Love Theme from A Star Is Born)” Barbra Streisand 4 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees

1 1978 “Shadow Dancing” Andy Gibb 7 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player

3 1978 “You Light Up My Life” Debby Boone 5 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile

2 1978 “Night Fever” Bee Gees 6 1978 “How Deep Is Your Love” Bee Gees

2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer 5 1979 “Reunited” Peaches & Herb

1 1979 “My Sharona” The Knack 6 1979 “I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor

3 1979 “Le Freak” Chic 4 1979 “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart

[the OlLine Rebel]

Welcome, Comet! Hope to see you again for the rest of the survey/contest!

[the OlLine Rebel]

Again, ping to #88 - did you pass on some?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3624675/posts?page=88#88

[the OlLine Rebel]

OK, I guess I’ll post MY picks finally.

6 1970 “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” Diana Ross
3 1970 “American Woman” The Guess Who
2 1970 “(They Long to Be) Close to You” The Carpenters
2 1971 “Maggie May” Rod Stewart
6 1971 “Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” Paul Revere & the Raiders
3 1971 “It’s Too Late” Carole King
1 1972 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face” Roberta Flack
4 1972 “Without You” Harry Nilsson
2 1972 “Alone Again (Naturally)” Gilbert O’Sullivan
3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean
1 1973 “Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree” Tony Orlando and Dawn
3 1973 “Killing Me Softly with His Song” Roberta Flack
2 1973 “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown” Jim Croce
2 1974 “Seasons in the Sun” Terry Jacks
6 1974 “The Loco-Motion” Grand Funk Railroad
4 1974 “Come and Get Your Love” Redbone
1 1975 “Love Will Keep Us Together” Captain & Tennille
5 1975 “My Eyes Adored You” Frankie Valli
6 1975 “Shining Star” Earth, Wind & Fire
4 1976 “December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)” The Four Seasons
1 1976 “Silly Love Songs” Wings
3 1977 “Best of My Love” The Emotions
5 1976 “Play That Funky Music” Wild Cherry
2 1977 “I Just Want to Be Your Everything” Andy Gibb
1 1977 “Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)” Rod Stewart
4 1978 “Stayin’ Alive” Bee Gees
7 1978 “Baby Come Back” Player
5 1978 “Kiss You All Over” Exile
2 1978 “Night Fever” Bee Gees
2 1979 “Bad Girls” Donna Summer
6 1979 “I Will Survive” Gloria Gaynor
4 1979 “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Rod Stewart