(VANITY) TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS ('70S) ROUND 7 - FINAL!

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[Hillarys Gate Cult]

3 1972 “American Pie” Don McLean

[the OlLine Rebel]

I did ‘80s 3 years ago:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3265766/posts

‘60s next, but when?

[PROCON]

‘60s next, but when?

Whenever you get around to it. (But soon, K? 😀)

Dang, sorry I missed the '80's thread 😩😩

[Fiji Hill]

I took 3 years between the ‘80s and ‘70s! It's obvious that you put a lot of effort into this project. Looking forward to the "60's.

[Fiji Hill]

To preview the '60s, my top five for that decade are:

1. Six Days on the Road--Dave Dudley

2. Leave Me Alone--Baby Washington

3. Just Come Home--Hugo & Luigi

4. Half Heaven, Half Heartache--Gene Pitney

5. Never Let You Go--The Five Discs

[heterosupremacist]

OlLine Rebel wrote: TOURNAMENT OF CHART-TOPPERS 1970S PING LIST (This is a temporary ping list, so don’t worry!) !!!!SONG OF THE DECADE!!!! "AMERICAN PIE" - DON MCLEAN - RANKED #3 ON BILLBOARD FOR 1972 ...beats "STAYIN' ALIVE" by the BEE GEES, Ranked #4 for 1978 by Billboard. I voted 'American Pie' for several reasons - one of those reasons was the Bee Gees were alwaystoo much 'in yo face' with their hyper-gay falsetto queerness!

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

1974 was a lousy year for most of the choices. Some of those songs sounded like someone stepped on a herd of cats and put it to music.

[BenLurkin]

Great series of threads.

Thank you!

[the OlLine Rebel]

I’ll try not to make it more than a year. Maybe in the summer. Don’t know if people have a preference!

[upchuck]

American Pie YES!! All time fav. May the music always live.

[the OlLine Rebel]

FYI trivia, here is a run-down of the greatest acts of the ‘70s - and this is simplistic. I can provide enhanced counts including associated acts, etc.

Gives an idea though, who really dominated!

Bee Gees 12
Elton John 12
The Carpenters 11
Stevie Wonder 10
The Jackson 5 10
Barry Manilow 9
Chicago 8
Electric Light Orchestra 8
Olivia Newton-John 8
Earth, Wind & Fire 7
Gladys Knight & the Pips 7
Helen Reddy 7
Three Dog Night 7
War 7
Al Green 6
Anne Murray 6
John Denver 6
Paul McCartney & Wings 6
The O’Jays 6
ABBA 5
Alice Cooper 5
Andy Gibb 5
Aretha Franklin 5
Carly Simon 5
Cher 5
Diana Ross 5
Donna Summer 5
Eagles 5
Fleetwood Mac 5
KC and the Sunshine Band 5
Linda Ronstadt 5
Paul Simon 5
Queen 5
Ringo Starr 5
Steely Dan 5
The Spinners 5
The Temptations 5
Wings 5

[WXRGina]

This was fun. Thanks for all your hard work, Rebel! :-)

[Portcall24]

Great effort. Thanks.

[the OlLine Rebel]

Interesting to see how it is with “associated acts”:

The Jackson 5 16 (including “Jacksons”, as well as Michael and Jermaine)
Paul McCartney 16 (w/the Beatles, his Wings, and his wife)
Elton John 14 (tied in w/Kiki Dee and Neil Sedaka)
Olivia Newton-John 10 (including w/Travolta)
Osmonds 10 (including Donny, & Marie)