Most went onto bigger things - but how did it all start in the 70s? Here are 30 chart & video debuts from household names - some songs are brilliant, but some you might not know
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Blimey, what a year! Get ready to turn your telly up LOUD, with the greatest party anthems from '71 including T.Rex, Slade, New Seekers, Badfinger, Deep Purple & Benny Hill.
From hippies to punk rockers, via folk, funk, soul & disco - these are the classic songs that made the 70s!
Another batch of silly songs, dodgy videos & novelty hits from the 70s. Yes every one of these was a huge hit!
Mark Goodier's 7 hour marathon run through of some of the biggest number 1 videos of the 1970s. From Edison Lighthouse to Pink Floyd via lots of Abba & Rod Stewart!
Another batch of silly songs, dodgy videos & novelty hits from the 70s. Yes every one of these was a huge hit!
2 hours of funny videos, silly songs & novelty hits - all of them amazing and all in the best possible taste!
Hit songs with few words - the 70s was full of them! From Elton John & Mike Oldfield to long forgotten acts like Hot Butter & Focus. And yes - there are some bagpipes!
Feelgood sunshine hits from a colourful decade - the 1970s! Flares & mini-skirts at the ready?
From disco to rock via Grease & Abba - these are the songs with the 30 biggest singalong hooks of the 70s!
50 of the very best feel-good summer hits. Each was a Top 10 smash across June, July & August in the '70s - on the beach, on your transistor radio, and at the big Radio 1 Roadshow!
You'd think these 50 brilliant songs of the 70s from icons like The Police. Blondie, Elton John, Abba & more must have been huge - but they all missed the Top 10! Watch & weep.
From the era of Glam Rock, New Wave & Disco - it's all the party hits from just 1 decade - the 1970s! Platform boots & flares at the ready?
Tracks with big TV connections! Could be theme tunes, adverts or just a song made famous by a TV show.
50 of the very best feel-good summer hits. Each was a Top 10 smash across June, July & August in the '70s - on the beach, on your transistor radio, and at the big Radio 1 Roadshow!
Non-stop summer love songs, back to back, from the era of Leo Sayer, Carpenters, The Bee Gees & Minnie Ripperton.
In year order - Pat's list of 30 classic 70s anthems that were all covers. Including Rod Stewart, The Clash, Manfred Mann, John Lennon, Shirley Bassey & The Wurzels!
Feelgood sunshine hits from a colourful decade - the 1970s! Flares & mini-skirts at the ready?
NOW 70s presents 2 hours of classic tunes from the decade before - The Swinging 60s. All brought to you by the man who was there - Sensational Tony Blackburn!
All night - classic hits from just 1 year - 1978!
1978 was another top year in music, as rock stars sang disco, everyone caught a bit of Saturday Night Fever and "Grease" was the word! Simon Bates has the story - month by month.
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