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1970s Archives: 05/2026

When did the first music chart begin...and why

The only five albums that spent more than ten weeks at number one in the 1970s

Cream of the crop.

Callum MacHattie
May 31, 2026
Black Sabbath - 1970

“Scared stiff”: When fear of a nuclear holocaust informed Black Sabbath’s 1970 masterpiece

Nothing to smile about.

Callum MacHattie
May 31, 2026
Brian Eno - Top Pops - 1974

The most committed artist Brian Eno ever worked with: “He really thought about what he was doing”

Cut above the rest.

Lauren Hunter
May 29, 2026
The Rolling Stones - Charlie Watts - Mick Jagger - Keith Richards - Bill Wyman - Mick Taylor - Bent Rej - 1970

The 1972 Rolling Stones song that barely features the band: “An afternoon jam”

Only two Stones appear on ‘Happy’.

Tyler Golsen
May 27, 2026
Timeline London, rolling blackouts, and the first year of punk music

London, 1976, rolling blackouts, and a timeline of the first year of punk music

A turning point in music history.

Kelly Murphy
May 25, 2026
Roxy Music - 1970s - Bryan Ferry - Brian Eno

“I was going to join Mott The Hoople”: The 1973 performance that almost destroyed Roxy Music

This is the end, beautiful friend.

Tom Taylor
May 25, 2026
America - 1972 - Band - Dewey Bunnell -Dan Peek - Gerry Beckley

The 1972 America song with “the most lasting power”

“How long you gonna stay here, Joe?”

Paulina Subia
May 25, 2026
Sting - Musician - 2018

The 1970s genre Sting slammed as too “predictable”

Not for Sting, apparently.

Dale Maplethorpe
May 24, 2026
Noel Gallagher - Oasis - Songwriter - Musician - Guitarist - 2024 - Sifters

The greatest artist of the 1970s, according to Noel Gallagher

Nothing can beat it.

Lauren Hunter
May 23, 2026
Linda Ronstadt - 1980's - Singer - Musician

The 1970s songwriter Linda Ronstadt knew never made a bad song: “At the top of his talent”

The exact right kind of emotion.

Tim Coffman
May 23, 2026
Arctic Monkeys - AM - 2013 - 2023

Michael Chapman and the 1970 Yorkshire album that shaped Arctic Monkeys hit ‘Do I Wanna Know?’

Sounds of home.

Callum MacHattie
May 22, 2026
The five most tragic songs of the 1970s

The five most tragic songs of the 1970s

Deeply moving songs.

Paulina Subia
May 21, 2026

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