1970s Music Quiz – Match Song Titles
1970s Music Quiz – Can You Name the Artists?
In this quiz, you are given ten song titles from the 1970s pop charts, and your task is to match them with the original artist or artists.
1970s Music Scene
1970 started with the Beatles’ breakup. But new and bold music acts unfolded instead of leaving a vacuum on the music scene.
David Bowie and Marc Bolan introduced glam rock in the early seventies, a style with makeup, platform shoes, extravaganza costumes, and glitter.
As a great contrast to the pop and rock music Beatles represented, The Sex Pistols and The Clash gave birth to British Punk Music. Between 1977-1979 Sex Pistols had six hits on British Top 10.
This decade also saw the rise of hard rock and disco music. Progressive rock with bands like Frank Zappa, Captain Beefheart, and Blood, Sweat and Tears also had many followers during the seventies.
But pop and soft rock was still popular and saw groups like the Carpenters, the Jackson 5, the Osmonds, Hall & Oates, Bread, Captain & Tennille, Tony Orlando and Dawn, and Bay City Rollers top the charts in the United States and internationally.
The Most Popular Song in 1970s
Mull of Kintyre with Wings sold over 2 million copies in the U.K. and spent nine weeks as No. 1 on the charts. In the United States, Debby Boone spent 10 weeks as No. 1 with You Light Up My Life and sold over 4 million copies.
The 20 Most Popular Songs in 1970s
In Great Britain, Queen, Wings, Olivia Newton-John, and John Travolta parked themselves for nine weeks each on the U.K. Singles Charts. During this decade, Boney M., Abba, and Village People were also extremely popular in the U.K.
- Elvis Presley – The Wonder of You
- Mungo Jerry – In the Summertime
- Freda Payne – Band of Gold
- Wings – Mull of Kintyre
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta – You’re the One That I Want
- Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
- Abba – Dancing Queen
- Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta – Summer Nights
- Dave Edmunds – I Hear You Knocking
- T. Rex – Hot Love
- Bay City Rollers – Bye Baby
- Brotherhood of Man – Save Your Kisses for Me
- Elton John and Kiki Dee – Don’t Go Breaking My Heart
- Rolf Harris – Two Little Boys
- Gary Glitter – I Love You Love Me Love
- Boney M. – Rivers of Babylon
- Rod Stewart – Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Blondie – Heart of Glass
In United States, Simon and Garfunkel released their iconic Bridge over Trouble Water, Bee Gees dominated the disco scene, and Debby Boone had a 10-week number 1 hit on Billboard Hot 100 with You Light Up My Life.
- Debby Boone – You Light Up My Life
- Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
- Rod Stewart – Tonight’s the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
- Bee Gees – Night Fever
- Chic – Le Freak
- Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing
- Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge over Troubled Water
- Three Dog Night – Joy to the World
- Andy Gibb – I Just Want to Be Your Everything
- Wings – Silly Love Songs
- Marvin Gaye – Let’s Get It On
- Roberta Flack – The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- Dawn Featuring Tony Orlando – Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
- Andy Gibb – Shadow Dancing
- Bee Gees – Stayin’ Alive
- Donna Summer – Hot Stuff
- Carly Simon – You’re So Vain
- The Knack – My Sharona
- The Emotions – Best of My Love
- Gilbert O’Sullivan – Alone Again (Naturally)
The quiz has some more memorable seventies song titles. Do you remember which artist or artists that hit the charts with these songs?
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