All things classic rock, mainly from the 70's.
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Albums 50 Years Old In 2021
Believe it or not these albums are 50 years old in 2021 - and still sound good.
Pink Floyd Meddle
The Doors LA Woman
The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers
Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV
Black Sabbath Master Of Reality
The Allman Bros Band Live At Filmore East
The Who Who's Next
John Lennon Imagine
David Bowie Hunky Dory
Yes The Yes Album
Jethro Tull Aqualung
Elton John Madman Across The Water
Rod Stewart Every Picture Tells A Story
T.Rex Electric Warrior
Badfinger Straight Up
Alice Cooper Killer
Paul McCartney Ram
ELP Tarkus
Genesis Nursery Cryme
Faces Nods As Good As A Wink
George Harrison Concert For Bangladesh
Santana Santana III
Alice Cooper Love It To Death
Cat Stevens Teaser And The Firecat
Crosby,Stills & Nash 4 Way Street
Carole King Tapestry
Moody Blues Every Good Boy Deserves Favour
ELO The Electric Light Orchestra
ELP Pictures At An Exhibition
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Rock Music Timeline 1970
Rock Music Timeline 1970
Snippets
Albums that reached No1 in UK - Led Zeppelin 2, Beatles 'Let It Be', Bob Dylan 'Self Portrait',
Moody Blues 'A Question Of Balance' CCR 'Cosmo's Factory',Rolling Stone 'Get Yer Ya-Yas Out, Black Sabbath 'Paranoid', Pink Floyd 'Atom Heart Mother', Led Zeppelin 3, Bob Dylan 'New Morning'.
The Isle of Wight festival is held with an audience of over 600,000.
Worldwide 'Let it Be' is top selling single, 'Bridge Over Troubled Water' is top selling album
Deaths this year - Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Alan Wilson guitarist and singer with Canned Heat.
Jan 1970 - Simon & Garfunkel release
their final studio album 'Bridge Over
Troubled Water'.
The album would go on to sell
over 25 million copies.
Feb 1970 - The self titled debut album from
Birmingham rockers Black Sabbath
is released.
It charts at No 8 in the UK. Six months later
their album 'Paranoid reached No1.
Feb 1970 - Paul McCartney files a petition
with the court to dissolve The Beatles.
He was unhappy with the bands decision
to hire Phil Spector to remix the songs on
the 'Let It Be Album'.
Mar 1970 - American based supergroup
Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young release the album
'Deja Vu'.It reaches No1 in the US and No5 in
the UK.It contains the hit singles 'Woodstock',
'Our House'and 'Teach Your Children'.
Apr 1970 - Californian singer songwriter Norman
Greenbaum releases his single 'Spirit In The Sky'.
It reaches No1 in the UK and No3 in the US.
It sells more than 2 million copies.
May 1970 - Paul McCartney releases hid debut
solo album 'McCartney which reaches No1 in
US and No2 in the UK. No singles were released
from the album, 'Maybe I'm Amazed' probably
being the best known song.
'In Rock'.The album reaches No4 in the UK but
has a poor showing in US.
It has the classic MKII line up of Blackmore,
Gillen, Paice, Glover and Lord.
dies from an overdose of barbituates in London.
He was only 27 years of age.
Oct 1970 - Free release their classic single
'All Right Now'.It reaches No2 in the UK and
No4 in US.
Taken from their third album 'Fire And Water',
the record has one of the great rock riffs.
top 10 hit with the excellent single 'Lola'.
The single was originally banned by the BBC
for containing the words 'Coca Cola' They were
changed to 'Cherry Cola' so it would get
some airplay.
prog rockers Emerson, Lake and Palmer was
released.
It reaches No4 in the UK and No18 in US.
The group went on to release 9 albums.
the Dominoes and records the album 'Layla
and Other Assorted Lovesongs'.
The song 'Layla' becomes a rock classic.
Band is the solo debut album from the former
Beatle.
The album was produced by Phil Spector and
reaches No6 in US and No8 in UK.
single in the UK and US with 'My Sweet Lord'.
The song is from his debut solo album 'All
Things Must Pass' which also tops the UK and
US charts.
Resources https://www.rockmusictimeline.com
Resources https://www.rockmusictimeline.com
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