1970s music groups
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The 1970s are generally remembered as a time of transition for pop and rock music. This was the decade in which music went from 1960s type of pop at the start to Disco music towards the end, which in turn was the rhythm that led the music world into the 1980s.
During the '70s, bands and singers also benefited from the production of 8-tracks, which effectively became a new source of revenue for many singers and groups worldwide during the era.
Early 70s music is often lumped in with 1960s music. Among groups that started during the 1970s and/or became famous during that era are:
- ABBA
- AC/DC
- Aerosmith
- America
- Bay City Rollers
- Black Sabbath
- Boston
- David Bowie
- Can
- The Carpenters
- Chicago
- The Commodores
- Crass
- Deep Purple
- The Doobie Brothers
- Eagles
- Fleetwood Mac
- Haciendo Punto en Otro Son
- Heart
- Iggy Pop and the Stooges
- Journey
- Judas Priest
- KC and the Sunshine Band
- KISS
- Kraftwerk
- Led Zeppelin
- Lindisfarne (band)
- Lipps, Inc
- Lynyrd Skynyrd
- Moxy
- Queen
- Ramones
- REO Speedwagon
- Rhythm Heritage
- Rush
- Scorpions
- Sex Pistols
- Slade
- Steely Dan
- Stillwater
- Styx
- Supertramp
- Sweet
- Three Dog Night
- The Village People
- Wings (fronted by former Beatle Paul McCartney)
- Yes
There are several groups that are not generally considered 1970s bands:
- The Bee Gees are a 1960s band that had multiple hits in Australia, England and the United States during the '60s before relaunching their career with the soundtrack of Saturday Night Fever in 1977.
- The Miracles (fronted by Smokey Robinson) were most popular in the 1960s.
