Greg Wilson - Time Capsule - April 1977

The objective of this monthly Time Capsule series was to build a veritable dance music archive, to help illustrate how the Disco era evolved from a UK perspective, which was so different to how things unfolded in the States. I did this by including the records that I bought and played in the clubs, month by month, giving background on the releases, whilst outlining my own early experience as a young upcoming DJ. Records from April 1977. Trammps, Heatwave, Marvin Gaye, Kool & The Gang, Crown Heights Affair

Top Ten Singles 1971

Here is the Top Ten singles from the year 1971


1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

2. Imagine - John Lennon

3. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

4. Let's Stay Together - Al Green

5. Maggie May - Rod Stewart

6. American Pie - Don McLean

7. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

8. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

9. Just My Imagination - The Temptations

10. Family Affair - Sly and the Family Stone

In The 1970s Marvin Gaye

The Tamla Motown legend was born Marvin Pentz Gay Jnr in 1939 and was singing in a group by the 1950s. In the 1960s he was the Prince of  Motown with classic hits like I Heard It Through The Grapevine and The Onion Song.

Never A Hit in the 1970s

There are songs that we hear and are convinced that they were massive hits in the 1970s. However, as you will see this is just not the case. Here are some classic that never charted in the TOP 30 in the UK charts during the 1970s.

Carpenters
1974
I wont Last A Day Without You
1975
Solitaire


Bonnie Tyler
1979
Married men

Steely Dan
1975
Do It Again
1978
FM No Static At All
1979
Rikki Dont Lose That Number
Fleetwood Mac
1977
Go Your Own Way
Dont Stop
You Make Loving Fun
1978
Rhiannon
1979
Sara

ABBA
1974
Ring Ring
1975
I Do I Do I Do I Do

Diana Ross
1970
Reach Out And Touch Somebody's Hand
1974
Love Me
1976
I'm Still Waiting
1979
It's My House

Eagles
1978
Heartache Tonight
Dire Straits
1979
Lady Writer

Bay City Rollers
1977
You Made Me Believe In Magic

Elton John
1972
Honky Cat
1976
Bennie And The Jets

Marvin Gaye
1973
Let's Get It On

1970s Top Ten by Steve Hill

The music of the 70s, was a mix of everything, from novelty records,disco,rock,country and so so much more. In an occasional series we ask readers to come up with their Top Ten of the 1970s.

Steve is a UK born guy now living in Asia and has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music, so I hope I get nothing wrong here.