So let’s begin with the worst decade of the 1970s in terms of popular music – as represented by the year-end top ten songs. Disco wouldn’t be a tidal wave until the following year ...
Popular music would undergo something of a renewal ... “Big Yellow Taxi” by Joni Mitchell (1970) “Big Yellow Taxi” came ...
The cultural influences of the 1960s and 1970s, particularly in music, fashion, art and politics, still have an impact today.
NEW YORK — In an era where popular music is fluid, it is easy to forget the listening world was not always so open. Unless, of course, Roberta Flack’s career is closely examined.
Roberta Flack, popular song stylist of the 1970s, dies at 88 Feb. 24, 2025 Updated Mon., Feb. 24, 2025 at 10:12 p.m. American jazz, soul and folk musician Roberta Flack performs onstage in 1971.