50 years ago this week, established acts like Led Zeppelin unveiled their latest masterpieces while newer bands such as AC/DC were making waves.
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Fleetwood Mac recorded another Stevie Nicks rebuttal to "Go Your Own Way" that never made it onto "Rumours" — one she thought was the best song she ever wrote.
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Whatever your reason for hitting the road, you'll need a soundtrack for a reflective mood, and what better genre for that than folk rock?
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Despite a questionable lyric change, Manfred Mann took a hurriedly written and overlooked ‘70s Bruce Springsteen song from obscurity to peak chart success.
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Earth, Wind & Fire created everything from funky R&B and soaring gospel tones to silky soul and percolating jazz, all melded into a unique sound.
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John Denver's 1974 album "Back Home Again" gave us both chart-topping hits like "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" and deep cuts like "This Old Guitar."
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In the '70s, country artists such as Willie Nelson shed the restrictive Nashville sound and created outlaw country, and these songs prove 1976 was its peak.
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Though Carly Simon's long and illustrious career has had many high points, many fans consider 1972 to be the year that she hit her creative peak.
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From Rush to AC/DC, these were the hits that teens were playing in the '70s, yet their creators never attended their own high school graduation party.
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One sleepless night, Paul McCartney was driven to pen a light jab at the money-grabbing music industry, and then gave it to Badfinger for its first chart hit.
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Some classic rock songs have appeared in commercials so far removed from their artistic rebel roots that the team-up leaves you dazed and confused.
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Artists over 40 had a great year in 1976, with guys like Lou Rawls, Glen Campbell, and Frankie Valli releasing songs that were huge Billboard successes.
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Cat Stevens was riding high in the mid-1970s, yet didn't shy away from releasing a unique Sam Cooke cover that reached his joint-highest chart placing.
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In 1998, a British band turned to the Bee Gees' '70s classic "Tragedy" to once again ignite dancefloors, and managed to capture a new generation's spirit.
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Some very famous back up singers were featured on songs like "Somebody's Watching Me" and "Money For Nothing," and their contributions carried the songs.
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Artists like John Prine and Joni Mitchell might not have had the most commercially successful output of the 1970s, but critics are still singing their praises.
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Eric Burdon's music career took him from dingy jazz clubs to the vanguard of psychedelic rock in the late '60s to the groundbreaking funk rock of the '70s.
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Boomers can take a trip down memory lane by listening to songs of the '60s and '70s. These rock anthems will make them nostalgic for high school graduation.
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One thing all genres and song formats can do is make you want to sing along, and high schoolers loved to sing these songs in the '70s.
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When disco dominated club dancefloors after the release of "Saturday Night Fever," these now-legendary songs propelled the Bee Gees to a career high in 1978.
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There are guitarists who made a massive musical impact on their respective generations, revered by fellow ax wielders but rarely remembered by music fans.
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This song helped Cat Stevens transform himself from a '60s British pop star to one of the most impactful singer-songwriters of the 1970s.
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In 1977, the Bee Gees gave away a No. 1 hit as a consolation prize as a trade for a song they kept for themselves that topped the charts for even longer.
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There is much to enjoy about the music of the 1970s. In fact, many of the most timeless pieces that emerged during the decade are pretty much perfect.
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After rock laid its rhythm-and-bluesy roots in the '50s, baby boomers came of age and began crafting music of their own — and some celebrated love.
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When Cat Stevens ran late for a dinner date, Carly Simon used the few extra minutes to pen what would become one of her most enduring classics.
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For the baby boomers who grew up during the early prime of rock 'n' roll, these tunes from the 1960s offer a time capsule back to when young love was blooming.
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