{"id":1914,"date":"2014-12-25T21:20:55","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T05:20:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2024-11-07T17:37:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-08T01:37:12","slug":"post-christmas-music-friday-1970-billboard-hot-100-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/post-christmas-music-friday-1970-billboard-hot-100-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-Christmas Music Friday &#8211; 1970 BillBoard Hot 100 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"TweetButton_button\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\"  data-url=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/post-christmas-music-friday-1970-billboard-hot-100-edition\/\" data-text=\"Post-Christmas Music Friday &#038;%238211; 1970 BillBoard Hot 100 Edition\" data-lang=\"en\">Tweet<\/a><br \/>\n<script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\");<\/script><\/div>\n<p>Thanks for waiting two weeks for the latest post in my quest to determine my &#8220;Peak Music Year&#8221;. \u00a0Get more background <a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1683\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> \u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/ego-vero.net\/main\/?p=1801\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> if you wish. \u00a0My task is to examine the BillBoard Hot 100 music charts for the years 1965 through 1975 to see if I can pinpoint the year that most influenced my taste in music. \u00a0This installment brings us to the year 1970. \u00a0And awaaaay we go!<\/p>\n<p>You can see the 1970 BillBoard Hot 100 Chart for yourself<a href=\"http:\/\/www.billboard.com\/archive\/charts\/1970\/hot-100\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> here<\/a>. \u00a0My first impression is that <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pop_music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pop Music<\/a>, or what we used to call &#8220;bubblegum pop&#8221; seems to be emerging as a dominant genre, with more than half the #1&#8217;s fitting that description. \u00a0Indeed the group with the most #1&#8217;s in 1970 are the poster children for pop music, with one of those children eventually earning the title &#8220;The King of Pop&#8221;. \u00a0They are the &#8220;winners&#8221; of 1970 with four #1&#8217;s,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Jackson_5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Jackson 5<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0which of course featured <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Michael_Jackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michael Jackson.<\/a>\u00a0 The runners up with only two #1&#8217;s in 1970 are &#8211; no surprise here &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Beatles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Beatles<\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;ll show you the four #1 Jackson 5 songs, but before I do I have to say that right off the bat I think I can eliminate 1970 as my peak music year. \u00a0Chronologically it might have been a good candidate as it was the year I entered High School and was well into my adolescence which seems like a good time for a person to bond emotionally with music. \u00a0However, after perusing the chart I find no songs that really made an impression on me. \u00a0Even the Beatles&#8217; #1&#8217;s that year, including the iconic <em>Let It Be<\/em>, aren&#8217;t among my favorite tunes though there are some tunes whose titles one would recognize, including <em>Bridge Over Troubled Water<\/em> by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simon_%26_Garfunkel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simon &amp; Garfunkel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>OK, back to The Jackson 5. \u00a0They had four #1&#8217;s in 1970:<\/p>\n<p>First up &#8211; it&#8217;s got a good beat and you can dance to it &#8211; <em>I Want You Back<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3Q80mk7bxE\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Next up \u00a0&#8211; bubblegum, anyone? \u00a0<em>ABC<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ho7796-au8U\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Third up &#8211; <em>The Love You Save.\u00a0 <\/em>Huh. \u00a0Forgot about that one.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OkuULWqF3AY?si=8_3gd7EPEKt6mvkI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And fourth, probably my favorite of the bunch, the ballad <em>I&#8217;ll Be There<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w6TPVAEquv8\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>So in conclusion, 1970 is most likely not my peak music year, and possibly a year the marks a turning point in the culture away from the counterculture and rock music that dominated most of the 1960s to more commercial pop music. 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