DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of the 70s

[Wolf]

I'm reposting the links as we are on now on page 4. The only thing that change for the ones that haven't voted yet. In 1974 form those missing 15 songs are now in it.


DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1970

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1971

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1972

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1973

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1974

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1975

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1976

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1977

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1978

DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1979


For the ones that have already voted. @Channel98 @HecticArt @Listener @Madison @sadchild @scotchandcigar

Please use this form only to cast your votes for those 15 missing songs in this form only. -> DRC Madness #41: Best #1 Song of The 70s - 1974 Part 2

I'll combine your scores with the 1st form once you guys have casted your votes., Thanks everyone

 

[sadchild]

Here is my reference video again

 

[Madison]

Thanks Wolf! This was the first time I've voted remotely on my phone! The point I deducted from Paper Lace "The Night Chicago Died " I gave to Helen Reddy "Angie Baby" for singing "It's so nice to be insane no one asks you to complain "

 

[Channel98]

Wolf, I just voted – again – for the 1974 songs. Do our new votes automatically cancel our earlier votes when only 20 songs were on the list?

The Spinners are one of my favorite 1970s groups. Mighty Love was number one on the R&B chart for two weeks in March 1974 and peaked at #20 on the Hot 100. Here is the 4:55 album version. For release as a single, it was cut into a "Part 1" and "Part 2." Most radio stations that played the song played only "Part 1."

 

[scotchandcigar]

Wolf, I just voted – again – for the 1974 songs. Do our new votes automatically cancel our earlier votes when only 20 songs were on the list?

For those of us who originally voted, he made a link for just the added songs. That's what you need to use.

 

[Channel98]

I went to the 1974 page that lists all 35 number ones, not the page that lists the 15 added songs. Wolf can figure it out. I'm afraid if I vote a third time, I will be accused of voter fraud.

 

[Wolf]

I went to the 1974 page that lists all 35 number ones, not the page that lists the 15 added songs. Wolf can figure it out. I'm afraid if I vote a third time, I will be accused of voter fraud.

Some of the new scores are a bit different to the ones you already submitted already. I can go with your updated scores now.

 

[Wolf]

Here are the updated recorded votes.

1970 - 1979
Aaron
Channel98
Hectic
Listener
Madison
sadchild
scotchandcigar
Wolf

All six have finished with the updated 1974 part 2 form. I will lock that form, so no new submissions can come in on that one.

 

[Channel98]

Today I am proudly wearing this button.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Some of the new scores are a bit different to the ones you already submitted.

He deducted a point because of East Chicago.

 

[Wolf]

He deducted a point because of East Chicago.

Any points deducted will be awarded to "Horse With No Name" when IRBS submits his vote for it.

 

[Channel98]

For IRBS:

"I'm not going to vote for A Horse With No Name
I hate that song more than you know
If anyone asks if I like it
I will hold my nose and I will go:
No! No! No, no, no, no!
No, no, no! No! No!
No! No! No, no, no,no!
No, no, no! No! No!"

 

[Wolf]

With 8 9 votes in, I’m starting to set up the main first-round tournaments soon. To make things easier, given the number of songs per year, the top 16 songs with the highest point totals for each year will advance to the first-round tournament.

1970 - 21
1971 - 18
1972 - 21
1973 - 27
1974 - 35
1975 - 35
1976 - 26
1977 - 28
1978 - 19
1978 - 23

 

[kingchuck69]

Add me to the voting.

 

[scotchandcigar]

Any points deducted will be awarded to "Horse With No Name" when IRBS submits his vote for it.

I think the perfect finals would be Horse With No Name against a Beatles song.

 

[Channel98]

"Oh yeah, I'll tell you something
And this is not a game
I'll tell you something
I want a horse with no naaame
I want a horse with no na-aaa-aaa-aaa-aaame
I want a horse with no naaame"

 

[Aaron]

I find that 1970-72 and 1977-79 had better songs than 1973-76. They had some great albums in those middle years, but the hits were lacking, imo.

 

[Channel98]

Among the number-one albums of 1973-76:

No Secrets – Carly Simon (5 weeks)
Houses Of The Holy – Led Zeppelin (2 weeks)
Living In The Material World – George Harrison (5 weeks)
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road – Elton John (8 weeks)
Band On The Run – Paul McCartney & Wings (4 weeks)
Caribou – Elton John (4 weeks)
Greatest Hits – Elton John (10 weeks)
Physical Graffiti – Led Zeppelin (6 weeks)
Captain Fantastic & The Brown Dirt Cowboy – Elton John (7 weeks)
Wings At The Speed Of Sound – Paul McCartney & Wings (7 weeks)
Songs In The Key Of Life – Stevie Wonder (14 weeks)

I propose our next DRC Madness be "Best albums of the 1970s."

 

[scotchandcigar]

I find that 1970-72 and 1977-79 had better songs than 1973-76. They had some great albums in those middle years, but the hits were lacking, imo.

I took one example to look into; I picked Elton John. During '73-'75, great songs like Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Candle In the Wind, Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me, The Bitch is Back, and Someone Saved My Life Tonight reached as high as #2, but not #1. Meanwhile, a steaming shitpile like Island Girl reached #1. Maybe it was due to the disco invasion.

 

[Channel98]

On the Cash Box Top 100, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me and Someone Saved My Life Tonight were number-one hits. Candle In The Wind, from the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, was released as a single in the UK and peaked at #11 on the March 3 1974 Official Singles chart. It was not released as a single in the United States and therefore was ineligible to chart. The Cash Box Top 100 did not include songs that were not released as singles – and Billboard did not begin including such songs (designated "airplay only") on the Hot 100 until December 1998.