Do stellar albums and one-hit wonders make 1974 the Greatest Year in Music?
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1972’s top records include Exile on Main Street, Ziggy Stardust, Let’s Stay Together and Carly Simon’s breakthrough No Secrets.
Plus landmark releases from Santana, Grateful Dead, Simon & Garfunkel and more.
Classic rock is peaking in 1973 while soul and reggae warm things up.
Though it would be faced with opposition in just a couple of years, disco was hot in 1976.
1971 marks the first live performance of “Stairway to Heaven” and Concert for Bangladesh takes place at Madison Square Garden.
Philebrity editor and local rock star Joey Sweeney casts a vote for 1972 as the Greatest Year in Music.
1977 was the year that punk broke and classic rock rocked harder than ever.
1975 seems to have inspired an excessive amount of records that went on to become an integral part of our…
It’s nearly impossible to boil 1978 down to a singular musical theme; it had something great for everyone.