Top 40 Singles of the 1970s:

1. Debby Boone - You Light Up My Life
2. Chic - Le Freak
3. The Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
4. The Bee Gees - Night Fever
5. Andy Gibb - Shadow Dancing
6. Andy Gibb - I Just Want to Be Your Everything
7. Rod Stewart - Tonight's the Night (Gonna Be Alright)
8. Donna Summer - Hot Stuff
9. The Bee Gees - How Deep is Your Love
10. Three Dog Night - Joy to the World
11. Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (Naturally)
12. Roberta Flack - The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
13. The Knack - My Sharona
14. The Emotions - The Best of My Love
15. The Jackson 5 - I'll Be There
16. Dawn - Knock Three Times
17. Don McLean - American Pie
18. Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
19. Wings - Silly Love Songs
20. Rod Stewart - Maggie May/Reason to Believe
21. B.J. Thomas - Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
22. Donna Summer - Bad Girls
23. A Taste of Honey - Boogie Oogie Oogie
24. Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge Over Troubled Water
25. Rod Stewart - Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
26. Carole King - It's Too Late/I Feel the Earth Move
27. George Harrison - My Sweet Lord
28. The Commodores - Three Times a Lady
29. Carly Simon - You're So Vain
30. Melanie - Brand New Key
31. Dawn - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
32. Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly With His Song
33. Marvin Gaye - Let's Get it On
34. Peaches & Herb - Reunited
35. The Carpenters - (They Long to Be) Close to You
36. Paul McCartney & Wings - My Love
37. Anita Ward - Ring My Bell
38. Barbra Streisand - The Way We Were
39. Donna Summer - MacArthur Park
40. The Beatles - Let it Be

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This list was compiled by Fred Bronson. For the full list of the top 100 songs of this decade, get his book Hottest Hot 100 Hits at the link below:

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