Argent Joan Armatrading Ashford & Simpson Bad Company The Band Jeff Beck Pat Benatar Chuck Berry Blondie David Bowie James Brown Jackson Browne Jack Bruce The Cars Chic Eric Clapton The Clash Joe Cocker The Commodores Elvis Costello Crosby Deep Purple Devo Bob Dylan The Eagles Earth, Wind & Fire Emerson, Lake & Palmer Roberta Flack Fleetwood Mac Free The Gap Band Marvin Gaye Larry Graham Isaac Hayes Humble Pie Janis Ian The Impressions The Isley Brothers The Jackson 5 Joe Jackson The Jam Rick James Jethro Tull Elton John France Joli Quincy Jones Rickie Lee Jones Carole King Evelyn King King Crimson The Kinks Kool & The Gang Labelle Led Zeppelin Little Feat Curtis Mayfield Midnight Oil Joni Mitchell Mott the Hoople The Ohio Players The O'Jays Poco The Pointer Sisters The Police Prince/AFKAP Minnie Riperton The Ritchie Family The Rolling Stones Diana Ross Rose Royce Patrice Rushen Brenda Russell The Salsoul Orchestra Carly Simon Rod Stewart and The Faces Sly Stone Squeeze Donna Summer Supremes Talking Heads James Taylor Television Tower Of Power Traffic Robin Trower Trouble Funk Joe Walsh War Dionne Warwick Cris Williamson Stevie Wonder XTC Yes Neil Young Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention ZZ Top |
The mid-70s brought about two phenomena in Punk-Rock and Disco-Music. Disco was the first genre to use electronically synthesized instruments for mass scale music. Punk rock had a greater impact because of the emergence of thousands of independant record labels encouraging underground artists. The Seventies were mostly a quiet age, different from the carefree spirit of the Sixties. |
