Category: 70’s

This year, this year did something that the decade end years failed to do, celebrating what the decade in question accomplished without it coming off as a last hurrah for those who contributed to the pop culture of the day. It’s a shame the disco backlash happened in America this year as the genre was… Continue reading Australian hits of 1979

This edges out 1979 as there wasn’t a racist/homophobic backlash towards a popular genre this year that took place in America like there was that year, that’s about the only difference these two years have from each other as naturally that backlash meant there was slightly fewer disco classics to come out that year compared… Continue reading Australian hits of 1978

There was a bit too much soft rock for my liking for this to be any higher on this list, however with the rise of disco and rock opera taking place, it was more than enough to forgive the stale adult contemporary that those genres were competing with. Also, I had to dock points due… Continue reading Australian hits of 1977

This year might seem a little low on this list if you’re not from Australia, however we Aussies had an issue with diversifying our music tastes outside of sherbet, Abba and bay city rollers this year which does hold this back in my ranking. The rest of the world made up for this by having… Continue reading Australian hits of 1976

Ahh yes, the year where countdown began its influence on the Australian charts, naturally I would rank this year fairly high as it was what gave a platform to so many iconic Australian artists and their different takes on popular genres of the decade such as pub rock and glam metal. The rest of the… Continue reading Australian hits of 1975

I’ve decided to show what was popular during the waning years of the go set charts in Australia, although again I haven’t included any commentary here as I feel uncomfortable with talking about songs that I struggle to form opinion about while also feeling that talking about the select few that I do have strong… Continue reading Go set charts 1970’s IV

I’ve decided to show what was popular during the waning years of the go set charts in Australia, although again I haven’t included any commentary here as I feel uncomfortable with talking about songs that I struggle to form opinion about while also feeling that talking about the select few that I do have strong… Continue reading Go set charts 1970’s III

I’ve decided to show what was popular during the waning years of the go set charts in Australia, although again I haven’t included any commentary here as I feel uncomfortable with talking about songs that I struggle to form opinion about while also feeling that talking about the select few that I do have strong… Continue reading Go set charts 1970’s II

I’ve decided to show what was popular during the waning years of the go set charts in Australia, although again I haven’t included any commentary here as I feel uncomfortable with talking about songs that I struggle to form opinion about while also feeling that talking about the select few that I do have strong… Continue reading Go set charts 1970’s

After much deliberation with myself, I’ve decided to finally release a list that details all of the biggest hits of the first half of the 70’s here in Australia. I’ll do my best to provide commentary for each of the entries, but I’ll be honest, I may struggle with saying anything particularly productive on some… Continue reading Biggest hits of the early 70’s Australia V