Specializing in a decade wherein traditional rock got here into its personal, the beneath listing of the Prime 200 ’70s Songs spans the gamut of cornerstone bands.

Some have been on their means out. However former members of the Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel started crafting solo gems for the ages. The stalwart Rolling Stones, in the meantime, confirmed they weren’t going wherever – preventing by habit solely to emerge proper in the course of the disco zeitgeist.

Bands like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd and Santana – all of whom started to choose up steam towards the top of the ’60s – may very well be discovered constructing the framework of their lasting legend on this new decade. But it surely wasn’t all acquainted figures from traditional rock’s preliminary period, both.

Subsequent-gen keepers of the flame like Aerosmith, Kiss, Steely Dan and Tom Petty expanded the music’s attain in distinct methods. Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers Band established a brand new Southern aesthetic, even because the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac got here to represent the West Coast’s promise – and its dangers. Then an thrilling new edge crept into the music towards the top of the last decade, personified by the likes of the Conflict, the Police, the Ramones and Intercourse Pistols. However which of their songs made the listing? Discover out beneath as we current the Prime 200 ’70s Songs in alphabetical order.