100 Greatest Rock Music Artists Of The 1970's

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19333

Deany wrote:

Singles (US)
Wonder: 5 #1s; 12 Top 10s
LZ: 0 #1s; 3 Top 10s

Led Zeppelin do not have three top ten singles in the US. They have one. "Whole Lotta Love" went to #4 in 1969. Where did you get your information?

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19333

Taro wrote:

Deany wrote:

Influence: Wonder
Popularity: Wonder

Never. Zeppelins have sold 300 million albums

Says who? Their own record label says they sold 200 million. The 300 million figure originated as Wikipedia vandalism that was never corrected and was subsequently picked up by the likes of CNN. More fuel for my Led Zeppelin hate.

And, by the way, my parents were in their late twenties and early thirties during the 1970s, and they never even heard of Led Zeppelin. They sure knew Stevie Wonder, though.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

pgm wrote:

gminer wrote:

as trivia there are only in the area of 10 Western Artists that have ever sold more than a million units in Japan ... Take care

Yeah, I count 17, so it isn't a lot. That surprises me, though, because Western music is fairly well known (especially the biggest hits). I've heard Kanye a lot in 7-11 and I know a bunch of people who listen to LMFAO or Queen or whoever.

... I was thinking of 70`s artists off the top of my head when I posted that but should have been more specific but I`m not surprised if the overal number is 17 .... thanks for total number ....Take care

piper · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:16 pm

gminer wrote:

as trivia there are only in the area of 10 Western Artists that have ever sold more than a million units in Japan ... Take care

Is one of them Cheap Trick?

The Man · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:19 pm

ClashWho wrote:

Taro wrote:

Deany wrote:

Influence: Wonder
Popularity: Wonder

Never. Zeppelins have sold 300 million albums

Says who? Their own record label says they sold 200 million. The 300 million figure originated as Wikipedia vandalism that was never corrected and was subsequently picked up by the likes of CNN. More fuel for my Led Zeppelin hate.

And, by the way, my parents were in their late twenties and early thirties during the 1970s, and they never even heard of Led Zeppelin. They sure knew Stevie Wonder, though.

Did they know of Elton John? Just out of curiosity.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

piper wrote:

gminer wrote:

as trivia there are only in the area of 10 Western Artists that have ever sold more than a million units in Japan ... Take care

Is one of them Cheap Trick?

... their total with singles and albums combined appears to be in the range of 275,000 units but I can only get totals up to 2006 .... pgm might have better numbers ... Take care

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19333

Taro wrote:

ClashWho wrote:

How about his songwriting?

How about Zep's songwriting?

It's pretty lame. Playing the same riff over and over again for four or five minutes. They would have stretched "Substitute" into half an album. As for their lyrics, well... baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby.

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19333

The Man wrote:

ClashWho wrote:

And, by the way, my parents were in their late twenties and early thirties during the 1970s, and they never even heard of Led Zeppelin. They sure knew Stevie Wonder, though.

Did they know of Elton John? Just out of curiosity.

Of course. Anyone who was a semi-regular presence on Top Forty radio they were aware of.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

ClashWho wrote:

Taro wrote:

Deany wrote:

Influence: Wonder
Popularity: Wonder

Never. Zeppelins have sold 300 million albums

Says who? Their own record label says they sold 200 million. The 300 million figure originated as Wikipedia vandalism that was never corrected and was subsequently picked up by the likes of CNN. More fuel for my Led Zeppelin hate.

And, by the way, my parents were in their late twenties and early thirties during the 1970s, and they never even heard of Led Zeppelin. They sure knew Stevie Wonder, though.

I was a teenager in the late 60`s to the early part of the 70`s and certainly knew of Zeppelin (purchased their albums as soon as they came out) as did everyone I knew when attending university in the mid 70`s and suspect my parents knew who they were as one of the groups to which they would yell ... turn that music down .... if you ever purchased a Circus, Rolling Stone, Creem, Melody Maker and any other such publication in those days you could not miss who Zeppelin were .... Take care

The Man · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:34 pm

Just as I thought. Why is it that gminer's data doesn't reflect that?

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

The Man wrote:

ClashWho wrote:

Taro wrote:

Deany wrote:

Influence: Wonder
Popularity: Wonder

Never. Zeppelins have sold 300 million albums

Says who? Their own record label says they sold 200 million. The 300 million figure originated as Wikipedia vandalism that was never corrected and was subsequently picked up by the likes of CNN. More fuel for my Led Zeppelin hate.

And, by the way, my parents were in their late twenties and early thirties during the 1970s, and they never even heard of Led Zeppelin. They sure knew Stevie Wonder, though.

Did they know of Elton John? Just out of curiosity.

... if you only had the slightest interest or exposure to popular music in the 70`s, I would think there was a very good chance you knew who EJ was .... Take care

The Man · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 7:38 pm

As I would have thought. But again, why is it that his name doesn't appear in the information you gave on the previous page?

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

The Man wrote:

Just as I thought. Why is it that gminer's data doesn't reflect that?

??? it is well reflected in the material that has been posted in the last few pages my friend ... Take care

The Top 20 album Artists for the 70`s

US

1 Elton John
2 Chicago
3 John Denver
4 Led Zeppelin
5 Elvis Presley
6 The Rolling Stones
7 Neil Diamond
8 The Beatles
9 Stevie Wonder
10 Paul McCartney
11 Barbra Streisand
12 Grand Funk Railroad
13 The Eagles
14 Three Dog Night
15 Santana
16 Carole King
17 Doobie Brothers
18 Jethro Tull
19 Isaac Hayes
20 Fleetwood Mac

UK

1 Simon And Garfunkel
2 Pink Floyd
3 David Bowie
4 Rod Stewart
5 The Beatles
6 Elton John
7 The Carpenters
8 Abba
9 Paul McCartney
10 Led Zeppelin
11 Andy Williams
12 Mike Oldfield
13 Elvis Presley
14 The Rolling Stones
15 Neil Diamond
16 The Eagles
17 Electric Light Orchestra
18 Queen
19 Deep Purple
20 Cat Stevens

Globally Singles and Albums combined for the 70`s when all source charts combined

http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_sta ... index.html

1: Elton John
2: David Bowie
3: The Rolling Stones
4: Abba
5: Wings
6: Bee Gees
7: Led Zeppelin
8: Pink Floyd
9: Bob Dylan
10: Rod Stewart
11: Elvis Presley
12: Stevie Wonder
13: The Eagles
14: Queen
15: Santana
16: Deep Purple
17: Neil Young
18: Chicago
19: John Lennon
20: The Carpenters

ClashWho · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:45 pm **Posts:** 19333

gminer wrote:

the question of greatest has other facets and arguments to be made for the greatest rock artists that existed during the decade of the 70`s ... what do you think folks would have said on Jan 1, 1980 ... ?

I dunno, but The Who won "Band of the Year" in Rolling Stone magazine as voted by readers and critics in late 1979.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

The Man wrote:

As I would have thought. But again, why is it that his name doesn't appear in the information you gave on the previous page?

... here is a quick search of the link to the German info from the previous page ... Take care

http://www.charts-surfer.de/musiksuche.php?en

Searchresult: German Longplay-Charts since 1962

First Entry
(Year/Week) Max.
Pos. Top10
Weeks Album Artist
1972 / 04 3 1 Honky Chateau Elton John
1973 / 01 6 1 Don't Shoot Me l'm Only The Piano Player Elton John
1973 / 04 1 1 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
1974 / 03 0 1 Caribou Elton John
1975 / 02 2 1 Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy Elton John
1975 / 04 3 1 Elton John's Greatest Hits Elton John
1976 / 03 3 1 Rock Of The Westies Elton John
1977 / 03 © © Blue Moves Elton John
1979 / 01 © © A Single Man Elton John

Searchresult: German Single-Charts since 1956

First Entry
(Year/Week) Max.
Pos. Top10
Weeks Song Artist
1972 / 27 18 0 Rocket Man Elton John
1972 / 42 41 0 Honky Cat Elton John
1972 / 51 3 10 Crocodile Rock Elton John
1973 / 09 27 0 Daniel Elton John
1973 / 30 44 0 Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting Elton John
1973 / 47 49 0 Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Elton John
1975 / 06 31 0 Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds Elton John
1975 / 20 50 0 Philadelphia Freedom The Elton John Band
1975 / 49 42 0 Island Girl Elton John
1976 / 34 5 9 Don't Go Breaking My Heart Elton John & Kiki Dee
1979 / 11 © © Song For Guy Elton John

100 Greatest Rock Music Artists Of The 1970's

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