By Era · 1970–1979
1970s Vinyl
Disco balls, stadium rock, prog epics, and India's RD Burman era — the decade vinyl was built for.
Defining Voices
Artists of the 1970s
Global Music Scene
The World in the 1970s
Marvin Gaye's What's Going On and Led Zeppelin IV drop months apart
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon — stays on the charts for 945 weeks
Kraftwerk's Autobahn — electronic music announces itself to the world
Disco fever peaks — KC and the Sunshine Band, ABBA, Donna Summer
Punk explodes in London — the Sex Pistols and The Clash change everything
The Wall by Pink Floyd and Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division close the decade
India · Subcontinent
India in the 1970s
Hare Rama Hare Krishna — R.D. Burman creates his iconic counterculture sound
Bobby — the youth film era begins, Nazia Hassan era approaches
Sholay — its soundtrack becomes one of India's best-selling records
Bappi Lahiri introduces the synthesiser into mainstream Bollywood
Qurbani — disco Bollywood arrives; Nazia Hassan records Aap Jaisa Koi
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