Most important/influential MUSICAL artists of the 70s?

[bbernardini]

See the message titled "Most important/influential MUSICAL artists of the 60s?" for background info. Here's the list so far for the 70s. Any glaring omissions other than the Sex Pistols? (I'm torn about including that one, since it's only 8th grade. You never know what parents might say.)

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Led Zeppelin
Deep Purple
Queen
King Crimson
Genesis
Gentle Giant
Bruce Springsteen
The Who
Black Sabbath
Pink Floyd
The Ramones
Eric Clapton
Devo
Cheap Trick
Elvis Costello
Parliament/Funkadelic
Abba
James Brown
Elvis Presley
Bob Marley
Jethro Tull
Emerson, Lake & Palmer
Frank Zappa
Steely Dan
The Eagles
Boston
Jimmy Buffett
Talking Heads
Chicago
Aerosmith
Styx
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Peter Frampton
Peter Gabriel
David Bowie
Roxy Music
Herbie Hancock
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
George Harrison
Ringo Starr
AC/DC
The Rutles
Joe Jackson
Billy Joel
Elton John
Kansas
Kraftwerk
Meat Loaf
The Meters
Dr. John
The Moody Blues
Van Morrison
Willie Nelson
The Police
Todd Rundgren/Utopia
Rush
Status Quo
James Taylor
The Tubes
UK
Johnny “Guitar” Watson
Stevie Wonder
The Jackson 5
XTC
Warren Zevon

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

1. Anthony Braxton, Ornette Coleman, Sun Ra, John Coltrane, Miles Davis

Thelonius Monk, Charles Mingus....

[bbernardini]

5. Wasn't Coltrane dead before the 70s?

Good call on the others, though.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

9. Whhops you're right - Coltrane passed in 1967!

Got me!
:thumbsup:

[mac56]

2. The Clash

[bbernardini]

6. I was actually going to include The Clash...

...but it flew out of my head due to my short attention span. Thanks for reminding me.

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Sly and the Family Stone.

Also applicable to the '60s.

[XNASA]

4. A good list, but you missed the most important name.....

Brian Eno.

[bbernardini]

10. I thought about that, actually.

I suppose if I'm going to include Phil Spector on the 60s list, I should include Eno on the 70s list. I did put on Roxy Music, which should count for something. :)

[XNASA]

15. You put a lot of bands/people that owe their careers to Eno on the list.

That's makes him all the more impressive. :hi:

[chicagojoe]

7. Blue Oyster Cult; Foghat; Humble Pie; UFO; Grand Funk Railroad

[Webster Green]

8. Little Feat

Ruled the seventies (IMO)

[Kierkegaard]

11. Return to Forever

Chick Corea
Mahavishnu Orchestra

[bbernardini]

13. D'oh!

I thought about including Return To Forever. Can't believe I forgot the other two. I guess I should put Al DiMeola on as well.

[mindfulNJ]

12. whoa...

I can't believe you left out Slim Whitman...






;)

[Kierkegaard]

14. And Zamfir!

[Wat_Tyler]

16. Bowie. Clearly.

[Bluzmann57]

17. Now whether you like 'em or not

Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Allman Brothers band were important and influential artists in the '70's. I was there, so I (faintly) remember this stuff. JUST NO DISCO!!!!!!!!!!!! Even though it may have been influential, it was awful. Still is, for that matter.

[The empressof all]

18. Women!!!!

Joni Mitchell
Debbie Harry

[JimmyJazz]

19. The Sex Pistols, the Ramones and the New York Dolls

all instrumental in the punk movement of the mid 1970s. Joe Strummer and Mick Jones were influenced by all three of these bands.