Rock and Reel
Top 10 Tracks of 1970

Previous: 1969

A new decade! This year reps the last possible appearance by the Beatles as a group. But as you can see, nothing is stopping solo career tracks from making these lists. My love for “Stage Fright” can be traced back to the first time I saw Martin Scorsese’s rock doc The Last Waltz. What a performance! Gordon Lightfoot wouldn’t be on this list if it weren’t for a combination of my dad playing the song all the time when I was a kid and Johnny Cash covering it. Black Sabbath will be the first of probably many heavy metal appearances.

10. John Lennon- Mother (Listen)

9. The Band- Stage Fright (Listen)

8. Gordon Lightfoot- If You Could Read My Mind (Listen)

7. The Velvet Underground- Sweet Jane (Listen)

6. Neil Young- Tell Me Why (Listen)

5. Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4 (Listen)

4. Derek and the Dominos- Bell Bottom Blues (Listen)

3. Black Sabbath- War Pigs (Listen)

2. Simon and Garfunkel- So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright (Listen)

1. The Beatles- Let It Be (Listen)

Next: 1971

See Also: Top 10 Albums of 1970

Top 10 Albums of 1966