Wednesday, March 3, 2021

The Top 100 Rock songs of the 70s, in Hellas


These are The 100 Most Popular Rock Songs of the 70s in Hellas, especially in Hellenic Radio Stations.
(Some songs by artists also considered rock, may be in the relevant Top 100 Most Popular Pop songs of the 70s list / all songs released between 1970-1979)


75 songs to date



All Right Now - FREE (LP Fire & Water, 1970Top 20

Am Fenster - CITY (single, 1977 / LP Am Fenster, 1978)





Babe - STYX (LP Cornerstone, 1979)





Black Betty - RAM JAM (LP Ram Jam, 1977Top 20


Boat On The River - STYX (1980 / LP Cornerstone, 1979)



Darling - STORIES (LP About Us, 1973)



Dreams - FLEETWOOD MAC (LP Rumours, 1977Top 20

Dust In The Wind - KANSAS (1978 / LP Point Of Know Return, 1977) Top 10




Get It On - T.REX (single, 1971 / LP Electric Warrior, 1971)



Hold The Line - TOTO (LP Toto, 1978)

Hotel California - EAGLES (1977 / LP Hotel California, 1976) Top 10


Julia - PAVLOV'S DOG (LP Pampered Menial, 1975Top 10


Lady In Black - URIAH HEEP  (LP Salisbury, 1971Top 20





Love Hurts - NAZARETH (only in the U.S.: LP Hair Of The Dog, 1975)

Love Is Like Oxygen - SWEET (LP Level Headed, 1978Top 10













Rock Sugar - ROB GRILL (LP Uprooted, 1979Top 20







Sultans Of Swing - DIRE STRAITS (single, 1978 / LP Dire Straits, 1978) Top 10

















exceptions you will find on the list with the Top 100 Pop songs of the 70s:

Imagine - JOHN LENNON & PLASTIC ONO BAND (1971) 


to be added:

AVERAGE WHITE BAND - Pick Up The Pieces (1974)
BAD COMPANY - Can't Get Enough (1974)
BEATLES - Let It Be (1970)
Heart Of Glass - BLONDIE (1979) Disco list
BLUE OYSTER CULT - (Don't Fear) The Reaper (1976)
BOOMTOWN RATS - I Don't Like Mondays (1979)
CARMEN, ERIC - All By Myself (1976)
CHAPIN, HARRY - Cat's In The Cradle (1974)
CHICAGO - If You Leave Me Now (1976)
CLAPTON, ERIC - Cocaine (1977)
CLAPTON, ERIC - I Shot The Sheriff (LP 461 Ocean Boulevard, 1974)
COCKER, JOE - You Are So Beautiful (1975)
DOORS, THE - Love Her Madly (1971)
DOORS, THE - Riders On The Storm (1971)
DYLAN, BOB - Hurricane (1975)
IAN DURY - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (1977)
ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - Last Train To London (1979)
FOREIGNER
FRAMPTON, PETER - Baby, I Love Your Way (1976)
HARRISON, GEORGE - My Sweet Lord (1971)
JOHN, ELTON - Crocodile Rock (1972)
ELTON JOHN & KIKI DEE - Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1976)
JETHRO TULL - Aqualung (1971)
CAROLE KING - It's Too Late
PINK FLOYD - Hey You (1979)
POLICE, THE - Roxanne (1979)
SUZI QUATRO & CHRIS NORMAN - Stumblin' In (1978)
QUEEN - Crazy Little Thing Called Love (1979)
QUEEN - We Are The Champions (1977)
SANTANA - Black Magic Woman (1971)
SCORPIONS - Always Somewhere (1979)
SMOKIE
SUPERTRAMP - Breakfast In America (1979)
SUPERTRAMP - School (1974)
TEN YEARS AFTER - I'd Love To Change The World (1971)
Play That Funky Music - WILD CHERRY (1976) Disco list




UNDER CONSTRUCTION



The Top 20

Top 1-10





Hotel California - EAGLES (1977 / LP Hotel California1976)








Top 11 - 20

All Right Now - FREE (LP Fire & Water1970)

Black Betty - RAM JAM (LP Ram Jam1977)


Dreams - FLEETWOOD MAC (LP Rumours1977)



Rock Sugar - ROB GRILL (LP Uprooted1979)





Note: "Smoke On The Water" may be more popular -among rock fans- than other songs in the Top 20 but receives less radio air-play in Hellas than other popular rock songs of the 70s.


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