"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Arguably one of the best decades of music, the 1970s saw the rise of disco, long shaggy hair, the ...

Of all the different eras of country music we’ve witnessed, whether in real time or retrospect, the 1970s seem to take the cake in terms of overall grooves, musical and lyrical experimentation, and ...

Every first date needs the perfect song as a backdrop for all those butterflies and excitement. Every generation has its set of songs that work well for dating. The 1970s saw a plethora of romantic ...

Country Music was thriving in the 1970's with artists like Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Charlie Daniels and Tanya Tucker just to name a few. Legends, such as Willie Nelson, came out of that time period ...

I've written here a few times about the 1970s and the wide range of music. Among the rock, pop, punk, and more there were a few songs that were quite different. As a quick health warning, I’m not ...

Maybe the 1970s had too many great songs, although some may have had too much respect. The decade certainly covered a wide range of genres. Right through from rock, glam or heavy or somewhere in ...

The 1970s was a turning point that saw the end of the idealistic ‘60s. Among the major events of the decade were the messy finale of the Vietnam War, Watergate, women’s liberation, the oil crisis, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...