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Name the Artist - 1970s UK Number 1's

Name the musical artists behind these UK number 1 hits from the 1970s. Date indicates when the song first became Number 1
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Date
Song
Musical Act
3/1/70
Two Little Boys
Rolf Harris
31/1/70
Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes)
Edison Lighthouse
7/3/70
Wand'rin' Star
Lee Marvin
28/3/70
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Simon and Garfunkel
18/4/70
All Kinds Of Everything
Dana
2/5/70
Spirit In The Sky
Norman Greenbaum
16/5/70
Back Home
England World Cup Squad
6/6/70
Yellow River
Christie
13/6/70
In The Summertime
Mungo Jerry
1/8/70
The Wonder Of You
Elvis Presley
12/9/70
Tears Of A Clown
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
19/9/70
Band Of Gold
Freda Payne
31/10/70
Woodstock
Matthews' Southern Comfort
21/11/70
Voodoo Chile
The Jimi Hendrix Experience
28/11/70
I Hear You Knocking
Dave Edmunds Rockpile
9/1/71
Grandad
Clive Dunn
30/1/71
My Sweet Lord
George Harrison
6/3/71
Baby Jump
Mungo Jerry
20/3/71
Hot Love
T Rex
1/5/71
Double Barrel
Dave and Ansil Collins
15/5/71
Knock Three Times
Dawn
19/6/71
Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep
Middle Of The Road
24/7/71
Get It On
T Rex
21/8/71
I'm Still Waiting
Diana Ross
18/9/71
Hey Girl Don't Bother Me
The Tams
9/10/71
Maggie May
Rod Stewart
6/11/71
Coz I Luv You
Slade
11/12/71
Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West)
Benny Hill
8/1/72
I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing
(In Perfect Harmony)
The New Seekers
5/2/72
Telegram Sam
T Rex
19/2/72
Son Of My Father
Chicory Tip
11/3/72
Without You
Nilsson
15/4/72
Amazing Grace
Pipes and Drums and Military Band
of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards
20/5/72
Metal Guru
T Rex
17/6/72
Vincent
Don McLean
1/7/72
Take Me Bak 'Ome
Slade
8/7/72
Puppy Love
Donny Osmond
12/8/72
School's Out
Alice Cooper
2/9/72
You Wear It Well
Rod Stewart
9/9/72
Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Slade
30/9/72
How Can I Be Sure
David Cassidy
14/10/72
Mouldy Old Dough
Lieutenant Pigeon
11/11/72
Clair
Gilbert O'Sullivan
25/11/72
My Ding-A-Ling
Chuck Berry
23/12/72
Long Haired Lover From Liverpool
Little Jimmy Osmond with
the Mike Curb Congregation
27/1/73
Blockbuster
The Sweet
3/3/73
Cum On Feel the Noize
Slade
31/3/73
The Twelfth of Never
Donny Osmond
7/4/73
Get Down
Gilbert O'Sullivan
21/4/73
Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree
Dawn
26/5/73
See My Baby Jive
Wizzard
16/6/73
Can The Can
Suzi Quatro
23/6/73
Rubber Bullets
10cc
30/6/73
Skweeze Me Pleeze Me
Slade
21/7/73
Welcome Home
Peters and Lee
28/7/73
I'm The Leader Of The Gang (I Am)
Gary Glitter
25/8/73
Young Love
Donny Osmond
22/9/73
Angel Fingers (A Teen Ballad)
Wizzard
29/9/73
Eye Level (Theme From The TV Series
Van Der Valk)
The Simon Park Orchestra
27/10/73
Daydreamer / The Puppy Song
David Cassidy
17/11/73
I Love You Love Me Love
Gary Glitter
15/12/73
Merry Xmas Everybody
Slade
19/1/74
You Won't Find Another Fool Like Me
The New Seekers ft Lyn Paul
26/1/74
Tiger Feet
Mud
23/2/74
Devil Gate Drive
Suzi Quatro
9/3/74
Jealous Mind
Alvin Stardust
16/3/74
Billy Don't Be A Hero
Paper Lace
6/4/74
Seasons In The Sun
Terry Jacks
4/5/74
Waterloo
Abba
18/5/74
Sugar Baby Love
The Rubettes
15/6/74
The Streak
Ray Stevens
22/6/74
Always Yours
Gary Glitter
29/6/74
She
Charles Aznavour
27/7/74
Rock Your Baby
George McCrae
17/8/74
When Will I See You Again
The Three Degrees
31/8/74
Love Me For A Reason
The Osmonds
21/9/74
Kung Fu Fighting
Carl Douglas
12/10/74
Annie's Song
John Denver
19/10/74
Sad Sweet Dreamer
Sweet Sensation
26/10/74
Everything I Own
Ken Boothe
16/11/74
Gonna Make You A Star
David Essex
7/12/74
You're The First, The Last, My Everything
Barry White
21/12/74
Lonely This Christmas
Mud
18/1/75
Down Down
Status Quo
25/1/75
Ms Grace
The Tymes
Date
Song
Musical Act
1/2/75
January
Pilot
22/2/75
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
8/3/75
If
Telly Savalas
22/3/75
Bye Bye Baby
Bay City Rollers
3/5/75
Oh Boy
Mud
17/5/75
Stand By Your Man
Tammy Wynette
7/6/75
Whispering Grass
Windsor Davies and Don Estelle
28/6/75
I'm not In Love
10cc
12/7/75
Tears On My Pillow
Johnny Nash
19/7/75
Give A Little Love
Bay City Rollers
9/8/75
Barbados
Typically Tropical
16/8/75
Can't Give You Anything (But My Love)
The Stylistics
6/9/75
Sailing
Rod Stewart
4/10/75
Hold Me Close
David Essex
25/10/75
I Only Have Eyes For You
Art Garfunkel
8/11/75
Space Oddity
David Bowie
22/11/75
D.I.V.O.R.C.E.
Billy Connolly
29/11/75
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen
31/1/76
Mamma Mia
Abba
14/2/76
Forever And Ever
Slik
21/2/76
December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)
The Four Seasons
6/3/76
I Love To Love (But My BabyJust Loves To Dance)
Tina Charles
27/3/76
Save Your Kisses For Me
Brotherhood Of Man
8/5/76
Fernando
Abba
5/6/76
No Charge
J.J. Barrie
12/6/76
The Combine Harvester (Brand New Key)
The Wurzels
26/6/76
You To Me Are Everything
The Real Thing
17/7/76
The Roussos Phenomenon EP
Demis Roussos
24/7/76
Don't Go Breaking My Heart
Elton John And Kiki Dee
4/9/76
Dancing Queen
Abba
16/10/76
Mississippi
Pussycat
13/11/76
If You Leave Me Now
Chicago
4/12/76
Under The Moon Of Love
Showaddywaddy
25/12/76
When A Child Is Born (Soleado)
Johnny Mathis
15/1/77
Don't Give Up On Us
David Soul
12/2/77
Don't Cry For Me Argentina
Julie Covington
19/2/77
When I Need You
Leo Sayer
12/3/77
Chanson D'Amour
Manhattan Transfer
2/4/77
Knowing Me, Knowing You
Abba
7/5/77
Free
Deneice Williams
21/5/77
I Don't Want To Talk About It /
First Cut Is The Deepest
Rod Stewart
18/6/77
Lucille
Kenny Rogers
25/6/77
Show you The Way To Go
The Jacksons
2/7/77
So You Win Again
Hot Chocolate
23/7/77
I Feel Love
Donna Summer
20/8/77
Angelo
Brotherhood Of Man
27/8/77
Float On
The Floaters
3/9/77
Way Down
Elvis Presley
8/10/77
Silver Lady
David Soul
29/10/77
Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Baccara
5/11/77
The Name Of The Game
Abba
3/12/77
Mull Of Kintyre / Girls' School
Wings
4/2/78
Uptown Top Ranking
Althea And Donna
11/2/78
Figaro
Brotherhood Of Man
18/2/78
Take A Chance On Me
Abba
11/3/78
Wuthering Heights
Kate Bush
8/4/78
Matchstalk Men And Matchstalk Cats And Dogs
Brian And Michael
29/4/78
Night Fever
The Bee Gees
13/5/78
Rivers Of Babylon / Brown Girl In The Ring
Boney M
17/6/78
You're The One That I Want
John Travolta And Olivia Newton John
19/8/78
Three Times A Lady
The Commodores
23/9/78
Dreadlock Holiday
10cc
30/9/78
Summer Nights
John Travolta And Olivia Newton John
18/11/78
Rat Trap
The Boomtown Rats
2/12/78
Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Rod Stewart
9/12/78
Mary's Boy Child - Oh My Lord
Boney M
6/1/79
Y.M.C.A
Village People
27/1/79
Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick
Ian And The Blockheads
3/2/79
Heart Of Glass
Blondie
3/3/79
Tragedy
The Bee Gees
17/3/79
I Will Survive
Gloria Gaynor
14/4/79
Bright Eyes
Art Garfunkel
26/5/79
Sunday Girl
Blondie
16/6/79
Ring My Bell
Anita Ward
30/6/79
Are 'Friends' Electric?
Tubeway Army
28/7/79
I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats
25/8/79
We Don't Talk Anymore
Cliff Richard
22/9/79
Cars
Gary Numan
29/9/79
Message In A Bottle
The Police
20/10/79
Video Killed The Radio Star
The Buggles
27/10/79
One Day At A Time
Lena Martell
17/11/79
When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman
Dr Hook
8/12/79
Walking On The Moon
The Police
15/12/79
Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Pink Floyd
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Level 60
Apr 5, 2024
"Ian [DURY] and the Blockheads". And "Newton John" wasn't accepted but "Travolta" was.
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Level 57
Apr 13, 2024
7" single was listed as 'Ian & the Blockheads' No 'Dury'

https://thecuriousastronomer.wordpress.com/2014/10/17/hit-me-with-your-rhythm-stick-ian-dury-and-the-blockheads-song/

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Level 57
Apr 13, 2024
Fixed the 'Newton John' answer - Dont know why it didn't work, it was on AUTO but it missed the N out - go figure!
+1
Level 78
Apr 5, 2024
This is a soundtrack to my early teenage years. Thanks for bringing back some memories!
+1
Level 73
Apr 5, 2024
"Long Haired Lover From Liverpool" was by Jimmy Osmond and nobody else. Mike Curb was a producer but the Congregation had no involvement.
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Level 57
Apr 13, 2024
The 7" Single record label will tell you otherwise. Also the official UK singles chart lists 'Little Jimmy Osmond with the Mike Curb Congregation' follow this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/LITTLE-JIMMY-OSMOND-Haired-Liverpool/dp/B004I498UM