Music in 1970

By Patrick Mondout

The year 1970 was a sad one for rock music fans. Paul McCartney confirmed the Beatles rumored break-up in April. Then Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin both died within a month of one another of drug overdoses. But the year was not without worthwhile music. Here are some of the albums you may have been listening to in 1970:

Aretha Franklin - This Girl's In Love With You

Aretha Franklin - Spirit in the Dark

Beatles - Let it Be

Bee Gees - Cucumber Castle

Bob Dylan - Self Portrait

Bread - On The Waters

Carpenters - Close to You

Cat Stevens - Tea for the Tillerman

Chicago - II

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory

Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - Deja Vu

Derek and the Dominoes - Layla And Other Assorted Love Songs

Doors - Morrison Hotel

Elton John

Fifth Dimension - Portrait

George Harrison - All Things Must Pass

Gil Scott-Heron - Small Talk At 125th And Lenox

Grand Funk Railroad - Closer to Home

Grateful Dead - American Beauty

Harry Nillson - The Point!

Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds

Iggy & The Stooges - Fun House

Isaac Hayes - Isaac Hayes Movement

Jackson 5 - ABC

James Brown - Sex Machine

James Taylor - Sweet Baby James

Janis Joplin - Pearl

Jesus Christ Superstar (Soundtrack)

Jethro Tull - Benefit

Jimi Hendrix - Band Of Gypsies

John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band

Joni Mitchell - Ladies of the Canyon

Led Zeppelin - II

Linda Ronstadt - Silk Purse

Merle Haggard - A Tribute To The Best Damn Fiddle Player

Miles Davis - Bitches Brew

Miles Davis - A Tribute To Jack Johnson

Mountain - Climbing

Neil Diamond - Tap Root Manuscript

Neil Young - After the Gold Rush

Paul McCartney - McCartney

Pink Floyd - Atom Heart Mother

Poco

Roberta Flack - Chapter Two

Rolling Stones - Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!

Randy Newman - 12 Steps

Santana - Abraxas

Simon and Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water

Sly and the Family Stone - Greatest Hits

Ten Years After - Cricklewood Green

Three Dog Night - It Ain't Easy

Three Dog Night - Naturally

Traffic - John Barleycorn Must Die

The Who - Live at Leeds

Van Morrison - Moondance

Velvet Underground - Loaded