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Actually, I'm not sure this is fact, but I was just looking at a 70s radio hits playlist on Spotify, and it amazed me just how varied the genres of music that made it onto the charts were back then.
A lot of country 'cross-over'; some motown; disco; light jazz; rock...
I gave a listen to one piece, and it sounded like it could have been sung in the cotton fields, or jazz halls.
All quite interesting, really.
Not that I would be a fair judge, but does [url= https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number-one_singles_of_the_1970s ]such remarkable variety[/url] make up the 'hits' today?
SR - You're stuck in the past.
Maybe you should get back to the future.
Now that the obligatory SaxonRider / Time travelling wisecrack is done...
surely music today is more diverse than it ever was but the channels by which it's distributed are much more fragmented, but in a good way, than they were in the 70's
i.e the successful niche records don't impact the main charts as much because of the greater diversity of music via numerous sources which don't influence the singles chart.
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In the '70s a lot of the stuff on the radio was a bit middle of the road and the popular artists were busy jumping on every bandwagon going. People like Cliff Richard, The Temptations, The Supremes, even Elvis all had a go at every genre like underground/progressive.
That was one of the best things about punk; none of the "family favourites" crew like Anita Harris, Des O'Connor, Vince Hill was going to have a go at that.
I'm all about the nu-rave skiffle 'n bass these days.