The 1970s represented a vibrant and extraordinarily diverse era for popular music, producing an incredible range of sounds that reflected the cultural shifts and musical experimentation of the decade.

“Which Way You Goin’ Billy?” by The Poppy Family was released in the US in March 1970. And it’s a sunshine pop gift that just keeps on giving. The tune was written by underrated songwriter Terry Jacks ...

Need to add some volume to your 1970s pop playlist? There are a handful of one-hit wonders from that decade that delivered some killer pop tunes, but they’ve since been somewhat forgotten by ...

Sylvester Stewart – AKA Sly Stone – died this week, and tributes began pouring in from every corner of the musical universe. It was well-deserved. Sly towered over pop music in the late 1960s and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin. The dazzling ...

With Paul Williams, he wrote enduring 1970s pop classics like “We’ve Only Just Begun” and “Rainy Days and Mondays.” By Alex Williams Roger Nichols, a California songwriter and musician who, with his ...