Best Songs of the 70's
Top 100 70's Era Songs for Weddings
These are the Best 70's Songs for Weddings to get people on the dance floor! As the Vietnam War continued into 1975, people went to dance clubs to forget about the war and be happy. The music of the 70's can be most remembered as the birth of Disco style music. Popular disco music artists included the Bee Gees with Stayin' Alive, Gloria Gaynor's I Will Survive and the Village People's YMCA. Another music style popular in the 70's was progressive rock. Progressive rock songs were typically longer in length and may not be conducive for weddings. Finally, punk rock also started in the 70's with heavy guitar riffs and anger in the lyrics and projection in the singers. Punk rock style music kickoffed with bands like the Sex Pistols and the Ramones. Bob Marley had a huge fan base in the U.S. performing Jamaican reggae music.
The dance of the 70's that was typical in dance clubs, aka discos, was the Hustle. The hustle was invented in 1970 thought to be in New York City. Offspings of the Hustle were the Basic Hustle, Latin, Spanish and Tango Hustle, and Swing Hustle. Other popular dances of the 70's included the Bump, Penguin, Bogaloo, Watergate and the Robot.
The Seventies had its own fads for teens such as pet rocks, mood rings and the creation of the Rubik's cube. Pop culture fashion included men with long hair, bellbottom pants, and hot pants. There were many new inventions for teens in the Seventies which included the floppy disc, game console Atari, the videocassette recorder (VCR) and the invention of email in 1971. The 70's were also strewn with words like affirmative action, legalized abortion and Earth Day. Many 70's music bands were able to increase their following in the USA and even worldwide with the invention of the 8-track tape.
Blockbuster films of the seventies included Star Wars, The Godfather and Grease. TV shows of the Seventies included The Brady Bunch, Happy Days, All In The Family and Sesame Street for children. With the advancement of TV, sports became big business. This was the beginning of wealthy sports owners and highly paid baseball players with free agency by the end of the decade.
Being former wedding DJs, we've calculated a list of our favorite Songs of the 70's. If you have a special song that you think should be added to our list, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. Be sure to also check out the song lyric link to find song relevance to what you want for in your song choice. Once decided, we provided a link to iTunes to purchase and Amazon.com to purchase and listen to a sample of each song.
Our Top 5 70's Era songs for weddings are as follows: 1) Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger, 2) YMCA - Village People, 3) We Are Family - Sister Sledge, 4) Joy To The World - Three Dog Night, 5) Always & Forever - Heatwave.
Best 70s Songs for Weddings
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Lyrics
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| All Right Now |
Free |
Rock
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| Always & Forever |
Heatwave |
R&B
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| American Pie |
Don McLean |
Rock
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| Babe |
Styx |
Rock
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| Bad, Bad Leroy Brown |
Jime Croce |
Rock
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| Bang A Gong (Get It On) |
T. Rex |
Rock
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| Brick House |
Commodores |
R&B
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| Bridge Over Troubled Water |
Simon & Garfunkel |
Rock
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| Brown Sugar |
The Rolling Stones |
Rock
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| Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe |
Barry White |
R&B
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| Crazy Love |
Poco |
Country
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| Crocodile Rock |
Elton John |
Rock
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| Dancing Queen |
Abba |
Disco
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| December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night!) |
The Four Season |
R&B
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| Disco Inferno |
The Trammps |
Disco
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| Don't Leave Me This Way |
Thelma Houston |
Disco
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| Dream Weaver |
Gary Wright |
Rock
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| Drift Away |
Dobie Gray |
Rock
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| Fire And Rain |
James Taylor |
Rock
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| Fooled Around And Fell In Love |
Elvin Bishop |
Rock
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| Funkytown |
Lipps. Inc. |
Disco
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| Get Down Tonight |
KC & The Sunshine Band |
Disco
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| Get Ready |
Rare Earth |
Rock
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| Good Times |
Chic |
Disco
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| Happy Days |
Pratt & McClain |
Rock
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| Highway To Hell |
AC/DC |
Rock
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| Hot Child In The City |
Nick Gilder |
Rock
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| Hotel California |
The Eagles |
Rock
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| I Go Crazy |
Paul Davis |
Rock
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| I Think I Love You |
The Partridge Family |
Rock
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| I Want You To Want Me |
Cheap Trick |
Rock
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| I Will Survive |
Gloria Gaynor |
Disco
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| I'll Be There |
The Jackson 5 |
R&B
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| Imagine |
John Lennon |
Rock
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| Joy To The World |
Three Dog Night |
Rock
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| Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me) |
The Temptations |
R&B
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| Just What I Needed |
The Cars |
Rock
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| Kiss You All Over |
Exile |
Rock
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| Kung Fu Fighting |
Carl Douglas |
Disco
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| Lady Marmalade |
Labelle |
Disco
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| Le Freak |
Chic |
Disco
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| Lean On Me |
Bill Withers |
R&B
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| Let It Be |
The Beatles |
Rock
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| Let Your Love Flow |
Bellamy Brothers |
Country
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| Let's Get It On |
Marvin Gaye |
R&B
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| Let's Stay Together |
Al Green |
R&B
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| Listen To The Music |
The Doobie Brothers |
Rock
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| Long Cool Woman (In A Black Dress) |
The Hollies |
Rock
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| Love Train |
The O'Jays |
R&B
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| Love Will Keep Us Together |
Captain & Tennille |
Rock
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| Low Rider |
War |
Rock
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| Margaritaville |
Jimmy Buffett |
Rock
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| Me And Bobby McGee |
Janis Joplin |
Rock
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| Midnight Train To Georgia |
Gladys Knight & The Pips |
R&B
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| My Sharona |
The Knack |
Rock
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| Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye |
Steam |
Rock
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| Old Time Rock & Roll |
Bob Seger |
Rock
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| Papa Was A Rollin' Stone |
The Temptations |
R&B
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| Paradise By The Dashboard Light |
Meat Loaf |
Rock
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| Play That Funky Music |
Wild Cherry |
R&B
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| Rapper's Delight |
Sugarhill Gang |
Rap
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| Reelin' In The Years |
Steely Dan |
Rock
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| Rhinestone Cowboy |
Glen Campbell |
Country
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| Rich Girl |
Daryl Hall & John Oates |
Rock
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| Rock & Roll, Part II |
Gary Glitter |
Rock
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| Rock And Roll All Nite |
Kiss |
Rock
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| Rock With You |
Michael Jackson |
R&B
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| Saturday Night |
Bay City Rollers |
Rock
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| September |
Earth, Wind And Fire |
R&B
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| Spirit In The Sky |
Norman Greenbaum |
Rock
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| Stairway To Heaven |
Led Zeppelin |
Rock
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| Stayin' Alive |
Bee Gees |
Disco
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| Still The One |
Orleans |
Rock
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| Stuck In The Middle With You |
Stealers Wheel |
Rock
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| Superstition |
Stevie Wonder |
R&B
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| Sweet Home Alabama |
Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Rock
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| Take A Chance On Me |
Abba |
Disco
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| Take Me Home, Country Roads |
John Denver |
Country
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| Tears Of A Clown |
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles |
R&B
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| Thank God I'm A Country Boy |
John Denver |
Country
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| That's The Way (I Like It) |
KC & The Sunshine Band |
Disco
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| The Boys Are Back In Town |
Thin Lizzy |
Rock
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| The Hustle |
Van McCoy |
Disco
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| The Joker |
Steve Miller Band |
Rock
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| The Loco-Motion |
Grand Funk |
Rock
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| The Most Beautiful Girl |
Charlie Rich |
Country
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| The Things We Do For Love |
10cc |
Rock
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| Three Times A Lady |
Commodores |
R&B
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| Walk This Way |
Aerosmith |
Rock
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| We Are Family |
Sister Sledge |
Disco
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| We Are The Champions |
Queen |
Rock
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| Werewolves Of London |
Warren Zevon |
Rock
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| What I Like About You |
The Romantics |
Rock
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| Wonderful Tonight |
Eric Clapton |
Rock
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| YMCA |
Village People |
Disco
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| You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet |
Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) |
Rock
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| You Are The Sunshine Of My Life |
Stevie Wonder |
R&B
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| You Sexy Thing |
Hot Chocolate |
R&B
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| Your Song |
Elton John |
Rock
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| You're The One That I Want |
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John |
Rock
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Best 70's songs list is updated periodically throughout the year. If you have a song that you think should be included, please add your song suggestion through the comment section below. |
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