NOW 70s

A year of Slade, streaking and strikes - with 2 UK elections and the 3 day week! However the uplifting music was a perfect antidote. Simon Bates leafs through it - month by month.

Non-stop love songs, back to back all day, from the era of Leo Sayer, Carpenters, The Bee Gees & Minnie Riperton.

From 'Ticket To Ride' in 1970 to 'Please Don't Go' in 1979 - these are simply the 50 biggest love & break-up songs of the decade, in order.

We didn't yet call them Power Ballads, but some masters of the genre - Boston, Toto & Whitesnake - were already at it! Simes has twenty-five power pop love songs and ballads - in order.

Over-bearded men & leftfield ladies - all with fabulous tunes! These are alternative hits from the west coast, the underground & the counter culture of the 1970s.

Kid Jensen with 30 acts from the cooler end of the 70s spectrum - designed for repeated plays! From Free to The Police via Thin Lizzy, Tom Robinson & Lene Lovich.

As the dark nights close in and Halloween approaches, we bring you the fabulously frightful fashions and super scary songs of the '70s.

50 love songs - a lesson from the 70s followed by another from the 80s! Including Debby Boone, Hot Chocolate, Bette Midler, Neil Diamond and Roberta Flack.