Year:1970

Bands Formed

 * Aerosmith
 * America
 * Badly Drawn Boy
 * Barnes & Barnes
 * Emerson, Lake and Palmer
 * Queen

Singles Released

 * Voodoo Chile (Slight Return) Jimi Hendrix Experience
 * Paranoid Black Sabbath
 * My Sweet Lord George Harrison
 * The Tears of a Clown Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
 * Immigrant Song Led Zeppelin
 * Get Up I Feel Like Being a Sex Machine (Parts 1 & 2) James Brown
 * Bridge over Troubled Water Simon & Garfunkel
 * Down on the Street The Stooges
 * Instant Karma! Lennon/Ono With The Plastic Ono Band
 * Ohio Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 * Up Around the Bend Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * Peaches en regalia Frank Zappa
 * The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown) Fleetwood Mac
 * Lola The Kinks
 * Black Night Deep Purple
 * Pressure Drop/Smoke Screen The Maytals/Beverley All Stars
 * Oh! Darling The Beatles
 * Black Sabbath Black Sabbath
 * (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go Curtis Mayfield
 * Long As I Can See the Light Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * The Obeah Man Exuma
 * Let It Be The Beatles
 * Question The Moody Blues
 * Cinnamon Girl Neil Young
 * Mother John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
 * Ball of Confusion (that's What the World Is Today) The Temptations
 * Travelin' Band Creedence Clearwater Revival
 * Your Song Elton John
 * Johnny (Too) Bad The Slickers
 * It's a Shame The Spinners
 * War Edwin Starr
 * No Matter What Badfinger
 * Only Love Can Break Your Heart Neil Young
 * The Pusher Steppenwolf
 * Woodstock Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
 * Lady d'Arbanville Cat Stevens
 * Black Magic Woman Santana
 * Summertime Blues (live) The Who
 * Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time) The Delfonics
 * Gallows Pole Led Zeppelin
 * Young Man Blues The Who
 * Cecilia Simon & Garfunkel
 * Roadhouse Blues The Doors
 * Eighteen Alice Cooper
 * I Want to Take You Higher Sly & the Family Stone
 * Speed King Deep Purple
 * Funky Drummer (Part 1) / Funky Drummer (Part 2) James Brown
 * See Me, Feel Me The Who
 * Band of Gold Freda Payne
 * Slip On Through The Beach Boys
 * Moon Shadow Cat Stevens
 * Sympathy Rare Bird
 * The Seeker The Who
 * Memo From Turner Mick Jagger
 * If You Could Read My Mind Gordon Lightfoot
 * Spill the Wine Eric Burdon and War
 * Isn't It a Pity George Harrison
 * 25 or 6 to 4 Chicago
 * Heartbreaker Led Zeppelin
 * Express Yourself Charles Wright and The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band
 * Refugees Van der Graaf Generator
 * All Right Now Free
 * The Wizard Black Sabbath
 * Super Bad (Part 1, 2 & 3) James Brown
 * How Can I Be Sure? Dusty Springfield
 * Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours Stevie Wonder
 * The House of the Rising Sun Frijid Pink
 * "5446" Was My Number/Version The Maytals / Beverley's All Stars
 * Solitary Man Neil Diamond
 * Wicked World Black Sabbath
 * You Make Me Real The Doors
 * Muchacha (Ojos de papel) Almendra
 * Archangels Thunderbird Amon Düül II
 * Green-Eyed Lady Sugarloaf
 * Whispering Pines The Band
 * Handbags and Gladrags Rod Stewart
 * Sound of Free Dennis Wilson and Rumbo
 * Let It Bleed The Rolling Stones
 * Ride a White Swan T. Rex
 * El cóndor pasa Simon & Garfunkel
 * Soul Sacrifice (Part 1) / Soul Sacrifice (Part 2) Santana
 * Never Marry a Railroad Man Shocking Blue
 * (They Long to Be) Close to You The Carpenters
 * I Hear You Knocking Dave Edmunds
 * The Witch Rattles
 * The Witch's Promise/Teacher Jethro Tull
 * American Woman The Guess Who
 * Woodstock Matthews Southern Comfort
 * Still Water (Love) The Four Tops
 * A.B.C. The Jackson 5
 * Mississippi Queen Mountain
 * Rag Mama Rag The Band
 * Whole Lotta Love C.C.S.
 * Ruby Tuesday/What Have They Done to My Song Ma? Melanie Safka
 * When I'm dead and gone McGuinness Flint
 * Patches Clarence Carter
 * Gasoline Alley Bred The Hollies
 * Yellow River Christie
 * Something Shirley Bassey
 * The Wonder of You Elvis Presley
 * I Can't Tell the Bottom from the Top The Hollies
 * Cottonfields The Beach Boys
 * What Is Truth Johnny Cash
 * Lucretia Mac Evil Blood, Sweat & Tears
 * Me and My Life The Tremeloes
 * Out Demons Out Edgar Broughton Band
 * Natural Sinner Fair Weather
 * Love Is Life Hot Chocolate
 * Lady Barbara Peter Noone & Herman's Hermits
 * Rubber Duckie Ernie
 * Sugar Bee Canned Heat
 * I Don't Believe in If Anymore Roger Whittaker
 * Honey Come Back Glen Campbell
 * Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head Bobbie Gentry
 * A Song of Joy Miguel Rios
 * Think About Your Children Mary Hopkin
 * Sesame Street Sesame Street
 * Everybody Go Home the Party's Over Clodagh Rodgers
 * Don't You Know (She Said Hello) Butterscotch
 * Years May Come, Years May Go Herman's Hermits
 * Julie Do Ya Love Me White Plains
 * It's Wonderful (To Be Loved by You) Jimmy Ruffin
 * Indian Reservation Don Fardon
 * Grandad Clive Dunn
 * The Man from Nazareth John Paul Joans
 * You Better Think Twice Poco
 * It's So Easy Andy Williams
 * Angels Don't Lie Jim Reeves
 * Johnny B. Goode Johnny Winter
 * Nobody's Fool Jim Reeves

Albums Released

 * Date Released: Artist - Album
 * January 26: Simon & Garfunkel - Bridge over Troubled Water
 * February 13: Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
 * May 18: The Beatles - Let It Be
 * July 25: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Cosmo's Factory
 * September: The Stooges - Fun House
 * September: The Velvet Underground - Loaded
 * September 18: Black Sabbath - Paranoid
 * September 19: Neil Young - After the Gold Rush
 * Lee Hazlewood - Cowboy in Sweden
 * Various Artists - Selections from the Haunted House and Other Spooky Poems and Tales

Other Events

 * Beck
 * Jimi Hendrix dies.
 * ===Classical music [ edit] ===

===Popular music [ edit] ===
 * February 13 : first performance of the Violin Concerto by Boris Tchaikovsky
 * April 17 : First presentation of María Sabina of Leonardo Balada
 * October 14 : First performance of the Cello Concerto by Witold Lutosławski


 * The Hague band Shocking Blue scored an international number one hit with Venus.
 * The English rock group Queen is established.

Matches

 * Eurovision Song Contest 1970

Festivals

 * Pinkpop 1970