The 1970s , was adecade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1970, and ended on December 31, 1979.
In the 21st century, historians have increasingly portrayed the 1970s as a "pivot of change" in world history, focusing especially on the economic upheavals that followed the end of the postwar economic boom. In the Western world, social progressive values that began in the 1960s, such as increasing political awareness and economic liberty of women, continued to grow.
Industrialized countries experienced an economic recession due to an oil crisis caused by oil embargoes by the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries.
The 1970s was also an era of great technological and scientific advances; since the appearance of the first commercial microprocessor, the Intel 4004 in 1971, the decade was characterised by a profound transformation of computing units - by then rudimentary, spacious machines.
Most popular songs:
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody Michael Jackson - Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough Labelle - Lady Marmalade Gloria Gaymor - I Will Survive Fletwood Mac - Dreams
STYLES: Disco: Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars.
Funk: Funk music is a style of dance music that evolved from the Black R&B, soul, and jazz scenes in the mid-1960s.
Smooth jazz: Smooth jazz is a genre of commercially oriented crossover jazz and easy listening music that became dominant in the mid 1970s to the early 1990s.
Jazz fusion: This style combined jazz harmony and improvisation with rock music, funk, and rhythm and blues.
Soul music: It combines elements of African-American gospel music, rhythm and blues and jazz.