THE TOP 5 LISTS FROM THE '70s

The Top 5 Singles "You Light Up My Life," Debby Boone "Night Fever," Bee Gees "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)," Rod Stewart "Shadow Dancing," Andy Gibb "Le Freak," Chic Criteria: Longest runs at #1 in the '70s Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 The Top 5 Singles Artists Elton John Paul McCartney & Wings Bee Gees Carpenters Chicago Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 The Top 5 Male Singles Artists Elton John James Brown Stevie Wonder Neil Diamond Elvis Presley Criteria: Top male solo artists in overall Top 25 artist ranking Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 The Top 5 Female Singles Artists Olivia Newton-John Diana Ross Donna Summer Helen Reddy Linda Ronstadt Criteria: Top female solo artists in overall Top 25 artist ranking Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1993 The Top 5 Albums Rumours, Fleetwood Mac Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, Bee Gees Tapestry, Carole King Songs In The Key Of Life , Stevie Wonder Grease soundtrack Criteria: Longest runs at #1 in the '70s Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 The Top 5 Album Artists Elvis Presley Elton John Barbra Streisand Neil Diamond Chicago Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 The Top 5 Soundtracks Saturday Night Fever Grease A Star Is Born The Sting Woodstock Criteria: Longest runs at #1 Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1996, additional research The Top 5 Live Albums Frampton Comes Alive!, Peter Frampton Woodstock, Various Artists Gratitude, Earth, Wind & Fire 4 Way Street, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live And More, Donna Summer Criteria: Longest runs at #1 Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996, additional research The Top 5 Rock Artists The Rolling Stones Bob Dylan Fleetwood Mac David Bowie Jethro Tull Criteria: Top rock artists in overall Top 20 artist ranking Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996 The Top 5 R&B Artists James Brown Aretha Franklin Jackson 5 Gladys Knight & The Pips The Isley Brothers Source: Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Singles 1942-1995 The Top 5 Disco Artists Donna Summer The Trammps Gloria Gaynor Chic Bee Gees Criteria: Most weeks at #1 on Hot Dance/Disco chart Source: Analysis of Billboard data The Top 5 Country Artists Conway Twitty Merle Haggard Charley Pride Dolly Parton Loretta Lynn Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Country Singles 1944-1993 The Top 5 Adult Contemporary Artists Neil Diamond Carpenters John Denver Olivia Newton-John Helen Reddy Source: Joel Whitburn's Top Adult Contemporary 1961-1993 The Top 5 Grammy® Winners Stevie Wonder Sir Georg Solti Paul Simon Vladimir Horowitz John Williams Criteria: Most Grammy Awards Source: NARAS The Top 5 Box-Office Stars Clint Eastwood Barbra Streisand Burt Reynolds Paul Newman Steve McQueen Criteria: Most years in the Top 10 in the Quigley poll of theater owners Source: Analysis of Quigley Publishing data The Top 5 Movies Star Wars Jaws Grease The Exorcist The Godfather Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Comedy Movies National Lampooon's Animal House Smokey And The Bandit American Graffiti Heaven Can Wait Blazing Saddles Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Dramatic Movies The Godfather Kramer Vs. Kramer One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Rocky Love Story Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Music-Driven Movies Grease Saturday Night Fever The Rocky Horror Picture Show Fiddler On The Roof A Star Is Born Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Action/Adventure Movies Star Wars Superman Close Encounters Of The Thir d Kind Star Trek Moonraker Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Disaster Movies The Towering Inferno Airport The Poseidon Adventure Earthquake Airport 1975 Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 Horror/Suspense Movies Jaws The Exorcist Jaws II Alien King Kong Criteria: Rental income Source: Variety The Top 5 TV Series All In The Family M*A*S*H Hawaii Five-O Happy Days The Mary Tyler Moore Show Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Specials Roots, Part 8 Gone With The Wind, Part 1 Gone With The Wind, Part 2 Super Bowl XII Super Bowl XIII Criteria: Single broadcasts with the lar gest audiences Source: Nielsen Media Research The Top 5 Male TV Stars Carroll O'Connor Alan Alda Jack Lord Ron Howard Ralph Waite Criteria: Most seasons as the top-billed star of a Top 25 series in the '70s Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 Female TV Stars Mary Tyler Moore Bonnie Franklin Penny Marshall Beatrice Arthur Kate Jackson Criteria: Most seasons as the top-billed star of a Top 25 series Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Sitcoms All In The Family M*A*S*H Happy Days The Mary Tyler Moore Show Sanford And Son Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Spinoffs Laverne And Shirley Maude The Jeffersons Rhoda Good Times Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Drama Series Hawaii Five-O The Waltons Little House On The Prairie Gunsmoke Charlie's Angels Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Variety Series The Flip Wilson Show The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour The Carol Burnett Show Rowan And Martin's Laugh-In Hee Haw Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 TV Series, Miscellaneous Formats The Wonderful World Of Disney Monday Night Football 60 Minutes ABC Movie Of The Week The NBC Sunday Mystery Movie Criteria: Most seasons in the Top 25 Source: Analysis of Nielsen Media Research data The Top 5 Broadway Musicals A Chorus Line Grease Annie Magic Show Pippin Criteria: Longest running musicals that opened in the '70s Source: League of American Theatres and Producers The Top 5 Broadway Plays Gemini Deathtrap Same Time, Next Year Sleuth Equus Criteria: Longest running plays that opened in the '70s Source: League of American Theatres and Producers

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