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15 Most Famous Musicians From The 70s

Famous Musicians

January 30th, 2017   |   Updated on February 24th, 2024

1. Motorhead. Lemmy

Motorhead. Lemmy

Ian Fraser Kilmister, better known as Lemmy, was an English musician, singer, and songwriter who founded and fronted the rock band Motörhead. His music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre.

2. Agnetha And Frida Of ABBA

Agnetha And Frida Of ABBA

Anni-Frid Synni, Princess Reuss of Plauen, widely known as Frida Lyngstad or by just the mononym Frida, is a Swedish pop and jazz singer.

3. Amy Winehouse And Mick Jagger

Amy Winehouse And Mick Jagger

Amy Jade Winehouse was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of musical genres, including soul, rhythm and blues, and jazz. Sir Michael Philip “Mick” Jagger is an English singer, songwriter and actor, the lead singer and a co-founder of the Rolling Stones.

4. Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry

Bryan Ferry CBE is an English singer and songwriter. His voice has been described as an “elegant, seductive croon”.

5. Carlos Santana

Carlos Santana audio is a Mexican and American musician who first became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered a fusion of rock and Latin American music.

6. George Harrison

George Harrison

George Harrison, MBE was an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

7. Deep Purple Recording At Clearwell Castle

Deep Purple Recording At Clearwell Castle

Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years.

8. Janis Joplin

Famous Musicians

Janis Lyn Joplin was an influential American singer of the 1960s; her raw, powerful and uninhibited singing style, combined with her turbulent and emotional lifestyle, made her one of the biggest female stars in her lifetime.

9. Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham

Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham

James Patrick “Jimmy” Page, OBE is an English musician, songwriter, and record producer who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin.

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English musician, singer, and songwriter best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band Led Zeppelin. A powerful and wide vocal range has given him a successful solo career spanning over 30 years.

John Henry Bonham was an English drummer, musician and songwriter, best known as the drummer of Led Zeppelin. Bonham was esteemed for his speed, power, fast bass-drumming, distinctive sound, and “feel” for the groove.

10. Elton John, Marc Bolan And Ringo Starr

Elton John, Marc Bolan And Ringo Starr

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE is an English singer, pianist, and composer. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriting partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date. Marc Bolan was an English singer-songwriter, musician, guitarist, and poet. He was best known as the lead singer of the glam rock band T. Rex. Bolan was one of the first pioneers of the glam rock movement of the 1970s.Richard Starkey, MBE, known professionally as Ringo Starr, is an English musician, singer, songwriter and actor who gained worldwide fame as the drummer for the Beatles.

11. ABBA, 1970s.

ABBA-1970s.

ABBA are a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1972 by Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad.

12. Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan is an American songwriter, singer, artist, and writer. He has been influential in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when his songs chronicled social unrest.

13. Black Sabath

Famous Blues Musicians

Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, singer Ozzy Osbourne, and drummer Bill Ward.

14. Leonard Cohen

Leonard Cohen

Leonard Norman Cohen was a Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, poet, novelist, and painter. His work mostly explored religion, politics, isolation, sexuality, and personal relationships.

15. Led Zeppelin

Famous Jazz Musicians

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968. The group consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham.