Künstler 70er
Alle Künstler der 70er Jahre von 1970 bis 1980.
Disco hit makers of the 1970s! 5000 Volts consists of two talented individuals - stars in their own right.
He was very popular during the mid 70s and early 80s on both sides of the iron curtain.
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Amanda Lear first surfaced in the early 1970s as a fetishistically clothed album-cover model for Roxy Music.
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"Ring My Bell" was one of Anita Ward's most successful hits. For the better part of 1979, her soaring voice would be heard on every radio station in the country. This song swept the disco scenes and kept other upcoming songs at bay.
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In 1976 the Baccara duo started from Spain to conquer Europe. This international famous duo with its sweet mediterranean touch makes everybody recall live romantic memories.
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In 1978 a song called "Mama Leone" conquered the hit parades by, until that time, a completely unknown singer, called Bino.
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Three beautiful girls in dazzling outfits, while exhibitionist Bobby Farrell parades his bare chest, as they rev up an audience ready to live up old times.
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Bonnie emerged as a strong solo artist with the release of "Free From My Freedom", "Heaven Must Have Sent You" and "I Can't Help Myself" (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch), all going to Number One and resulting in platinum sales and Billboard & American Music Awards as a solo performer and with the Pointer Sisters.
The Brotherhood Of Man first became known internationally in the early seventies with hits like "United We Stand" and "Where Are You Going To My Love". In 1976 they won the Eurovision Song Contest with the much loved song "Save Your Kisses For Me".
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1978 Norman had his first solo hit with "Stumblin' In", 1984 followed "Love Is A Battlefield" (Pat Benatar released this hit at the same time). 1986 finally his breakthrough with the "Tatort" title-song "Midnight Lady".
Delegation, one of the UK's leading soul/funk acts, has successfully stood the test of time since beginning their career in the mid 1970s as a three-piece vocal group in the tradition of the most successful USA soul acts. Founder and leader Ricky Bailey has guided the group through several personnel changes into one of Europe's most respected bands.
Demis Roussos first solo album, "On The Greek Side Of My Mind" was released in November 1971. His third single "My Reason" became a worldwide hit in the summer of 1972. Demis owed his popularity mainly to his live performances, which earned him an unbelievable number of fans.
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Earth, Wind & Fire was one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the 1970s.
Precious Wilson has one quality that stands out above the rest and that's her determination to succeed. She is not a newcomer to the business or the charts. Her first big break came with her band Eruption when they entered and won an "RCA Soul Search Contest" in 1975.
Singer Evelyn "Champagne" King first came to fame with the million-selling 1970s disco smashes "Shame" and "I Don't Know If It's Right".
The King, the Acknowledged Leader of the soul revolution. George McCrae's talents go much deeper than a "flash in the pan" one-time super star. His unique style, his universal appeal and his devotion to perfection have placed him in a position of continuing popularity in more than 82 countries for a decade.
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Who could forget her? Although disco's heyday came, went and has come full circle in a rush of retro lust for the genre and all things 1970s, pop culture never could say goodbye to the former Queen of Disco (officially crowned in 1975 before thousands of revellers in the Big Apple).
When Henk Bruijsten left Hollands no. 1 Rock and Roll band Long Tall Ernie & The Shakers to start up his own band, he contacted Pierre Beek, the bass player from the band Darling, with whom he had written "Love Centaur/Lazy Daisy" (1974).
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Heatwave, one of the most popular soul bands of the past few decades, with their inimitable blend of sweet soul grooves and great pop/soul/dance songs, are back with a vengeance.
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It was in the disco era of the mid 1970s onwards, that Hot Chocolate became a big success with hits like "You Sexy Thing" and "Every 1's a Winner".
Singer Johnny Wakelin traversed the oddest of paths from the seaside cabarets of Brighton, to the top of the British charts. An unassuming, mustachioed white gentleman with a droll humor that sat well within his taste for R&B, reggae, and African rhythms, Wakelin was one of the more surprising of Britain's entries into the mid 1970s disco movement.
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The Bee Gees may have been the undisputed disco kings of the late 70s, but KC And The Sunshine Band weren't far behind. From the mid to late 1970s, the multi-member and racially integrated group led by bandleaders Harry Wayne "KC" Casey and Richard Finch racked up some of the era's biggest and instantly recognizable dance hits.
Leo's been earning cult appeal and credibility amongst a new young fan-base as a result of a succession of low-key charismatic live appearances. Confirmation of his status as an icon of contemporary cool came as he was guest on "Shooting Stars", following a series of sell out performances at the Cafe Royal.
It may surprise some that perennial dance diva Loleatta Holloway's highest charting solo record was a soulful ballad, "Cry To Me". Still, Holloway is best known for dance floor workouts like "Love Sensation", "Hit And Run" and "Gotta Be".
