Remix: Contemporary Art and Pop Music

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Fifty Years of Pop

1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s

1970   The Jackson Five, The Four Tops, The Temptations and The Supremes have hits for Tamla Motown
The Carpenters (They Long to Be) Close to you
1971 First Glastonbury festival
1972 David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust
1973 Roxy Music Street Life
Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon
1975 'Northern Soul' clubs popular in Manchester and the north-west
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody
1976 Sex Pistols Anarchy in the UK
1977 Death of Elvis
The Bee Gees Saturday Night Fever
1978 Althia & Donna Uptown Top Ranking
1979 Chic Good Times
Sugar Hill Gang Rapper's Delight
Buggles Video Killed the Radio Star
Tubeway Army Are Friends Electric