These three songwriting duos' heart-wrenching poetry and entrancing melodies made them some of the best from the '70s.

The '70s were defined by music ranging from pop and punk to country rock and metal, but one genre stands out in the classic rock field: hard rock. Easily encompassing many of the above styles ...

Yet, at the time, contemporary music fans simply experienced the decade as fertile ground for innovative musicians. Those 10 years gave birth to distinctly '70s genres like disco and subgenres ...

(See "Getting Closer," found later in our list of Top 40 Paul McCartney '70s Songs, among others.) Asked what a "pure McCartney song" might be during a 1986 BBC documentary, he at first demurred.

At a time when the music industry was rapidly expanding and more and more record labels were putting out new music, these 1960s and 70s artists took the opportunity to use their newfound platform ...

Metallica are currently in the middle of their M72 world tour, which is helping to promote their most recent album, 72 ...

so why not make covers of all the songs using an eclectic mix of popular ’70s rock and pop artists, throw in some backing from two full orchestras, and issue a brand-new soundtrack album?