The below list of the Top 50 Hard Rock Songs of the '70s, voted on by UCR staff ... About You" in 1984 - "Free Ride" tapped into the soul music he was drawn to in the '60s.

During this decade, R&B was used as an all-encompassing term to group the styles of soul, funk ... of some of the hottest R&B songs that was released in the '70s.