Seventies Music...

Although it may not effect the design aspect of my work, in trying to create the ultimate vintage experience I want to look into different aspects of each era as previously stated, music is an important part of any era...


The Top 100 Seventies Singles CD:

	The Top 10 Singles of 1970
1.	"Bridge Over Troubled Water" - Simon And Garfunkel
2.	"American Woman" - The Guess Who
3.	"Get Ready" - Rare Earth
4.	"Band Of Gold" - Freda Payne
5.	"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" - B.J. Thomas
6.	"ABC" - The Jackson 5
7.	"Let It Be" - The Beatles
8.	"(They Long To Be) Close To You" - Carpenters
9.	"Mama Told Me Not To Come" - Three Dog Night
10.	"War" - Edwin Starr

	The Top 10 Singles of 1971
1.	"Joy To The World" - Three Dog Night
2.	"It's Too Late" - Carole King
3.	"How Do You Mend A Broken Heart" - Bee Gees
4.	"Indian Reservation" - The Raiders
5.	"One Bad Apple" - The Osmonds
6.	"Go Away Little Girl" - Donny Osmond
7.	"Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)" - The Temptations
8.	"Take Me Home, Country Roads" - John Denver
9.	"Maggie May" - Rod Stewart
10.	"Knock Three Times" - Dawn

	The Top 10 Singles of 1972
1.	"American Pie" - Don McLean
2.	"Alone Again (Naturally)" - Gilbert O'Sullivan
3.	"Without You" - Nilsson
4.	"Brand New Key" - Melanie
5.	"I Gotcha" - Joe Tex
6.	"Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" - Wayne Newton
7.	"Let's Stay Together" - Al Green
8.	"The First Time Ever I Saw You Face" - Roberta Flack
9.	"Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)" - Looking Glass
10.	"Lean On Me" - Bill Withers

	The Top 10 Singles of 1973
1.	"Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Ole Oak Tree" - Dawn featuring Tony Orlando
2.	"Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" - Jim Croce
3.	"Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
4.	"My Love" - Paul McCartney & Wings
5.	"Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
6.	"Touch Me In The Morning" - Diana Ross
7.	"Delta Dawn" - Helen Reddy
8.	"Playground In My Mind" - Clint Holmes
9.	"Killing Me Softly With His Song" - Roberta Flack
10.	"Me And Mrs. Jones" - Billy Paul

	The Top 10 Singles of 1974
1.	"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand
2.	"Come And Get Your Love" - Redbone
3.	"Seasons In The Sun" - Terry Jacks
4.	"Show And Tell" - Al Wilson
5.	"Love's Theme" - The Love Unlimited Orchestra
6.	"The Loco-motion" - Grand Funk
7.	"Bennie And The Jets" - Elton John
8.	"You Make Me Feel Brand New" - The Stylistics
9.	"Sunshine On My Shoulders" - John Denver
10.	"T.S.O.P. (The Sound Of Philadelphia)"" - MFSB featuring The Three Degrees

	The Top 10 Singles of 1975
1.	"Love Will Keep Us Together" - Captain & Tennille
2.	"Rhinestone Cowboy" - Glen Campbell
3.	"Fame" - David Bowie
4.	"Shining Star" - Earth, Wind and Fire
5.	"My Eyes Adored You" - Frankie Valli
6.	"Thank God I'm A Country Boy" - John Denver
7.	"Philadelphia Freedom" - Elton John
8.	"One Of These Nights" - Eagles
9.	"Pick Up The Pieces" - Average White Band
10.	"At Seventeen" - Janis Ian

	The Top 10 Singles of 1976
1.	"Disco Lady" - Johnnie Taylor
2.	"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" - Elton John and Kiki Dee
3.	"Play That Funky Music" - Wild Cherry
4.	"Tonight's The Night" - Rod Stewart
5.	"Kiss and Say Goodbye" - The Manhattans
6.	"Silly Love Songs" - Paul McCartney and Wings
7.	"A Fifth Of Beethoven" - Walter Murphy
8.	"Love Machine (Part 1)" - The Miracles
9.	"50 Ways To Leave Your Lover" - Paul Simon
10.	"December, 1963 (Oh, What A Night)" - The Four Seasons

	The Top 10 Singles of 1977
1.	"You Light Up My Life" - Debby Boone
2.	"I Just Want To Be Your Everything" - Andy Gibb
3.	"Evergreen" - Barbra Streisand
4.	"Undercover Angel" - Alan O'Day
5.	"I Like Dreamin'" - Kenny Nolan
6.	"Dancing Queen" - Abba
7.	"Torn Between Two Lovers" - Mary MacGregor
8.	"Higher And Higher" - Rita Coolidge
9.	"Best Of My Love" - The Emotions
10.	"Southern Nights" - Glen Campbell

	The Top 10 Singles of 1978
1.	"Night Fever" - Bee Gees
2.	"Shadow Dancing" - Andy Gibb
3.	"Stayin' Alive" - Bee Gees
4.	"Kiss You All Over" - Exile
5.	"Three Times A Lady" - Commodores
6.	"Boogie Oogie Oogie" - A Taste of Honey
7.	"Baby Come Back" - Player
8.	"Emotion" - Samantha Sang
9.	"You're The One That I Want" - John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John
10.	"Grease" - Frankie Valli

	The Top 10 Singles of 1979
1.	"My Sharona" - The Knack
2.	"Le Freak" - Chic
3.	"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy?" - Rod Stewart
4.	"Bad Girls" - Donna Summer
5.	"YMCA" - Village People
6.	"Reunited" - Peaches and Herb
7.	"Ring My Bell" - Anita Ward
8.	"I Will Survive" - Gloria Gaynor
9.	"Too Much Heaven" - Bee Gees
10.	"Hot Stuff" - Donna Summer

Artists:

POP

- Kate Bush

- Brotherhood of Man

- Eric Carmen

- Carpenters

- Cher

- The Kiki Dee Band

- Neil Diamond

- Roberta Flack

- The Four Seasons

- Art Garfunkel

- Englebert Humperdink

- Billy Joel

- Elton John

- Tom Jones

- Lulu

- Barry Manilow

- Paul McCartney

- Olivia Newton-John

- Donny Osmond

- Leo Sayer

- Simon and Garfunkel

- Ringo Starr

- Cat Stevens

- Rod Stewart

- Barbara Streisand

- Tina Turner

DANCE AND R&B

- Abba

- Beegees

- Blondie

- Chairman of the Board

- Natalie Cole

- Commodores

- First Choice

- Four Tops

- Aretha Franklin

- Marvin Gaye

- Gloria Gaynor

- Hot Chocolate

- Michael Jackson

- Jackson 5

- KC and the Sunshine Band

- Chaka Khan

- Johnny Nash

- Billy Ocean

- Diana Ross

- Sister Sledge

- Spinners

- Donna Summer

- Temptations

- Village People

- Stevie Wonder

ROCK AND ROLL:

- Ace

- Aerosmith

- Bad Company

- Bad Finger

- Bay City Rollers

- Pat Benetar

- Blue Oyster Cult

- Boston

- David Bowie

- Eric Clapton

- Alice Cooper

- Creedence Clearwater Revival

- Crosby, Stills and Nash

- Dire Straits

- The Doors

- Doctor Hook

- Bob Dylan

- Eagles

- Firefall

- Fleetwood Mac

- Free

- Genesis

- Guess Who

- George Harrison

- Jethro Tull

- Janis Joplin

- Kansas

- John Lennon

- Lynryd Skynryd

- Meatloaf

- Steve Miller

- Moody Blues

- Van Morrison

- Pink Floyd

- Iggy Pop

- Elvis Presley

- Queen

- Lou Reed

- Rolling Stones

- Roxy Music

- Santana

- Slade

- Status Quo

- T. Rex

- Van Halen

- The Who

- Yes

- Neil Young

- ZZ Top

I think it's quite clear from the list my preferred genre from this era, mainly because it is what my parents listened to.

The music list will go towards what I will propose for the shop, as I am designing the printables, and proposing the rest of the concept for the other decisions.

Seventies Pattern...

I will collect a series of patterns from the seventies from books, clothes, posters etc. as this may influence my packaging and branding:



This pattern is really funky, it reminds me of the design for my Book fair project last year, as shown below:

Seventies Typography...

To help me with my design for the seventies logo, I will begin to collect a selection of seventies style type faces. The first three are really cool and would even make good shop names, the words and type are representative of the seventies, and so it would be quite appropriate...

The following are taken from Modern Encyclopedia of Typefaces 1960-90 by Lawrence W Wallis:


This font is quite funky but still legible, this would make a good font for a shop sign, as it is bold, clear and representative of the seventies era.


This font would be good to use for any information, as it is clear, I probably wouldn't use it for a sign as at the minute I am thinking of using a typically seventies font.

This is a really cool font, however if I was going to use a font like this it would need manipulating to get rid of all the flicks at the left of each letter, as it would make the text look abit chaotic and tacky.

Seventies Design...

These advertisements are taken from:

The Golden Age of Advertising - the 70s

Posters:

Film Posters: