Name That 70’s Tune: Quiz and Poll

So, you think you have the skinny on top songs from the 70's?

If you attend the 70's-themed fundraiser at the Barn Theatre at Winthrop in Riverview tonight, June 30, you will be put to the test with a "Name That Tune" contest.

It's part of Gay Lynn Love's bid for honorary mayor of Brandon, which will be decided the morning of July 4, before the start of the Greater Brandon Fourth of July Parade, by the "candidate" who raises the most money for charity.

Love and her husband, Scott, own Love's Tire & Auto Service in the Greater Brandon community of Valrico. Also "running" for mayor this year is B. Lee Elam, a long-time attorney in the area, with offices at the corner of Lumsden Road and Parsons Avenue, the start of the July 4th parade.

• For more about the honorary mayor race fundraiser, including other contests, cost, food and drink, read: .

In the meantime, test your knowledge of the top songs of the 70's with the quiz below (if you're stumped, check the online report on these rankings by Digital Dream Door)

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Top Songs From the 70's Quiz

Pick from among the following songs, posted in alphabetical order, what you think was the top song for each year of the 70's, then try your hand at ranking them in Top 10 order. (Check your answers against the Digital Dream Door post.)  

Be Social Post a Comment . . . Share what you think about the rankings in the comment box below, and a memory that comes to mind as you replay the song in your mind. And don't forget to take our poll, posted below.

1970: Top song was . . .

• All Right Now (Free)
• Bridge Over Troubled Water (Simon and Garfunkel)
• Fire and Rain (James Taylor)
• Get Up (I Feel Like Being A) Sex Machine (James Brown)
• Layla (Derek and the Dominos)
• Let It Be (The Beatles)
• Lola (The Kinks)
• Paranoid (Black Sabbath)
• Who'll Stop the Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
• Your Song (Elton John)

1971: Top Song was . . .

• American Pie (Don McLean)
• Brown Sugar (The Rolling Stones)
• Family Affair (Sly and the Family Stone)
• Imagine (John Lennon)
• Just My Imagination (The Temptations)
• Let's Stay Together (Al Green)
• Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
• Stairway to Heaven (Led Zeppelin)
• What's Going On (Marvin Gaye)
• Won't get Fooled Again (The Who)

1972: Top Song Was . . .

• Heart of Gold (Neil Young)
• If You Don't Know Me by Now (Howard Melvin & the Blue Notes)
• I'll Take You There (The Staple Singers)
• Lean on Me (Bill Withers)
• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (The Temptations)
• Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple)
• Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
• Tumbling Dice (The Rolling Stones)
• Walk on the Wild Side (Lou Reed)
• You Are the Sunshine of My Life (Stevie Wonder)

1973: Top Song Was . . .

• Dream On (Aerosmith)
• Free Bird (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John)
• Killing Me Softly With His Song (Roberta Flack)
• Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
• Living for the City (Stevie Wonder)
• Midnight Train to Georgia (Gladys Knight and the Pips)
• Money (Pink Floyd)
• Piano Man (Billy Joel)
• That Lady (Isley Brothers)

1974: Top Song Was . . .

• Autobahn (Kraftwerk)
• Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe (Barry White)
• Help Me (Joni Mitchell)
• Lady Marmalade (LaBelle)
• No Woman, No Cry (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
• Rock Your Baby (George McCrae)
• Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
• Tell Me Something Good (Rufus)
• Waterloo (Abba)

1975: Top Song Was . . .

• Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
• Born To Run (Bruce Springsteen)
• I'm Not in Love (10cc)
• Kashmir (Led Zeppelin)
• Low Rider (War)
• One of These Nights (Eagles)
• Tangled Up in Blue (Bob Dylan)
• Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)
• Walk This Way (Aerosmith)
• Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd)

1976: Top Song Was . . .

• Anarchy in the U.K. (Sex Pistols)
• Dancing Queen (Abba)
• (Don't Fear) The Reaper (Blue Oyster Cult)
• Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac)
• Hotel California (Eagles)
• Night Moves (Bob Seger)
• More Than a Feeling (Boston)
• Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
• The Boys Are Back in Town (Thin Lizzy)

1977: Top Song Was . . .

• Best of My Love (The Emotions)
• Brick House (Commodores)
• Dreams (Fleetwood Mac)
• God Save the Queen (The Sex Pistols)
• Heroes (David Bowie)
• I Feel Love (Donna Summer)
• Jamming (Bob Marley and the Wailers)
• Paradise by the Dashboard Light (Meat Loaf)
• Stayin' Alive (Bee Gees)
• We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions (Queen)

1978: Top Song Was . . .

• Heart of Glass (Blondie)
• I Wanna Be Sedated (The Ramones)
• I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
• Le Freak (Chic)
• Miss You (The Rolling Stones)
• Old Time Rock and Roll (Bob Seger)
• One Nation Under a Groove (Funkadelic)
• Rock Lobster (The B-52's)
• Roxanne (The Police)
• Sultans of Swing (Dire Straits)

1979: Top Song Was . . .

• Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 (Pink Floyd)
• Brass in Pocket (The Pretenders)
• Comfortably Numb (Pink Floyd)
• Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Michael Jackson)
• Good Times (Chic)
• Hot Stuff (Donna Summer)
• London Calling (The Clash)
• Message in a Bottle (The Police)
• Rapper's Delight (The Sugarhill Gang)
• We Are Family (Sister Sledge)

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