| Date |
Events |
Hit records |
Movies |
| 1970 |
- Voting age lowered from 21 to 18
- Edward Heath becomes Prime Minister
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- In the Summertime (Mungo Jerry)
- The Wonder of You (Elvis Presley)
- Band of Gold (Freda Payne)
- Love Grows (Where my Rosemary Goes) (Edison Lighthouse)
- All Kinds Of Everything (Dana)
- Bridge Over Troubled War (Simon and Garfunkel)
|
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| 1971 |
- Decimal currency introduced
- CAMRA formed
|
- Hot Love (T Rex)
- Maggie May (Rod Stewart)
- Knock Three Times (Dawn)
- Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep (Middle Of The Road)
- Coz I Luv You (Slade)
- Grandad (Clive Dunn)
- Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) (Benny Hill)
|
- Get Carter
- The French Connection
- Diamonds are Forever
|
| 1972 |
|
- Without You (Nilsson)
- Amazing Grace (The Pipes, Drums and Military Band of the Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards)
- Puppy Love (Donny Osmond)
- My Ding-A-Ling (Chuck Berry)
- I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing (New Seekers)
- Long Haired Lover From Liverpool (Little Jimmy Osmond)
|
- Cabaret
- The Godfather
- Last Tango in Paris
|
| 1973 |
- Britain joins the Common Market
- The last American troops leave Vietnam
|
- Blockbuster (Sweet)
- I Love You Love Me Love (Gary Glitter)
- Eye Level (Simon Park Orchestra)
- Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree (Dawn)
- Cum On Feel The Noize (Slade)
- Welcome Home (Peters and Lee)
- Life On Mars (David Bowie)
|
- The Sting
- The Exorcist
- Live and Let Die
|
| 1974 |
- Harold Wilson becomes Prime Minister
- IRA bombing campaign in mainland Britain
|
- She (Charles Aznavour)
- Tiger Feet (Mud)
- Sugar Baby Love (Rubettes)
- Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks)
- Waterloo (Abba)
- Merry Xmas Everybody (Slade)
|
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner
- The Great Gatsby
|
| 1975 |
- Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts passed
- Britain votes to stay in the Common Market
|
- Bye Bye Baby (Bay City Rollers)
- Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen)
- Sailing (Rod Stewart)
- Whispering Grass (Windsor Davis and Don Estelle)
- Hold Me Close (David Essex)
|
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
| 1976 |
- The great drought
- James Callaghan becomes Prime Minister
|
- Save Your Kisses For Me (Brotherhood of Man)
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart (Elton John and Kiki Dee)
- Dancing Queen (Abba)
- If You Leave Me Now (Chicago)
- Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) (Wurzels)
|
- The Omen
- Rocky
- Taxi Driver
|
| 1977 |
- The Queen's Silver Jubilee
- Freddie Laker introduces low cost Skytrain service
- Red Rum wins the Grand National for the third time
|
- Knowing Me Knowing You (Abba)
- Way Down (Elvis Presley)
- Mull Of Kintyre (Wings)
- When I Need You (Leo Sayer)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina (Julie Covington)
- God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols)
- The Floral Dance (Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band)
|
- Jaws
- Annie Hall
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Saturday Night Fever
- Star Wars
|
| 1978 |
- John Paul II becomes Pope
- The Winter of Discontent
|
- Your The One That I Want (John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John)
- Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring (Boney M)
- Wuthering Heights (Kate Bush)
- Night Fever (The Bee Gees)
- YMCA (Village People)
- Baker Street (Gerry Rafferty)
- Rat Trap (The Boomtown Rats)
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| 1979 |
- Margaret Thatcher becomes Prime Minister
|
- Bright Eyes (Art Garfunkel)
- We Don't Talk Anymore (Cliff Richard)
- Are 'Friends' Electric (Tubeway Army)
- Heart of Glass (Blondie)
- I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor)
- Message In A Bottle (Police)
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