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'70s Love Songs

Harry Nilsson (1941 - 1994) at the piano, 1972.
Harry Nilsson (1941 - 1994) at the piano, 1972.Stan Meagher/Getty Images
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by Bill DeVille

February 16, 2022

On this Time Machine, we’re featuring some of the best love songs of the ‘70s. In the country-music world, Dolly Parton recorded what was probably her biggest song. Both Paul McCartney and George Harrison came out of the gates with excellent albums. You may have slow-danced to the BeeGees. Many were romancing to the music of Al Green and Stevie Wonder. Roberta Flack won several Grammys for her take on an old English folk song.

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