{"id":907235,"date":"2026-11-05T21:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907235\/"},"modified":"2026-11-05T21:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-05T21:38:15","slug":"3-remarkable-hits-from-1970-that-bring-60-rock-fans-straight-back-to-their-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/907235\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Remarkable Hits From 1970 That Bring 60+ Rock Fans Straight Back to Their Youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The year 1970 birthed some crazy-good rock songs and albums, and fans around the world got to enjoy some of the best hits of the 70s right from the get-go. Let\u2019s take a look at a handful of rock songs from 1970 that will send you straight back in time if you were young when they dropped that year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmerican Woman\u201d by The Guess Who from \u2018American Woman\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793914694_761_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Is there a more memorable chorus than the one found in The Guess Who\u2019s \u201cAmerican Woman\u201d? Burton Cummings\u2019 vocal delivery is gritty and unreal, and the whole of this blues rock classic just hits so good, decades later.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tVideos by American Songwriter\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerican Woman\u201d by The Guess Who topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top Singles charts in the US upon its release. It also did well in Canada and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUp Around The Bend\u201d by Creedence Clearwater Revival from \u2018Cosmo\u2019s Factory\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793914695_430_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">America\u2019s favorite swamp rock band dropped this gem in 1970, and it\u2019s still a hard rock delight that listeners love after all these years. Those high notes from John Fogerty\u2019s guitar at the song\u2019s introduction are as memorable as it gets. \u201cUp Around The Bend\u201d really is a classic from its time, and outside of this song, you can hear how much the band influenced other rock stars throughout the rest of the 1970s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUp Around The Bend\u201d by Creedence Clearwater Revival was a Top 10 hit across the board for the band. It peaked at No. 3 in the UK and No. 4 in the US.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIron Man\u201d by Black Sabbath from \u2018Paranoid\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tPlay video<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/1793914695_456_hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Play\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/americansongwriter.com\/tag\/black-sabbath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Black Sabbath<\/a> has a ton of immediately recognizable hits, but \u201cIron Man\u201d from 1970 is a particularly nostalgic and memorable tune for rock fans. This heavy metal classic is sludgy and brooding, and Ozzy Osbourne\u2019s vocal delivery of \u201cI am Iron Man!\u201d still hits so good, decades later.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIron Man\u201d by Black Sabbath was a No. 52 success on the Hot 100. While not a Top 40 hit, it became the band\u2019s highest-charting single on the US pop charts. Decades later, Black Sabbath\u2019s rendition of the track for their 1998 album Reunion would score them a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo by Chris Walter\/WireImage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year 1970 birthed some crazy-good rock songs and albums, and fans around the world got to enjoy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":907236,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[2616,88,25605,216,2156],"class_list":["post-907235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-1970s","tag-entertainment","tag-heavy-metal","tag-music","tag-rock-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/907236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}