Musikkåret 1970

## Hendelser
* 9. januar – Led Zeppelin opptrer i Royal Albert Hall, London

* 14. januar – Diana Ross and Supremes opptrådte sammen for siste gang på Frontier Hotel i Las Vegas
* 17. februar – Joni Mitchell annonserer at hun trekker seg tilbake fra live opptrender etter sitt show i Royal Albert Hall, London, men hun er tilbake på senen et år senere
* 20. mai – The Beatles filmen *[[Let It Be (film)|Let It Be]]* hadde premiere i London og Liverpool
* 7. juni – The Who spiller to *[[Tommy (rockeopera)|Tommy]]* show på New York Metropolitan Opera House
* 12. desember – The Doors sin siste opptreden med sangeren Jim Morrison ble på Warehouse i New Orleans, bandet ønsket ikke å spille live lenger på grunn av Morrisons uforutsigbare oppførsel
* 31. desember – The Beatles offentliggjorde at de skilte lag etter 10 år 

* De 18. Festspillene i Bergen
* Den 7. Kongsberg Jazzfestival
* Den 11. Moldejazz

### Band som ble dannet
* Aerosmith

* Aunt Mary

* Earth, Wind & Fire
* Electric Light Orchestra

* Emerson, Lake & Palmer

* Gentle Giant

* Lindisfarne

* Middle of the Road

* Queen

* Roxy Music

### Band som ble oppløst

* The Beatles

* The Monkees

* Peter, Paul and Mary

* Simon & Garfunkel

* The Jimi Hendrix Experience

## Fødsler

## Dødsfall

 
## Årets album

### A - G

* The Allman Brothers Band – *Idlewild South*
* Aunt Mary – ''Aunt Mary''
* Barclay James Harvest – *Barclay James Harvest*
* The Beach Boys – *Live in London*
* The Beach Boys – *Sunflower*
* The Beatles – *Let It Be*
* Black Sabbath – *Black Sabbath*
* Black Sabbath – *Paranoid*
* Booker T. & the M.G.'s – *McLemore Avenue*
* David Bowie – *The Man Who Sold the World*
* James Brown – *Sex Machine*
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – *Cosmo’s Factory*
* Miles Davis – *Bitches Brew*
* Bob Dylan – *New Morning*
* Bob Dylan – *Self Portrait*
* Canned Heat – *Future Blues*
* Caravan – *If I Could Do It All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You*
* Johnny Cash – *Hello, I'm Johnny Cash*
* Johnny Cash – *The Johnny Cash Show*
* Cat Stevens – *Tea for the Tillerman*
* Chicago – *Chicago*
* Eric Clapton – *Eric Clapton*
* Joe Cocker – *Mad Dogs & Englishmen*
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – *Cosmo's Factory*
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – *Pendulum*
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – *Déjà Vu*
* Miles Davis – *Bitches Brew*
* Deep Purple – *Deep Purple in Rock*
* Delaney & Bonnie & Friends – *On Tour with Eric Clapton*
* Derek and the Dominos – *Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs*
* Diverse artister – *Zabriskie Point* (soundtrack)
* Willie Dixon – *I Am The Blues*
* The Doors – *Morrison Hotel*
* Earth, Wind & Fire – *Earth, Wind & Fire*
* Emerson, Lake & Palmer – *Emerson, Lake & Palmer*
* Fairport Convention – *Full House*
* Fleetwood Mac – *Kiln House*
* Focus – *In and Out of Focus* 
* Free – *Fire and Water*
* Lowell Fulson – *Lowell Fulson*
* Jan Garbarek Quartet – *[[Afric Pepperbird]]*
* Genesis – *Trespass*
* Grateful Dead – *Workingman's Dead*
* Grateful Dead – *American Beauty*
* Rowland Greenberg & His Group – *[[Swing Is The Thing!]]* 
* Buddy Guy – *I Was Walking Through The Woods* 

### H - R

* George Harrison – *All Things Must Pass*
* Víctor Jara – *Canto Libre*
* Jethro Tull – *Benefit*
* King Crimson – *In the Wake of Poseidon*
* King Crimson – *Lizard*
* The Kinks – *Lola versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One*
* Knutsen og Ludvigsen – ''Knutsen og Ludvigsen''
* Kris Kristofferson – *Kristofferson*
* Karin Krog – *[[Some Other Spring, Blues And Ballads]]*
* Led Zeppelin – *Led Zeppelin III*
* John Lennon – *Plastic Ono Band*
* Loretta Lynn – *Coal Miner’s Daughter*
* Linda Martell – *Color Me Country*
* John Mayall – *Empty Rooms*
* John Mayall – *USA Union*
* Curtis Mayfield – *Curtis*
* Paul McCartney – *McCartney*
* Don McLean – *Tapestry*
* Joni Mitchell – *Ladies of the Canyon*
* The Monkees – *Changes*
* The Moody Blues – *A Question of Balance*
* Van Morrison – *Moondance*
* The Move – *Shazam*
* Rick Nelson - *Rick Sings Nelson*
* Bjarne Nerem – *[[How Long Has This Been Going On]]* 
* Randy Newman – *12 Songs*
* Roy Orbison – *The Big O*
* Ole Paus – *[[Der ute – der inne]]*
* Tom Paxton – *Tom Paxton #6*
* Pink Floyd – *Zabriskie Point*
* Pink Floyd –  *Atom Heart Mother*
* Charley Pride – *Charley Pride’s 10th Album*
* Procol Harum – *[[Home (Procol Harum)|Home]]*
* Quicksilver Messenger Service – *Just for Love*
* Pugh Rogefeldt – *Pughish*
* Jimmy Rogers – *Chicago Bound*
* The Rolling Stones – *Get Yer Ya Ya's Out*
* Inger Lise Rypdal – ''Inger Lise''
* Terje Rypdal – *[[Min Bul]]* 

### S - Å

* Santana – *Abraxas*
* Simon & Garfunkel – *Bridge over Troubled Water*
* Nina Simone – *Black Gold*
* Nina Simone – *Gifted & Black*
* Sly and the Family Stone – *Greatest Hits*
* Sammi Smith – *Help Me Make It Through the Night*
* Soft Machine – *Third*
* Spooky Tooth – *Ceremony*
* Spooky Tooth – *The Last Puff*
* Tomasz Stańko – *Music for K.*
* Steppenwolf – *Steppenwolf 7*
* Cat Stevens – *Tea for the Tillerman*
* The Stooges – *Fun House*
* Rod Stewart – *Gasoline Alley*
* Stephen Stills – *Stephen Stills*
* Øystein Sunde – *[[1001 fnatt]]*
* Supertramp – *Supertramp*
* Tangerine Dream – *Electronic Meditation*
* James Taylor – *Sweet Baby James*
* Titanic – ''Titanic''
* Traffic – *John Barleycorn Must Die*
* Uriah Heep – *[[...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble]]*
* Van Der Graaf Generator - *The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other*
* The Velvet Underground – *Loaded*
* Cornelis Vreeswijk – *Poem, ballader och lite blues*
* The Wailers – *Soul Rebels*
* Tony Joe White – *Tony Joe*
* The Who – *Live at Leeds*
* Yes – *Time and a Word*
* Neil Young – *After the Gold Rush*
* Frank Zappa – *Weasels Ripped My Flesh*
* Frank Zappa – *Chunga's Revenge*
* ZZ Top – *ZZ Top's First Album*

## Årets hits og singler

* Chris Andrews – «Pretty Belinda»
* The Beatles – «Let It Be»
* The Beatles – «The Long And Winding Road»
* Beach Boys – «Cotton Fields»
* Brook Benton – «Rainy Night In Georgia»
* Black Sabbath – «Paranoid»
* Christie – «Yellow River»
* Eric Clapton – «After Midnight»
* Eric Clapton – «Layla»
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – «Have You Ever Seen the Rain?»
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – «Lookin' out My Back Door»
* Creedence Clearwater Revival – «Up Around the Bend»
* Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – «Woodstock»
* Deep Purple – «Child in Time»
* Deep Purple – «Black Night»
* Dave Edmunds – «I Hear You Knockin’»
* George Harrison – «My Sweet Lord»
* Anita Hegerland – «Mitt sommarlov»
* Elton John – «Your Song»
* The Kinks – «Lola»
* Matthews' Southern Comfort – «Woodstock»
* Joni Mitchell – «Big Yellow Taxi»
* Mungo Jerry – «In The Summertime»
* Diana Ross – «Ain't No Mountain High Enough»
* Santana – «Black Magic Woman»
* Gro Anita Schønn – «En enkel sang om frihet»
* Simon & Garfunkel – «Bridge over Troubled Water»
* Simon & Garfunkel – «Cecilia»
* Rank Strangers – «Early Morning Rain»
* Øystein Sunde – «Jaktprat»
* B.J. Thomas – «Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head»
* Stevie Wonder – «Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday»

## Priser og konkurranser

### [[Melodi Grand Prix]]
* NRK avlyser Melodi Grand Prix 1970 og boikotter Eurovision Song Contest i protest mot at fire land delte seieren året før.

### [[Eurovision Song Contest]]
*Irland vinner Eurovision Song Contest 1970 med sangen «All Kinds of Everything» med artisten Dana.

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