Top Ten Songs from the Singer/Songwriter Era in the 1970s

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The Top Ten

1 Fire and Rain - James Taylor

The consummate girly-man.

2 Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
3 Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
4 If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot

This needs to be higher, although I would admit that it does have solid competition. - Gg2000

5 Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
6 Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot

Great song, great tribute. But "If You Could Read My Mind" was exquisite, and his best work, ever.

7 Shelter from the Storm - Bob Dylan
8 Morning Has Broken - Cat Stevens
9 After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
10 Crucify Your Mind - Rodriguez

The Newcomers

? American Pie - Don McLean
? Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel

The Contenders

11 Rocket Man - Elton John
12 Taxi - Harry Chapin
13 Wild World - Cat Stevens
14 Peace Train - Cat Stevens
15 I Got a Name - Jim Croce
16 The Year of the Cat - Al Stewart

So love this song that I had to select it despite amazing competition.

17 Your Song - Elton John

Not a Reggie fan, but this is beautiful.

18 Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins
19 Help Me - Joni Mitchell
20 Wildfire - Michael Martin Murphey
21 Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce

I'm shocked that this beautiful song wasn't already here, but I'm honoured and proud to add it myself. - Britgirl

22 Doctor My Eyes - Jackson Browne
23 Anticipation - Carly Simon
24 Lady Blue - Leon Russell
25 Walk on the Wild Side - Lou Reed

I wouldn't lump Lou Reed in with the rest of the singer-songwriter crowd. His music was more left-field than the other people on this list. - Gg2000

26 Because the Night - Patti Smith
27 It's Too Late - Carole King
28 I Saw the Light - Todd Rundgren
29 Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
30 Friends - Elton John
31 Seasons - Elton John
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Top Remixes

1. Rocky Mountain High - John Denver
2. Fire and Rain - James Taylor
3. Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot
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1. Shelter from the Storm - Bob Dylan
2. Running on Empty - Jackson Browne
3. After the Gold Rush - Neil Young
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1. If You Could Read My Mind - Gordon Lightfoot
2. Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan
3. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Simon & Garfunkel
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