We all love reggae songs and here are the best reggae songs of the 70s. In the 70s there were a lot of reggae songs that made it into the charts. From Bob and Marcia in 1970 with Young Gifted And Black to Bill Lovelady – Reggae For It Now in 1979. Here is a list of the songs and the chart position reached. You may think some of them are not reggae songs, if you do, leave a comment below about which ones shouldn’t be here. I wasn’t sure about Police but I have seen their songs on reggae albums.
Best Reggae Songs
1970
Bob And Marcia
Young Gifted And Black (5)
Jimmy Cliff
Wild World (8)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
You Can Get It If You Really Want (2)
Boris Gardiner
Elizabethan Reggae (re-entry) (14)
Toots and The Maytals
Monkey Man (50)
Melodians
Sweet Sensation (41)
Derrick Morgan
Moon Hop (49)
Freddie Notes and the Rudies
Montego Bay (45)
Pioneers
Long Shot Kick De Bucket (re-entry) (40)
Nicky Thomas
Love Of The Common People (9)
Best Reggae Songs 1971
Bob And Marcia
Pied Piper (11)
Dave And Ansil Collins
Double Barrel (1)
Monkey Spanner (7)
Pioneers
Let Your Yeah Be Yeah (5)
Bruce Ruffin
Rain (19)
The Tams
Hey Girl Don’t Bother Me (1)
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1972
Judge Dread
Big Six (11)
Big Seven (8)
Dandy Livingstone
Suzanne Beware Of The Devil (14)
Johnny Nash
Stir It Up (13)
I Can See Clearly Now (5)
There Are More Questions Than Answers (9)
Pioneers
Give And Take (35)
Bruce Ruffin
Mad About You (9)
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1973
Hot Chocolate
Brother Louie (7)
Judge Dread
Big Eight (14)
Dandy Livingstone
Big City/Think About It (26)
1974
Ken Boothe
Everything I Own (1)
Crying Over You (11)
Eric Clapton
I Shot The Sheriff (9)
John Holt
Help Me Make It Through The Night (6)
Main Ingredient
Just Don’t Want To Be Lonely (27)
Jimmy Ruffin
What Becomes Of The Brokenhearted (re-issue) (4)
Farewell Is A Lonely Sound (re-issue) (30)
Tell Me What You Want (39)
Best Reggae Songs 1975
Susan Cadogan
Hurt So Good (4)
Love Me Baby (22)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Israelites (re-issue) (10)
Sing A Little Song (16)
Judge Dread
Big Ten (14)
Carl Malcolm
Fattie Bum Bum (8)
Bob Marley
No Woman No Cry (22)
Typically Tropical
Barbados (1)
Johnny Wakelin
Black Superman (Muhammad Ali) (7)
Pete Wingfield
Eighteen With A Bullet (7)
1976
Barry Briggs
Sideshow (3)
Johnny Wakelin
In Zaire (4)
Best Reggae Songs 1977
Althea and Donna
Uptown Top Ranking (1)
Elvis Costello
Watching The Detectives (15)
Eagles
Hotel California (8)
Bob Marley
Exodus (14)
Waiting In Vain (27)
Jamming/Punky Reggae Party (9)
Jonathan Richman And The Modern Lovers
Egyptian Reggae (5)
Trinidad Oil Company
The Calendar Song (34)
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1978
Bob Marley
Is This Love (9)
Satisfy My Soul (21)
Police
Can’t Stand Losing You (42)
Steel Pulse
Prodigal Son (35)
10cc
Dreadlock Holiday (1)
Peter Tosh
(You Gotta Walk) Don’t Look Back (43)
1979
Dennis Brown
Money In My Pocket (14)
Erroll Dunkley
OK Fred (11)
Eddy Grant
Living On The Front Line (11)
Janet Kay
Silly Games (2)
Bill Loveday
Reggae For It Now (12)
Police
Roxanne (12)
Can’t Stand Losing You (re-entry) (2)
Message In A Bottle (1)
Fall Out (47)
Walking On The Moon (1)
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If you get a minute could you please pop over to my Facebook Page and join us. I plan to build this page this year as I have more time on my hands since retiring. I am trying to get people to share their favourite 70s music. As you know we do not all like the same songs and it would be great to hear page members favourite 70s songs. I hope to see you there soon.
Thanks For Visiting Today. Make sure you come back as I build the site, leave a comment below if there is any singer or group you think I should add to the site.
Frank
frank@musicofthe70s.co.uk