As a pop-rock song from the 1970s (released in 1970 ... He was trying to regain commercial viability after the low sales that plagued his critically acclaimed album Astral Weeks a few years ...

1 on the Hot 100 chart. Out of all the rock songs from the 1970s that topped the pop charts on this list, the 1977 hit “Hotel California” by Eagles is probably the most recognizable of the bunch.

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With a career spanning seven decades, punctuated by phenomenal commercial ... of the folk-rock duo, Simon and Garfunkel, he influenced a generation of Americans with his songs – classics like ...