1970s artists in the UK charts...

[CRAZY-HORSE]

as im looking through the UK albums charts for this week i noticed a hell of a lot of artists who were big in the 1970s either have re-issue albums, compilations, live or new albums in the top 40 this week.
so to make it easy here is a list of those and the current chart positions they hold on 10th December 2021:

(there are 12 in all)


#2:   ABBA  - voyage
#7:   ROD STEWART  -  the tears of hercules
#8:   ELTON JOHN  -  the lockdown sessions
#10: ROBERT PLANT (and alison krauss)  -  raising the roof
#20: BEATLES  -  let it be
#21: QUEEN  -  greatest hits
#24: MOTOWN (artists with LPO)  -  a symphony of soul
#25: FLEETWOOD MAC  -  rumours
#26: ABBA  -  gold: the greatest hits
#32: STING   -  the bridge
#37: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN  -  the legendary no nukes '79 concert
#40: DIANA ROSS  -  thank you

further down the charts we have:

Can -  German experimental folk group who released 10 studio albums in that decade)
Bob Marley
Tom Jones
David Bowie
Deep Purple
The Doors
Tony Bennett
AC/DC
plus other entries by Beatles, Elton John and ABBA.

so that works out 23 albums/artists in the UK top 100 were from the 1970s !!!!!