El comienzo de la década de los 70, la calidad de los discos en las listas estaba por encima de las ventas.
King Floy: "Body English", Gladys Knight & The Pips: "If i were woman", Rufus Thomas: "(Do the) push and ull", Johnnie Taylor: "Jody's got your girl and gon", The Temptations: "Just my imagination", Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye: "You are everything", Marvin Gaye: "What's going on", The Jackson 5: "Never can say goodbye", Aretha Franklin: "Bridge opver troubled water", Wilson Pickett: "Don't knock my love", Jean Knight: "Mr. Big Stuff", James Brown: "Hot pants", The Persuaders: "Thin line between love and hate", Denise Lasalle: "Trapped by a thing called love" y The Chi-Lites: "Have you seen her"