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Black Music Month: 20 Best Songs Of All Time – The 1970s

Here are some of the most culturally relevant songs to translate our every emotion.

Among the significant songs EWF recorded during their chart domination in the era, this particular one, written along with White’s brother Verdine and longtime collaborator Charles Stepney, stands out for its hopeful, expansive view of humanity. Philly-based sisters J oni, Kathy, Debbie and Kim’ s own familial closeness was the inspiration for the classic ‘70s groove, overseen by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, who’d write and produce most of their big hits, including “Lost in Music” and “He’s the Greatest Dancer,” all linchpins of the disco era. *Sincerest apologies to Teddy Pendergrass, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes, the Isley Brothers, Rufus f/Chaka Khan, Barry White and the Love Unlimited Orchestra, Stevie Wonder's entire "Innervisons" album, Betty Davis, Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway's duets, all the Philadelphia International groups outside of the O'Jays, The Gap Band, and Prince.

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