Elton John is one of the greatest rock musicians ever, and classic songs like "Tiny Dancer" and "Rocketman"are top-shelf!

But you’ll also find that certain songs that went all the way to the top might surprise you. Here are four from 1970 that snuck up on us when we realized that they were No. 1 singles in the US.

The Beatles' Rocket Raccoon inspired the creation of Rocket Raccoon, Marvel Comics' anthropomorphic raccoon hero.

As the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix has become the second largest in the U.S., the auxiliary role of Peter Dai Bui's helps with official duties.

This melancholic waltz - one of the earliest examples of Bluegrass music - has become a classic since it was penned by Bill Monroe in 1945. The official state song of Kentucky, it was the first single ...

Chuck Negron, a founding member of the soul-rock sensations Three Dog Night who sang lead on such hits as "One" and "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" and hollered the immortal opening line "Jeremiah ...

A deep dive into how Salim-Javed reshaped Hindi cinema in the 1970s by crafting Amitabh Bachchan’s Angry Young Man persona through socially rooted plots, integrated screenwriting, and powerful ...

From Puerto Rican instruments to power line poles, Bad Bunny packed his ebullient 13 minutes with profound symbolism.

One of the most iconic rock stars of the 1970s spent almost that entire decade battling in court off and on over his biggest solo hit song ever. On November 28, 1970, George Harrison's "My Sweet ...

But one month before the series debut, the made-for-TV band released a single, “I Think I Love You” — and it blew up bubblegum pop. “I Think I Love You” was included on the October 1970 album The ...

David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’ is celebrated as one of the greatest rock songs of the '70s, as ranked by Collider.

These well-loved pop songs from the 1970s aren't exactly direct in their meaning. Fans are still interpreting them differently, decades later.