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Musical groups established in 1970

  • Queen (band)In 1963, Brian May built a guitar with his father that would become the signature sound of Queen. The group Smile formed shortly after with singer Tim…
  • Earth, Wind & FireIn 1969, Maurice White joined two friends in Chicago to form a songwriting team called The Salty Peppers. They secured a recording contract with Capitol…
  • AerosmithIn 1970, five musicians gathered in Boston to forge a new sound that would eventually define American hard rock. Steven Tyler had formed his own band called…
  • KraftwerkIn 1970, two students named Florian Schneider and Ralf Hütter met at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. They began playing together as part of a…