Pollstar Nominations Announced: Cast Your Vote Now

Both the Grammy and Pollstar Award nominees have been announced. While the Grammy Noms may have overshadowed Pollstar’s, the list for the best live entertainment performances was revealed as well.

According to the Pollstar website, “Nominations for those actively involved with live performance were submitted by the Pollstar Awards nominating committee made up of agents, promoters, managers, producers, production professionals, venues representatives, Pollstar Box office reporters, and other touring professionals.”

In the Pollstar Awards category of Major Tour of the Year, not surprisingly Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour got a nomination along with Olivia Rodrigo's GUTS World Tour, Coldplay's Music of the Spheres Tour and Morgan Wallen's One Night At A Time 2024 tour.

Then there’s the Pop Tour of the Year nominees and they include Justin Timberlake’s Forget Tomorrow World Tour, Pink's Summer Carnival 2024 tour, Billie Eilish's Hit Me Hard and Soft Tour, and the previously mentioned Taylor and Ariana tours.

Adele got two Residency of the Year nominations for both The Colosseum at Caesars Palace and the residency shows in Munich, Germany.

Billy Joel is also nominated in that category for his residency at Madison Square Garden, which concluded in July after 10 years. All the bands that had residencies at Sphere Las Vegas are all nominated, including U2, Dead & Company and the Eagles.

There’s a new category this year, New Headliner of the Year nominees include Sabrina Carpenter, Chappell Roan and
Charli XCX.

The site says, “Pollstar subscribers can vote by logging onto pages.pollstar.com/pollstar-awards. Voting is open now through Dec. 6 at 5 p.m. PT / 8 p.m. ET. In addition to subscriber votes, data reporting and ticket sales will be weighted elements in the final results in some categories. Winners will be announced at the Pollstar Awards on Feb. 19 during the three-day Pollstar Live! Conference.”

The Pollstar Awards will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.

Rock in the 70's was changing from protest songs to more of a good-time vibe. There were some great one-hit wonder rock songs of the 70s.

Not all of these one-hit wonders came out of the blue. Some had well-established careers with bands before going solo. While others were well-respected rockers who had many beloved songs, just none that cracked the top of the Billboard charts. Still, others on our list of the top 7 one-hit wonder rock songs of the 70s were true one-hitters in every sense of the word. They had a massive rock hit, only to be barely heard from again.

An everlasting one-hit wonder has to have something catchy to stick around. Either in the story being told, the chorus, an anthemic guitar riff, or something. Something about the song has to grab hold of your ears and not let go. This hits the one wonder its longevity. No matter where you are or what you are doing in 2024 and beyond when you hear that song from a band whose name you might not even recall, it immediately takes you back to a time. In this case, if you're old enough, a time when you rode your Big Wheel, revved up your Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle, or rockin' your new Bell Bottoms!

Admittedly there may be one or two tunes on this list of the top one-hit wonder rock songs of the 70s that are a little out of left field. But hey man, it was the 70s. If you remember it perfectly, then you probably weren't there man!

So let's tune in, turn on, and drop out. Just like Dad did. Have a nice day!

Ahhh, the Kiss solo albums. Kids in '78 couldn't wait for them! Then realized the band was truly a sum of its parts, cause they mostly sucked! Except for this GEM! Ace performed this Russ Ballard penned tune perfectly. Just like a native New Yorker should.

While songs like Jeepster where awesome and made Marc Bolan a true influence to future generations, it was this song that became the band's only US hit. Where it would become a hit song again 14 years later, in 1985, when it was re recorded by Supergroup The Power Station.

Simply put, one of the best driving songs ever. No it's not about an African American woman named Betty, instead, the original incarnation of Led Belly's song meant a liquor bottle. However the modern version of the song, made a hit by New York rockers Ram Jam means a fast car. Bam A Lam! 

Released in January of 1970 in the US, it would become the first one hit wonder of the 70s! The Jewish born Norman Greenbaum said he was moved to write the Christian themed song after watching American westerns, noting how the cowboys wanting to die with their boots on seemed very spiritual. 

Not long after old Norman released Spirit In The Sky, Leslie West and Mountain gave us Mississippi Queen in February of 1970. West went on to have a Hall Of Fame caliber career and influenced thousands of guitarists, including our friend Zakk Wylde. However this was his band's only song to make it to the top of the...well you know.

This tune might be the most 70s song of all of our One Hit Wonder Rock Songs Of The 70s. Just check out the outfits in this live performance video! However, there is no denying the killer vocals of Jim "Dandy" Magnum and Ruby Starr. What a duet! The song had been recorded many times since the 50's but this effort from the Southern Rockers remains the most popular version.

What can you say? Steve Martin was, and continues to be a comedic genius. This song came out at the absolute peak of his popularity as the Wild And Crazy Guy stand up comedian. It shot to number 17 on the Billboard charts with the help of his band The Toot Uncommons, (really it was the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band). He made it a national phenomenon one night on SNL.