TV: Vinyl, Sky Atlantic February 15
Freddie Mercury on vocals, Eric Clapton on guitar, Paul McCartney on bass and Phil Collins on drums - not a bad little combo.
That's the dream line-up for the perfect 70s supergroup as voted for in a poll of 2,000 music fans to mark the launch of Sky Atlantic's new rock and roll TV drama 'Vinyl', which starts on 15 February.
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Hide AdThe ultimate band would have an amazing choice of original material for their set-list - everything from Hey Jude and Bohemian Rhapsody to Layla and In the Air Tonight.
The late music legend David Bowie was second in line for vocals followed by Elvis Presley, Mick Jagger, Debbie Harry and Elton John.
Music journalist and author David Hepworth said: "I'm not sure I'd put any money on this particular supergroup surviving its first rehearsal.
"After his experience in the Beatles McCartney didn't want to be in any band that he couldn't boss and Freddie Mercury had the kind of talent that could only flourish in Queen.
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Hide Ad"Maybe Clapton and Collins could have done something jazzy between them. We'll never know. "
"What's interesting is just how famous the big names of the 70s still are, almost fifty years later. When people nowadays think of 'rock' what they see in their mind's eye is the world that 'Vinyl' recreates.
"Bands who were young, fabulous-looking, were making music rather than remaking it and still had enough energy left to behave really badly offstage.
"And thanks to the fact there was no social media they could get away with it. We shall not see their like again."
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Hide AdRock and disco battled it out head-to-head for the title of best band of the 70s, with Queen emerging victorious ahead of Abba, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, the Bee Gees and Led Zeppelin.
Fleetwood Mac's 1977 blockbuster Rumours - thought to have sold over 40 million copies worldwide - was named best album of the 70s, beating Queen's A Night at the Opera, Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon and Hotel California by The Eagles.
But when it came to the best thing about the 1970s, music had to take second place - to Star Wars.
The epic sci-fi movie, which came out in 1977, beat Abba, David Bowie, Jaws, the VW Beetle, Concorde, Starsky and Hutch, Charlie's Angels and lava lamps.
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Hide AdThe survey was commissioned by Sky Atlantic ahead of the start of new drama series Vinyl, set in the music industry in New York during the 1970s, co-produced by Mick Jagger, Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter.
The new series which stars Jagger's son James Jagger as the lead singer in a punk band and starts on February 15th - follows record executive Richie Finestra (Bobby Cannavale) as he struggles with a midlife crisis which threatens both his professional and personal life.
Other cast members include Olivia Wilde, Ray Romano, Ato Essandoh, Max Casella, PJ Byrne, JC MacKenzie, Birgitte Hjort Sorensen, Juno Temple, Jack Quaid and Paul Ben-Victor.
70 Best things about the 1970s
1. Star Wars
2. Abba
3. David Bowie
4. Jaws
5. The VW Beetle
6. Concorde
7. Starsky and Hutch
8. Charlie's Angels
9. Lava lamps
10. Led Zeppelin
11. Mork and Mindy
12. Vinyl records
13. Platform shoes
14. Flares (trousers)
15. The Godfather
16. Disco mirror balls
17. Saturday Night Fever
18. Watership Down
19. Harrison Ford
20. The Magic Roundabout
21. Hot summers
22. Tupperware
23. Bewitched
24. The Rockford Files
25. Fuzzy felt
26. Glam rock
27. Cola bottles (sweets)
28. Bagpuss
29. The Goodies
30. The Clangers
31. The Wombles
32. Jack Nicholson
33. Mick Jagger
34. Roller skates
35. David Cassidy
36. Afro hairstyles
37. Cassette tape recorders