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Surely it’s the Beatles..
They were pretty successful for three or four years granted but not in the same league in terms of sales as the likes of Zeppelin and Floyd, if only 4 of their studio albums went top 10 that doesn’t constitute huge in my book, decent yes but huge not, I think even the likes of Genesis, Yes and ELP have had more top ten albums in the US than Queen.
The Beatles years of playing live may have been ‘relatively’ brief, but the number of gigs they played in those 7 years was astonishing. In 1963 and 1964 alone they played 373 individual gigs. In 1960, 1961 and 1962 they did 3 separate 3 month stints in Hamburg playing 6 to 8 hours a night, 6 days a week, approximately 1500 hours on stage, the rough equivalent of say 600 modern day gigs. If they didn’t play to the same size crowds as Led Zep it was only because at the time, music was very much indoor auditorium orientated, and indeed it was the Beatles who were the first band to venture into stadiums when they played Shea Stadium in 1965. Call it a draw? :-)
Jean Michel Jarre is the master.
Don't know if he still holds it, but he used to have the record for the largest live audiences in four different continents.
Made Pans People look tame !
As long as Magnu the horse with the golden mane showed it's face I cared little : /
I saw them 1975 at Reading festival on the friday night as they headlined the bill.
Incredible mate.
Magnu horse with golden mane
I want your help yet once again
Walk not the Earth but fly through space
As lightning flash or thunder's race
Swift as the arrow from the bow
Come to me so that no one can know,
Sunbeams are my shafts to kill,
All men who dare imagine ill
Think many more albums were sold in 70’s and 80’s. If you are talking
the 60’s we’re dominated by the Beatles, Led Zeppelin and believe it or not the Monkees for album sales
The 70’s led zeppelin outsold the Stones massively
In terms of live draw, I believe that Zeppelin would still be the largest draw on the planet if they reformed. Floyd would be pretty massive. The Beatles obviously. Elvis. The biggest draws would be those that left an unsated appetite so for me The Who, Elton John, Sabbath, Purple, Yes, Genesis, th3 Stones, U2, probably ran their race and their popularity is on a down rather than upslope.
36th in this list, the Eagles at 5th get overlooked in these things.I would have to believe that Chicago would have been among the top selling bands of the 70's. They repackaged a lot of shit records but they sold large amounts of vinyl and tapes even into the late 80's until Pete Cetera left.