Billy Don't Be a Hero US version sold over three and a half million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in June 1974. Donaldson and the Heywoods's version was a massive hit in Latin America and Japan as well, but it remained largely unknown elsewhere as of late July 2017. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 21 song for 1974. Despite the song's popularity, it was poorly received, and it was voted No. 8 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's readers' poll of "10 Worst Songs of the 1970s." The song is mentioned as having played on K-Billy's "Super Sounds of the '70s
Totally '70s Thomas. The channel played the full spectrum of hit songs from 1970 to 1979, spanning pop, soul, rock, and disco. Some songs that went on to be considered decade kitsch were spotlighted in a bottom-of-the-hour feature called "Jukebox from Hell". Totally '70s Totally '70s was an all-1970s music channel on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 7 and Dish Network channel 6007. It was replaced by '70s on 7 after the Sirius-XM merger. "The Totally 70's Satellite Survey" was hosted by Dave Hoeffel. Actor Barry Williams, who starred as Greg Brady on the 1970s TV' series "The Brady Bunch", hosted "The Real