We explore some of the best tracks from the 1960s and '70s that prove a soft-spoken instrument like the flute can actually rip.

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Roger Nichols wrote some of the most beloved pop melodies of the 1970s, resulting in hits for The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, and Paul Anka.

The Beatles released hits in the 1960s, the 1970s, the 1980s, and the 1990s. Some of those songs were hits during their initial run as a band. On the other hand, some Beatles songs were hits after ...