James Brown Michael Jackson Queen Elvis Presley No cheating. Put those names in order of US number 1 hits they had in the 70s. I'll edit this post later with the answer. ANSWER: MJ had 4 US Number 1 hits in the 70s with Jackson 5, and 2 solo US number ones. The other 3 had a grand total of zero in the entire 70s. James Brown never had a single US Number 1 in his whole life.