Vintage Photos of the Most Iconic ’70s Couples

They met in the late ’60s as two luminous songwriters colliding. By the early ’70s, their relationship blended romance and harmony—literally. Nash’s “Our House” captured domestic bliss in Laurel Canyon, while Mitchell’s independence and creative drive defined her mystique.

The love didn’t last. Joni resisted confinement, and Graham longed for stability. Their breakup fed both catalogs, turning intimacy into melody. Though they remained respectful, the split cemented Mitchell’s reputation as untethered and uncompromising—marriage never part of her mythology.