Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Genesis Closes 2022 Farewell Tour With Final Concert in London

Perhaps this was truly it—and this time it appears that it is, due to Phil Collins’ health issues. The reunion tour featured a mix of hits and album cuts

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Happy 80th Birthday, Diana Ross!

Lauded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Diana Ross has a phenomenal number of big singles and has received almost every honor imaginable

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Elton John’s ‘Levon’: A Pauper to a Pawn

The first single from 1971’s Madman Across the Water is “one of our finest moments lyrically and melodically” and includes Paul Buckmaster’s soaring orchestral arrangements.

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Roger Daltrey Joined by Robert Plant, Eddie Vedder on “Baba O’Riley”

The lineup at Royal Albert Hall was a spectacular one with seven nights of concerts to benefit Teenage Cancer Trust

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When the Rolling Stones Played a Free Concert in Havana, Cuba

Our interview with film director Paul Dugdale on the challenges he faced shooting the landmark 2016 concert and the audience’s reaction to seeing the Stones perform

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Ian Hunter Shares Song Ftg 3 Members of Cheap Trick From New ‘Defiance’ Album

The cast includes Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins in what proved to be among their final recordings, along with stars from Queen, Def Leppard, and many more

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Radio Hits of 1973: All Aboard

The Allman Brothers Band had their biggest pop hit. Elton John scored four. Jim Croce had two #1s, one posthumously. A great blend of pop, R&B and rock were the top radio hits of 1973

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New Blues Brothers Book: ‘Making of an American Film Classic’

Judy Belushi says author Daniel de Visé has done “a remarkable job of pulling together a credible telling of a complicated story”

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Top Selling Albums of 1971: Superstars

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

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When Kenny Rogers ‘Dropped In’

Years before his hugely successful solo career as a recording and touring artist, “the Gambler” scored a psychedelic pop hit with the First Edition

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