BEST CLASSIC BANDS – CELEBRATING THE ARTISTS, MUSIC AND POP CULTURE OF THE CLASSIC ROCK ERA
Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.
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12 Essential Sammy Hagar Tracks
Long before he fronted Van Halen, the Red Rocker had already spent a decade carving out a solo portfolio.
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Alice Cooper to Publish New Memoir: ‘Devil on My Shoulder’ Charts His ‘Evilution’
“The story of Alice Cooper has become a tangle of embellishments, elaborations and outright fabrications, that I think it’s time to sort reality from myth,” Cooper said.
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Bob Dylan and The Band: Robbie Robertson on the 1974 Tour
“I feel bold enough to refer to it as a musical revolution, because the world came around.”—Robbie Robertson
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1963: When the Beatles 1st Landed in America. Yes, 1963!
So you think no one in the U.S. heard the Beatles before 1964. Well, read on…
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‘Digging Your Scene: 1982-1987’ UK Compilation Arrives
The 4-CD set celebrates the “New Jazz” music of that era including tracks by Everything But the Girl, Alison Moyet, Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys, whose 1986 hit inspired the compilation’s name.
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Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.
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Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists.
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12 Hip Singles from 1960s San Francisco
Some of these Bay Area singles became hits, others did not, but many are worth a fresh listen.
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Remembering Barry White and Love Unlimited
Backing his work was Love Unlimited Orchestra, a 40-piece ensemble conducted by White himself. His legacy includes six Top 10 pop hits and six #1 R&B singles
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The Souther Hillman Furay Band’s Debut LP: Less Than the Sum of its Parts
The SHF Band accomplished its commercial mission and displayed the stylistic DNA of the Byrds, Poco and, yes, the Eagles.
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Paul Simon Sets ‘The Quiet Celebration Concert’ Album
His surprising news in 2025 that he would return to the stage followed a self-imposed retirement after his 2018 “Homeward Bound” tour.
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The Lovin’ Spoonful’s Lovable Catalog Gets Boxed: Review
This 170-track, seven-disc set packs in eight remastered albums, most in both stereo and mono, plus a ton of bonus tracks.
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12 Great Songs From the Glam-Rock Era
The genre’s explosion of the early 1970s proved that rock and theater were never mutually exclusive.
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