Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
‘Gilligan’s Island’: An Appreciation
Only one of the seven stranded castaways is still with us. We look back at the ’60s TV sitcom.
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Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues of 2025
This year’s archival releases include rarities from Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Pink Floyd, the Grateful Dead and others.
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McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 4 Spectacular Nights in 1979
Over the course of 4 nights during the Christmas holiday, a Who’s Who of British rock stars performed to raise money for war-torn Cambodia.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Welcome Back My Friends’ is Latest in Fan Memories Book Series
The 352-page softcover book, with hundreds of photos, includes anecdotal stories from 370 ELP fans.
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That Haunting Female Vocal On ‘Gimme Shelter’
When you hear “Rape, murder, it’s just a shot away” on this Stones classic, does it give you chills? It’s Merry Clayton, who was just 20-years-old at the time.
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Musician Deaths of 2025
Many of our favorite recording artists, as well as other celebrities, were taken from us in 2025. We pay our respects.
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Radio Hits of December 1970: It’s a Miracle
The first year of a new decade closed out with several future classics on the top of the charts, including one recorded three years earlier.
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Barry Manilow Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
The singer of such popular songs as “Mandy,” “Copacabana (At the Copa)” and “Looks Like We Made It” had just completed a Christmas charity concerts residency in Palm Desert, Calif.
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Chris Rea Dies, English Singer-Songwriter Was Known For His Husky-Gravel Voice
He charted dozens of singles in the U.K. His biggest U.S. hit was “Fool (If You Think It’s Over)” which reached #12 in 1978.
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Happy Together 2026 Tour Sets Lineup, First Dates
This year’s tour marks several notable changes in the lineup.
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