Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

Jon Anderson is Busy in 2025: Tour, Live Album of Classic YES

“The first time I heard the Band Geeks I truly freaked out; they sound just like the classic YES of the seventies, the YES that I know and love.”

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When Billy Crystal Met Sally Again… in 2025

Can a man and a woman just be friends? That was the question that Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan debated in Rob Reiner’s 1989 romantic comedy.

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Emmylou Harris & Rosanne Cash Subject of New ‘In-Law Country’ Book

The title examines a musical movement of outsiders who, in time, became influential insiders.

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‘We Are the World’ Documentary, ‘The Greatest Night in Pop’

Featuring 46 of the world’s biggest music stars assembled in one studio, the 1985 charity single was a smash hit. The Greatest Night in Pop tells the behind-the-scenes story.

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Tom Jones, Turning 85, Announces 2025 Tour

The legendary Welsh singer has added many concerts to his calendar.

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Radio Hits in January 1969: Over and Over

We’ve got some fun facts and great videos of hits from The Doors, Dusty Springfield, BJ Thomas, Tommy James and the Shondells, and more.

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1967 Rock Music Highlights: One Amazing Year

What a year for rock, pop and soul music! Here are some of the highlights when FM “underground” radio was starting to overtake AM Top 40.

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‘Jingle Jangle Morning,’ 1960s U.S. Folk-Rock Collection, Coming

The 3-CD set features 74 tracks including classics from Bob Dylan, the Byrds and Judy Collins, alongside recordings from the We Five, Scott McKenzie and Edgar Winter.

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Noted Presley Biographer, Peter Guralnick, Returns With ‘The Colonel and The King’ Book

The 2025 title “draws on a wealth of Tom Parker’s never-before-seen correspondence to reveal that this oft-reviled figure was in fact a confidant, friend, and architect of his client’s success.”

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Top Albums of January 1977: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet

Nine months after its release, Bob Seger’s 2-LP live set finally enjoyed national acclaim thanks to the success of his band’s breakthrough studio album

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