Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Radio Hits in January 1969: Don’t Break My Heart
Seven months before the Woodstock festival, future classic rock hits from CCR and the Doors were side-by-side with songs by the Bee Gees, Sammy and Sly.
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Listen to Steve Miller Band’s Live Reggae Version of ‘The Joker’ From 1977
The concert captures the band at their peak, with such favorites as “Rock’n Me,” “Jet Airliner” and “Fly Like an Eagle”
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Tributes For Grateful Dead Mainstay Bob Weir: ‘We Will Miss You’
The Empire State Building shined in tie-dye to honor the life and legacy of the Grateful Dead co-founder.
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When the Future Host of TV’s ‘Newlywed Game’ Brought The Beatles to Los Angeles
In this excerpt from The Beatles in Los Angeles, the authors tell how local DJ Bob Eubanks used his home for collateral to produce the Hollywood Bowl concert.
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Elvis Presley: What They Said About the King
Who did the King influence? Oh, just the Beatles, Stones, the Who, Springsteen, Bowie, Elton John and countless others. Read about it, in their own words.
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Top Radio Hits 1972: Rock, Soul & Pop
The Hollies, Raspberries, Harry Nilsson and Sammy Davis Jr. enjoyed the biggest hits of their careers as pop and soul classics dominated Top 40 radio.
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David Lee Roth Announces 2026 Tour
The 71 year-old’s 2025 run was comprised of Van Halen songs like “Panama” and “Dance the Night Away,” along with their covers of “You Really Got Me” and “Oh, Pretty Woman.”
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Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’: Them Cats Are Crazy
The anthemic call-and-response chorus, sung repeatedly over a twin-Les Paul guitar riff, has to rank as one of rock’s all-time greatest earworms.
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Radio Hits of January 1965: British Invasion
Songs from the Dave Clark Five, Zombies and more. And demand for the Beatles on Top 40 was so great that radio DJs played both sides of their singles.
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When Mets Fans Serenaded Billy Joel With ‘Piano Man,’ He Sang, Too
The local legend sang the National Anthem before Game 3 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field.
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