Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music’s Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as ‘Napoleon XIV’
He wrote and recorded “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!,” an instant hit single in 1966, with an equally bizarre B-side
Read More
The Zombies Share Teaser Trailer From Documentary, ‘Hung Up On a Dream’
The feature-length film charts the British Invasion band’s 60-year career including the unusual circumstances of their big success following their breakup
Read More
Micky Dolenz Prepares For 2023 Tour
“The Monkees Celebrated By Micky Dolenz” will present the group’s 3rd album, Headquarters, plus all of the band’s biggest hits
Read More
Genesis Opens 2022 Edition of Farewell Tour: Rewind
The opening night audience of “The Last Domino?” tour was treated to a 23-song setlist with a mix of hits and album cuts that spanned their career
Read More
When Ann Wilson & Nancy Wilson Reunited After 3 Years
In 2019, the sisters took the stage together for the first time since 2016 for a NYC benefit, joined by Robert Plant, Billy Gibbons and more
Read More
Lionel Richie and Earth, Wind & Fire Set 2023 Tour
The award-winning, legendary acts have recorded such hits as “Dancing on the Ceiling,” “Lady,” Shining Star” and “September”
Read More
Alan Parsons Project Gets ‘Friendly Card’ Box Set
The 1980 release was the fifth album by the collaboration of composer, musician and manager Eric Woolfson and producer and engineer Parsons
Read More
Genesis Issues ‘BBC Broadcasts’ of Live Recordings
The band has combed their archives for a selection of previously unreleased performances including appearances at Knebworth in 1978 and 1992
Read More
New Series, ‘Daisy Jones & The Six,’ About Fictitious ’70s Rock Band, Arrives
Based on the best-selling novel, the fictitious Los Angeles-based band, bears a resemblance to the Fleetwood Mac lineup of the same era
Read More
New Book on ‘Radical’ Music of the Sixties, ‘Whole World in an Uproar’
It’s a cautionary tale about what happens when artists such as Dylan, the Beatles, and Baez come up against repressive state power
Read More