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Best Classic Bands Staff

Best Classic Bands Staff

The BCB team brings you the latest Breaking News, Contests, On This Day rock history stories, Classic Videos, retro-Charts and more.

Robbie Robertson on Levon Helm: ‘He Could Sing Better Than Anybody’

On AXS TV’s The Big Interview With Dan Rather in 2020, he spoke about his longtime Band-mate. “For all the years we were together, we never had a cross word. Ever.”

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Sixto Rodriguez, Who Found Fame Decades Later in ‘Searching For Sugar Man,’ Dies

The singer-songwriter from Detroit, Mich., finally found fame in the U.S. four decades after his early recordings were released

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1978 Rock Songs: AXS TV’s ‘The Top 10 Revealed’

The series counts down 10 great rock songs of the year, including favorites by Foreigner, Eddie Money, the Stones and Van Halen.

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Beatles Different ‘Revolver’ Releases: The Last Time

Learn a thing or two about an album that’s been an essential part of your collection for decades, including the unusual decision about its singles

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Spinners: Complete Atlantic Singles Arrives

The collection includes the classics “I’ll Be Around,” “One of a Kind (Love Affair)” and “Then Came You,” the #1 duet with Dionne Warwick

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‘Back to the Future’ Musical Opens on Broadway

The original movie, starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, was 1985’s highest-grossing film. The production is from from the original creators

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Stevie Wonder and ‘Innervisions’: Reaching Higher Ground

On his 16th album in a decade Wonder needed a strong album. He nailed it. Like its predecessor, this one earned a wide audience and generated 3 hit singles

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Happy Birthday, Tony Bennett!

The American icon had a long history of collaborating with fellow A-List stars before he retired from the stage in 2021. Our salute on his birthday

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Paul Reubens, aka Pee-wee Herman, is Mourned—Dead at 70

“Pee Wee got his wish to fly,” wrote Steve Martin in a tribute to the comic actor, who kept his cancer diagnosis secret for six years.

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Lady Gaga Pays Tribute to Tony Bennett: ‘I Will Miss My Friend Forever’

“I will miss singing with him, recording with him, talking with him, being on stage together.”

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