Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
AT40: When Casey Kasem Delivered the Hits
Fans tuned in each week for the popular syndicated program “heard in the fifty states and around the world,” and for great stories from its legendary host
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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: Radio Hits in June 1967
With summer just around the corner, the biggest songs this week included all-time greats from the Airplane, Turtles, Aretha and Scott McKenzie.
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Top-Selling Albums of 1980: A New Decade
The top 30 includes two classic rock LPs that are among the biggest of all time.
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It’s Sir Roger Now: The Who’s Daltrey is Knighted
“It’s strange, it’s an experience that I’ve never had before, I’m very humbled by it.”
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Stevie Wonder’s Higher Ground on ’72 Stones Tour
In music, careers can turn on a dime. In 1972, his career turned when he was asked to join the Stones’ fifth American tour.
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More Stars Offer Tributes to Brian Wilson
Fellow Beach Boys Mike Love and Al Jardine, as well as Bob Dylan, Carole King and Paul McCartney were among the fellow greats celebrating the “musical and spiritual giant.”
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Brian Wilson, Beach Boys’ Co-Founder, and One of Popular Music’s Most Significant Forces, Dies
The mastermind producer and songwriter had been suffering from dementia.
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Remembering Gene Wilder, With Some Classic Film Clips
The rubber-faced actor starred in a long list of comedy roles in such beloved Mel Brooks movies as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and The Producers.
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Lulu to Support Memoir, ‘If Only You Knew,’ With Tour: ‘Intimate Conversation With Stories and Songs’
The beloved singer’s career spans seven decades with such highlights as “Shout,” “To Sir With Love” and her recording of the theme song of the 1974 James Bond film, The Man With the Golden Gun.
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Grammy-Winning Debut From Christopher Cross Gets Expanded Edition
The 1979 album introduced the classics “Ride Like the Wind” and “Sailing,” and went on to sweep the GRAMMYs, winning Album, Song, and Record of the Year, as well as Best New Artist.
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