Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
America Exclusive: Unreleased Early ’70s Demos
Out in November: the most comprehensive collection of known demo recordings and unreleased songs from the band’s early formative years
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When the Rolling Stones Played at a Billionaire’s Birthday Party
Just so you know: If you have the dough (and that is a mighty big ‘if’ there), you too could hire the world’s greatest rock ‘n’ roll band to play your birthday bash
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Nov 15, 2018: Roy Clark, Country Star & ‘Hee Haw’ Host—Obituary
An influential master guitarist fluent in many genres, he was a star of television and the record charts, a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee and more
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November 15, 1992: Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Final’ Concert
It became the first time Black Sabbath and its original singer had performed together since Live Aid in 1985. Not The End it turns out…
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Nov 14, 1970: Santana Issues ‘Black Magic Woman’
The song went Top 5 for the Latin rock band in 1970 and helped power them into the mainstream. It had almost been a hit two years earlier
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Nov 13, 2016: Leon Russell, Musician and Songwriter—Obituary
The performer had suffered a heart attack earlier that year. His legacy includes hit songwriting credits for others including “Superstar” and “This Masquerade”
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When Men at Work Began a Lengthy Run at #1
It took seven months for the Australian band’s debut album, Business As Usual, to reach #1 in the US. It stayed there for months thanks to two big hits
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Nov 13, 2015: Paris Terrorism Includes Rock Concert
A concert by the Eagles of Death Metal at le Bataclan was targeted in the coordinated Paris terror attacks that killed 130
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Nov 12, 2022: Julian Lennon Chance Encounter With Paul McCartney
“It’s Amazing who you run into in an airport Lounge! None other than Uncle Paul….” He had recently issued his seventh studio album, Jude
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Nov 12, 2001: George, Paul, Ringo Meet For Last Time
At a Manhattan hotel, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr met with George Harrison for what would be the last time
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