Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
The Underrated SNL ‘Loud Family’ Sketch
The late night program was clicking in Season 4. With 22 year-old Carrie Fisher as guest host, the series made a clever parody of a PBS reality series
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Happy Birthday to Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson!
In addition to fronting the band and his solo musical endeavors, he has another professional career and many other successful pursuits
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Tom Jones and CSNY Perform ‘Long Time Gone’
Yup, Tom Jones and the hippest band of the day, CSNY, performing together on This is Tom Jones. CSNY&J sort of has a ring to it
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Mick Jagger Releases Two New Solo Songs
Without advance notice, Jagger has dropped two politically oriented tracks, available in multiple formats and in several video mixes.
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Aug 6, 1970: Festival For Peace at Shea Stadium
Very little has been documented about this event which featured some of the biggest classic rock acts: Janis Joplin, CCR, Steppenwolf, Paul Simon and more
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Loverboy ‘Working For the Weekend’: A Guilty Pleasure
Rock fans have been singing this bona fide rock anthem since 1981 as they get ready for Friday night. Our Classic Video…
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Tom Jones and Aretha Franklin Show How It’s Done
Watch as two of music’s greatest voices treat a 1970 television audience to a medley of their songs on This Is Tom Jones
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Aug 6, 1965: Small Faces Release Debut UK Single
The precursor to Faces were born in 1965. The East London quartet, specializing in high-energy R&B covers + a handful of originals, soon found a devoted audience
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Rick Derringer: Putting the Hoochie Koo Back in Rock and Roll
He hit #1 in 1965 with “Hang On Sloopy” with his band The McCoys, worked with Johnny & Edgar Winter, wrote “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and more
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The Who Play ‘Saturday Night’s Alright For Fighting’
In 1991, it was Elton John and Bernie Taupin’s turn to have their music honored with a tribute LP. Check out this great version of a signature tune – and John Entwistle’s final recording
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