Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff

REO Speedwagon To Cease Touring Citing ‘Irreconcilable Differences’

The band said issues arose between Kevin Cronin and Bruce Hall as their 2024 summer tour came to a close

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Tito Jackson, Founding Member and Guitarist For The Jackson 5, Dies

Along with his brothers Michael, Jackie, Jermaine, Randy and Marlon, Tito helped lead the popular musical group to worldwide stardom

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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: September 1973 Edition

Five all-time classic rock hits were in the Top 10 this week in 1973 on Boston’s Top 40 station WRKO. Could it get any better than this?

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When Music Went Mobile with 8-Track Tapes

Do you remember when it was a big deal to have an 8-track player in your car? Check out Ford’s 1966 Mustang ad featuring a “stereosonic tape player”…

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John Lennon, Yoko Ono ‘Daytime Revolution’ Film: An Unforgettable Week in 1972

For one extraordinary week, the pair co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show, at the time the most popular show on daytime television

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The Biggest Radio Hits of 1979

In a year when the Sony Walkman and the Happy Meal were introduced, plenty of classic rock acts enjoyed some of their biggest hits. What was #1?

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David Gilmour Announces Rehearsal Concerts Ahead of 2024 Tour

It’ll be a busy year with his first tour in eight years supporting the release of Luck and Strange, his first album since 2015

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Frankie Beverly, Leader of Funk Band Maze, Dies

He was the writer, producer and lead singer of the group that scored dozens of R&B hits in the ’70s and ’80s

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The Pogues’ Debut ‘Red Roses for Me’ Gets 40th Anniversary Reissue

The expanded edition includes B-sides and a bonus disc of the band’s BBC sessions from 1984

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9/11: The Music Events That Helped Bring Us Back

Two music events—“America: A Tribute to Heroes” and “The Concert for New York City”—were organized following the tragic events of September 11, 2001

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