Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Squeeze Have Busy Year With New Album, Tour
Trixies was written by the teenage Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook at the start of their songwriting partnership.
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Legendary 1986 Queen Budapest Concert Gets Upgraded 40th Anniversary Release
The 80,000 fans inside the Népstadion were supplemented by an estimated 40,000 people listening outside.
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Remembering Animal House’s ‘Fat, Drunk and Stupid’ Flounder
Actor Stephen Furst played the hapless Delta house fraternity pledge Kent Dorfman as his character became the butt of numerous pranks by the upperclassmen
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9/11 All-Star Comedy Benefit Set For 25th Anniversary
The one-night-only event will bring together an extraordinary lineup of acclaimed comedians at NYC’s Madison Square Garden.
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Carly Simon Reveals Parkinson’s Diagnosis, Cancer Scare
“There is no tidy or predictable schedule to the illness. It does not consult my calendar before deciding what kind of day I am going to have.”
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Spiral Starecase’s Catchy ‘More Today Than Yesterday’
The one hit wonders enjoyed success in 1969. Years later, while touring with a teen idol, their lead singer was not on the plane that killed the star.
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Radio Hits in July 1966: A ‘Wild’ Survey
A great week with some wild stories about some of the biggest songs on the radio including hits by the Troggs, Mamas & the Papas and the Lovin’ Spoonful.
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The Roches’ Get 3-CD Collection, ‘The Warner Bros./Rykodisc Albums’
Sisters Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy pushed the boundaries of so-called “folk music.” Their songs were personal, funny, vulnerable, witty, sad, joyful, and utterly original as they bared their hearts and souls in striking harmony.
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Radio Hits in 1982: Top 40 Was Still Rockin’
Songs by Fleetwood Mac (group and solo) and Rod Stewart were among the biggest Top 40 hits as were certain smashes by the Alan Parsons Project and Survivor.
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Emerson, Lake & Palmer ‘Works Live’ Returns
Recorded during the trio’s famed 1977 tour, the title captures the band at its creative height, performing songs from their storied catalog.
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