Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Radio Hits in September 1972
This week on Los Angeles’ Top 40 KHJ included some all-time classic rock greats including hits by the O’Jays, the Raspberries, Moody Blues and Three Dog Night
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When Bruce Springsteen Broke His Own Record: 4-Hour Concert
Over the course of 16 days in 2016, he and the E Street Band set a new record for his longest U.S. gig ever, on four different occasions
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Will Jennings, Lyricist For ‘Tears in Heaven,’ ‘My Heart Will Go On,’ Dies
The award-winner also co-wrote “Up Where We Belong” for An Officer and A Gentleman, and collaborated with Steve Winwood on many songs including the #1 single, “Higher Love”
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Al Stewart Announces Farewell UK Tour
The “Year of the Cat” singer-songwriter will turn 80 in 2025
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Sergio Mendes, Pioneering Brazilian Music Star, Dies
The death of the producer, composer, keyboardist, vocalist and songwriter was announced by his longtime friend Herb Alpert
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Faces At The BBC — Complete Concert & Session Recordings 1970-1973 Box Set Arrives
The 9-disc set, much of it previously unreleased, has been remastered with the full participation of band members Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Kenney Jones
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Burton Cummings, Randy Bachman Announce Resolution of Guess Who Trademark Dispute
The group’s two most prominent members have settled their long-running dispute with fellow band members Garry Peterson and Jim Kale
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Brian May Reveals He Had a Stroke a Week Ago
The legendary guitarist and songwriter suffered “a small heart attack” four years earlier in 2020
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New Cheap Trick Biography, ‘American Standard,’ Arrives
The book, with a foreword by Pearl Jam’s Mike McCready, covers the band’s initial rise, with special focus on the ‘At Budokan’ story.
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1969 in Rock Music: A Look Back
Looking back at the year 1969 now, we have to admit that we were all very lucky to have this music in our lives—and we still are!
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