Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
The David Bowie – Bing Crosby Classic ‘Little Drummer Boy’
Years after the unlikely duo taped their 1977 collaboration, Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly did a note-for-note version of the holiday classic
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Jan 28, 2016: Two Jefferson Airplane Deaths on Same Day
What are the odds? First it was announced that founding member Paul Kantner had died. Then we learned that the band’s original female singer had also passed
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Jan 28, 2023: Tom Verlaine, Co-Founder of Television Band, is Mourned
He was the singer, songwriter and guitarist, alongside Richard Lloyd, in the influential ’70s era rock band
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Dick Clark Interviews Jefferson Airplane on ‘Bandstand’
In between songs in a 1967 appearance on American Bandstand, “America’s oldest teenager” asks some probing questions about hippies and the counterculture.
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Jeopardy! Contestants Fail to ID Led Zeppelin
On the November 29, 2023, edition of the popular game show, the contestants failed to identify the legends even though there was a photo of the band
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Jan. 27, 1984: Michael Jackson Burned in Pepsi Spot
In Los Angeles to film a Pepsi commercial, the superstar got too close to a fireworks display. His life would never be the same.
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‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Promo Man, Artie Fufkin: ‘I Got No Timing’
One of our favorite scenes in our favorite mockumentary is when Paul Shaffer’s character sets up an in-store appearance
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Adam Sandler: The Thanksgiving Song
Lorne Michaels sure has had a knack for discovering talent. Sandler wishes all of you a Happy Thanksgiving in this Classic Video from 1992
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The Rolling Stones’ ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Video
Our Classic Video from 1974 stars the world’s “cleanest” rock ‘n’ roll band. See why. The album was the final one for one member
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INXS and Those 4 Hits From ‘Kick’
The Australian rock band “Kick”-ed butt with four straight smash hits from their 1987 release and MTV couldn’t get enough of them. Some interesting facts and our Classic Video
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