Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Top Selling Albums of 1973: Come to the Dark Side
Classic rock was in its heyday and many of its biggest names released #1 albums this year. But only one could be the year’s biggest
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‘Down on the Corner’ Book Tells the Story of Busking & Street Music
Adventures in Busking and Street Music, from longtime music industry insider, Cary Baker, traces the development of blues, doo-wop, folk and more, in a variety of non-traditional venues
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Nick Lowe Sets 2025 Tour to Support New Studio Album
Inside Safari represents a culmination of his decade-long working relationship with the mysterious masked men and labelmates, Los Straitjackets
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Radio Hits in November 1967: Take a Look
It was a melting pot in the Top 10 on WABC this week, with plenty of all-time favorites topped by a band with a psychedelic name and an unusual path to #1
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Carly Simon’s Breakthrough to Superstardom: ‘You’re So Vain’
Watch the singer-songwriter perform a previously unheard verse of her huge 1972 hit from a ‘Carly Simon No Secrets’ classic albums special
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Art Garfunkel Has New Album Duet Partner: His Son, Art Jr.
“It felt like a dream. It was simply quite wonderful. I love working with him,” said Art Garfunkel Sr.
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Remember the Left Banke and Their Hit, ‘Walk Away Renée’?
The group’s biggest hit, 1966’s ‘Walk Away Renee,” was written by a band member who became infatuated with the girlfriend of another.
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‘Expressway to Your Heart’: It’s Much Too Crowded
The group was founded by 3 white guys from NYC who grew up listening to the R&B vocal groups of the ’50s. The song launched the careers of Gamble and Huff
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Quincy Jones—American Music Giant Who Produced ‘Thriller’—Dead at 91
Long before his association with Jackson began in 1979, Jones was one of the music world’s most accomplished composers, arrangers, producers and bandleaders.
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Delbert McClinton, Texas Roots Musician, Enjoying Retirement
Now 84, he says, “I have had a decent career, and I have accomplished more than I ever dreamed I would”
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