Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Rod Stewart, Jools Holland Release Lively ‘Swing Fever’ Album
It’s been Stewart’s dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock ‘n’ roll of their day
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Radio Hits of February 1968
A sonic blend of classic pop, R&B, psychedelic, bubblegum, and soul songs were on playlists across the U.S., topped by a sappy instrumental tune
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John ‘Duff’ Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies
In 1958, the group—Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Colin Hanton, and Lowe, on piano—recorded a pair of songs in Liverpool. Lowe retained the only copy
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Illustrated Book Focusing on Music of Carlos Santana Due
The authorized bio includes hundreds of images from Carlos’ archives, as well as new interviews with the guitarist and his collaborators.
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Radio Hits in February 1967: B-Sides Rule
On the American Top 40 this week: plenty of favorites from Britain shared the charts with classics from the good old U.S. of A.
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Average White Band’s Surprise #1: ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
The Scottish band got their big break as the opening act on Clapton’s 1973 comeback tour. A year later, this instrumental single failed to chart in the U.K.
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Mick Jones of Foreigner Reveals Parkinson’s Battle
The guiding force since its start as a British-American rock band in 1976 has explained why he’s no longer touring with them
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David Libert, Founding Member of ’60s Group The Happenings, Dies
He formed the popular group with fellow high school classmates from Paterson, NJ, and later went on to a successful career as a manager
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Watch Glenn Frey and Son, Deacon, Perform Together
We can only imagine the joy that Glenn Frey must’ve had when he shared the stage with his teenaged son. Years later, Deacon Frey has joined Eagles’ touring lineup
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Individual Beatles-Authorized Biopics Due For John, Paul, George and Ringo
The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd. and The Beatles have granted full life story and music rights for a scripted film
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