Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Heart Closes 2023 With First Concerts in 4 Years
Sisters Nancy Wilson and Ann Wilson returned to the stage as Heart in December 2023
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Reflecting on Marmalade: ‘Reflections Of My Life’
From 1968-1976, they scored eight Top 10 hits in the U.K. This song ultimately earned them their worldwide fame. Its singer/writer fell on hard times
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‘Twilight Zone’ Original Episodes: True Classics
From the 4 repeating notes of its theme music to its tales of the supernatural, few television series have reshaped the medium as much as Rod Serling’s classic
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The Best Music Books of 2023
The year’s best music-related reads include bios and memoirs associated with Rush, Sly Stone, Bob Dylan, the Allmans, plus much more!
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Best Boxed Sets, Collections & Reissues of 2023
Our annual roundup of the year’s best archival rock releases includes impressive packages from the Beatles, Dylan and more.
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Barry Gibb, Dionne Warwick Lead Kennedy Center 2023 Honorees
They were among the five chosen for lifetime artistic achievements
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Tom Smothers, of Folk-Comedy Duo the Smothers Brothers, Dies
The comedy-musical duo’s popular variety show was a great showcase for rock acts. But many of the sketches proved too controversial for the CBS sensors
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McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 4 Spectacular Nights in 1979
Over the course of 4 nights during the Christmas holiday, a Who’s Who of British rock stars performed to raise money for war-torn Cambodia
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Label Exec Reflects on Signing John Lennon to Solo Deal
Mike Sigman interviews many execs who shaped the industry, in a book for HITS magazine. In our excerpt: former Geffen Records chief Eddie Rosenblatt discusses signing John Lennon and the fateful night of December 8, 1980
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Remembering 2x Rock Hall Member Curtis Mayfield
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee left the hitmaking soul group the Impressions in 1969 and created classics like “Super Fly.”
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