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Dickey Betts Memorial Concert to Feature All-Star Lineup

The tribute concert to be held, fittingly, in Macon, Georgia, will feature many of his bandmates, close friends and family.

The Scene: The Classic Rock Legacy

Elvis Presley: What They Said About the King

Who did the King influence? Oh, just the Beatles, Stones, the Who, Springsteen, Bowie, Elton John and countless others. Read about it, in their own words

NEWS PLUS: Top of The Pops (Charts)

Radio Hits in January 1969: Don’t Break My Heart

Seven months before the Woodstock festival, future classic rock hits from CCR and the Doors were side-by-side with songs by the Bee Gees, Sammy and Sly.

NEWS PLUS: News

Bill Murray Opens Concert Tour With ‘Like a Rolling Stone’

Never one to shy away from an open microphone to sing, he’s teaming up with Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia (aka “Blood Brothers”) to perform a series of shows.

FEATURES: Perfect Rock Songs

Thin Lizzy’s ‘The Boys Are Back in Town’: Them Cats Are Crazy

The anthemic call-and-response chorus, sung repeatedly over a twin-Les Paul guitar riff, has to rank as one of rock’s all-time greatest earworms

NEWS PLUS: Top of The Pops (Charts)

Radio Hits of January 1965: British Invasion

Songs from the Dave Clark Five, Zombies and more. And demand for the Beatles on Top 40 was so great that radio DJs played both sides of their singles.

FEATURES: Spotlight Feature

Butch Cassidy, ‘Raindrops,’ and the Bicycle Scene

The 1969 Western has a special place in the hearts of movie fans for its cast, the romanticizing of its outlaw stars and that scene with Newman and Ross