Posts From Best Classic Bands Staff
Leon Russell ‘Signature Songs’ Gets Reissue: Listen
The long out-of-print collection of intimate, solo piano and vocal recordings includes “A Song For You,” “This Masquerade” and “Delta Lady”
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Ten Years After Reissue ‘A Space in Time’ For 50th Anniversary
The album, the British band’s sixth release, included their most well known song, “I’d Love To Change The World”
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Def Leppard Joins Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on ‘Drastic Symphonies’
The album includes new vocals and guitars for beautiful symphonic arrangements. At times you can hear Joe Elliott duetting with his younger self
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Disgraced Rock Star Returns to Prison Just Weeks After Release
Until 1997, Gary Glitter was best known for his glam rock single, “Rock and Roll Part 2,” a worldwide hit in 1972
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Leon Russell Biography, ‘Journey Through Rock & Roll History,’ Arrives
The legendary musician and composer performed on hundreds of recordings before he established his own celebrated solo career
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Lynyrd Skynyrd Pays Tribute to Gary Rossington in Emotional Return to Stage
During the band’s first show following the death of their final original member, they showed video clips and photos and dedicated a song
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Kenny Loggins Adds to Final Tour, ‘This Is It’
Following his successful collaboration with Jim Messina, the singer and songwriter scored with such hits as “I’m Alright,” “Footloose” and “Danger Zone”
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‘Elvis’ Movie Gets Shut Out at Academy Awards
The box-office smash tells Presley’s story seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his manager, Colonel Tom Parker
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Stevie Nicks, Billy Joel Open Concert Series as Nicks Pays Tribute to Christine McVie
The pair of classic rock legends played the first of 9 stadium shows. When Nicks closed her set with “Landslide,” she thanked her best friend
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Jerry Samuels Dies: One of Pop Music’s Most Unique One-Hit Wonders as ‘Napoleon XIV’
He wrote and recorded “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!,” an instant hit single in 1966, with an equally bizarre B-side
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