Posts From Jeff Tamarkin
Randy Bachman of the Guess Who & BTO: Interview
In our extensive conversation, the Canadian rock great tells the story of his biggest hits with two legendary classic rock bands.
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Sonny Curtis, Member of Buddy Holly’s Crickets & ‘I Fought the Law’ Writer, Dies
He also wrote ‘Love Is All Around,’ the theme from ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show.’
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Bobby Hart, Co-Writer of Monkees Hits, Dies at 86
Among his songs with Tommy Boyce were “Last Train to Clarksville” and “(Theme From) The Monkees.”
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13 Bands That Changed Their Lead Singers
You can’t imagine the Stones without Jagger or Zeppelin without Plant. But these 13 bands all switched vocalists and lived to tell the tale.
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When Motown Went to ‘War’—The Edwin Starr #1 Hit
When Motown’s chief was reluctant to release an antiwar song by the Temptations as a single, another singer stepped in to re-record it. It went to #1.
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Sweet Dreams: 13 Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms
Those hits by Tears For Fears, Human League, Eurythmics, Duran Duran and others still grab us four decades after we first heard them.
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Chuck Mangione, Jazz Musician & ‘Feels So Good’ Hitmaker, Dies
Both the album and the title cut reached the top 5 of their respective charts in 1977-78.
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The Classics IV Trio: ‘Spooky,’ ‘Stormy’ & ‘Traces’
They had three huge hits in less than a year and a half. Who were they and what became of them? We look back at their brief career.
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Connie Francis, ’50s-’60s Hitmaker Whose Career Earned Recent Boost With ‘Pretty Little Baby,’ Dies
The singer was recently re-discovered via an obscure 1962 recording, “Pretty Little Baby,” which went viral via TikTok, garnering billions of views.
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The Youngbloods’ ‘Get Together’: Unique Path to Success
The song had been kicking around for a few years when they recorded it. Their first release of the tune bombed. Then it became a timeless anthem.
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