When the Mood Strikes: 10 Classic Rock Love Songs
Songs from Van Morrison and a Rolling Stones’ rarity are side-by-side with ones from Bob Dylan, Joe Cocker, Hall & Oates and Foreigner.
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The Same Musician Who Orchestrated ELO Gave Us ‘Hooked on Classics’
Jeff Lynne opted to live up to the band’s name when he hired Louis Clark as string arranger and utilized a full orchestra in the group’s recordings.
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16 Classic Double-Sided Hit Singles of the ’60s
Singles, for the most part, housed just one memorable song. That, like so much else, began to change with the arrival of the Beatles.
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Talking Heads’ Demos & Live Collection, ‘Tentative Decisions,’ Due
Their earliest years are being explored with an unprecedented look at the rapid evolution of the original trio—David Byrne, Chris Frantz, and Tina Weymouth—through a trove of newly unearthed recordings.
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New Book, ‘Screen Gems,’ Focuses on Rock & Pop Documentaries
Among the artists featured are the Rolling Stones, Johnny Cash, Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, the Doors, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, David Bowie and many more.
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Photographer Henry Diltz Sets ‘Behind the Lens’ 2026 Tour
The legend has shot over 250 album covers and was the official photographer at the 1969 Woodstock festival.
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Ray Manzarek Interview on The Doors’ 6 Studio Albums
“Robby or Jim would come up with the original idea. But boy, the four of us would get together, change and modify and polish the songs.”—Ray Manzarek
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Stray Cats’ Debut Album & the Rockabilly Revival
The Long Island trio had to go to England to find success playing American rockabilly. By the time they returned home, they were stars.
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My First 100 Record Albums
It took a bit of detective work, but Best Classic Bands’ founder thinks he’s ID’d the first 100 LPs in his collection, spanning from ’60s pop to the rock stars of the early-to-mid ’70s.
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