Robert Palmer ‘Sneakin’ Sally Through the Alley’—A Tale of 3 Cities

With help from players like Little Feat’s Lowell George and New Orleans’ Meters, the British singer’s solo career got off to a good start.

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John Lennon, Yoko Ono ‘Daytime Revolution’ Film: An Unforgettable Week in 1972

For one extraordinary week, the pair co-hosted The Mike Douglas Show, at the time the most popular show on daytime television

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Pink Floyd Shine on ‘Wish You Were Here’

Despite tense recording sessions, the band’s 1975 followup to ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ became a landmark of art-rock on its own right.

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A Comprehensive Gerry and the Pacemakers Anthology: Review

A comprehensive set collects nearly 100 tracks from the band that shared a manager and producer with the Beatles

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The Biggest Radio Hits of 1979

In a year when the Sony Walkman and the Happy Meal were introduced, plenty of classic rock acts enjoyed some of their biggest hits. What was #1?

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David Gilmour Announces Rehearsal Concerts Ahead of 2024 Tour

It’ll be a busy year with his first tour in eight years supporting the release of Luck and Strange, his first album since 2015

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Frankie Beverly, Leader of Funk Band Maze, Dies

He was the writer, producer and lead singer of the group that scored dozens of R&B hits in the ’70s and ’80s

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The Pogues’ Debut ‘Red Roses for Me’ Gets 40th Anniversary Reissue

The expanded edition includes B-sides and a bonus disc of the band’s BBC sessions from 1984

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1966: The Year in 40 Classic Rock Albums

From this moment on, the rock album became a statement in itself, a measure of significance. Artists began looking at their albums as unified works.

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Traffic: ‘Welcome to the Canteen’—Together Again

The front album cover didn’t even call them Traffic; it just listed the names of the musicians. But there was no mistaking who they were.

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