‘Mod Squad’ Star Peggy Lipton on the Monterey International Pop Festival
“I loved Buffalo Springfield… and the Byrds. I dated the drummer, Michael Clarke. One of the reasons I went was because the Byrds were there.”
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Charlie Watts’ Final Concert: Rolling Stones’ 2019 Tour
The No Filter tour was marked by off stage headlines as much as for its artistic and financial triumph. Mick Jagger made a quick return after health issues
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Oasis ‘Definitely Maybe’ Gets 30th Anniversary Edition
The expanded collection includes tracks from the discarded original recording session along with outtakes from the definitive album
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‘Just Backdated – Melody Maker: Seven Years in the Seventies’ Book Published
Between 1970-1977, Chris Charlesworth was with the U.K.’s best-selling music weekly, covering the biggest names in rock
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Neil Young Shares Archives Vol III Song About Breakup From CSN
The 17-CD box set includes 198 tracks with many previously unreleased recordings of classics from his earlier years
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The Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl in 1965: Eyewitnesses
For anyone at the famed Fab Four appearances it was an experience to remember for the rest of their lives. We spoke to many in attendance
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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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‘Body Heat’: 1981’s Double Dealing Movie Thriller
The steamy box-office hit starred William Hurt and Kathleen Turner, in her film debut. “You’re not too smart are you,” she says. “I like that in a man”
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Joe Cocker ‘Mad Dogs & Englishmen’: More Than a Little Help
“We can imagine how exhausted Cocker, Russell and Co. must have been when they got off the road, but from the audience’s point of view, it was worth it.”
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Bobbie Gentry ‘Ode to Billie Joe’: Another Sleepy, Dusty Delta Day
Why did he kill himself? What was thrown from the bridge? What became of the singer-songwriter behind it? Here’s what’s known.
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