Shine On: Pink Floyd’s ‘Wish You Were Here’ Gets 50th Anniversary Edition

The 2025 release, with previously unreleased alternate versions and demos, gives fans a new perspective into one of the band’s most iconic and best-loved albums.

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The Number One Singles of 1967: With Love

26 songs reached the top of the U.S. pop chart that year. And in many cases, there are some wild stories behind these rock, pop and R&B hits.

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Best Weekly Singles Charts of All-Time: October 1969 Edition

The Stones, Beatles and Elvis shared the spotlight this week along with some huge bubblegum hits. The full chart is about as good as it gets.

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An Interview with Dion: The Bronx, the Blues & Beyond

“If you are looking to retire you’ve probably been in the wrong job. I do what I love now.”—Dion

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A-Ha’s ‘Take On Me’ MTV Unplugged Transforms the Song

A song you’ve heard countless times; its 1985 video has an astonishing number of views on YouTube. A touching acoustic version transforms the song.

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Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers’ ‘Damn the Torpedoes’: Full Speed Ahead

The LP was the band’s long-awaited breakthrough, with them now matching the caliber of their front man’s writing with their focused musicianship.

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The Crazy World of Arthur Brown’s Incendiary ‘Fire’

He took the title of his one hit seriously, even putting flaming items on his head while he performed. But he never made the charts again after his 1968 smash.

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Steve Martin, Alison Brown Release Banjo Album With Many Special Guests

The Grammy winners’ Safe, Sensible and Sane features Jackson Browne, Vince Gill, the Indigo Girls, Molly Tuttle, and others.

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Gentle Giant Frontman Turned Label Exec, Derek Shulman, Writes Memoir

My Improbable Journey From Stage Lights to Executive Heights features behind-the-scenes stories of his years as a musician and his second chapter as a successful record company executive.

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Radio Hits in October 1965: Seems Like Yesterday

A Beatles song – one of the most recorded songs ever – was #1 this week in 1965. A few months later an instrumental beat it for Record of the Year.

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