Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists.
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Doc Severinsen Plays Final Concert… at 95
From 1962 to 1992, the trumpeter played a major role in TV viewers’ bedrooms as they watched The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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Eric Carmen Tribute Concert Will Celebrate His Musical Legacy
The power pop singer, who died in 2024, enjoyed a solo career following his run as leader of Raspberries.
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Olivia Newton-John Documentary in the Works
The as-yet-untitled Netflix film will explore “the music, life and magic of the pop star and cultural phenom.”
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Interview: Ringo Starr’s Drum Beat Can’t Be Beat
Is it possible that he’s underrated? Our assessment of the 2015 Rock Hall inductee’s Beatles and solo career says “yes.”
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Paul Carrack Records Country Album: “I’ve Always Wanted To Do This”
The singer is best known for such hits as “How Long” with Ace, “Tempted” by Squeeze, and “The Living Years” by Mike + the Mechanics.
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Yes’ ‘Relayer’: Life After Rick Wakeman Began Here
With a new keyboardist, Patrick Moraz, the prog rock titans kept their momentum going in 1974 with their seventh studio album.
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Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.
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Jeff Lynne Opens Final 2025 UK Tour With Birmingham Show
Jeff Lynne’s ELO, as the band has been known for a decade, played the first of two hometown shows. The brief tour concludes July 13 at London’s Hyde Park.
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When Brownsville Station Were Smokin’
Back in 1973, lots of high school students took extra bathroom breaks since that was generally the only place they could light up. The backstory of a classic.
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