‘Dancing in the Moonlight’—The Circuitous Path of the One and Only King Harvest Hit
Everybody was “Dancing in the Moonlight” in the early ’70s, but who was the band that recorded this catchy one-hit wonder? We decided to find out.
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Eagles ‘Greatest Hits’: #1 U.S. Album of All-Time
Not only is the 1976 collection the biggest album of all-time in the States, but their ‘Hotel California’ is in third place
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Meet Session Superstar Nicky Hopkins
Do you know the music he made with a long Who’s Who list of classic rock superstars? Now get to know the session keyboard star
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Rod Stewart, Jools Holland Release Lively ‘Swing Fever’ Album
It’s been Stewart’s dream of making an album of the songs that were, in many ways, the rock ‘n’ roll of their day
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Radio Hits of February 1968
A sonic blend of classic pop, R&B, psychedelic, bubblegum, and soul songs were on playlists across the U.S., topped by a sappy instrumental tune
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John ‘Duff’ Lowe, Bandmate of McCartney, Lennon and Harrison in The Quarrymen, Dies
In 1958, the group—Lennon, McCartney, George Harrison, drummer Colin Hanton, and Lowe, on piano—recorded a pair of songs in Liverpool. Lowe retained the only copy
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Illustrated Book Focusing on Music of Carlos Santana Due
The authorized bio includes hundreds of images from Carlos’ archives, as well as new interviews with the guitarist and his collaborators.
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Radio Hits in February 1967: B-Sides Rule
On the American Top 40 this week: plenty of favorites from Britain shared the charts with classics from the good old U.S. of A.
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Average White Band’s Surprise #1: ‘Pick Up the Pieces’
The Scottish band got their big break as the opening act on Clapton’s 1973 comeback tour. A year later, this instrumental single failed to chart in the U.K.
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Blood, Sweat & Tears—Groundbreaking Debut: Rewind
The idea was simple but brand new: a rock band augmented by a jazz-influenced horn section. Soon, a classic album was born
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