Listicles

10 Great ‘Live at the Fillmore’ Albums

There were roughly 200 albums recorded at the Fillmore (West and East). It wasn’t easy but we happily choose 10 that really stand out for us. Who’s #1?

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10 Classic Punk Rock Songs

Any list of top songs of any genre are going to be subjective. But, says its author, here are ones by Blondie, Devo and more for punk rock

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12 Standout Male Blue-Eyed Soul Singers

Our writer loves few things more than a great blue-eyed soul singer. Here he offers up what he believes are a dozen of the best

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12 ‘Lost’ British Invasion Hits of the ’60s

It wasn’t all about the Beatles, Stones, Who and Kinks. We look back at a dozen other great British Invasion hits that you may have forgotten.

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12 Influential Early MTV Videos

Remember when the cable channel played music? Billboard’s first video editor saw all the early MTV videos and selects the significant clips

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10 Classic Rock Cover Songs by Metal Bands

Metal bands are not known for tackling other artists’ material. Someone forgot to tell that to Van Halen, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and several others.

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10 Classic Rock Bar Bets Questions

Bugs Bunny always knew how to spot a sucker. Here are chart questions for some of music’s biggest names that may seem to have obvious answers but aren’t so easy

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11 Great Rock and Pop Summer Songs

Here are some favorites on our playlist that span several decades, to help you celebrate the season of barbecues, convertibles and beaches

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10 Great Power Pop Songs

Its origins reach back to the early Who. But during the golden era of power pop – 1972-’81 – these 10 songs were as incandescent as pop-rock can be.

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Sweet Dreams: 13 Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms

Those huge hits by Tears For Fears, Human League, Eurythmics, Duran Duran and others still grab us nearly four decades after we first heard them

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