Listicles

10 1970s Classic Rock Songs You Won’t Forget

You don’t need to spin some of the biggest rock songs of all time. Just hit that button in your brain and voila! They play!

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10 Hit Jazz Singles of the ’60s

Back in the day, record labels released jazz tunes as singles, and sometimes they became huge hits. We revisit 10 classics of the genre from the 1960s.

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Don’t You Forget About Me: 13 More Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms

Those huge hits by The Clash, Joy Division, Pet Shop Boys and others still grab us nearly four decades after we first heard them.

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10 Great 1960s Instrumental Hits

Instrumentals used to be a regular feature of Top 40 radio. Here are the backstories on 10 of our favorites including songs by Herb Alpert and The Ventures

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11 Surprising 1970s Radio Hits

It’s amazing that these songs from The Kinks, George Harrison, Rick Dees and more not only were played on Top 40 radio but became smash hits. Their stories…

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John Denver: From Pop Singer to Country Boy in 10 Top Songs

For several years in the ’70s, he was as big a presence on the charts as anybody and hosted the Grammys several times. The headlines continued for the wrong reasons.

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Top 10 Bubblegum Hits

Although the genre is often maligned by purists as lightweight and disposable, many are memorable examples of pop songcraft at its best. From our friends at CultureSonar

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10 Rockers Who Scored Hits as Teenagers

Some went on to historically significant careers, with Grammy Awards, Platinum albums and induction into the Rock Hall

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11 Great Not-So-Typical Guitar Leads

Guitar World Founding Editor Noe Gold identifies 11 classic rock guitar leads whose greatness isn’t speed & flash but melodicism, ingenuity and originality.

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10 Memorable Rock Concert Riots

Sometimes concerts get far wilder than planned and riots break out. Here are some of the more significant rock shows that spiraled into chaos.

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