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Radio Hits in September 1968: Nah, Nah, Nah, Nah-Nah-Nah-Nah
Los Angeles’ Top 40 powerhouse KHJ had some all-time greats in its Top 10 this week including The Beatles’ longest-running #1.
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Frank Zappa & the Mothers’ Debut LP, ‘Freak Out!,’ Gets 60th Anniversary Expanded Box Set
The expanded edition includes several mixes and unreleased live and studio recordings from the era.
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Collection of Classic 1976-1986 Rock Songs on 3-CDs Gets 2026 Release
No Static at All: A Journey Into AOR includes 59 tracks from such stars of the era as Toto, Pat Benatar, Boston, and Robert Palmer.
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U2 Announce 2026 Album, With Final Recording by Dolly Parton
Carnaval De Luz is their first LP of new material in nine years.
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‘Fleetwood Mac and Rumours’ in New Book Celebrating 50 Years
The 1977 blockbuster is the latest entry in a publisher’s ‘The Great Albums’ series.
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Naked Eyes Singer Pete Byrne (‘Always Something There to Remind Me’) Dies
The English synth-pop group earned a top ten single in the U.S. with their 1983 cover of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David song.
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Oasis Add to 2027 Tour
Liam and Noel Gallagher will play dozens of dates two years after their giant 2025 reunion.
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Radio Hits in September 1964: The Sun Was Rising
The countdown survey during this week on Chicago’s WLS featured some of classic rock’s most enduring songs from several British Invasion acts.
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Susanna Hoffs, Bangles Co-Founder, Releases 2026 Solo Album, ‘The List’
The album, she says, “is what happens when an artist and her closest friends gather around the kitchen table and share the stories that define one’s life.”
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The Roches Get 3-CD Collection, ‘The Warner Bros./Rykodisc Albums’
Sisters Maggie, Terre, and Suzzy pushed the boundaries of so-called “folk music.” Their songs were personal, funny, vulnerable, witty, sad, joyful, and utterly original as they bared their hearts and souls in striking harmony.
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