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Woodstock Plans Annual Festival; Tickets For 50th: $450
“My plan was not to start a yearly Woodstock festival. There are enough,” said organizer Michael Lang. But talks are already underway with other countries
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Radio Hits of April 1970: Look Back
Days before four students were shot and killed at Kent State Univ., radio listeners were blissfully listening to these songs
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Top Selling Albums of 1968: Look Back
Three acts had multiple albums among the year’s biggest, several of which are a vital part of any classic rock collection
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Roger Waters Reunites With Pink Floyd Bandmate Nick Mason
Waters joined the band’s drummer onstage in New York City for a performance of an early Floyd song
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Radio Hits April 1969: Hair, There and Everywhere
The hippie counterculture musical Hair was a Broadway smash and had 2 huge singles this week. There were also hits from The Zombies, Glen Campbell + Blood, Sweat & Tears
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Top Radio Hits in 1982: Look Back
Songs by Fleetwood Mac (group and solo), Joan Jett, Journey and Rod Stewart were among the biggest Top 40 hits as was a certain smash by Survivor
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Radio Hits in April 1971: Look Back
Songs from the Grass Roots, Marvin Gaye, Three Dog Night will bring you back. And when’s the last time you heard “Chick-A-Boom”?
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Creedence Clearwater Revisited Saying Farewell
Original CCR members Doug Clifford and Stu Cook talk about then and now of the group that was arguably the most popular American band from 1969 to 1971
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Top Selling Albums in April 1976: Look Back
In a month when Apple Computer was formed, the Eagles, Fleetwood Mac and Peter Frampton were dominating the US sales charts
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Radio Hits in April 1969: Look Back
Let these great songs from CCR, the Zombies, Glen Campbell, Edwin Starr, the 5th Dimension, an overlooked track from Steppenwolf and more, bring you back
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