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The 11 Number One Albums of 1969: CCR Were Rising
In a final year of the decade, three releases accounted for 33 of the year’s weekly chart toppers. The one with the most weeks at #1 may surprise you
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Pete Townshend Releases ‘Live In Concert 1985-2001’ Box Set
The 14-CD set has been newly mastered by long-time Who engineer Jon Astley
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Lindsey Buckingham Interview: Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Songwriting
“Part of the deal with Stevie and me was that we had to spend an awful lot of time together without ever having gotten closure from each other”
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Paul McCartney Opens 2024 ‘Got Back’ Tour
The 82 year-old’s 37-song set included the concert debut of “Now and Then,” the Beatles song released in 2023 based on a John Lennon demo
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Radio Hits in October 1974: The ‘New Math’
The Best Classic Bands chart nerds noticed that this week featured 3 hits at the top with the word “Nothing” in the title: great songs by BTO, Stevie Wonder and Billy Preston
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Bruce Springsteen Adds Dates to 2025 E Street Band Tour
The band’s busy run began in February 2023 but was delayed when the star was recovering from illness
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Kris Kristofferson, Songwriting Legend and Actor, Dies at 88
His career accomplishments are legendary: writing “Me and Bobby McGee,” a #1 hit for Janis Joplin; a Rhodes Scholarship, and a Golden Globe for Best Actor
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Thin Lizzy Gets 6-Disc Set of 1976 Breakthrough Year
The Irish rock band’s 6th and 7th studio albums, Jailbreak and Johnny The Fox, were released that year with such memorable songs as “The Boys Are Back In Town”
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Dave Edmunds ‘Swan Songs’ Singles Collection Arrives
The set features all the era’s A- and B-sides including “Almost Saturday Night,” “I Knew the Bride,” “Queen of Hearts,” and “Crawling From the Wreckage”
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Pour a Little Sugar On It: Bubblegum Music Box Set Released
The collection includes genre staples from The Archies, Lou Christie, Tommy James & the Shondells, The Cowsills, and Crazy Elephant, among its 91 tracks
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