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What’s the latest info about about rock music and the most interesting and momentous events in its past? You can find it all here: breaking news, sales and airplay charts from the past, notable occasions, and our appreciations of recently departed artists and other musical figures of note
Best Weekly Singles Charts of All Time: Radio Hits July 1967
The Summer of Love was in full swing and radio was playing hits by Stevie Wonder, the Grass Roots, one-hit-wonders Every Mother’s Son and Music Explosion. And, of course, Scott McKenzie’s big hit.
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Bonnie Tyler, Husky-Voiced Singer of “It’s a Heartache,” Dies at 75
The singer also earned pop hits with “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and “Holding Out For a Hero.”
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Joe Jackson’s Busy 2026-27: New Rock Album, ‘Hope and Fury,’ and Tour
The Grammy-winning artist and his band are performing nearly 100 shows across 16 countries.
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Ringo Starr Sets Fall 2026 Tour to Support ‘Long Long Road’ Album
The, er, Starr, will be 86 when the new run begins with the All Starr Band.
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Radio Hits of 1968: It’s a Gas, Gas, Gas
What a year! With all-time classics among the year’s best with songs by the Rascals, Steppenwolf, Grass Roots, the Doors, the Beatles, the Stones, and more.
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‘Digging Your Scene: 1982-1987’ UK Compilation Arrives
The 4-CD set celebrates the “New Jazz” music of that era including tracks by Everything But the Girl, Alison Moyet, Swing Out Sister and The Blow Monkeys, whose 1986 hit inspired the compilation’s name.
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Top 40 Hits in July 1966: Summer in the City
Many songs in this week’s Top 10 would become all-time classics. It wasn’t unusual for pop and rock bands to share the airwaves with popular vocalists.
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AC/DC PWR/UP Pop Up Shop to Open in Every City on 2026 North American Tour
Each location will feature exclusive merchandise, iconic props, custom visuals, interactive photo moments, ticket giveaways, fan preview events, and the opportunity to enter to win a guitar signed by Angus Young.
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Top 40 Hits in June 1968 Were Jumpin’
As summer began, future classic rock hits were being played alongside a wild assortment of soul, country and instrumental favorites.
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The Rolling Stones Share Next Tracks From ‘Foreign Tongues’ Studio Album
The news of the LP followed a customary teaser campaign that began a month earlier in which a “new” band named “The Cockroaches” released a first song.
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