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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
May 2, 2021: Tommy West, Producer for Jim Croce & Others, Dies
In addition to producing the singer-songwriter with his partner Terry Cashman, West made numerous recordings of his own, and produced many other hits
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May 2, 2019: Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason Awarded CBE at Palace
At the ceremony the band’s co-founder and drummer said he was – no surprise here – “honoured and delighted.” He has performed on every Floyd album
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May 1, 2023: Gordon Lightfoot, Singer-Songwriting Legend, Dies
The legendary singer-songwriter was best known for such hits as “Sundown,” “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” and “If You Could Read My Mind”
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May 1, 1972: Eagles Debut With ‘Take It Easy’
It’s not on the list of 1972’s biggest singles. But it’s one of the handful of songs most closely associated with one of the most successful bands of all time
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May 1, 2017: Musician Collapses, Dies at Own Tribute Concert
A jam band hero and former leader of bands such as the Hampton Grease Band and Aquarium Rescue Unit was participating at a 70th birthday celebration
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55 Years Ago: Bob Dylan Sings on Johnny Cash TV Show
Two superstars had a mutual admiration society going when they finally performed together. One song became a classic; the others were often bootlegged.
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Apr 30, 2022: Naomi Judd, of Country Duo The Judds, is Mourned
Her death occurred on the eve of her induction, with daughter Wynonna, into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The duo had just announced a tour
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April 30, 2019: DJ, Who Began ‘Paul is Dead’ Rumors, Dies
50 years earlier, a listener tells a Detroit DJ that when “Strawberry Fields Forever” is played backwards, a voice says, “Turn me on, dead man”
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April 29, 1993: Guitarist Mick Ronson Death at 46
He was David Bowie’s perfect foil in the Spiders from Mars but also a solo artist and in-demand sideman, producer and more. Remembering a great musician.
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April 29, 1968: ‘Hair’ Musical Has Broadway Opening
The idea of a Broadway musical based on rock and countercultural themes was unthinkable. Until it wasn’t. One show changed everything.
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