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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

Power Pop of the ’70s is Celebrated With Compilation

Looking For the Magic – American Power Pop in the Seventies picks 76 songs across 3-CDs from such acts as Raspberries, the Knack, Andrew Gold and Cheap Trick

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Lindsey Buckingham Box Set Arrives

20th Century Lindsey, features the solo albums Law and Order (1981), Go Insane (1984), and Out of the Cradle (1992), all with audio remastered in 2017 from the original master tapes, along with an 8-song compilation of non-album tracks

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Jack Russell, Who Led Rockers Great White, Dies at 63

What will always stand out as a stain on Russell and the band’s career was their concert on the night of February 20, 2003

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Greg Kihn, Who Scored With ’80s Hit ‘Jeopardy,’ Dies at 75

The 1983 single was parodied a year later by “Weird Al” Yankovic as “I Lost on Jeopardy”

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Last Waltz Tour ’24 Includes Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell, Benmont Tench

The run also celebrates the legacy of The Band’s co-founder Robbie Robertson, and immediately follows the one-night-only concert celebration in his honor

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Radio Hits August 1965: How Does it Feel?

The Beach Boys, the Beatles and Bob Dylan were all climbing the charts. No less than 5 of the songs in the Top 10 were performed by the same musicians

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Elvis Presley ‘Memphis’ Box: Definitive Collection of Hometown Recordings

The release features 111 tracks on 5-CDs, spanning his earliest sessions at Sun Studio, his creative rebirth at American Sound in 1969, at Stax in 1973, a spellbinding live show in ’74, and more

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The Mark Knopfler ‘Going Home’ Single With 60 Rock Legends

A 2024 release of his song, “Going Home (Theme From Local Hero),” features a Who’s Who of rock musicians with the proceeds to help fight teen cancer

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Radio Hits in August 1968 Were a Gas

Top 40 was rocking in 1968 this week with a WLS Chicago Top 10 dominated by many classic rock favorites, including hits by The Doors, Cream and Steppenwolf

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Here Comes the Sun: Concert For Bangladesh Now Streaming

The GRAMMY® Award-winning 1971 album is from Harrison, Ravi Shankar, & friends (including such stars as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton and Ringo Starr)

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