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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
Happy Traum, Folk Music Stalwart, Dead at 86
A consummate folkie, he was an early advocate of Dylan and cut a series of highly regarded albums, both solo and with his brother Artie.
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Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt to Receive 2024 Kennedy Center Honors
Honors will go to filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, jazz musician Arturo Sandoval and NYC’s storied Apollo Theater.
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The Top Albums of July 1970
Some of the era’s legendary names in classic rock had new releases – many of which are in your collection – at the top of the sales chart this week
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Brian Epstein Biopic, ‘Midas Man,’ Coming
The film tracks the manager’s work not only with the Beatles but other British artists such as Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer and Cilla Black.
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Rod Argent of The Zombies Retires Following Stroke
The British Invasion band are best known for such classic rock favorites as “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season”
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Bob Dylan Adds Dozens of 2024 Dates To ‘Rough and Rowdy Ways’ Tour
The “Rough and Rowdy Ways” worldwide tour, named after his acclaimed 2020 album, spans 2021-2024. He turned 83 in 2024
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Tributes For Trailblazers Richard Simmons and Dr. Ruth
The careers of two of the more unlikely public figures intersected from time-to-time during the height of their popularity in the ’80s and ’90s
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The Number One Albums of 1970: Hello and Goodbye
In the same year that we greeted a new decade, we said farewell to two music legends. No less than 16 albums topped the U.S. sales charts
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Van Halen Releases ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Expanded Edition
Their 9th studio album has been newly remastered and is joined by previously unreleased performances from a 1991 concert and more
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Dave Loggins, Singer-Songwriter (‘Please Come To Boston’), Dies
The small town Tennesseean earned a top 5 pop hit in 1974 and later became a successful songwriter for others
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