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Asia, Focus Set For ‘Heat of the Moment’ 2024 Tour
The summer run also features Martin Turner (ex Wishbone Ash) and Curved Air. The concerts will be MC’d by artist Roger Dean
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Mark James, Songwriter of ‘Suspicious Minds’ and Other Hits, Dies
He also co-wrote “Always on My Mind,” a #1 hit for Willie Nelson that won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year
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Joni Mitchell ‘Traveling’ Book Explores Her Life and Career
The 2024 title is from NPR music critic Ann Powers
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The Number One Singles of 1978: Sweet Sixteen
The Bee Gees had an astounding impact on the chart this year, thanks in no small part to the success of Saturday Night Fever and brother Andy Gibb
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Radio Hits in June 1967: Dawn of the Summer of Love
With summer just around the corner, the biggest songs this week included all-time greats from the Airplane, Turtles, Aretha and Scott McKenzie
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‘Lost’ YES Album, ‘Talk,’ Gets 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set
The 1994 album, the progressive rock band’s 14th studio release, featured three founding members: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire and Tony Kaye, plus Trevor Rabin and Alan White
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The Number One Albums of 1975: Aye Aye, Captain
Only one artist had an album that spent more than five weeks at the top. That same superstar had three chart toppers that year, totaling 15 weeks in all
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Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Release ‘When the Levee Breaks’ as 2024 Tour Begins
The pair are reunited again for one of the year’s big outings
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Dolly Parton Has a Broadway Musical Coming (And Its Name is Perfect)
She certainly has plenty of material to draw from: 25 of her singles have topped the Country chart
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Robin Trower Cancels Tour Due to Health Issues
The 79 year-old guitarist had just played four U.K. concerts to celebrate the release of an expanded edition of his acclaimed 1974 album
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