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Jon Anderson Sets 2025 Tour with the Band Geeks to Support Live Album of Classic YES
“The first time I heard the Band Geeks I truly freaked out; they sound just like the classic YES of the seventies, the YES that I know and love.”
Read MoreDickey Betts Memorial Concert to Feature All-Star Lineup
The tribute concert to be held, fittingly, in Macon, Georgia, will feature many of his bandmates, close friends and family.
Read MoreRadio Hits in January 1969: Don’t Break My Heart
Seven months before the Woodstock festival, future classic rock hits from CCR and the Doors were side-by-side with songs by the Bee Gees, Sammy and Sly.
Read MorePeter Yarrow, of Famed ’60s Folk Trio Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies
The folk group topped the U.S. album chart several times. They enjoyed success with their recording of “Blowin’ in the Wind” and reached #1 with “Leaving on a Jet Plane” later in the decade.
Read MoreBill Murray Opens Concert Tour With ‘Like a Rolling Stone’
Never one to shy away from an open microphone to sing, he’s teaming up with Mike Zito and Albert Castiglia (aka “Blood Brothers”) to perform a series of shows.
Read MoreBrenton Wood, ’60s Soul Star of ‘Gimme Little Sign’ Fame, Dead at 83
He never sings the words “Gimme little sign” in the song of that name.
Read MoreRadio Hits of January 1965: British Invasion
Songs from the Dave Clark Five, Zombies and more. And demand for the Beatles on Top 40 was so great that radio DJs played both sides of their singles.
Read MoreWayne Osmond of Family Singing Group, the Osmonds, Dies
The original quartet catapulted to fame when they were joined by younger sibling Donny on the 1971 #1 hit “One Bad Apple.”
Read MoreThe Number One Singles of 1979: Hot Stuff
The “Queen of Disco” earned three chart-toppers as rock continued to take a back seat on Top 40.
Read MoreJimmy Carter, ‘Rock & Roll President,’ and Humanitarian, Dies at 100
When he died he had surpassed George H.W. Bush in longevity for a former President. Bush Senior died in 2018 at age 94.
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