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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
Radio Hits in March 1970
The Beatles’ influence was all over the Top 40 this week, joined by big hits from the Jackson 5 and Bobby Sherman. Thought of Frijid Pink lately?
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David Gilmour’s Black Strat Shatters Record for a Guitar at Auction
The Pink Floyd star played the guitar on such songs as “Money,” “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” and his legendary solo on “Comfortably Numb.”
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Squeeze Have Busy 2026 With ‘First’ Album, ‘Trixies,’ and Tour
The album was written by the teenage Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook at the start of their songwriting partnership.
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Billy Joel Releases Archival Videos Timed to Original Documentary, ‘And So It Goes’
The two-part film, all the more poignant given the star’s health issues, spans nearly five hours.
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Radio Hits in March 1975: Keep on Rollin’
Some of music’s biggest stars of the ’70s were heading to #1. This week’s chart was also a great mix of pop, rock and R&B songs.
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Jon Anderson Adds to 2026 Tour With the Band Geeks
The tour is billed as “YES Epics, Classics, and More” and will feature songs recorded during his 40 years as the lead vocalist of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
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Longtime Boston Lead Singer Tommy DeCarlo Dies on Anniversary of Brad Delp’s Death
In a 2017 interview with Best Classic Bands, the band’s mastermind, Tom Scholz, was asked about the audition process. “He sang ‘Don’t Look Back’ and just blew our socks off. He had never been in a band before. Now you look at him and you would swear he’s been doing it since he was a teenager.”
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John Fogerty Expands 2026 Tour, Adding Dates With Steve Winwood
The pair of legends will team for more than a dozen shows.
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Augie Meyers, Founding Member of the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, Dies
The Doug Sahm-led Tex-Mex group with the English-sounding name scored several hit singles in the ’60s.
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‘Country Joe’ McDonald, Who Urged the Crowd at the ’69 Woodstock Festival to ‘Gimme an F,’ Dies
His signature anti-Vietnam War song, “The Fish Cheer/”I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag,” came after he served a three-year stint in the U.S. Navy.
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