Classic Videos

Highlighting some of the most memorable music videos and live performances, as well as pop culture favorites

Loverboy ‘Working For the Weekend’: A Guilty Pleasure

Rock fans have been singing this bona fide rock anthem since 1981 as they get ready for Friday night. Our Classic Video…

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Tom Jones and Aretha Franklin Show How It’s Done

Watch as two of music’s greatest voices treat a 1970 television audience to a medley of their songs on This Is Tom Jones

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Freddie Mercury: Isolated Vocals on ‘We Are the Champions’

Our Classic Video features his isolated vocals on a Queen classic… a song you know so well you could win a karaoke championship with it

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Paul McCartney’s All-Star ‘Rockestra Theme’: A Who’s Who

An assemblage of classic rock A-Listers – including members of Led Zeppelin, The Who and Pink Floyd – showed up at Abbey Road Studios in 1978 to record this song

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‘The Best’ Supergroup: Emerson, Entwistle, Walsh

A short-lived band featured members of ELP, The Who, Eagles and others as they toured with songs from their “day jobs.”

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Don Adams: The Smart-est Secret Agent of the ’60s

The decade’s movie and TV screens were filled with spy stories. A spoof of the genre remains a classic, thanks to its bumbling character, Maxwell Smart.

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The Box Tops ‘The Letter’: Two Minutes of Perfection

One of our favorite songs of 1967 clocks in at only 1:58. Lead singer Alex Chilton recorded the #1 smash when he was just 16.

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When Eric Clapton and Peter Frampton Played Guitar Together For 1st Time

At the 2019 Crossroads Guitar Festival, Peter said: “I’m going to invite out a friend I’ve known a long time but never played together: Eric Clapton…”

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SNL’s ‘Cheeseburger Cheeseburger’ Sketch

The sketch comedy series was cooking in Season Three. A classic skit featured John Belushi behind the counter of The Olympia, brusquely telling customers the limited menu items

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Remember the ‘I Want My MTV’ Promo Spots?

When MTV launched, it was a struggle to get cable operators to carry the network and to convince viewers to watch it. This campaign solved both issues

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