Classic Videos

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

Cat Stevens’ Recording of ‘Here Comes the Sun’ Honored George Harrison

The recording came in tandem with his new deal with Dark Horse Records, the label founded by Harrison and operated now by his son Dhani

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Remembering Abe Vigoda 1921-2016

After years of Internet hoaxes, he did, indeed die, on January 26, 2016. The veteran actor known for his role in The Godfather was 94

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Original ‘Airplane!’ Movie: Some Favorite Scenes

One of our all-time guilty pleasures is this 1980 comedy film which parodied various 1970s disaster movies. “I speak jive…”

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Watch Queen Concert Footage From 1976

An audience member at the band’s concert in NYC used a windup 8mm movie camera to shoot some tantalizing footage of a band on the rise

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Classic Rock Songs Starred in Super Bowl 50 Ads

Advertisers paid $5 million to make an impression that year. Music by Queen and Steven Tyler were also among the classic rock songs used

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When Mike Campbell Dedicated 2 Songs to Tom Petty

“I told a friend of mine how sad I was that I’ll never play these songs again with my friend. She said: ‘Some night you’ll play them for him”

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Public Image Ltd. Invades American Bandstand

The date was May 17, 1980. Two years earlier Rotten had turned rock music upside down and inside out as the frontman of punk progenitors the Sex Pistols. Now he was doing the same thing with Dick Clark

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Bill Murray as Lounge Singer: ‘Star Wars’ on ‘SNL’

In early 1978, the movie phenomenon was in its infancy. And unsuspecting filmgoers didn’t realize that the main theme had lyrics until Nick Winters sang them

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Linda Ronstadt Rocks Warren Zevon

The singer rocked with the best of them in the ’70s. Here’s a Classic Video of her performing “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” live from 1977

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The Rolling Stones’ ‘It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll’ Video

Our Classic Video from 1974 stars the world’s “cleanest” rock ‘n’ roll band. See why. The album was the final one for one member

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