The Classic Rock Legacy
The Beatles’ Decca Audition: An Invaluable Lesson in Failure
Try to please everyone, and you please no one, including yourself. For the Beatles, January 1, 1962, was the day that the lesson was learned.
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ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ Like You’ve Never Seen It
Electric Light Orchestra fans will be surprised to discover how this favorite fared on U.S. radio. It was released in the midst of a string of hit singles for the group that combined electric instruments with orchestral ones
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Musician Deaths of 2024
Many of our favorite recording artists, as well as other celebrities, have been taken from us in 2024. We pay our respects.
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Edgar Winter’s ‘They Only Come Out at Night’: The Story Behind the LP and Its Monster Hit
Edgar on the LP: ‘We were just having fun. Play the music you love and follow your heart, and you can’t go wrong.’
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McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 4 Spectacular Nights in 1979
Over the course of 4 nights during the Christmas holiday, a Who’s Who of British rock stars performed to raise money for war-torn Cambodia.
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Remembering 2x Rock Hall Member Curtis Mayfield
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee left the hitmaking soul group the Impressions in 1969 and created classics like “Super Fly.”
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Remembering Joe Cocker: Rock’s Soulful Interpreter
His gift was that among all the British R&B belters, he may have been the most ballsy and uninhibited of them all and an outstanding interpreter of songs.
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Bob Dylan in 1965: Evolving to Electric
In the spring of that pivotal year, Columbia Records ran industry ads proclaiming “No One Sings Dylan Like Dylan!” We examine several items rarely seen since then.
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Nick Gilder’s Glitter Rock-Infused #1 Single
Only 16 singles reached #1 in the U.S. in 1978. This surprise hit was one of them though the rocker never came close to duplicating the feat
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Who Did Jeff Beck, Paul Rodgers and Ann Wilson Regret Not Recording With? We Asked Them!
When the 3 legends toured together in 2018, we asked them which artists, no longer with us, they wished they had collaborated with
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