The Classic Rock Legacy
50 Years Ago: 1969 in Rock Music
Looking back at the year 1969 now, we have to admit that we were all very lucky to have this music in our lives—and we still are!
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9 Signature Rock Classics That Weren’t U.S. Chart Hits
Many songs associated with classic rockers were never actually hits. Here are the surprising back stories to ones by ELO, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Queen & more
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13 Bands That Changed Their Lead Singers
You can’t imagine the Stones without Jagger or Zeppelin without Plant. But these 13 bands all changed their lead singer and lived to tell the tale.
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When Glenn Frey Came to Small-Town Minnesota
Imagine you’re in a tiny town in Minnesota and there, onstage, is the co-founder of the legendary Eagles, playing for just a couple hundred folks.
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1975: Rolling Stones Perform on NYC’s Fifth Avenue
To promote their 1975 Made in the Shade tour, the band pulled off a stunt for the ages, playing live on a flatbed truck. Those were the days…
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Scott McKenzie and That Song About ‘San Francisco’
It was a song of its time, inviting “gentle people” to wear flowers in their hair and migrate to California. Many thousands took his advice.
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Journey and the Final Scene of The Sopranos
One of the most highly anticipated, and nerve-wracking, episodes in TV history was the finale of this classic crime show. The music was supplied by Journey.
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Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ Legacy
The song was record 18 days before his death. In March 1968, for the first time, a song released posthumously hit #1. The sad tale of a bittersweet success
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Elvis Presley: What They Said About the King
Who did the King influence? Oh, just the Beatles, Stones, the Who, Springsteen, Bowie, Elton, Bono and countless others. Read about it, in their own words
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Pink Floyd & Syd Barrett: The Early Years
We take a close look at the formative years of one of rock’s greatest bands, and their ‘madcap’ leader who was a shining star of the psychedelic era
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