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Radio Hits in April 1971: Give ’em a Hand
Songs from the Grass Roots, Marvin Gaye, Three Dog Night will bring you back. And when’s the last time you heard “Chick-A-Boom”?
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Dave Edmunds Shares a Bruce Springsteen Story
All celebrities know each other, right? Well, at some point, they have to actually meet. Such was the case when Bruce gave Dave a song for his next album. “It was perfect for me.”
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Full Cyrkle: The ‘Red Rubber Ball’ Band Bounces Back
They scored a smash single with an unreleased Paul Simon song, were managed by Brian Epstein and disappeared after two hits.
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Moya Brennan, Singer & Harpist with Ireland’s Clannad, Dies
Bono described her voice as “one of the greatest the human ear has ever experienced.”
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David Porter, Stax Records Songwriting Giant, Publishes His Memoir, ‘The Soul Man’
His compositions, written with Isaac Hayes, became hits for Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, Johnnie Taylor and others.
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The ‘Lucky 13’ Number One Albums of 1968
Each of the LPs that claimed the top spot had a story to tell. The year began and ended with The Beatles on top with a whole lot of Simon & Garfunkel in between.
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11 Surprising 1970s Hit Singles (Part 5)
Another edition of our series includes a Stones classic plus one by a singing nun. (No, not that one.) And a dreadful single that stayed on top for 10 weeks.
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Joe Jackson’s Busy 2026: New Rock Album, ‘Hope and Fury,’ and Tour
The Grammy-winning artist and his band will perform more than 80 shows across 14 countries.
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Bob Seger ‘Live Bullet’: Old Time Rock ‘n’ Roll
Although he was a star locally, the Detroit rocker had been struggling for years to break out nationally—until he formed the Silver Bullet Band.
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The (Brief) History of Buffalo Springfield
The group, with Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin, enjoyed an intense 2-year run. Decades later, Young wrote, “We never reached our peak.”
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