Tag "best classic bands"
‘Love Me Do’: The Beatles’ 1st Single Was the Sound of Identity
We don’t talk about it as one of the great debut singles, but perhaps that’s because it transcends the normal categories.
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Def Leppard’s ‘Pyromania’ Gets 40th Anniversary Editions
The new collections include previously unheard demos and live performances from the era
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First-Generation Rockers: Who’s Still With Us?
With the deaths of Don Everly, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard, we wonder: Which of the earliest rock ‘n’ rollers are alive? Here are 5 who made the music what it was
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Joan Baez ‘Diamonds & Rust’—Reflections on Her Friend Bob
Dylan asked her who her new song was about. She told him it was about her ex-husband. It wasn’t, of course. It was about Bob Dylan.
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The Five Americans’ Catchy Hit, ‘Western Union’: Dit-Da-Dit-Da-Dit
The clean-cut band from Oklahoma chose its name to help stand out from groups that were part of the British Invasion, and scored a catchy single in 1967.
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An Anthology from the Byrds’ Gene Clark: Review
Original compositions dominate the career-spanning set, which includes contributions from Roger McGuinn and Gram Parsons.
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‘The Band’s With Me’: A Former Groupie Lays It All Down
The memoir is a vivid, raucous, hilarious snapshot of a side of the rock world once ubiquitous. Sally Mann Romano makes no excuses for any of it, nor should she
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Mike Pinder, Moody Blues’ Founding Member and Innovative Mellotron Player, Dies
The keyboardist remained with the group until 1978, and was part of the classic lineup that recorded such albums as Days of Future Passed and Seventh Sojourn
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John Mayall is Subject of 35-CD Early Years Box Set
The First Generation 1965-1974 features Eric Clapton, Peter Green, Mick Taylor, Harvey Mandel, Blue Mitchell, Jon Mark and many more superlative musicians
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How Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders Led to 10cc: A Groovy Kind of Story
Two related British “one-hit wonder” bands had to come and go before one of their members finally found lasting success. It’s a groovy tale indeed!
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