Tag "best classic bands"
That Epic Pete Best Tweet to a Beatles Question
The group often engage their fans on social media by asking things like “What’s Your Favorite Beatles Album?” Their original drummer had a unique answer
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‘The Yes Album’ Gets Super Deluxe Edition
The SDE includes a newly remastered version along with rarities, two previously unreleased concerts, and fresh mixes by Steven Wilson
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Bob Dylan ‘The Complete Budokan 1978’ Expands on a Controversial Release: Review
Missteps notwithstanding, there’s more than enough good stuff in this box to suggest that it belongs in any Dylan fan’s collection.
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‘Hums of the Lovin’ Spoonful’ & The Evolution of Their Good-Time Music
For their third studio album, the band knew that it wanted no two songs to sound alike. The result: no two songs sounded alike.
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Remember The Tokens of ‘Lion Sleeps Tonight’ Fame?
Their most famous song was originally a hit in Africa, then found its way to American folk singers and finally went to #1 on the Hot 100
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The Kinks’ ‘Celluloid Heroes’: Everybody’s a Star…
“Everybody’s a dreamer, and everybody’s a star,” Ray Davies sang. But it was never quite that simple. Watch a stellar performance of this Kinks Klassik.
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The Beatles 1962-1966 Covers Album Arrives
We Can Work It Out on 3-CDs includes recordings from Peter and Gordon, the Supremes, the Mamas & the Papas, the Ventures, and the Fifth Dimension
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11 Surprising 1970s Hit Songs (Part 6)
Our series continues with more songs that feature unusual topics or performances that somehow were embraced by Top 40 programmers
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The Last Waltz: An Audience Member Revisits
The 1976 farewell performance by The Band is the stuff of rock lore. BCB’s editor was there that night and remembers it well.
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The Making of Al Green and the Hi Records Sound
“The main thing is, Al could sing in tune. Once he got a hook on a song, it was hard to beat him.”–Producer Willie Mitchell
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