Tag "best classic bands"

Squeeze and Their Hook-Filled ‘Argybargy’

The album became the British band’s first charting album in the U.S. upon release in 1980 thanks to songs like “Another Nail in My Heart.”

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The Stray Cats Announce 2024 Tour, Their First in 5 Years

Brian Setzer (guitar, vocals), Lee Rocker (upright bass, vocals) and Slim Jim Phantom (drums, vocals) have announced a summer tour

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The Rolling Stones Rock the Wiltern in 2002: Review

The wide-ranging 20-song program features such often-played numbers as “Honky Tonk Women,” “Brown Sugar” and “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” but also includes a handful of obscurities

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Happy 80th Birthday, Diana Ross!

Lauded as one of the greatest entertainers of all time, Diana Ross has a phenomenal number of big singles and has received almost every honor imaginable

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Elton John’s ‘Levon’: A Pauper to a Pawn

The first single from 1971’s Madman Across the Water is “one of our finest moments lyrically and melodically” and includes Paul Buckmaster’s soaring orchestral arrangements.

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When the Rolling Stones Played a Free Concert in Havana, Cuba

Our interview with film director Paul Dugdale on the challenges he faced shooting the landmark 2016 concert and the audience’s reaction to seeing the Stones perform

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First Banger: The Shredding Delight of the Beatles’ ‘Can’t Buy Me Love’

This is the first Beatles guitar solo that shreds, and it’s hard to fathom/estimate how many kids decided they wanted to be guitar heroes upon hearing Harrison’s thrilling break.

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New Blues Brothers Book: ‘Making of an American Film Classic’

Judy Belushi says author Daniel de Visé has done “a remarkable job of pulling together a credible telling of a complicated story”

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‘Johnny Rivers at the Whisky à Go Go’ @60: Rockin’ on Stage

If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to dance to live rock and roll at a Los Angeles discotheque in 1964, here is your answer.

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Top Selling Albums of 1971: Superstars

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

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