Tag "best classic bands"
Radio Hits of May 1973: Clowns to the Left of Me
Check out the videos from some all-time greats including Steely Dan, the Edgar Winter Group and Stealers Wheel’s “Stuck in the Middle With You.”
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Eric Burdon: An Interview With an Animal
Six decades after he first arrived with the Animals, one of the great British blues-rock belters of all time is still going strong.
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12 Overlooked Rock Songs of 1971
Many of them were bona fide hits. Some even went Top 10. Others had the “misfortune” of being relegated to an LP cut because of the wealth of classics included on the same album.
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“What’s Shakin’”: The LP That Featured Pre-Fame Clapton, Winwood, Butterfield & Spoonful
Little known at the time of its release, the album proved to be a significant repository of rare recordings by acts that were still on the rise.
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Interview: British Invasion Songwriter Graham Gouldman on His Yardbirds, Hollies Hits
10cc’s co-founder started writing hits for bands like the Yardbirds, the Hollies and Herman’s Hermits at just age 19. He was just warming up.
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Donovan Interview: ‘Sunshine Superman’ and Jimmy Page
In a freewheeling, often revealing conversation, the Scottish singer-songwriter and Rock Hall inductee talks about his first big hit of the psychedelic era.
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10 Hit Jazz Singles of the ’60s
Back in the day, record labels released jazz tunes as singles, and sometimes they became huge hits. We revisit 10 classics of the genre from the 1960s.
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‘Little Feat: The Documentary’ Makes a Compelling Case for an Often Complex Legacy
Since forming in 1969, they have proved to be one of the most highly respected “cult bands” in rock history.
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Captain & Tennille: Married ’70s Hitmakers
The couple scored with such hits as the #1 singles “Love Will Keep Us Together” (1975) and “Do That To Me One More Time” (1979).
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Seatrain: 1 Band, 2 Spellings, 5 Lineups, 4 LPs in 4 Years on 3 Labels, 1 Legendary Producer, 13 Questions
Talk about a convoluted history: Few bands went through as many changes in as brief a period.
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