Tag "best classic bands"

George Harrison ‘Cloud Nine’: Back at the Top

With friends Jeff Lynne and Eric Clapton aboard, and songs like “When We Was Fab” and “Got My Mind Set on You,” the 1987 album was a huge hit.

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The Feelies Cover the Velvet Underground: Review

The Velvets’ original recordings are definitive, but this CD manages to be the next best thing: a new live album from the original band.

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Top Selling Albums of 1972: Rock’s Golden Era

Some of the biggest names in classic rock dominated the radio and sales charts throughout the decade. This year was no exception

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Berry Gordy Interview: The Man Who Made Motown

The entrepreneur who gave us Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross and so many others looks back.

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Randy Newman ‘Sail Away’: The Big One

The 1972 album proved a breakthrough for his career both in terms of quality and box-office appeal as singers of many genres competed to record its tunes

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‘This is Spinal Tap’ Sequel to Include Paul McCartney, Elton John Cameos

Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer will have plenty of company in Spinal Tap II, from director Rob Reiner

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Authors Talk ‘All Things Must Pass Away: Harrison, Clapton, and Other Assorted Love Songs’ Book

We got some revelations about the 2 stars’ chemistry, Derek and the Dominos’ participation on ATMP, and the continued “travesty” of a key missing credit on “Layla”

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Jean Knight, Singer of #1 Hit ‘Mr. Big Stuff,’ Dies at 80

The New Orleans native held the #1 spot for five weeks in 1971 on the Billboard R&B chart, and reached the top of the pop singles chart of competitor Record World

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Remembering Jimi Hendrix in Greenwich Village

Guitar World magazine’s Founding Editor heard and met Hendrix in 1966 in Greenwich Village, where he believes the guitar icon truly developed

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Rich Little: ‘Man of a Thousand Voices’

If you were watching The Tonight Show or The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast during the 1970s, there was a strong possibility you’d see the master impressionist.

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