Tag "best classic bands"
Barbra Streisand Joined By Dylan, McCartney on Duets Album
The album serves as a long-awaited follow-up to 2014’s #1, Platinum-certified duets collection, Partners.
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Rod Stewart Issues Solo Career-Spanning ‘Ultimate Hits’
The legend’s 80th birthday celebration continues with the new collection and another busy tour schedule.
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Free: ‘Fire and Water’—More Than Just All Right
The album featured one of rock’s all-time classics in “All Right Now,” but there was much more to the band’s ferocious-yet-controlled ethic.
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Christopher Cross: An Expanded Edition of His Blockbuster Debut—Review
The album earned Cross Grammys for Album of the Year, Record of the Year, Best New Artist and Song of the Year.
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1974’s Bad Company Debut Album: When Rock Fans Couldn’t Get Enough
Arising from the ashes of Free, the band pursued a more stripped-down hard-rock vision. By the end of 1974, they had a #1 LP and were headlining arenas.
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Top 40 Hits in June 1968 Were Jumpin’
As summer began, future classic rock hits were being played alongside a wild assortment of soul, country and instrumental favorites.
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Janis Joplin & Jorma Kaukonen: The Tale of the Typewriter Tape
Before they became rock icons, Janis and the Jefferson Airplane guitarist played acoustic blues. Here’s the tale of their fascinating 1964 duets.
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Annie Lennox Book, ‘Retrospective,’ A Visual Memoir, Coming
The title features more than 200 images from Polaroids and portraits to music video stills and album covers, along with personal anecdotes.
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Radio Hits June 1974: From ‘Sundown’ to ‘Midnight’
We were listening to two Canadian singer-songwriters who had the biggest hits of their careers this week, alongside big songs from Grand Funk and Paul McCartney.
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Bobby Sherman, Former Teen Heartthrob and Pop Star, Dies at 81
He starred on the TV series Here Come the Brides and earned a series of Gold singles in the late ’60s and early ’70s.
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