Tag "best classic bands"
Stevie Wonder and ‘Innervisions’: Reaching Higher Ground
On his 16th album in a decade Wonder needed a strong album. He nailed it. Like its predecessor, this one earned a wide audience and generated 3 hit singles
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Remembering Tony Bennett, Last of a Generation of Crooners (1926-2023)
He spanned popular music for more than seven decades. During his celebrated career, his recording peers ranged from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga.
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Top Radio Hits 1969: Pour a Little Sugar on It, Honey
As the decade came to a close, rock acts joined R&B artists for an amazing array of future classic rock greats, and a Broadway musical yielded 4 smash hits.
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The Lost Tapes: Interview with the Late Phil Ramone, Producer of Billy Joel, Paul Simon & Other Giants
Working with everyone from Sinatra to Dylan, McCartney to Ray Charles, Ramone was one of the most successful and innovative record producers in history. In this 1983 conversation, he talks about the craft of making records, and where he thought music was heading.
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The Great Lost Rock Festival of 1969
In a way better than Woodstock? Atlantic City Pop Festival – two weeks before the famed fest in Upstate NY – had a more diverse line-up, and really rocked.
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The Concert For Bangladesh: Gently Weeping
George Harrison organized a pair of benefit concerts to aid the country of his friend Ravi Shankar. The all-star lineup provided some memorable moments.
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Jerry Garcia: A 1976 Interview with the Grateful Dead’s Figurehead
“In the Grateful Dead, no two people have the same conception musically, which makes it harder. Nobody gets their way,” Garcia said in this archival chat.
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When Carlene Carter Created ‘Musical Shapes’ (With Rockpile)
Desperate to find a simpatico partner for her third LP, she turned to her husband, Rockpile bassist Nick Lowe.
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11 Great Southern Rock Albums
The genre is difficult to define. You just know it when you hear it. And these studio albums are, without a doubt, the real deal.
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The Waterboys’ ‘Atlantic Rain: The Lost Fisherman’s Blues Recordings’ Unearths Gems: Review
The new box delivers two more hours of music from the classic 1988 sessions, including a 20-minute take on the Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”
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