Tag "best classic bands"
Oct 6, 2019: Ginger Baker, Legendary Cream Drummer—Obituary
He passed 11 days after the family wrote that he was hospitalized and critically ill. He famously teamed with Eric Clapton and Jack Bruce
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Oct 6, 2020: Tributes to Eddie Van Halen By ‘Heartbroken’ Rockers, Family
The legendary guitarist was mourned by his peers and family. “Heartbroken and speechless,” wrote one former bandmate
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Oct 6, 2015: World’s Largest Human Peace Sign Attempt
John Lennon would have loved it. Yoko Ono called for fans to gather in New York City’s Central Park to try to set a Guinness World Record
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Trinity Boys Choir, String Quartet Perform ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
A stunning interpretation of the Queen classic combines the band’s 1975 live performance of the song with the Trinity Boys Choir and a string quartet from the Royal Academy of Music
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October 5, 1970: Led Zeppelin III Release
Following the success of their first 2 albums in 1969, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant took to the Bron-Yr-Aur cottage in Wales in 1970 for a musical sabbatical
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Happy Birthday to AC/DC’s Brian Johnson
It took a mighty set of pipes to replace AC/DC singer Bon Scott when he died in 1980. But now, of course, he himself has left the band in a departure that wasn’t handled well
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Warren Zevon’s Final Letterman Appearance
The singer-songwriter was a frequent guest on Letterman’s late night program, even subbing for bandleader Paul Shaffer on occasion. He was the sole guest on his final appearance
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Dick Clark Interviews Jefferson Airplane on ‘Bandstand’
In between songs in a 1967 appearance on American Bandstand, “America’s oldest teenager” asks some probing questions about hippies and the counterculture
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Oct 4, 2021: Lizzie Bravo, Teenager Who Sang on Beatles Recording, Dies
Her tale of singing on a take of “Across the Universe” at Abbey Road Studios is one of those “amazing, but true” stories in Beatles lore
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TV’s Mannix Meets Buffalo Springfield
Mike Connors played a square-jawed private eye for 8 seasons on the detective series. One day, his character walks into a nightclub and there’s Buffalo Springfield!
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