Tag "best classic bands"
The Underrated SNL ‘Loud Family’ Sketch
The late night program was clicking in Season 4. With 22 year-old Carrie Fisher as guest host, the series made a clever parody of a PBS reality series
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Sly and the Family Stone: Dance To the Music
The first hit from the multi-gender interracial American rock group introduced us to the band, both figuratively and literally, through its lyrics
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Oct 12, 2021: Paddy Moloney, Leader of the Chieftains—Obituary
He founded the traditional Irish band nearly 6 decades ago, helping to popularize the music around the world, often collaborating with music’s biggest stars
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October 11, 2016: Rod Stewart is Knighted
Sir Roderick joins classic rockers Paul McCartney, Elton John, Mick Jagger, Tom Jones and Van Morrison as a British knight
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Stephen Bishop: ‘Charming Guy With Guitar’ in ‘Animal House’
The singer-songwriter, well known for his hit, “On and On,” was also in a memorable scene with John Belushi in National Lampoon’s Animal House
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Oct 11, 1990: Dave Grohl Plays First Nirvana Concert
Even before Grohl auditioned for Nirvana in September 1990, Kurt Cobain had seen him with the band Scream and noted, “That’s the kind of drummer we need”
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Little Richard and Tom Jones Rip It Up
The rock ‘n’ roll star was 36 years old when he joined his 29 year-old host to perform a classic on This Is Tom Jones
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October 10, 2000: Dennis DeYoung Sues Styx
Long term creative and personal differences came to a head when the band went on tour without their singer, songwriter and keyboard player. So he sued
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Oct 9, 1978: Ian McLagan Marries Keith Moon’s Ex, Kim
Some couples share a very special love. That was the case with the onetime Small Face/Face’s keyboardist and his wife, Kim Moon
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Oct 8, 2016: Don Ciccone of Critters Dies, Sang ‘Mr. Dieingly Sad’
The singer was behind two of the most beautiful ballads of the ’60s. He later joined the Four Seasons and Tommy James & the Shondells
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