Tag "best classic bands"
Remembering Argent-Kinks-Zombies Bassist Jim Rodford
A founding member of Argent, he also played for 18 years with The Kinks and was a bassist with the reconvened Zombies
Read MoreWhen John Lennon and Paul McCartney Met
The Beatles began when Paul heard John’s skiffle band play at a church party and were introduced after the show by a mutual friend
Read MoreBlack Sabbath Ultimate Collection Giveaway
One Best Classic Bands reader is going to get Black Sabbath’s new The Ultimate Collection as a 2-CD and 4-LP set. Click for complete details and to enter
Read MoreJuly 6, 2020: Ennio Morricone, Composer of ‘The Good, the Bad & the Ugly,’ and 100s of Other Films, Dies
The Maestro scored films for many legendary directors. But it was the trio of mid-1960s “Spaghetti Westerns” for Sergio Leone for which he’s best known
Read MoreJuly 5, 1954: Elvis Presley Records First Single
Rock music began its rise with “That’s All Right,” a song Presley cut with producer Sam Phlllips. How much is legend and how much is fact?
Read MoreJuly 4, 1969: Atlanta International Pop Festival Rocks
Six weeks before Woodstock unfurled America’s freak flag to show the counterculture had truly taken hold, this all-star event rocked the Deep South
Read MoreJuly 3, 1969/1971: Brian Jones, Jim Morrison Die
The deaths of two iconic classic rock stars on the same day two years apart are both fraught with questions, rumor and speculation about the causes and circumstances
Read MoreFreddie Mercury Showcase: Queen’s ‘Somebody to Love’
By 1976, they were bona fide rock stars and produced their fifth album, A Day at the Races, themselves. Sing along to a song by a band hitting their stride
Read MoreJuly 2, 2018: Alan Longmuir, Bay City Rollers Co-Founder, Dies
By the mid-’70s, they’d sparked a rabid following among young girls, imitating the group’s tartan fashions, that took on the name Rollermania.
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