Tag "best classic bands"
October 2, 1986: Everly Brothers Get Hollywood Star
With #1 hits like “Wake Up Little Susie,” “All I Have to Do is Dream” and “Cathy’s Clown,” Don and Phil Everly influenced the harmony singing of The Beatles
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Sept 30, 1993: George Harrison, Croz on ‘The Simpsons’
Way back in Season 5 in TV’s longest running scripted series, Croz presented Homer Simpson with a Grammy. Harrison hips Homer to free brownies
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Beatles Doc Filmmaker Alan G. Parker: Q-and-A
The veteran music filmmaker / Beatles fanatic talks about some surprising discoveries he had while making It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond
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Who Are The Eagles of Death Metal?
The Palm Desert, CA band are a project by Jesse Hughes and his longtime pal Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age (who was not with them at the Bataclan in Paris)
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Sept 29, 2015: Beatles – Brian Epstein Contract Sold at Auction
The highly unique item had been signed by all four members only days before the release of the band’s first single in 1962
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Eric Clapton Returns to MSG For Rare Concert
For the first of six September U.S. dates, Slowhand, now 72, gave the Garden crowd a familiar taste of his traditional blues-oriented set. Watch video highlights
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Sept. 27, 2019: Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck Concert Reunion
The former bandmates reunited on stage for their first concert in over 35 years. Both are now 2x Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees
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Sept 27, 1986: Metallica’s Cliff Burton Dies
Many feel that Metallica, for all its global success, hasn’t been as great a band since their bassist died on this day. His bandmates may well agree
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Sept 26, 1964: Kinks’ ‘You Really Got Me’ Milestone
It’s far more than simply their first chart hit. It’s a song that influenced garage rock, heavy metal and punk – especially its guitar riff
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Remembering George Frayne, Musician Known as ‘Commander Cody’
The 8-piece band, with Frayne on keyboards and vocals, brilliantly fused country, rockabilly, western swing, R&B and vintage rock ’n’ roll
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