Tag "best classic bands"
Johnny Rivers: ‘Secret Agent Man’
He enjoyed nine Top 10 singles including a huge hit in the mid-1960s when TV series and films about spies were all the rage.
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Oct 6, 2020: Eddie Van Halen, Guitar Legend, Dies at 65
He was diagnosed with tongue cancer in 2000. “I used metal picks – they’re brass and copper – which I always held in my mouth,” he once revealed
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Oct 6, 2020: Johnny Nash, ‘I Can See Clearly Now’ Singer, Dies
By the time the singer scored his biggest hit in 1972, he was already a 15-year chart veteran, with another smash, ‘Hold Me Tight,’ having made the top 10
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Five Easy Pieces: The Diner Scene
“I’d like a plain omelette… and wheat toast.” Simple enough, right? Well, if you’re having a bad day, this classic scene with Jack Nicholson from Five Easy Pieces will put things in perspective for you.
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Donald Fagen Announces New Steely Dan Tour
Just eight days after the death of his Steely Dan partner Walter Becker, Donald Fagen has announced a series of new tour dates for October
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Oct 6, 2019: Ginger Baker, Legendary Cream Drummer, Dies
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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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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