Tag "best classic bands"
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Release ‘When the Levee Breaks’ as 2024 Tour Begins
The pair are reunited again for one of the year’s big outings
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Dolly Parton Has a Broadway Musical Coming (And Its Name is Perfect)
She certainly has plenty of material to draw from: 25 of her singles have topped the Country chart
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The Rolling Stones’ Summer of ‘Satisfaction’
In 1965, the Stones hit #1 for a 4-week run. Can later generations even comprehend what it felt like for those of us growing up back then?
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The Cars’ Debut: Just What We Needed
When they first emerged in 1978, some critics were perplexed but rock fans loved this Boston quintet. The song made them a band to watch
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Sweet: The British Glam Band That Also Blitzed America
They earned worldwide success in the 1970s with such hits as “Little Willy,” “Ballroom Blitz” and “Fox on the Run.”
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Nick Lowe: ‘Labour of Lust’—The Basher Blossoms
The highly regarded British singer/songwriter/producer and his pals from Rockpile cut this classic album at the height of the new wave era.
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Only 5 Albums Were Number One in 1977
Albums from two of rock’s biggest names accounted for 43 of the year’s 52 weeks, a staggering total. They remain among the biggest sellers of all time
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The Summer of Love, by Those Who Were There
In 2017, Graham Nash, Michelle Phillips and others assembled in New York to remember the headiest summer of all. “I was stoned all the time,” recalled Nash
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Jim Gordon: From A-List Drummer to Convicted Killer
He played on hundreds of hits but you wouldn’t find any gold records on his wall: Since the ’80s until his death in 2023, he was locked away for murder
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When Suzi Quatro ‘Stumbled Into’ a Pop Hit
The Detroit native had a series of hit U.K. singles in the 1970s. But it wasn’t until her recurring role on a popular sitcom, that she finally had a U.S. hit
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