Tag "classic rock"
Aug. 22, 1970: Creedence’s ‘Cosmo’s Factory’ Hits #1
CCR’s fifth LP topped the Album Chart for multiple weeks, yielded a slew of Top 5 hits and has sold more than four million copies
Read More
Remembering Toots Thielemans, Harmonica Master
He has been described as the greatest harmonica player in the world. Though most of his career was in jazz, he collaborated with many rock legends
Read More
Remember ‘Sweet Sweet Connie,’ Groupie Name-Checked in Grand Funk Hit?
The high school teenager from Little Rock was immortalized in the 1973 #1 single, “We’re an American Band,” produced by Todd Rundgren
Read More
The Doors on ‘American Bandstand’
The Doors were enjoying a #1 hit when they joined Dick Clark in 1967 for two songs and an interview with America’s Oldest Teenager
Read More
When the Univ. of Georgia Marching Band Honored Gregg Allman
He established a scholarship at the University in 2014 and they paid tribute to the music legend at halftime. The week before, another Rock Hall member performed with the Univ. of Washington Marching Band
Read More
August 18, 1978: The Who Release ‘Who Are You’
The Who’s 8th studio album was their first in three years. Three weeks’ after its release, the band were in for a shock. Watch the recording of the title track
Read More
Watch Tom Jones and Janis Joplin Tear It Up
A clip from a 1969 episode of the This Is Tom Jones variety series is a duet between the Welsh singing sensation and the blues goddess
Read More
Remembering Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul
She was one of the most beloved American artists of the past 60 years, gifting us with dozens of hits, and earning every award imaginable
Read More
When Led Zeppelin Were Moved to Tears
With John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant in attendance in 2012, Ann and Nancy Wilson with full band and orchestra, and Jason Bonham, performed “Stairway to “Heaven”
Read More
Sam Shepard, Prolific Actor/Writer, Dies at 73
He was involved with Dylan during the Rolling Thunder Revue, as well as Patti Smith and others. The prolific actor, writer and director has died.
Read More