Tag "classic rock"
Feb 5, 1957: American Rock ‘n’ Roll Invades Britain
When original U.S. rocker Bill Haley toured the U.K., the mania foreshadowed The Beatles arriving in America. British stars weigh-in on his impact
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Feb 4, 2016: That’s Sir Van Morrison to You
Van the Man is among the select few of rock icons to be honored with the Order of the British Empire
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Feb 3, 1959: The Day the Music Died
It was the day when the new youthful music first met the cold fact of death.
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Feb 1, 1964: The Beatles Earn First U.S. Number One Single
Beatlemania was in full force as “I Want to Hold Your Hand” became the band’s first single to top the U.S. charts.
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William Shatner Christmas Album Features Top Rockers
The album features guests Iggy Pop, Ian Anderson, Judy Collins, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Rick Wakeman and more.
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Jan 31, 2017: Asia Singer/Bassist John Wetton—Obituary
The prog legend, also a member of UK, Uriah Heep, King Crimson, and for his extensive solo catalog, died following a battle with cancer
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Booker T & the MG’s ‘Green Onions’: Still Cookin’
The song, from the legendary Stax Records house band, is one of the great instrumentals of the ’60s.
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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
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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”
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Jan 28, 2016: Two Jefferson Airplane Deaths on Same Day
What are the odds? First it was announced that founding member Paul Kantner had died. Then we learned that the band’s original female singer had also passed
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