Tag "classic rock"
Zager & Evans’ ‘In the Year 2525’: The Gloomiest #1?
It was, to be sure, one of the bleakest songs ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. And then Zager and Evans never charted again.
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Burton Cummings Interview: The Guess Who and His Big 2025
One of rock and pop’s great male vocalists talks about his new studio album, A Few Good Moments, and his upcoming U.S. tour.
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ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ Like You’ve Never Seen It
Electric Light Orchestra fans will be surprised to discover how this favorite fared on U.S. radio. It was released in the midst of a string of hit singles for the group that combined electric instruments with orchestral ones
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Here We Come… The Monkees’ Incredible First Year
Our look back at the 3 chart-topping albums, three #1 singles and the shocking exit of a behind-the-scenes exec less than 8 months after Monkee-mania began.
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74 From 1974: The Albums We Listened To
A vast variety of sounds appealed to rock fans at that time, and still does.
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McCartney, Queen, The Who Headline 4 Spectacular Nights in 1979
Over the course of 4 nights during the Christmas holiday, a Who’s Who of British rock stars performed to raise money for war-torn Cambodia.
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Remembering 2x Rock Hall Member Curtis Mayfield
The two-time Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee left the hitmaking soul group the Impressions in 1969 and created classics like “Super Fly.”
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Paul Rodgers Writing Memoir, Asks Fans For Help
The great vocalist, and former frontman of such bands as Free and Bad Company, among others, shared the news on his 75th birthday.
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Led Zeppelin Documentary Coming to Imax and General Release
The feature-length film, announced in 2019, had its premiere in September 2021 at the Venice International Film Festival
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10 Rockers Who Scored Hits as Teenagers
Some went on to historically significant careers, with Grammy Awards, Platinum albums and induction into the Rock Hall
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