Tag "classic video"

Wet Willie ‘Weekend’: A Simple Formula

Southern rockers Wet Willie had a simple formula to enjoy life: the weekend. It’s our Classic Video…

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The Avengers’ Emma Peel Meets The Kinks

Someone decided that scenes with Diana Rigg’s character was a perfect match for “You Really Got Me.” This person was right. Our Classic Video…

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Boston: ‘More Than a Feeling,’ Giants Stadium ’79

Music at the Meadowlands was an all-day concert featuring many top names. Our Classic Video featuring singer Brad Delp will bring you back

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When a Whistling Song Became a 1967 Radio Hit

Yup, a song with the unlikely title, “I Was Kaiser Bill’s Batman,” was a novelty hit by a fellow called Whistling Jack Smith. That’s just the beginning of our story…

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The Rat Pack: Sinatra, Sammy, Martin and… Johnny

They were as talented and popular as any supergroup. Their 1965 performance with emcee Johnny Carson is our Classic Video

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Rick Wakeman, Astronaut Chris Hadfield Perform ‘Space Oddity’

Some visionary rock musicians and scientific minds celebrate astronomy, space exploration and music. Watch the keyboardist and the astronaut-singer-guitarist play the Bowie hit

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Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello: What’s So Funny?

Lowe wrote the song in 1974 and originally recorded it as a member of the pop rock band Brinsley Schwarz. He later produced Costello’s version

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Davy Jones Talks About The Beatles

Jones speaks about how The Monkees and The Beatles had much in common and shares his feelings about the members of the Fab Four

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Public Image Ltd. Invades American Bandstand

The date was May 17, 1980. Two years earlier Rotten had turned rock music upside down and inside out as the frontman of punk progenitors the Sex Pistols. Now he was doing the same thing with Dick Clark

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When Patti Smith Joined U2 After 2015 Paris Terrorist Attacks

U2 chose her “People Have the Power” as their entrance song on their tour. Watch her live performance with them on an emotional night

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