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11 Surprising ’70s Radio Hits (Part 3)
Our series includes a classic rock favorite that features yodeling, a novelty song, a foreign language hit, a classical music composition and one from a real-life porn star
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9 Signature Rock Songs That Weren’t U.S. Chart Hits
Many songs associated with classic rockers were never actually hits. Here are the surprising back stories to ones by ELO, Billy Joel, Van Halen, Queen & more
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How ‘Bat Out of Hell’ Became a Success: Inside Story
The album is one of the all-time best-sellers but you would never know that from its initial reception. Then it took off like… a bat out of hell
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Roger Dean Interview: Getting Close To the Edge
The album designer, best known for his surrealistic cover illustrations for Yes, shares some surprising stories about working with the band
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Woodstock 50 Debacle: No Peace. No Love. No Music
A 50th anniversary doesn’t just sneak up on you. So how did the plans for a worthy celebration of the 1969 festival fall apart?
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When Jeff Beck Previewed a New Album at Electric Lady Studios
The guitar great played and talked about his forthcoming LP at a private listening party at the Greenwich Village studio of another guitar legend
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Top-Selling Albums of 1980: A New Decade
Many all-time greats were among the year’s biggest sellers, including two classic rock LPs that are among the biggest sellers of all time
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Best Classic Bands: It’s Burton Cummings’ Fault
The idea for Best Classic Bands started with an innocent Facebook post that resulted in a missed concert and a vow to do something about it
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11 Surprising 1970s Radio Hits (Part 2)
It’s amazing that these songs – many by huge stars – were not only played on Top 40 radio… they became smash hits. Their stories…
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Interview: British Invasion Songwriter Graham Gouldman on His Yardbirds, Hollies Hits
10cc’s co-founder started writing hits for bands like the Yardbirds, the Hollies and Herman’s Hermits at just age 19. He was just warming up
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