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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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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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ABBA’s U.S. Success: The Inside Story
After winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with “Waterloo,” Atlantic Records president Jerry Greenberg signed them for the US. Then “Dancing Queen” happened
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Jimmy Page, Steve Miller Watch Don Felder Perform ‘Hotel California’
The three guitar icons attended NYC’s Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2019 “Play it Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll” exhibition
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When REO Speedwagon Had Their Breakthrough
Talk about perseverance! It took seven studio albums before the midwestern band achieved real success. Two years later, they were at the top of the music world.
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