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Prog Rock Icon, 77, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Keyboard Players of All Time,’ Just Played a Private Concert for an Audience of Abused Bears Original
Not very many people are lucky enough to be in the audience at a private concert from an iconic rock star ranked among the “greatest keyboard players of all time,” but the creatures who were treated to an intimate performance by Rick Wakeman weren’t people at all. On Sept. 24, the 77-year-old former keyboardist of Yes made an appearance at Animals Asia’s sanctuary in Vietnam, where he played the piano for 150 moon bears rescued from bear bile farms…and the bears couldn’t get enough.
Prog Rock Icon, 77, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Keyboard Players of All Time,’ Just Played a Private Concert for an Audience of Abused Bears
Pink Floyd Made the ‘Greatest Prog Rock Album of All Time’ — 53 Years Later It Still Rocks It has spent a record 996 weeks on the Billboard 200. No album has charted longer on the Billboard 200 than Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. The …
‘Nights in White Satin’ Singer, 79, Releases ‘Brilliant’ New Cover and Fans Say He ‘Still Has That Velvet Romantic Voice’
When he was just 19 years old, Justin Hayward, last surviving member of the classic Moody Blues lineup, wrote and sang one of the most iconic love songs of the ’60s: “Nights in White Satin.” Now, 60 years later, the 79-year-old just surprised fans with a cover of a Broadway tune that’s all about romance, from the perspective of someone older and wiser: “Hello Young Lovers,” from the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King & I.
Iconic ’70s Band Makes Tour Announcement 51 Years After Releasing One of the ‘Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time’
When it comes to classic rock radio staples that still get played all the time, it’s tough to think of a more ubiquitous example than Foghat’s “Slow Ride.” Over 50 years after the song was first released on the 1975 album Fool for the City, that unmistakable riff is still pretty hard to resist.
Iconic ’70s Band Makes Tour Announcement 51 Years After Releasing One of the ‘Best Hard Rock Songs of All Time’
“80s Sweetheart To Raging Cougar”: Hollywood Star Draws Attention Over Major Character Pivot As She Turns 63 Elisabeth Shue has fans looking back at her Hollywood career in a whole new light after a viral X post celebrated the actress on her 63rd birthday on …
Beloved Singer-Songwriter, a ‘Hero’ to David Crosby, Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, Disappeared From the Music World at the Height of His Fame Original
Fred Neil has been remembered as the “greatest singer-songwriter you’ve probably never heard of.” Some of the most iconic musicians of the ’60s and ’70s, including Bob Dylan, Richie Havens, Stephen Stills and Joni Mitchell, were highly influenced by his work. He wrote songs recorded by Buddy Holly and covered by Jefferson Airplane. And then, just when he scored his biggest hit, he walked away from music forever. Why?
1977 Southern Rock Hit, Inspired by a ‘Creepy Feeling,’ Eerily Predicted Fatal Plane Crash Three Days After It Was Released Original
When Lynyrd Skynyrd released their classic album Street Survivors in 1977, it was supposed to signal the start of a new era for the band: They’d just hired 28-year-old Oklahoman guitarist and songwriter Steve Gaines, and the rest of the band was making an effort to curb their reckless behavior, at singer Ronnie Van Zant‘s behest.
1975 No. 1 Hit, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Country Songs of All Time,’ Is Still an Outlaw Anthem 51 Years Later
He’s been called the “original outlaw,” so it only makes sense that late country icon Waylon Jennings would be credited with writing the “closest thing outlaw country has to an official mission statement.” That’s how Rolling Stone referred to Jennings’ 1975 anthem, “Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way,” which the iconic music publication ranked at #34 among the “200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time.” Released as the first single from the album Dreaming My Dreams, “Are You Sure Hank Done It...
1970 Rock Classic, Ranked Among the ‘Best Songs of the ’70s,’ Was Inspired by Music From a Radio That Didn’t Exist Original
Following the recording of Van Morrison‘s iconic 1968 album Astral Weeks, the Irish singer-songwriter retreated to the solitude of Woodstock, New York, following in the footsteps of Bob Dylan. It was there, in a house that was a mile away from any others, that Morrison had the mysterious experience that inspired his classic song “Caravan,” which would appear on Moondance in 1970.
1970 Rock Classic, Ranked Among the ‘Best Songs of the ’70s,’ Was Inspired by Music From a Radio That Didn’t Exist
13 hours ago 3 One-Hit Wonders From the 1980s That Are Perfect for Your Next Wedding Playlist americansongwriter.com - Jacob Uitti • 13h Wedding playlists should be goofy. And no decade knows goofy music quite like the 1980s. The era boasted more weird, experimental, and synth-driven … entertainment news 14 hours ago Skydance mashes proven properties of Paramount and Warner Bros.
1985 No. 1 Hit, Sung by 46-Year-Old Grace Slick, Broke a Record Set by Tina Turner One Year Before
There’s no question that Starship’s “We Built This City” was a giant hit. After all, it went all the way to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985, and it was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group in 1986. In the years since, it’s been streamed over 600 million times. Then again, it was also voted the “Worst Song of the ’80s” by Rolling Stone readers in 2011, a competition it won by a landslide; plenty of other critics have expressed similar opinions over the years.
Shirtless Alexander Skarsgård Channels Mick Jagger in the New Rolling Stones Video & Fans Are Calling Him ‘Mr. Charmsgård’
What does Emmy Award-winning actor and Wicker star Alexander Skarsgård have in common with iconic Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger? If there’s one thing Skarsgård, 50, and Jagger, 83, both have in abundance, it would have to be charm. That’s why fans are saying Skarsgård was the perfect choice for the latest Rolling Stones’ music video, “Mr. Charm.” Just dropped on Oct.
Elton John Went to Jamaica to Record ‘Goodbye Yellow Brick Road.’ Things Went So Wrong, He Had to Start Over in France
When the time came for Elton John to record his seventh studio album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, the iconic singer-songwriter had a fabulous idea: Why not make the record at Dynamic Sound Studio in Kingston, Jamaica, where the Rolling Stones recorded Goat’s Head Soup? Unfortunately, as Elton would soon discover, his plan wasn’t all that fabulous after all…in fact, it turned out to be downright dangerous.
From Van Halen to Whoopi Goldberg to Dennis Rodman, ‘Milk Mustache’ Spills the Secrets Behind the Iconic Ad Campaign 31 Years After It Started Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Growing up in Sayreville, NJ, Bernie Hogya dreamed of being a rock star. He even played in a KISS cover band. But when fellow Sayreville native Jon Bon Jovi beat him to his goal, Hogya channeled his creativity in a different direction…one that eventually led to big-time ad agency Bozell & Jacobs, where he was hired as an art director.
Is ‘SNL’ New Tonight (Oct. 3, 2026)? Host, Musical Guest Details Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Last week, first-time host Jalen Brunson of the Knicks showed off his funny side on the season premiere, joined by KATSEYE making their debut as musical guest (new cast members Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter also made their first appearances).
71 Years Ago Today, ‘The Honeymooners’ Changed TV Forever—But It Almost Looked Very Different Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Growing up as a kid in the late ’70s and early ’80s in the Northeast, one way to know that you were probably watching TV way past your bedtime was seeing the animated black-and-white moon with Jackie Gleason‘s face in it on your TV screen. That’s because WPIX regularly broadcast The Honeymooners at 11:30 p.m., making it a classic bedtime comfort show years before the advent of streaming.
1974 Rock Song, Covered by Eddie Vedder, John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen, Is Still an Inspirational Classic 52 Years Later Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google When British pub rock band Brinsley Schwarz released “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding” on their 1974 album The New Favourites of…Brinsley Schwarz, it wasn’t a major hit. But that was only the beginning of the song’s career; thanks to a series of high-profile covers (more on that later), it’s now considered a classic.
1974 Rock Song, Covered by Eddie Vedder, John Fogerty and Bruce Springsteen, Is Still an Inspirational Classic 52 Years Later
Now This month brings a major manga exhibition, birthday tributes to John Coltrane and Steve Reich and a night with Michael Douglas. Over 600 drawings by manga artists, or “mangaka,” like Fujio Akatsuka and Eiichiro Oda are on view in “Art of Manga,” a huge exhibition on the eye-popping world of Japanese …
1970 Rock Hit Was Recorded With Singer’s Jaw Wired Shut After Brawl at Dodger Stadium
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Anybody who’s ever listened to classic rock radio knows that Chicago was one of the most successful bands of the ’70s and ’80s, but even longtime fans might not realize just how successful (we’re talking 20 top 10 singles, three of which went all the way to #1).
1970 Rock Hit Was Recorded With Singer's Jaw Wired Shut After Brawl at Dodger Stadium
2 hours ago The screen legend played the chair of the FCC, and interrupted Kimmel with an “inspection.” Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday night recalled that it was just over a year ago when he was pulled off the air after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC over a joke he made about the killing of right-wing …
1968 Single, Sung by a 19-Year-Old Future Academy Award Winner, Was a Dig at John Lennon
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google For decades, Hollywood music biopics have translated to box office gold…but not always critical acclaim.
’60s Guitar Prodigy, Who Joined Fleetwood Mac at Just 18 Years Old, Became the Band’s ‘Forgotten Hero’ Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google A decade before Fleetwood Mac released their bestselling album Rumours, the band’s lineup looked a lot different. Before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham showed up, Fleetwood Mac included Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood. But even though they had two guitar players already, founding member Green wanted a third…and that’s where Danny Kirwan came in.
1965 Byrds Classic, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time,’ Became a Hit for Tom Petty 24 Years Later Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google It’s not often that a single’s B-side ends up being more popular than the featured track, but that’s what happened when the Byrds released their classic “I’ll Feel a Whole Lot Better” as the flipside to the band’s second single, “All I Really Want to Do,” in 1965.
1965 Byrds Classic, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time,’ Became a Hit for Tom Petty 24 Years Later
“To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” These words from Ecclesiastes are millennia old, yet they have never …
1972 Soft Rock Classic, Inspired by a Soldier’s Harrowing Story, Became One of America’s Biggest Hits Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google When Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek decided to start a band in the ’60s, they were just a trio of teens from the U.S.A. living in England, where their fathers were stationed at the United States Air Force Base near London.
1961 Blues Classic, Covered by Elvis Presley and the Grateful Dead, Is Still an Iconic Hit 65 Years Later Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google It could be said that one measure of a good song is whether it can be successfully covered in a variety of different styles, and that’s most certainly true of the blues classic “Big Boss Man.” From Elvis Presley to the Grateful Dead to B.B. King, a number of artists have put their own spin on the tune, but it was initially a win for Jimmy Reed.
Is ‘SNL’ New Tonight (Sept. 26, 2026)? Host, Musical Guest Details Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google It’s been a long summer for comedy fans, with no new episodes of Saturday Night Live to keep us going. But autumn is here at last, and with it, all-new episodes of the most iconic sketch show of all time…now in its 52nd (!) season.
1964 Sonics Classic, From the ‘No. 1 Best Garage Rock Album of All Time,’ Is Still a Genre-Defining Hit 62 Years Later Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google If there’s one thing rock history proves, it’s that just because a song isn’t a chart-topper at first doesn’t mean it won’t end up being a classic (the inverse, of course, is also true). Some of the most influential and beloved tracks of all time never broke the Top 10. A perfect example? “The Witch,” by pioneering garage rockers The Sonics.
1966 Song, Among ‘Greatest Guitar Solos in Rock,’ Was ‘Lifted’ by Eric Clapton for Iconic Hit Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google It’s no secret that the biggest British rock bands of the ’60s borrowed heavily from the blues, from the Rolling Stones to Led Zeppelin to the Who and beyond.
1992 Box Office Bomb That Sylvester Stallone Was ‘Tricked’ Into Doing Rated ‘Moronic Beyond Comprehension’ Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Just about every movie star in the history of Hollywood has made a film (or two, or three) that they’re not particularly proud of.
’60s Folk Singer Was Discovered by David Bowie at 15 and Produced by Jimmy Page at 16—Where Is She Now?
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Like so many female musicians from the ’60s, Dana Gillespie got more attention for the famous men she was associated with than her actual musical talent.
1971 Rock Hit, Named One of Gregg Allman’s Best Songs, Became a Timeless Tribute to His Lost Brother
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Nearly 10 years after his death in 2017, Gregg Allman is still remembered as one of the most legendary singers of all time. As David Browne of Rolling Stone wrote, “The question ‘Can white men sing the blues?’ has been debated for decades, especially once earnest white kids began taking a crack at the music in the 1960s.
1974 Funk Instrumental ‘Played by Scotsmen’ Became a Surprise No. 1 Hit Months After Founding Band Member’s Sudden Death at 24
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google You might say “Pick Up the Pieces” was one of the most unusual songs ever to hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. First of all, it was an instrumental…except for the occasional shout.
1968 No. 1 Hit, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time,’ Became an 11-Minute Creedence Clearwater Classic Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Sometimes a song is so powerful, so timeless, that it brings good luck on the charts to not just one artist or band, but two…or, in very rare cases, even more. Not many songs can make that claim, but “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” absolutely can, and for good reason.
1983 Journey Hit, One of Steve Perry’s Favorite Songs, Was Written on the Spot Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google After the release of the epic 1981 album Escape, Journey was riding about as high as a band can go. Not only did Escape go to #1 on the Billboard 200, it also spawned four Billboard Hot 100 singles, including the classic songs “Don’t Stop Believin'” and “Open Arms.” Naturally, the group was under major pressure to deliver another chart-topping album…and that’s exactly what they did.
1969 Hit Song, Written in Greece, Was Chosen by Kris Kristofferson for His Gravestone Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google Considering Kris Kristofferson was an esteemed and successful songwriter himself, the fact that he chose lyrics from a Leonard Cohen song to be engraved on his gravestone says quite a lot about the latter’s prodigious talent. The song in question, “Bird on the Wire,” was originally released on Cohen’s 1969 album Songs from a Room, then again in 1975 on The Best of Leonard Cohen.
1955 Hit, Covered by the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time’
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google It’s no exaggeration to say that rock and roll as we know it might not exist without Muddy Waters, as plenty of the most iconic musicians in rock history would emphatically agree.
1955 Hit, Covered by the Rolling Stones and Jimi Hendrix, Ranked Among ‘Greatest Songs of All Time’
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’70s Guitar Icon, Who Influenced Slash and Brian May, Became ‘Ireland’s First Rock Star’ Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google He’s been called “the greatest guitarist you’ve never heard of” and “Ireland’s first rock star.” According to one widespread (if unconfirmed) rumor, when Jimi Hendrix was asked how it felt to be the greatest guitarist in the world, he replied, “Go ask Rory Gallagher.” Guitar greats from Brian May to Slash to Billy Gibbons to Joe Bonamassa were influenced by his virtuosic playing…and...
46 Years Ago Today, 22-Year-Old Kate Bush Made Music History With Her First No. 1 Album Original
Add Parade as a preferred Google sourceUse your Google account to add this to your settings Add us on Google There’s no question that Kate Bush is one of the most unique and groundbreaking musicians of all time, so it shouldn’t be too surprising for anyone to learn that the iconic singer and composer made history on the charts.
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