Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News
Flashback: John & Yoko, George Harrison, Eric Clapton, & Keith Moon Jam For UNICEF
It was 53 years ago tonight (December 15th, 1969) that John Lennon and Yoko Ono assembled their legendary Plastic Ono Supergroup for a historic performance at London's Lyceum Ballroom. The event w...
Dec 14, 2022
Peter Frampton Wished He Tapped Songwriters To Help On 'Comes Alive!' Followup
45 years after releasing I'm In You -- his followup to 1976's Frampton Comes Alive! -- Peter Frampton admits he still has regrets. Despite both the title track and album both topping out at Nu...
Dec 14, 2022
Billy Corgan Recalls Critics Being Baffled By Smashing Pumpkins Sound
Although these days Smashing Pumpkins music is regarded as a genre unto itself, Billy Corgan recalled a time when the music world struggled to figure out where his songs fit. During an online chat wit...
Dec 14, 2022
Paul Simon Grammy Tribute Special Set For Next Week
Homeward Bound: A Grammy Salute To The Songs Of Paul Simon will air on CBS on December 21st at 9 p.m. ET. Performers set to appear on the special, which will also stream on Paramount+, include old fri...
Dec 14, 2022
Mariah Carey Sets Record As She Tops Billboard Hot 100 Again
This is Mariah Carey's season, as she once again tops the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart with "All I Want for Christmas Is You." This marks the song's ninth total week atop the Hot 100 and it becomes t...
Dec 14, 2022
Lars Ulrich's Isolated Drums From New Single Hit The Internet
Fans are raving over the new fan extraction of Metallica's latest single -- "Lux AEterna." The new track, which has already made its way into the Top 10 of Billboard's Hot Trending T...
Dec 13, 2022
Flashback: Marvin Gaye's 'I Heard It Through The Grapevine' Hits Number One
It was 54 years ago today -- December 14th, 1968 -- that Marvin Gaye scored the biggest hit of his career when "I Heard It Through The Grapevine" hit Number One and kicked off a seven-week r...
Dec 13, 2022
Rolling Stones Producer Looks Back On 30-Year Tenure
As Don Was enters his 30th year as the Rolling Stones' record producer, the world renowned musician and record exec took time out to talk about his initial meeting with Mick Jagger and Keith Richa...
Dec 13, 2022
New Book Coming On Bruce Springsteen's 'Nebraska' Album
The first extensive book on Bruce Springsteen's classic 1982 Nebraska album will be published on May 2nd. Deliver Me From Nowhere was written by author Warren Zanes, best known for his 2015 Tom Pe...
Dec 13, 2022
Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr Join Forces For Abbey Road Studios Docx Premiere
On Monday night (December 12th), there was an extended Beatles family reunion led by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr at London's Abbey Road Studios for the premiere of If These Walls Could Sing, ac...
Dec 13, 2022