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It was 56 years ago today (February 15th, 1965) that the Beatles recorded their eighth U.S. Number One hit, "Ticket To Ride." The session was the Beatles' first for the year and the start of the H...

Out now is Record Collector magazine's career-spanning look at the Who. From their humble beginnings as the top mod band on the London club circuit to their revered status as living legends -- all...

Happy Birthday to Brian Holland, who turns 80-year-old-today (February 15th)!!! Holland along with brother Eddie, and Lamont Dozier, formed Motown's legendary songwriting and production team Holla...

Yesterday (February 14th) in celebration of Valentine's Day, a new video of John Lennon's 1970 classic 1970 ballad, "Love," was released. The video morphs different versions of the song, which...

Mick Jagger has donated an autographed Fender Stratocaster guitar for a COVID-19 relief auction in support of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). According to Anba.co.br, the guitar w...

It was 54 years ago Sunday (February 14th, 1967) that the late, great Aretha Franklin recorded her cover version of Otis Redding's "Respect." Redding had originally recorded the song in 1965, and ...

Peter Gabriel -- Genesis co-founder and solo superstar -- turns 71 on Saturday (February 13th). Gabriel, along with Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, and Anthony Phillips, formed the band in 1967 when the ...

Today (February 12th) marks what would have been the 82nd biirthday of co-founding Doors' co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek. Manzarek died on May 20th, 2013 at age 74 in Rosenheim, Germany a...

It was 54 years ago Saturday (February 13th, 1967) that the Beatles released their double A-sided single of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane." The single contained two of the first three so...

Sunday night (February 14th) marks the 51st anniversary of the recording of the Who's legendary 1970 gig at England's Leeds University Refectory -- the concert which eventually became their fi...