Category Archives: Classic Hits Music News

It was 52 years ago Sunday (January 10th, 1969) that George Harrison temporarily quit the Beatles. The group, who was filming their Let It Be movie in London's cavernous Twickenham Film Studios, h...

Today (January 8th) marks what would have been the "King of Rock n' Roll" Elvis Presley's 85th birthday. From his meteoric rise to fame in the 1950's, to his death at the age of 42 in 1977...

It was 65 years ago Sunday (January 10th, 1956), that Elvis Presley recorded his first Number One hit, "Heartbreak Hotel." The song, its B-side "I Was The One," and several other tunes were recorded i...

Neal Schon explained that the drama over the past years with Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain is long in the past. Schon's latest solo set, Universe, features tributes to Jimi Hendrix, Prince, St...

Ground Control supergroup with Dave Navarro, Corey Taylor, Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins and Jane's Addiction's Chris Chaney have signed on to take the virtual stage for A Bowie Celebration...

Happy birthday to Rolling Stone magazine co-founder Jann Wenner, who turns 75 today (January 7th)!!! In 1967, Wenner and his mentor, music journalist Ralph J. Gleason, founded the magazine in San Fran...

Neil Young has sold a 50 percent stake in his global publishing and "income interests" for his 1,180 songs to music conglomerate Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, according to Rolling Stone. The news come...

John Fogerty's new single and accompanying video, "Weeping In The Promised Land," offers up a stark reminder of the devastation and heartbreak Americans faced in 2020, while offering hope for the ...

Sole surviving Bee Gee, Barry Gibb, will release his latest album, Greenfields: The Gibb Brothers Songbook, Vol. 1, on Friday (January 8th.) The collection features Gibb teaming up with Dolly Parton, ...

It was one year ago today (January 7th, 2020) that Rush drummer Neil Peart, one of the most groundbreaking and virtuoso drummers in rock, died at the age of 67 in Santa Monica, California, where he li...