The song went Top 5 for the Latin rock band in 1970 and helped power them into the mainstream. It had almost been a hit two years earlier
Author: Best Classic Bands Staff
The performer had suffered a heart attack earlier that year. His legacy includes hit songwriting credits for others including “Superstar” and “This Masquerade”
It took seven months for the Australian band’s debut album, Business As Usual, to reach #1 in the US. It stayed there for months thanks to two big hits
A concert by the Eagles of Death Metal at le Bataclan was targeted in the coordinated Paris terror attacks that killed 130
“It’s Amazing who you run into in an airport Lounge! None other than Uncle Paul….” He had recently issued his seventh studio album, Jude
At a Manhattan hotel, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr met with George Harrison for what would be the last time
When the other band members wished to carry on as Pink Floyd in 1986 after Waters left the band, he sued to stop them from using the name
“Philthy Animal” did two stints on the drum kit with Mötorhead, his first during the band’s seminal late 1970s reign as the world’s loudest band
The clip for the band’s masterpiece – voted the U.K.’s favorite song of the past 60 years – is almost as iconic as the song itself
After much speculation, longtime lead singer Steve Perry did attend the band’s induction, though he didn’t perform. Neal Schon: “I got too choked up”