Author: Best Classic Bands Staff

The introduction of the 12-inch vinyl record drove a sales and artistic boom in recorded music. The CD was thought to have killed the now resurgent format

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Ron “Pigpen” McKernan was a singer/keyboard & harmonica player with the Grateful Dead who last played with them on this day in 1972, and died the next year

By the spring of 1965, Dylan already knew that he wanted to make a change in his music. On this date he set that change in “stone.”

Considered the first major rock festival, the three day event featured some of the top acts in contemporary music. Check out the amazing performances

The ‘Bat Out of Hell’ singer fell while performing at a Canadian concert. The paper reported that he had died, in some of its editions

When the host of TV’s “Late Late Show” boasted that he’d make a better frontman for Queen than singer Adam Lambert, well, guess what happened next?

The first album by the trio initially sold some 40,000 copies. Their success eventually made it the biggest release in their label’s history

A concert at San Francisco’s Winterland Ballroom is recorded and used for a number of the tracks of Frampton’s breakout album

The musician was also known for his work with Joe Cocker’s Grease Band, Spooky Tooth and others. McCartney praised his “My Love” solo