Author: Best Classic Bands Staff

The rubber-faced actor starred in a long list of comedy roles in such beloved Mel Brooks movies as Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein and The Producers

Alice Cooper had an enviable run during the 1970s when the band released four consecutive platinum albums

Thin Lizzy’s frontman, who died at just 36, is the subject of a 6-CD set featuring new mixes and concert recordings

The host provided a forum for the biggest names in comedy every Sunday night. Watch some classic routines from Rodney, Joan, Carlin, and other legends

Only one artist had an album that spent more than five weeks at the top. That same superstar had three chart toppers that year, totaling 15 weeks in all

The British supergroup chose to make its live debut at a free concert in London’s Hyde Park. Watch several clips from their performance

When they first emerged in 1978, some critics were perplexed but rock fans loved this Boston quintet. The song made them a band to watch

The singer-songwriter of such favorites as “Doctor My Eyes” and “Running on Empty” has scheduled dozens of dates

Though she was not a professional singer at the time, the bossa nova recording became a worldwide hit, ultimately earning a Grammy Award for Record of the Year.

The Welsh singer disobeyed her doctor after surgery and ultimately earned a series of hit singles including “It’s a Heartache,” “Total Eclipse of the Heart,” and “Holding Out for a Hero.”