“I would like to spend my remaining time on this earth being less hurried,” said the “Tell it Like It Is” singer in a statement.
Browsing: On This Day
We take you back into classic rock’s history and legacy to note important events that happened on this date as well as celebrate the birthdays of major musical artists and mourn their passing.
The singer and songwriter joined the band’s original members Simon Kirke and Mick Ralphs when they reunited in the mid-80s and stayed with them for 8 years
The Boss called the musician, actor, activist “one of the greatest living white soul performers we have.” Watch them perform a favorite
For a band that was together for less than three years, they had an outsized impact on rock. They played their last gig on this date in 1968.
The Jamaican singer, discovered by Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, scored a worldwide pop hit as a teenager with her 1964 pre-reggae recording
The massacre of four university students by the National Guard inspired one of the most iconic protest songs in rock history
The Whisky has been a live music staple on the Sunset Strip since 1964 and played a pivotal role for many of the scene’s biggest acts
Talk about hard work paying off. Nearly two decades after he started out in Detroit, this mainstream American rocker finally went to the top.
The superstars for the event, which spanned two weekends, had been teasing it for weeks. We look back at the unique festival
Stars and admirers including Fogerty, Springsteen and Toussaint gathered in New Orleans to join the Louisiana legend and 6x Grammy winner