Classic Hits/Oldies (Page 54)

On This Day, February 16, 1974… Bob Dylan’s fourteenth studio album, Planet Waves, became his first album to hit number one on the Billboard Album chart. Recorded with his longtime collaborators The Band, Planet Waves includes the future classic “Forever Young,” which appeared on the record in two different versions. The album was originally supposed to be titled Ceremonies ofRead More →

Island Def Jam Music Group February 18 marks the 50th anniversary of the release of KISS‘ self-titled debut album, which included such songs as “Strutter,” “Black Diamond” and “Deuce.” But while those songs may be KISS classics today, The Starchild Paul Stanley says those tunes didn’t exactly take off out of the gate.  Stanley tells ABCRead More →

Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Brian Wilson, co-founder of the Beach Boys, has been has been placed under a conservatorship, his longtime manager, Jean Sievers, confirmed in a statement to KABC-TV. The statement says that the decision was made after Brian’s wife Melinda passed away, noting that Sievers and Wilson family representative LeeAnn Hard will be his co-conservators.  “ThisRead More →

Sun Records/Cover art by Johnny Depp Ian Hunter released his guest-filled album Defiance Part 1 last April, and now, almost a year later, he’s ready to unleash Part 2. The Mott The Hoople frontman will release Defiance Part 2: Fiction on April 19 — and just like with his last record, he’s enlisted some of his A-list friends forRead More →

Reprise Records When Neil Young & Crazy Horse announced their upcoming tour, they revealed they’ll be releasing a new album, FU##IN’ UP. Well, now we know a little bit more about the record. The release has Young and his legendary band, currently made up of Billy Talbot, Ralph Molina, Micah Nelson and Nils Lofgren, sharing nine new recordings ofRead More →

ABC/Heidi Gutman After being missing for more than 50 years, Paul McCartney’s long-lost Höfner has been found. The Lost Bass Project has been searching for McCartney’s bass since 2018. Back in September it took the search global, determined to find the instrument, which has been described as “the most important bass in history.” McCartneyRead More →

Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation Joan Jett is one of the many female musicians featured in an upcoming Rock & Roll Hall of Fame exhibit titled Revolutionary Women in Music: Left of Center. In addition to Jett, who was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of FameRead More →