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  • 50 Years Ago Today: Yes and Peter Frampton Spark a Riot in San Diego
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rollingstone.com /1 month ago

50 Years Ago Today: Yes and Peter Frampton Spark a Riot in San Diego

At the peak of Frampton Comes Alive! mania, so many people showed up to one of his stadium shows with Yes that the police arrived with riot gear

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

5 of the Grooviest Songs Turning 50 This Year That Still Make Me Want to Dance

Photo by Michael Putland/Getty Images In honor of their 50th birthdays this year, here are five of the grooviest songs from 1976 that always make me want to dance. The post 5 of th...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

5 of the Best Rock Songs Turning 50 This Year

View of members of the Rock and Pop group Queen as they pose with a Gold record (for sales of their self-titled, debut album), London, England, September 8, 1976. Pictured are, fro...

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csmonitor.com /1 month ago

50 years later, a bicentennial class reflects on a divided, yet hopeful, America

A 1976 bicentennial class reflects on America's muted 250th birthday, finding deep national division but enduring hope in everyday citizens.

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

On This Day in 1967, The Beatles Released a Hit Song They Debuted on the First-Ever Global TV Broadcast

The Beatles Fifty-nine years ago today, the Beatles released an international hit that they wrote for a landmark television broadcast. The post On This Day in 1967, The Beatles Re...

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americansongwriter.com /3 weeks ago

5 Decades Ago Today, Waylon Jennings Hit No. 1 With the Outlaw Country Album That Took on Neil Young, the Marshall Tucke...

Waylon Jennings Fifty years ago today, Waylon Jennings was at the top of the country chart with an album built around a Neil Young cover. The post 5 Decades Ago Today, Waylon Jen...

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rollingstone.com /1 month ago

50 Years Ago Today: Fleetwood Mac Set the Stage for ‘Rumours’ With Blazing Cleveland Show

"In front of the stage a strange-looking woman in layers of black chiffon and velvet wound her arms about her," legendary music critic Jane Scott wrote in her review

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

5 of the Best Country Songs Turning 50 This Year

American country and western singer and musician Johnny Cash (1932 - 2003) performs on stage at the Painters Mill Music Far in Owing Mills, Maryland, September 29, 1977. He is stru...

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philstockworld.com /1 month ago

50 Years Ago Today: The Band Warm Up for ‘The Last Waltz’ in Asbury Park

By most any reasonable standard, The Last Waltz is one of the greatest concert films of all time. Not only did filmmaker Martin Scorsese forever … Source

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rollingstone.com /1 month ago

50 Years Ago Today: The Band Warm Up for ‘The Last Waltz’ in Asbury Park

For a much better idea of what a Band concert was like, check out this priceless video from a July 20, 1976, concert in New Jersey

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americansongwriter.com /2 weeks ago

On This Day in 1975, Bruce Springsteen Released His Phil Spector-Inspired Breakthrough Album That Took Almost Two Years...

Bruce Springsteen Fifty-one years ago today, Bruce Springsteen released the album that pulled him out of obscurity and made him a household name. The post On This Day in 1975, Br...

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americansongwriter.com /4 weeks ago

5 of the Best Country Songs Turning 55 This Year

Photo by Julie Snow/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The year 1971 was an incredibly prolific one for country music, and these five classic tunes turning 55 this year prove it....

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

On This Day in 1971, James Taylor Went No. 1 With a Song His Friend Wrote in Response To “Fire and Rain”

James Taylor Fifty-five years ago today, James Taylor was at the top of the Hot 100 with a song written by his friend in response to "Fire and Rain." The post On This Day in 1971...

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rollingstone.com /4 days ago

50 Years Ago Today: The Clash Battled With Angry Hecklers at One of Their First Concerts

Just months after they formed, the Clash played at London's Roundhouse, where they unveiled classics like "London's Burning" and "1977," even if many in the crowd couldn't have car...

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ultimateclassicrock.com /3 weeks ago

50 Years Ago: Hall & Oates' 'Bigger Than Both of Us' Points Ahead

Even the biggest moment on here, the snarky hit "Rich Girl," offered a twist. Continue reading…

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rollingstone.com /1 month ago

50 Years Ago Today: An Exhausted Elvis Presley Plays a Lackluster Matinee in Virginia

"We had a late show last night, and I only got two hours sleep," Presley told the crowd at the Hampton Coliseum. "Good afternoon. God that sounds strange. I just got up"

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

5 of the Best Rock Songs Turning 55 This Year

Photo by Robert Knight Archive/Redferns We're not saying that 1971 was the best year for rock 'n' roll of all time. But based on these five tracks, maybe we should be saying that....

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ultimateclassicrock.com /1 month ago

On This Day in 1971: James Taylor Lands His Only No. 1 Hit

He later called the Carole King-penned track "the best song written by a human being." Continue reading…

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

Every Baby Boomer Alive Remembers These 4 Classic Rock Jams From 1970

John Lennon and Yoko Ono at a press conference. Two years before the Beatles disbanded, Lennon and Ono began public protests against the Vietnam War. They were married in Gibraltar...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

On This Day in 1975, Glen Campbell Was at No. 1 With a Song He Discovered While on Tour in Australia

Glen Campbell Fifty-one years ago today, Glen Campbell was in the middle of a two-week run at No. 1 with a song he could've written about his career. The post On This Day in 1975...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

On This Day in 1968, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 With a Prison Song That Led To Real Legal Issues

Johnny Cash Fifty-eight years ago today, Johnny Cash was at No. 1 with a song that turned out to be worth the legal issues it caused. The post On This Day in 1968, Johnny Cash Was...

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evangelicalfocus.com /1 month ago

50 years in the West – where are we headed?

Fifty years ago, on July 9, 1976, I landed in Frankfurt am Main with my family. A Lufthansa plane...

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americansongwriter.com /1 month ago

58 Years Ago Today, Johnny Cash Was at No. 1 With a Song He Wrote From the Perspective of a Cold-Blooded Killer

LOS ANGELES - 1968: Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage in 1968 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Johnny Cash revitalized...

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americansongwriter.com /1 week ago

5 Top 40 Hits From 1967 That Every Baby Boomer Can Still Sing by Heart

Photo by Ivan Keeman/Redferns Every baby boomer alive can likely still sing these iconic Top 40 hits from 1967 by heart, even almost six decades later. The post 5 Top 40 Hits From...

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