Category: Classic Hits

Great Songs in Great Movies – Part Two

Hollywood often spends millions of dollars in the production of a movie sound track, yet the best movie music is music heard on the radio. These songs are already popular, familiar, and relatively inexpensive compared to the alternatives. Here is part two of ‘Great Songs in Great Movies.’ “Incense and Peppermints” by the 60s one […]

Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd on Tour Together

Peter Frampton and Lynyrd Skynyrd have joined forces this year to create real buzz for their upcoming joint tour. Frampton and ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ is considered one of the benchmark albums from the 70s, while the boys from Jacksonville Lynyrd Skynyrd captured the southern rock flag from the same era. These two have been playing […]

Our Favorite Emerson Lake and Palmer Hits

We were all saddened to hear the news that Keith Emmerson had died a few weeks ago. Emerson Lake and Palmer (ELP) was a very different band from England that formed in early 1970s. Keyboardist Keith Emerson introduced the ‘Moog Synthesizer,’ which was not heard in popular music at that time. Here are our favorite […]

Norman Greenbaum and His Unexpected Life

Norman Greenbaum came from a middle class Jewish family in suburban Boston, and after attending Hebrew school as a young boy, he set his sights on becoming a respected music teacher during his first two years at Boston University. Well, life is not always as well planned as our parents would like. Norman began to […]

Quest For the Top Southern Classic Rock Band – Part Two

Southern Rock is a sound that combines good old boy Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, the 4th of July, and pickup trucks. Here’s part two of our top 10 Southern Rock Classic Rock bands of all time… The Marshall Tucker Band (Spartanburg, SC) rocked the house in the 70s until the death of bassist Tommy Caldwell […]

The Band at the Top of the Greatest Canadian Classic Rock Songs of All Time

Neil Young is Canadian. So are Glass Tiger, Gordon Lightfoot, Rush, Bachman Turner Overdrive, The Guess Who, Loverboy, all the dudes from Nickleback, and Joni Mitchell. But did you know that Paul Anka, April Wine, The Five Man Electrical Band, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Barenaked Ladies, Tragically Hip, John Kay from Steppenwolf, Blood Sweat and […]

Quest for the Top Southern Classic Rock Band – Part One

Southern Rock is a sound that combines good old boy Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer, the 4th of July, Pickup Trucks, and the Confederate Flag. There have been many Southern sounds over the years, adding home southern home cooking to the menu. In our humble opinion, here’s part one of our top 10 ‘Southern Rock’ classic […]