“I don’t exist if I don’t have a record in the charts”: How John Lennon created one of his last and most poignant songs

In the book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Lennon told writer David Sheff that ...

J.J. Cale on his song that launched Eric Clapton’s solo career and made the laidback Tulsa guitarist a surprise overnight sensation

For Cale, that town was Tulsa, the Oklahoma city where he was raised in the postwar era. Born John Cale in 1938, the ...

The Mysterious, Enduring Appeal of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours

On Spotify, it has more streams than any Beatles album, Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic,’ or anything else from ...
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Today in Music History for Nov. 4: In 1740, English clergyman Augustus Toplady, who wrote the hymn "Rock of Ages," was born. In 1847, composer Felix Mendelssohn died at Leipzig at age 38.

Former Grateful Dead Vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay Dies at 78

The singer who died on Sunday (Nov. 2) after a long battle with cancer lent her powerful voice to the legendary band from ...
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3 Rock Songs From 1978 That Deserved To Hit No. 1, but Failed To

These rock songs from 1978 did well when they were released, but I can help but think they should have hit No. 1 on at least one chart.