“Come and Get It” proved to be a pivotal song not once, but twice, for Badfinger. First, however, they had to do it Paul McCartney’s
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Alice Cooper spent most of the ’80s looking for a hit. With his 18th studio LP, Trash, the groundbreaking shock rocker promised “less gore, more
The first and third lead guitarists for the Yardbirds wound up sharing a bill with their newest bands on July 25, 1969, at the Midwest
The eponymous debut of an ambitious new group that went by the simple, direct and rather positive name of Yes arrived on July 25, 1969.
Paul McCartney began public preparations for his first U.S. tour in 13 years by returning to his storied – but often avoided – past. He
Changing his name didn’t help. By the time John Mellencamp issued a second album, his career was stalled anyway. Then he notched a sizable hit
Born on New Year’s Eve 1973, the career path of AC/DC for its first five years had started out as a rampage across the wild
Rush frontman Geddy Lee wasn’t exactly blown away by his first meeting with future bandmate Neil Peart. “My first impression was that he was kinda
When Cass Elliot died in July 29, 1974, she looked as if she was winning a battle to put the Mama Cass persona behind her.
James Taylor endured his share of critical and commercial setbacks during a fallow stretch in the middle of the ’70s. But by the end of