Fittingly released on Friday the 13th in February 1970, Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut album entwines dark, disturbing lyrics with heavy propulsive music freighted with gravitas
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If Tommy announced the Who’s ascent to rock-band immortality, Live at Leeds was the headline’s exclamation point. The live album cemented their distinction as one
Linda Ronstadt’s solo career got off to a slow start, but she never looked back after “You’re No Good,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100
In a way, John Lennon’s Rock ‘N’ Roll album is the back-to-basics record the Beatles’ Let It Be was supposed to be. And like Let
Two of the biggest comebacks of the late ’80s came together when Aerosmith were booked as musical guests for the first time on Saturday Night
By the mid-’80s, Phil Collins already had a pair of Top 10 solo albums to his credit, plus his day job in a little band
Mick Jagger’s first solo album actually began with a song co-written by his Rolling Stones bandmate Keith Richards. That’s where similarities to the band ended on She’s the
A casual evening of drinking with friends took a terrible turn when AC/DC frontman Bon Scott passed out in his car and then choked to
Presented with the biggest hit they’d ever have, Simple Minds initially balked. “We are Simple Minds; we don’t do songs that sound like Simple Minds,”
Bob Dylan was one album into his late-career comeback when he released “Things Have Changed,” the Academy Award-winning song from Wonder Boys, which arrived in theaters on Feb. 22,