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44 years ago today, Jim Croce earned his second #1 hit, which – unfortunately – was also his first posthumous one. Produced by Terry Cashman and Tommy West and written by Croce, “Time in a Bottle” was taken from Croce’s...

Today we celebrate Rick Danko’s birthday, who was born in December and left this veil of tears in December as well. We’re focusing on the former, though, because if he hadn’t entered this world back on December 29, 1943, he...

Alex Chilton was the lead singer of The Box Tops, after which he was the lead singer of Big Star. You may know both of those things already, but to celebrate Chilton’s birthday – which is today, if you hadn’t...

49 years ago today, the second Miami Pop Festival of 1968 kicked off at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale, Florida, but it wasn’t connected to the first Miami Pop Festival of 1968, oddly enough. Although it could cause further confusion about...

Mick Jones may be known as a mainstay of the Foreigner lineup, but he’s made his way out of the band on occasion to do some side projects, and he was keeping plenty busy before he and Lou Gramm got...

46 years ago, The Sonny And Cher Comedy Hour officially transformed from a summer replacement series into a proper member of CBS’s prime-time lineup. Kids, sit down and let us regale you with a story of prime-time television in the...

37 years ago today, Warren Zevon released his first live album. Recorded at the Roxy Theater in Los Angeles, STAND IN THE FIRE delivered 10 tracks of prime Zevon. Actually, make that nine tracks of prime Zevon and one track...

You know him as the drummer for Metallica and the guy who couldn’t say enough nasty things about Napster back in 2000, but did you know that today is Lars Ulrich’s birthday? Well, if you didn’t, then add that to...

NEW ONGOING SERIES! GUEST STARRING THE MONKEES! Still soaring from last issue's sage advice from CHVRCHES, Archie is eager to take his friends to the next level musically on their first-ever tour. But an unexpected turn of events finds them...