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4 days ago · Learn about the origins, development, and diversity of rock music, a broad genre of popular music that emerged from rock and roll in the 1950s. Explore the subgenres, regional scenes, and social movements that rock music has influenced and reflected over the decades.
3 days ago · Andrew Hickey ‘A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs’ Available on Podcast Platforms and at 500songs.com. An English journalist, historian, and critic responsible for dozens of books, Andrew Hickey launched this podcast series in 2018 and in the intervening years has progressed to about 1968 from what he deems to be the dawn of rock-and-roll prehistory, a span of roughly 30 years.
1 day ago · One of the biggest nights in music history, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, will take place on Saturday, October 19, at Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. This star ...
3 days ago · Bruce Springsteen, American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who became the archetypal rock performer of the 1970s and ’80s. His notable albums, many of which were recorded with the E Street Band, included Born to Run, Born in the U.S.A., and The Rising.
- Bruce Springsteen is an American singer, songwriter, and bandleader who became the archetypal rock performer of the 1970s and ’80s. He received the...
- With his third album, Born to Run (1975), Bruce Springsteen transformed into a full-fledged rock and roller. The album, a diurnal song cycle, was a...
- Bruce Springsteen won both an Academy Award and a Grammy Award for his 1994 hit single, the AIDS-related “Streets of Philadelphia,” from the film P...
- Bruce Springsteen's album Born in the U.S.A. was released in 1984. The album produced seven hit singles, most notably the title track, a sympatheti...
- Bruce Springsteen earned a special Tony Award in June 2018 for the production of Springsteen on Broadway, a one-man show—with musical accompaniment...
4 days ago · How did Fleetwood Mac get its name? Fleetwood Mac, British blues band that evolved into the hugely popular Anglo-American pop-rock group whose 1977 album Rumours was one of the biggest-selling albums of all time. The original members were Mick Fleetwood (b. June 24, 1947, Redruth, Cornwall, England), John McVie (b.
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- The song “Dreams” from the album Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s only Billboard number one single in the United States, making it the band’s biggest hit...
- The original members of Fleetwood Mac were Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Peter Green, and Jeremy Spencer. Later members included Danny Kirwan, Christ...
- Fleetwood Mac is still together after having taken several breaks working as a band, including a hiatus from the 1997 release of The Dance to the 2...
- Current members of Fleetwood Mac include Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, and Stevie Nicks. Lindsey Buckingham initially rejoined the b...
- Original band member Peter Green named Fleetwood Mac as a combination of the surnames of two other members, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.
1 day ago · The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, established in 1983 and located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is dedicated to recording the history of some of the best-known and most influential musicians, bands, producers, and others that have in some major way influenced the music industry, particularly in the area of rock and roll. [1]
4 days ago · The British rock band Pink Floyd formed in 1965 and was at the forefront of 1960s psychedelia. They popularized the concept album for mass rock audiences in the 1970s. They experimented with their sound and incorporated sound effects, spacy guitar and keyboards, and extended improvisation in such songs as “Interstellar Overdrive.”
