Despite a questionable lyric change, Manfred Mann took a hurriedly written and overlooked ‘70s Bruce Springsteen song from obscurity to peak chart success.
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After a very pregnant Merry Clayton took a late-night phone call in 1969 to sing for the Rolling Stones, the result was one of the most iconic songs of the era.
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The most legendary acts had quite a run, but even for them, the party had to wind down eventually, culminating in one final show.
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Earth, Wind & Fire created everything from funky R&B and soaring gospel tones to silky soul and percolating jazz, all melded into a unique sound.
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Just because you've heard a song a million times doesn't mean you can name it. The bands and titles behind these famous classic rock songs may surprise you.
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No one will ever replace Neil Peart, but drummer Anika Nilles has energized Rush fans and given new life to the legendary prog-rock act.
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One of Tom Petty's biggest hits was offered to the J. Geils Band, but they didn't use it. Instead, Petty put it on his "Damn the Torpedoes" album.
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The Beach Boys' music has a quintessential summer feel, and not just the song "Kokomo." "Surfer Girl," "Feel Flows" and these others transport us to the season.
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The diverse, experimental, and energetic music scene of the 1980s gave the radio repertoire some of its most crowd-pleasing bangers.
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Though Carly Simon's long and illustrious career has had many high points, many fans consider 1972 to be the year that she hit her creative peak.
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One sleepless night, Paul McCartney was driven to pen a light jab at the money-grabbing music industry, and then gave it to Badfinger for its first chart hit.
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Some classic rock songs have appeared in commercials so far removed from their artistic rebel roots that the team-up leaves you dazed and confused.
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Everyone has to start somewhere, and even legendary groups like the Beatles and Toto got their first shot at stardom playing in another artist's shadow.
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Cat Stevens was riding high in the mid-1970s, yet didn't shy away from releasing a unique Sam Cooke cover that reached his joint-highest chart placing.
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Eric Burdon's music career took him from dingy jazz clubs to the vanguard of psychedelic rock in the late '60s to the groundbreaking funk rock of the '70s.
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Several wealthy music rights agencies have snapped up the potentially income-generating catalogs for a number of rock and pop stars.
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If you've ever heard of AC/DC, Van Halen, Prince, or the Runaways, it's despite the best efforts of Deep Purple, Journey, Rick James, and Rush, respectively.
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Boomers can take a trip down memory lane by listening to songs of the '60s and '70s. These rock anthems will make them nostalgic for high school graduation.
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One thing all genres and song formats can do is make you want to sing along, and high schoolers loved to sing these songs in the '70s.
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From Aretha Franklin to Elvis Presley, these musical titans all have a signature song associated with them, but they weren't the first to write and perform it.
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This No. 1 hit from 1966 does not sound like any other traditional chart-topper, which is probably why it remains one of the coolest tracks to this day.
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Boomers came of age in the '60s and '70s, so songs by bands like AC/DC, the Bee Gees, and Kiss likely still remind them of some wild nights they had.
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There are guitarists who made a massive musical impact on their respective generations, revered by fellow ax wielders but rarely remembered by music fans.
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Written for a poignant scene in a 1973 movie, this Bob Dylan classic was given the hard rock treatment by Guns N' Roses years later, making it a modern earworm.
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This song helped Cat Stevens transform himself from a '60s British pop star to one of the most impactful singer-songwriters of the 1970s.
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Think you're a diehard Cat Stevens fan? We've combed the singer-songwriter's catalog for five lesser-known tracks that only his most loyal listeners will know.
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A bass riff can make a song, and in the case of these five tracks by The Who, Queen, Pink Floyd, Yes, and Lou Reed, the bass playing truly defines the songs.
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