Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

New 'Beatles ’64' doc on Disney+ brings ‘something new to a beloved story’
courtesy of Disney+Beatles ’64, a documentary capturing The Beatles' 14-day trip to America in February of that year, is streaming now on Disney+. While there have been several docs about this p...
Jill Lances & Andrea Dresdale Dec 02, 2024

New campaign aims to make ELO’s 'Mr. Blue Sky' the UK Christmas #1
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for ASCAPIn the U.K. it’s a big deal for a song to land at #1 for Christmas, and a new campaign is trying to make that happen for the classic ELO tune “Mr. Blue S...
Jill Lances Nov 27, 2024

Blue Öyster Cult added more cowbell after 'Saturday Night Live’s' infamous '(Don't Fear) The Reaper' sketch
L-R: Eric Bloom and Buck Dharma of Blue Oyster Cult/photo credit: Daniel Knighton/Getty ImagesBlue Öyster Cult’s classic tune “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” was the subject of ...
Jill Lances Nov 27, 2024

Queen’s Roger Taylor defends 40th anniversary 'Do They Know It’s Christmas?'
UMeQueen’s Roger Taylor is defending the Band Aid charity after it received criticism for its decision to release a 40th anniversary remix of the charity single “Do They Know It&rsquo...
Jill Lances & Andrea Dresdale Nov 27, 2024

Cher says her next album will 'probably be my last'
Courtesy of Disney+ & Rock & Roll Hall of FameCher is working on a new album, and we should all fully appreciate it when it arrives, because it just might be the last one we get from the ...
Andrea Dresdale Nov 27, 2024

On This Day, Nov. 27, 1970: George Harrison released 'All Things Must Pass'
On This Day, Nov. 27, 1970 ...The Beatles' George Harrison released his third studio album, the triple album All Things Must Pass, which would go on to spend seven weeks on top of the Billboard Album ...
Jill Lances Nov 27, 2024

Surviving Grateful Dead members had planned a 60th anniversary reunion before Phil Lesh’s death
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicThe surviving original members of the Grateful Dead just revealed that a 60th anniversary reunion was in the works prior to the October death of band member Phil Lesh at the...
Jill Lances Nov 27, 2024

Here’s how Michael McDonald felt about 'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' 'Yah Mo B There' joke
Desiree Navarro/WireImageMichael McDonald is letting everyone know that he has the ability to laugh at himself.In a new interview with Rolling Stone, the Doobie Brothers singer tells the magazine...
Jill Lances Nov 27, 2024

Handwritten letter from John Lennon to Eric Clapton going up for auction
Steve Morley/RedfernsA rare handwritten letter by John Lennon to Eric Clapton is set to go up for auction in Spain in December.International Autographs Auctions Europe SL will auction off the eight-pa...
Jill Lances Nov 26, 2024

Timothée Chalamet performs 40 songs in Bob Dylan movie 'A Complete Unknown'
Courtesy of Searchlight PicturesTimothée Chalamet does his own singing and guitar playing in the upcoming Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, and apparently he had to learn a lot of the Dylan c...
Jill Lances Nov 26, 2024
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