Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Chaka Khan-Stephanie Mills Verzuz event was a night of "sisterly love"
TrillerChaka Khan and Stephanie Mills faced off Thursday in the Verzuz "Night for the Queens" event, and for the two veteran R&B stars, it was an evening of mutual affecti...
Nov 19, 2021
2000 version of 1966 David Bowie song from his unreleased 'TOY' album issued as digital single
Parlophone Records/ISO RecordsA previously unheard 2000 version of the 1966 David Bowie song "Can't Help Thinking About Me" that Bowie recorded for his unreleased album TOY, was made available today a...
Nov 19, 2021
'Billboard' crowns Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You" the greatest holiday song of all time
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic for Mariah CareyIt's only a matter of days until Christmas songs are back on the radio -- but which one is the greatest of all time? According to Billboard,...
Nov 19, 2021
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss announce 2022 tour dates supporting just-released album, 'Raise the Roof'
Credit: David McClisterLed Zeppelin singer Robert Plant's new collaborative album with acclaimed country-bluegrass artist Alison Krauss, Raise the Roof, got its release today. Coinciding with its arri...
Nov 19, 2021
Famed photographer Mick Rock, who shot iconic album covers for Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen & more, dead at 72
Victor Chavez/Getty ImagesMick Rock, the celebrated rock photographer whose famous images grace the covers of albums by David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen and many others, died Thursday at age 72. Rock's pa...
Nov 19, 2021
David Bowie film created from hours of rare concert footage coming from director Brett Morgen
David Bowie in 2002; Dave Benett/Getty ImagesA top-secret David Bowie film project being put together by director Brett Morgen from thousands of hours of rare performance footage of the late rock lege...
Nov 19, 2021
HBO's 2021 Rock Hall induction special premieres Saturday; Go-Go's drummer says event was "just magnificent"
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony took place on October 30 in at Cleveland's Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, and a TV specia...
Nov 19, 2021
Mariah Carey reveals her top four Christmas movies
Courtesy of Apple TV+To help get fans into the holiday spirit, the self-professed Queen of Christmas, aka Mariah Carey, has revealed the movies that make her feel extra festive. Speaking to ...
Nov 18, 2021
Paul McCartney's 'The Lyrics' named Barnes & Noble's 2021 Book of the Year; Macca taking part in YouTube Q&A
Liveright/W.W. NortonCongratulations to Paul McCartney, whose new book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, was chosen Barnes & Noble's 2021 Book of the Year by the franchise's booksellers. After Bar...
Nov 18, 2021
Deadfellas? Martin Scorsese to direct Grateful Dead biopic starring Jonah Hill as Jerry Garcia
The Grateful Dead in 1984; Larry Hulst/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesThe long, strange trip of The Grateful Dead just got a little bit stranger with the news that Martin Scorsese has signed on to ...
Nov 18, 2021