Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio

Former Jay and the Americans singer Jay Black dead at age 82
Jay Black in 1998; Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesJay Black, former lead singer of the 1960s pop-rock group Jay and the Americans, died Friday at age 82, his family revealed to Rolling S...
Matt Friedlander Oct 24, 2021

Watch video for new Neil Young & Crazy Horse song, "Song of the Seasons," from band's upcoming 'Barn' album
Reprise RecordsNeil Young & Crazy Horse recently debuted a new song called "Song of the Seasons" as an advance track from the band's upcoming album Barn, and now a video for the tune has premiered...
Matt Friedlander Oct 22, 2021

The Rolling Stones' 40th anniversary 'Tattoo You' reissue hit stores today
Polydor/Interscope/UMeThe Rolling Stones' expanded 40th anniversary version of their chart-topping 1981 album Tattoo You got its release today. The reissue, which is available in multiple formats and ...
Matt Friedlander Oct 22, 2021

New Tom Petty documentary to get worldwide premiere on YouTube for free in November
YouTube OriginalsThe new documentary Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers will get its worldwide release on November 11 as a free streaming event shown in 4K resolution on Tom...
Matt Friedlander Oct 22, 2021

Hear ABBA's "new" single -- originally recorded in 1978
Ludvig Andersson"Just a Notion," the new single released from ABBA's much-anticipated comeback album, Voyage, isn't really that new at all. ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus says "Just a Notion" was originall...
Andrea Dresdale Oct 22, 2021

Green Day announces 'The BBC Sessions' live album
BBC/Reprise RecordsGreen Day has announced a new live album, The BBC Sessions. The 16-track set collects each of the punk trio's four performances at the BBC's Maida Vale Studios, recorded in 1994, 19...
Josh Johnson Oct 22, 2021

Expanded 50th anniversary reissue of The Band's fourth album, 'Cahoots,' due in December
Capitol Records/UMeExpanded and remastered versions of The Band's fourth album, Cahoots, will be released on December 10, in commemoration of its recent 50th anniversary. Released in September 1971, C...
Matt Friedlander Oct 22, 2021

Stevie Wonder is still gunning for the Grammy glory, and doing it his way
ABC/Eric McCandlessMulti-Grammy winner Steve Wonder is looking to add a couple more Grammys to his collection, with the 2020 singles "Where Is Our Love Song" and "Can't Put It in the Hands of Fate."&n...
George Constantino Oct 22, 2021

Ringo Starr releases video for his cover of "Rock Around the Clock," featuring Joe Walsh
Credit: Scott Robert RitchieAre you ready to rock 'n' roll with Ringo Starr? The famed ex-Beatles drummer has debuted a music video for his new cover of the Bill Haley and His Comets classic "Rock Aro...
Matt Friedlander Oct 22, 2021

They got the money: Guns N' Roses' US tour rakes in $50 million in ticket sales
Credit: John LanzaGuns N' Roses are cashing another major paycheck after wrapping the U.S. leg of their 2021 Tour. Billboard reports that the hard-rock legends sold a whopping 363,...
Megan Stone Oct 22, 2021
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