Category Archives: Classic Hits & Oldies News – ABC Audio
Bruce Springsteen's debut album to be the subject of a symposium at New Jersey university
Legacy RecordingsJanuary 5 will mark the 50th anniversary of the release of Bruce Springsteen's debut album, Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J., and to mark the occasion, a daylong s...
Dec 07, 2022
New video for The Beatles' "Here, There and Everywhere" premiering Wednesday
Apple Corps Ltd./Capitol/UMeThe Beatles' Revolver track "Here, There and Everywhere" is getting a new video. The animated clip is set to premiere Wednesday, December 7, at 9 a.m. ET on YouTube. You ca...
Dec 07, 2022
Audible announces rock history podcast hosted by St. Vincent
Courtesy of AudibleAudible has announced a new podcast called History Listen: Rock about the history of rock music. A description for the show, which will be hosted by St. Vincent, reads, "A podc...
Dec 06, 2022
Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" among 2022's biggest songs on TikTok
ZIK Images/United Archives via Getty ImagesIn addition to running up the Billboard charts, Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill" was a TikTok sensation. The resurgent 1985 single was among the video plat...
Dec 06, 2022
Ex-Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette remembers putting together Clinton inauguration gig
Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesIn the early '90s, Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" became synonymous with Bill Clinton, who used the song to soundtrack his 1992 presidential campaign. Th...
Dec 06, 2022
Stax Records co-founder Jim Stewart dead at 92
(L-R) Otis Redding, Jim Stewart, Rufus Thomas, Booker T. Jones, Carla Thomas (seated); Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesJim Stewart, co-founder of the highly influential record label Stax Records, ha...
Dec 06, 2022
Help Cher restore the world's oldest cathedral by buying jewelry for yourself or loved ones
Courtesy Metal Alchemist If you're searching for a unique holiday gift for that Cher fan in your life, we've got just the thing. Cher has partnered with the jewelry brand Metal Alchemist to create and...
Dec 06, 2022
Lynyrd Skynyrd says Hurricane Ian benefit concert that raised $1.5M was a "holy moment"
Joel Shover PhotographyLast week, Lynyrd Skynyrd raised more than $1.5 million for Hurricane Ian relief at a star-studded benefit concert in Estero, Florida. Frontman Johnny Van Zant, a Florida native...
Dec 06, 2022
Billy Joel, Elton John, Genesis help Madison Square Garden set all-time earnings record
Kevin Mazur/Getty ImagesNew York's Madison Square Garden is sometimes called the "world's greatest arena," but it's definitely the world's highest-earning arena, thanks in no small part to Billy Joel....
Dec 05, 2022
Rare 'Rolling Stone' John Lennon tribute issue being auctioned off to prevent gun violence
Annie Leibovitz signs her Lennon/Ono 'Rolling Stone' cover in 2008; Logan Fazio/Getty ImagesOne of the best-known covers of Rolling Stone shows a naked John Lennon curled up next to his wife, Yoko Ono...
Dec 05, 2022