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3 Rock Songs From the 1970s That Sound Like the Bands Were Having Way Too Much Fun

These rock songs from the 1970s are pure fun. The bands who wrote these tracks clearly didn't take themselves too seriously.
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5 of the Most Impressive Vocal Performances of 1970s Rock

We revisit five of the best vocal performances to come out of the 1970s rock 'n' roll world (and honestly, any decade before ...

Get ready to rock n’ roll with “More Than Famous” by Martha Hall Kelly — see the cover! (exclusive)

“Is it ever too late for two people to go back and make things right?” Kelly asks, of one of the questions she likes ...
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The 5 best rock albums of 1970

The 1960s were one of the most explosively creative decades in music history, but the albums that kicked off the decade that followed were hardly slouches.
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In 1970, Elvis Presley bought a Holmby Hills estate for $339,000; 50 years later, it sold for $20 million

Once shared by Elvis and Priscilla Presley, a historic Los Angeles mansion sold for $20 million in 2020.

What if The Cars’ 1979 hit ‘Good Times Roll’ was never supposed to make you feel good?

Millions have danced to The Cars’ ‘Good Times Roll’ without realising what it’s really about. Ric Ocasek’s true intentions ...

MC5 — The Five Men Who Accelerated Rock 'n' Roll to Its Limits

From Chuck Berry to Detroit, and then to punk. Tracing the origins of the explosive sound.ROCK'N'ROLL BLOODLINE｜THE BLOODLINEIntroduction｜Before punk was born, the answer was already thereOctober 1968 ...

NZ’s Dirty Rock ’n’ Roll Band The Datsuns Return With New Single ‘Glide Like A Ghost'

Today, The Datsuns release ‘ Glide Like A Ghost ’, the latest single from the forthcoming album. A high-energy blend of 1970s ...

The 1970s glam-rock band Roger Daltrey called one of his favourites: “Boy, did they deliver”

Throughout their career, The Who took inspiration from a variety of places, but Roger Daltrey admitted that his favourite ...

His Lordship — Chuck Berry's 100th Birthday. Rock 'n' Roll is still running wild.

RHYTHM & RIOT｜ROCK’N’ROLL BLOODLINEOctober 18, 2026.Today is the 100th anniversary of Chuck Berry's birth.Born in St. Louis, ...
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Still haunting rock ‘n’ roll after all these years

It’s not that Alice Cooper has been ignored or slighted in any way. The 1970s hard-rock megastar has sold some 50 million albums, and he remains a popular l ...

The story of Alfie Conn, Tottenham’s rock ’n’ roll cult hero who crossed the Rangers-Celtic divide

Tottenham’s answer to George Best, Alfie Conn was a cult hero in North London in the 1970s – before controversially becoming ...