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  • Neil Young performing on outdoor property

    3 Songs From 1975 That Forever Changed Rock History

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  • Fleetwood Mac Releasing Box Set Featuring Clear-Vinyl Versions of Five of the Band’s Classic Albums

    3 Emotional Lyrics From 1975 That Still Hit Just As Hard Today

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  • On This Day in 1974, George Jones Gave Us “The Grand Tour” of a Broken Marriage

    On This Day in 1974, George Jones Gave Us “The Grand Tour” of a Broken Marriage With the Saddest Song in Country History

  • On This Day in 1972, Don McLean Started a Seven-Week Run at No. 1 With an Album Inspired by the Beatles

    On This Day in 1972, Don McLean Started a Seven-Week Run at No. 1 With an Album Inspired by the Beatles—and Dedicated to His Childhood Icon

    January 22, 2026, 6:15 am

  • Outlaw country legend Waylon Jennings Honored in Hometown With Mysterious Billboards as Son Promotes Unreleased Music

    On This Day in 1985, a History-Making Outlaw Country Classic Reached Double-Platinum Status

    January 21, 2026, 1:59 pm

  • Warren Haynes performing

    3 Rock and Roll Debut Albums From 1969 That Set the Stage for the 1970s

    January 21, 2026, 1:11 pm

  • 4 Soft Rock Songs From the 1970s That Also Rock Hard

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  • On This Day in 1992, the Best-Selling Single by a Female Artist of All Time Was at No. 1—Written, but Not Sung by Dolly Parton

    On This Day in 1979, Dolly Parton Was at No. 1 With Her First Single To Get a Disco Remix

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  • Paul Simon performing

    3 Folk Songs From 1975 That Will Never Cease To Make Our Minds Race (In a Good Way)

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    Born on This Day in 1923, the Record-Breaking Country Singer Who Inspired George Harrison and a Viral False Death Report

    January 20, 2026, 11:48 am

  • 3 Disco-Infused Songs From 1979 That Were Ahead of Their Time, Even When Disco Was Supposedly Dead

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  • Bob Dylan performing in 1975

    On This Day in 1975, Bob Dylan Released an Album That Caused a Fellow Folk-Rocker to Say Dylan Was “No Musician”

    January 20, 2026, 9:17 am

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