How the late Eddie Van Halen’s generosity helped prevent his band’s biggest album from reaching No. 1
(October 7, 2020). The death of iconic guitar god Eddie Van Halen from throat cancer Tuesday sent shockwaves throughout the music industry. It also sparked many deserving tributes from artists…
Johnny Nash’s death adds to 1972’s No. 1 curse in 2020
(October 6, 2020). In just the past seven days, three artists who reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the second half of 1972 have passed away. Helen…
‘Sign O’ Old Times’: 3 Old Guys took 10 days to review this mammoth new ‘Super Deluxe’ Prince album; here are the results…
(October 7, 2020). If there was ever a reminder of just how prolific the late Prince’s hidden music vault is – and how much of it we didn’t get to…
Rock and rap powered by vinyl LPs and cassette singles (yes, cassingles) on latest Billboard charts (note: it’s October 2020).
(October 6, 2020). The fact that a veteran rapper gets his first No. 1 by recording a rock album would be the most unusual music news in most weeks. But…
The Day the ‘Music’ Died: R.I.P. Helen Reddy & Mac Davis
(September 30, 2020). The first new No. 1 song of 1972 was Don McLean’s “American Pie,” the classic tune that metaphorically told the story of the day in 1959 when…