Classic Rock

Classic rock usually refers to the music that was popular in the 1960s and 1970s and includs the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, and many others. Classic rock songs are considered to be influential and still popular today. Here are some of our favorite Classic Rock Artists.

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer were noted for Rockin’ classical works (“Hoedown,” “Fanfare For The Common Man” and “Pictures At An ...
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Dire Straits

MTV IS TEACHER APPROVEDIt’s doubtful MTV would have ever used the above as an advertising slogan when they launched in ...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival

In a world populated by Jimi Hendrix, the Doors, Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival might have seemed ...
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Def Leppard

Def Leppard played their first gig in ’78 and were recording the following year. While doing passably well in their ...
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Eric Clapton

Eric Clapton has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times… as a member of the ...
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Chicago

The idea of marrying Rock and Jazz (a combination not made in heaven) had been kicked around for a while ...
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Bon Jovi

The song “Runaway,” recorded in ’84 by Jon Bon Jovi, was included in radio station W-D-H-A’s compilation of un-signed acts ...
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Black Sabbath

When the term “Heavy Metal” (taken from the William Burroughs novel “Soft Machine”) was coined in the late-60s it was ...
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

Tom Petty once said of “Refugee,” “If I’d know it was going to be such a big hit I think ...
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Pat Benatar

One good thing about ex-husbands is you can keep their last names – if you want. That’s what Grace Slick ...
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