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It had been over 16 years since the original lineup of KISS was all together. That ended on April 16, 1996 on the deck of the USS Intrepid when Paul and Gene put on the makeup with Ace and Peter and KISS announced their Alive/Worldwide reunion tour. Allan looks back in today's Classic Rock Calendar...
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Band members quit the day before recording, the demos and lyrics were stolen, but through it all, Paul McCartney persevered and finally took Wings to #1 on this date in 1974 with "Band on the Run." Allan looks back at the tumultuous recoding in today's Classic Rock Calendar.
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The critics hated it when it was originally released, but now everyone loves the album the Rolling Stones released on this date in 1972. Allan looks back at "Exile on Main St." in the Classic Rock Calendar...
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During the '80s, a lot of the bad boys of rock married the good girls of TV. But the first to do it - and the one to mostly outlast all the others - happened on April 11, 1981, when Eddie Van Halen and Valerie Bertinelli got married. Allan looks back in today's Classic Rock Calendar...
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It wasn't just a big album...it was THE biggest album! 3 hit singles, 18+ million copies sold, the best selling album of 1976...it all began on this date, April 10, 1976, when Frampton Comes Alive! hit #1 on the Billboard charts for the first of ten weeks. Allan looks back in the Classic Rock Calendar...
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Fairfield County Rocks with the best songs and artists from ‘80s, ‘90s and 2000s. Grunge, hair, alt, and straight ahead rock. This is the next generation of classic rock focusing on bands like…