188 Classic Rock

Luther Johnson (born April 11, 1939, Itta Bena, Mississippi, United States) an American Chicago blues singer and guitarist, who performs under the name Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson. Johnson moved to Chicago with his family in 1955. During the 1960s,...

Richard Berry, Jr. (April 11, 1935 – January 23, 1997) was an African-American singer, songwriter and musician, who performed with many Los Angeles doo-wop and close harmony groups in the 1950s, including The Flairs and The Robins. He is best known as...

James Ridout "Jesse" Winchester Jr. (May 17, 1944 – April 11, 2014) was an American-Canadian musician and songwriter. He was born and raised in the southern United States. Opposed to the Vietnam War, he moved to Canada in 1967 to avoid military service...

Today we remember the passing of the great John Warren "J." Geils Jr. (February 20, 1946 – April 11, 2017) was an American guitarist who was a member of the rock group The J. Geils Band. Geils was born in New York City and grew up in Far Hills, New Jersey....

Edward Earl "Eddie" Hazel (April 10, 1950 – December 23, 1992) an American guitarist in early funk music in the United States who played lead guitar with Parliament-Funkadelic. Hazel was a posthumous inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, inducted...

Happy birthday to the great Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He first found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly revival group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career...

11th April 1966, Buffalo Springfield made their live debut at The Troubadour in Hollywood, California. The folk rock band are renowned both for their music and as a springboard for the careers of Neil Young, Stephen Stills, Richie Furay and Jim Messina....

April 10th 1994, Over 5,000 fans attended a US public memorial service for Kurt Cobain at Seattle Flag Pavilion.

April 10th 1976, Peter Frampton went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Frampton Comes Alive', one of the biggest selling 'live' albums in rock history. It was the best-selling album of 1976, selling over 6 million copies in the US. Frampton Comes Alive!...

April 10th 1970, 27 year-old Paul McCartney issued a pr tatement, announcing that The Beatles had split, (one week before the release of his solo album). McCartney said, "I have no future plans to record or appear with The Beatles again, or to write any...