Not only was Deep Purple blessed with more than one fierce frontman; the band also racked up a string of stunning guitarists even after six-string sorcerer Ritchie Blackmore split the scene. That's for …

With Daryl's falsetto and John's smooth baritone in the spotlight, Hall & Oates dominated the blue-eyed soul airwaves for well over a decade. It would come as no surprise to find out that, back in the  …

Hall & Oates wasn't solely about R&B. At one time or another, the duo tested a wide range of musical frequencies, from delicate acoustic folk - "Southeast City Window" from 1972 debut Whole Oats …

It's pretty easy to understand why the chalk-scrawled legend "Clapton Is God" kept popping up all over London in the late '60s and early '70s. After all, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's first triple-i …

Pretty much everybody wants to play with Clapton, and some of his peak moments have come in the company of pop music's brightest stars. Forty years after joining forces in the supergroup Blind Faith, h …

To millions, ZZ Top are the three cool cats moving as one in the videos that took over MTV in the early '80s, but while their electronic update of '70s boogie made them household names, they'd already  …

Billy Gibbons, Dusty Hill, and Frank Beard weren't born stompin' the blues with those blackout shades and an aversion to the barber shop - well, maybe they were, but before starting ZZ Top, Gibbons got …

When country lovers rate a singer's ability, their measure of excellence is George Jones. It's not so much the songs (although many, such as "She Thinks That I Still Care," are brilliant) as the way he …

The year 1962 was a good one for George Jones' unsung influence on country music. August's "You're Still on My Mind" became a key cut six years later on Sweetheart of the Rodeo, the Byrds' pione …