Given all that happened, 1967 was arguably one of the most transformative years in rock history, with popular songs ranging from light sunshine pop to heavy psychedelic sounds. Bands like The Beatles ...

Is there a year more iconic for music than 1967? This very year was the Summer of Love, a renaissance of sorts for psychedelia in all of its many aspects, especially in rock and pop music. I think the ...

Picking the best rock song of all time is a daunting task — and, let’s face it, a highly opinionated activity — but the team at Ultimate Classic Rock was up for the challenge. Staffers at the music ...

In 1967, Procol Harum had a hit single with "A Whiter Shade of Pale." The debut single from the English rock band helped define the Summer of Love, peaking at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 29 ...

No, Tool didn't originate the idea of a very long rock song and one that wasn't exactly made for radio airplay. Long before Maynard James Keenan and Tool, other rock bands also had long tracks, and ...

Cream may have been a short-lived band, but this supergroup created a timeless track that became one of the most recognizable and enduring anthems of the classic rock era. Formed in 1966, the trio ...

Picking the best rock song of all time is a daunting task — and, let’s face it, a highly opinionated activity — but the team at Ultimate Classic Rock was up for the challenge. Ultimate Classic Rock ...

A revival of earnest, old-fashioned American folk music developed in Greenwich Village and other places took hold in the early 1960s. By the middle of the decade, the influence of songs of both ...