1977

Pop Rock 

The Beach Boys: ‘Groove’ is in the Heart

March 8, 2026March 9, 2026 David Bash 0 Comments 15 Big Ones, 1977, Al Jardine, Brian Wilson, Brother Records, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, Mike Love, The Beach Boys, The Beach Boys Love You, We Gotta Groove: The Brother Studio Years

Inside the band’s latest box set chronicling Brian Wilson’s mid-70s comeback

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Pop Rock 

Elton John’s 1977 BBC Concert Reissued on CD and Digital

August 24, 2025August 25, 2025 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1977, 2025, BBC, BBC One, Elton John, Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper, London, Ray Cooper, The Rainbow Theatre

Live from the Rainbow Theatre with Ray Cooper out now

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Blues 

Lost B.B. King Band Revealed on Live LP

December 28, 2024December 28, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1977, B.B. King, Deep Digs, Elemental Music, In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival, Zev Feldman

In France: Live at the 1977 Nancy Jazz Pulsations Festival showcases rare 7-piece unit

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Hard Rock New Wave Rock 

Swinging for the Fences: Cheap Trick Live in 1977

January 6, 2023January 6, 2023 Gillian G. Gaar 1 Comment 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Heaven Tonight, In Color, Los Angeles, Out to Get You! Live 1977, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson, Whisky A Go Go

A new four-disc set showcases the band’s ferocity on the concert stage

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Art Pop Electronic Glam New Wave Rock 

How Eno Altered Reality On Before And After Science

December 27, 2022December 29, 2022 Jim Allen 1 Comment 1977, 45th Anniversary, Before And After Science, Brian Eno, Cluster, ECM, Harmonia, Island Records, Jon Hassell, Mick Karn, Moebius

The album that bridged Art Rock and New Wave turns 45

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Folk jazz Pop 

Paprika Plains: Joni Mitchell’s Don Juan’s Reckless Daughter at 45

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 2 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Alex Acuña, Don Juan's Reckless Daughter, Jaco Pastorius, Joni Mitchell, Manolo Badrena, Roger McGuinn, Wayne Shorter

How the singer’s 1977 LP furthered her fascination with jazz

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Pop Rock 

Baby Hold On: Eddie Money at 45

December 7, 2022December 8, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baby Hold On, Bruce Botnick, Columbia Records, Eddie Money, Jimmy Lyon, Levittown, New York, Two Tickets to Paradise

How the Levittown legend found success with his eponymous debut

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Disco Films Funk Soundtracks and Film Scores 

Disco Inferno: Saturday Night Fever at 45

November 15, 2022February 19, 2024 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, How Deep Is Your Love, John Travolta, KC and the Sunshine Band, More Than A Woman, Night Fever, Saturday Night Fever, Stayin' Alive, The Bee Gees, The Trammps

How the music reflected the era in John Travolta’s cinematic star turn

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Rock Southern Rock 

They Never Dreamed: Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Street Survivors at 45

October 17, 2022October 22, 2022 Kara Tucker 6 Comments 1977, Allen Collins, Artimus Pyle, Cassie Gaines, Ed King, Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd, MCA, Ronnie Van Zant, Steve Gaines, Street Survivors, That Smell, What's Your Name

Reflections on the band’s classic ill-fated 1977 LP

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jazz Rock 

Learn to Work the Saxophone: Steely Dan’s Aja at 45

September 24, 2022September 24, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Aja, Bernard Purdie, Black Cow, Chuck Rainey, Clydie King, Deacon Blues, Dean Parks, Donald Fagen, Home at Last, I Got The News, Jim Keltner, Joe Sample, Josie, Larry Carlton, Michael McDonald, Peg, Steely Dan, Tim Schmit, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman, Walter Becker

Why Becker and Fagen’s sixth album together can also be considered their best

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Elvis Remembrance Rock 

The King Is Dead, Long Live The King

August 16, 2022August 17, 2022 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Baz Luhrmann, Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Graceland, Memphis, Public Enemy

Elvis Presley’s posthumous life, 45 years later

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Hard Rock Rock Seattle 

Nobody Knows Your Melancholy Mind: Heart’s Little Queen At 45

June 9, 2022June 9, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Ann Wilson, Barracuda, Crazy on You, Epic Records, Heart, Led Zeppelin, Little Queen, Mushroom Records, Nancy Wilson, Portrait Records

Looking back on the album that gave the Wilson sisters, and their fans, a true voice

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New Wave Punk 

Lightning Struck Itself: Marquee Moon at 45

February 14, 2022April 3, 2022 Deborah Sprague 3 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Billy Ficca, Brian Eno, CBGB, Elektra Records 1977, Fred Smith, Marquee Moon, Richard Lloyd, Television, Terry Ork, Tom Verlaine

The debut LP from Television remains a master class in New York Punk

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Hard Rock Power Pop 

ELO Kiddies!: The First Cheap Trick LP at 45

February 5, 2022April 3, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, Bun E. Carlos, CHEAP TRICK, Epic Records, Rick Nielsen, Robin Zander, Tom Petersson

The Rockford rock legends’ eponymous debut is an infectious blast of energy from a band coming into its own

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Pop Rock 

Yesterday’s Gone: Rumours at 45

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1977, 45th Anniversary, Christine McVie, Don't Stop, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Rumours, Secondhand News, Silver Springs, Stevie Nicks

Since it was released on this date in 1977, the most popular Fleetwood Mac album still endures through the times and the tides

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