Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. During their initial years together, The Yardbirds scored several ...

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“It’s a shame the Yardbirds have no image,” opined Herman’s Hermits’ Peter Noone bluntly in 1966, “because they would be the Number One group in England.” It’s true that the Yardbirds—whose ...

Yardbirds co-founder Chris Dreja has died at 79, according to his family. The British musician’s death was first announced on social media by his sister-in-law, Muriel Levy. She said on Wednesday that ...

John Lennon said The Yardbirds “never really had a singer, you know, or a performer.” A member of The Yardbirds inspired a song George Harrison wrote for The White Album. That member of The Yardbirds ...

His family said the rocker suddenly contracted bacterial meningitis and peacefully passed away Tuesday. By Mesfin Fekadu Jeff Beck, one of the greatest guitarists of all time who rose to fame in the ...

Jim McCarty on producing hits like Heart Full Of Soul, Shapes Of Things and Over Under Sideways Down - plus why their original guitarist, Top Topham, left the group. In Part 1 and Part 2 of this ...

It's difficult to imagine why anyone would choose to leave a hit rock band at the height of their popularity. But such was the case for Eric Clapton's shocking exit from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ...

Chris Dreja, the legendary bass player from the seminal British Invasion group the Yardbirds, has died. News of Dreja’s death was announced on Oct. 2, Guitar Player reported. Dreja was 79. Dreja was a ...