Here are four unforgettable songs featuring and co-written by Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore in honor of ...

improvisational and very heavy rock’n’roll of Deep Purple: In Rock, and its lead-off single, a rather leaner, but no less heavy proposition called “Black Night”. “The simplicity and the ...

Like Van Morrison and a few other rock legends, the English guitarist born in 1945 is also celebrating his 80th birthday.The ...

He was a busy session saxophonist, but he is probably best known for the Grammy-winning pop hit that he sang in 1963 as half ...

As the 1960s turned into the 1970s, however, Ritchie Blackmore, Deep Purple’s tremolo arm ... the title of the Arthur Alexander tune “Black Night” was pretty good, so we stole that.