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Best of 2012 Pop Music: Reissues
As much new music as was released in 2012, a large volume also came from the vaults, dredged up to be remarketed and reexamined. Below are 10 historical recordings -- a combination of reissues and/or archival releases -- that brought to the surface old...
Tags: Bob Dylan, Lifestyle and Leisure, Folk (genre), Heroin, James Taylor
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Grammys 2013: Live coverage of the nominations
Wake up the kids, parents. The nominations for the 55th edition of the Grammy Awards are to be unveiled Wednesday night, and Pop & Hiss will be providing live coverage of the proceedings. This year, the Recording Academy has gone country, staging its...
Tags: Grammy Awards, Fine Artists, LL Cool J, Lifestyle and Leisure, Maroon 5 (music group)
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Prince stays slinky in 'Rock and Roll Love Affair' video
This post has been updated, see below for details. No one knows whether Prince's latest single, "Rock and Roll Love Affair," ends with a pancake breakfast. But it sure begins in classic Prince fashion -- a backing band of lissome ladies providing an...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking, YouTube
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Giorgio Moroder offers proto-disco gems on Soundcloud for free
Fans of classic disco and early electronic dance music have reason to rejoice: The respected and innovative Italian producer Giorgio Moroder has started offering classic rarities via his new Soundcloud page. Moroder, 72, is best known for his work with...
Tags: Electronics, Donna Summer, Dance Music (genre), Lifestyle and Leisure, Dining and Drinking
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Donna Summer dies at 63; diva of disco
In 1975, Donna Summer released a pop single unlike any before it. The singer, then an unknown in the U.S., was living in Germany and working with Italian producer Giorgio Moroder and lyricist Pete Bellotte. Together they came up with a breathy,...
Tags: David Guetta, Television Industry, Barbra Streisand, Electronics, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Robin Gibb dies at 62; rose to pop fame as one-third of the Bee Gees
Robin Gibb, a singer and songwriter who joined two of his brothers in forming the Bee Gees pop group that helped define the sound of the disco era with the best-selling 1977 soundtrack to"Saturday Night Fever," has died. He was 62.
Gibb died Sunday after...Tags: Grammy Awards, John Travolta, Heart Problems, Colon Cancer, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Founders of A Club Called Rhonda remember Donna Summer
Pop & HissDonna Summer's music blended the sexual and the spiritual with sonic invention that forever changed the way we party. That contribution is perhaps nowhere more evident than at A Club Called Rhonda.... -
Donna Summer ruled majestically, if uneasily
Pop & HissDonna Summer's controversial international hit "Love to Love You Baby" was, according to her, recorded as something of a joke. It wasn't supposed to be the singer's calling card on the world stage. It wasn't meant to be one of...... -
Donna Summer: The sonic seduction lives on in today's beats
Pop & HissDonna Summer died Thursday at age 63. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts remembers the singer for her influence -- including her work on “I Feel Love,” which created a blueprint that remains central to dance music today.... -
Fashion News: Donna Summer's disco style lives on
All The RageDonna Summer, who did as much as anyone else -- probably more -- to popularize disco died Thursday at age 63. Not just her music but her costumes inspired a generation. Adele's British Vogue cover turned out to be one of the magazine's worst-selling.... -
Robin Gibb: A Bee Gees voice filled with more than just disco
Pop & HissRobin Gibb, who died on Sunday, was a member of the Bee Gees, whose music blending funk and pop helped disco cross over into the mainstream. The soundtrack to "Saturday Night Fever" is a classic of the era.... -
Robin Gibb and the Bee Gees: More than disco kings [video]
Pop & HissRobin Gibb, who lost his battle with colorectal cancer Sunday at the age of 62, was a founding member of the Bee Gees with his brothers Barry and twin Maurice. In 1994, the brothers Gibb were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame at the Grammy Museum...
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